Remaking the Loading Screens

[Sith Holocron]

My viewer can't open it but I appreciate the effort, JC! Here's what I came up with!

 

 

DP, how does the 2DA that I posted look?

[Malkior]

It looks better than the cutscene! Excellent work, SH.

[Squall Lionhart]

The way these screens are looking it's almost like the game is getting an HD remaster. Excellent work, SH!

[Sith Holocron]

The way these screens are looking it's almost like the game is getting an HD remaster. Excellent work, SH!

Thanks Malkior and Squall!

 

I'll be releasing the mod sometime tonight. As the Mrs. is streaming her shows right now and our internet is very slow, I'll have to wait until she goes to sleep first. There will be a video attached to each download page (and the release pages too) on each release page.  This video will show what the screens looks like in their full screen glory (i.e. without the black bars and the filter) so you know what you'll get before you download everything. After they are up, I'll be locking this thread and the conversations can continue in the two release threads.

 

Please note: The base game and TSLRCM screens will be in the larger "Original Pack".  The loading screens for Curse of the Sith, Azgath N'Dul's Tomb, Coruscant Jedi Temple, and M4-78 EP will only be in the "Add-On Pack."  Please place your future comments in the correct thread.

[Hassat Hunter]

You locked the topic again

EDIT: I should probably read everything before posting though...

 

And that looks amazing!

[Sith Holocron]

Updated my Replacement Loading Screens - Original Pack (Part 2) to replace this . . . 

with this . . . 

New picture utilizes corrected lighting as the original was not corrected for that issue and utilizes new textures for the columns seen in that area. Textures for the columns have also been included in that individual package.  Those textures are optional.

Additional Note: Don't forget to pick up the other parts in this series, if you haven't already.

Replacement Loading Screens for KotOR2 - Original Pack, Part 1 (covers Ebon Hawk, Peragus, the Harbinger, Citadel Station and Telos IV)

Replacement Loading Screens for KotOR2 - Original Pack, Part 3 (covers Korriban, the Ravager, and Malachor V)

Replacement Loading Screens for KotOR2 - Add-On Pack (covers loading screens for the following mods: Azgath N'Dul's Tomb, Coruscant Jedi Temple, Curse of the Sith, Korriban Expansion, and the M4-78 Enhancement Project )

 

[Sith Holocron]

Oh here we go again . . .

After Kexikus came out with his High Quality Skyboxes II 2.0 mod, it was only a matter of time until folks would ask me to update my Loading Screens Mods. (To remind yourself, here's links to Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and the Add-On Pack.)  I haven't used Kexikus' new mod as I haven't been playing TSL lately, though the reviews seem to say wonderful things about it.  Here's my question for those of you that have read this far: If you had to limit which loading screens were to be replaced that feature skyboxes, which planet takes the top spot? I'll make a poll if I can though I'm not sure If I can add in a poll if I already had one in the thread.  (If a poll doesn't appear, just state the planet, the loading screen in particular that should be updated, and why those choices are good candidates.)

To put it plainly, I'm not redoing the entire pack.  Even if weren't the holiday season, I'd still not have the time for that.  But I can try to eek out a few new loading screens if the call is great enough for it.

On the other hand: if you like the series as it is now, you could leave a comment on the files.  Just sayin'

Happy holidays.

P.S.: Sorry to the Reddit folks that were wondering where the files went. 

[JCarter426]

We knew you were up to something...

It's a tough call between Nar Shaddaa and Onderon, but if I had to pick one, I would go with Onderon.

[Sith Holocron]

Hello folks. It's been a long time since I've posted in this WIP thread as I had released all I was planning to do on it years ago.

If you saw the two posts before this one, you saw mention of me possibly redoing some of the loading screens for exterior areas of TSL using Kexikus' skyboxes. 

Now - in 2026 - I'm finally getting around to doing that. Here's a few WIP samples of areas I've done so far. (See attached.)

The new loading screens will be released separately. If you liked the original loading screens that I released, they aren't going away. This will give you some choices. (Those that use the KOTOR Discord Mod Builds would probably want the new ones as the HQ Skyboxes are in the Mod Builds.) The screenshots I use to make the loadfing screens will be utilizing 4K upscales to the textures so everything should be sharp to go along with those Kexikus skyboxes. 

I will say that it is very unlikely that I'll be redoing the loading screens as covered for my Loading Screens Add-On Pack (which covered other mods like the Jedi Temple and M4-78 EP). With of list of warp codes, jumping around probably wouldn't be a hassle but installing the mods themselves would be. Add to that, that I really don't think that there's a great demand for Loading Screens to supplement mods that have never been very popular to begin with.

 

[Sith Holocron]

An amusing thing to note is the necessity of upscaling some of the textures I linked to in the very first post of this thread. However, I didn't realize how large some of Vurt's texture were before starting that.

[Sith Holocron]

I probably should have updated this thread to let you all know the newest portion of this project has been released.