Black Square around Peragus, skybox glitch (Need Help)

[Cytaris 33]

I hope this is the right section, if not please let me know & I will move it. I haven't used forums much yet. Never have made a post here and have only commented a few times.

 

Here's my problem, on the tutorial skybox when you are T3-M4 there is a black box around Peragus.

Mods I use that could be contributing to the problem are:

TSL Backdrop Improvements 1.4 https://deadlystream.com/files/file/949-tsl-backdrop-improvements/

Improved Peragus Asteroid Fields by Vasilii Zaytsev https://deadlystream.com/files/file/321-improved-peragus-asteroid-fields/
Replacement Peragus II Artwork by Trench https://deadlystream.com/files/file/361-replacement-peragus-ii-artwork-by-trench/

Peragus Large Monitor Adjustment 1.0 https://deadlystream.com/files/file/317-peragus-large-monitor-adjustment/

KOTOR 2 UNLIMITED WORLD TEXTURE MOD https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor2/mods/1062

I think that's it.

 

I'm leaning towards it possibly being the unlimited world texture mod conflicting with the other mods. I have been trying to fix it for days. I'm hoping someone can tell me what files I should take out to undo what I did to revert it to vanilla or preferably just get the mods back to being compatible with each other.

Thanks!

 

 

[Sith Holocron 2,480]

As my mods, Kexikus' mod, and Vasilii Zaytsev's mod have been used thousands of times - and are indeed all included in the KotOR Subreddit's Mod Compilation list - and none of them have been reported with this issue, the issue becomes clear.  It has to be the KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod.  As that thing has thousands of files without appropriate TXIs, I'd suggest just completely uninstalling your copy of TSL making sure that your Override is completely clear before install anything again.  I can't recommend KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod, especially with the other issue that you reported to me via PM.  Avoid KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod like the plague.

If I had to hazard a guess, the offending mod probably has an issue with a bad alpha layer.

And please stop capitalizing "KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod" - it's like you're shouting it when we probably should be ignoring it.

[JCarter426 1,220]

This is typical of those texture upscale mods. I don't know about this one specifically, but others are known to be missing necessary TXI files as SH says, and/or have corrupted the alpha channels altogether, resulting in issues with any textures that require transparency or shaders.

In short, you can't hit a button that tells an AI to process thousands of files and expect it to work with no further meatbag effort. Yet.

[Cytaris 33]

2 hours ago, Sith Holocron said:

As my mods, Kexikus' mod, and Vasilii Zaytsev's mod have been used thousands of times - and are indeed all included in the KotOR Subreddit's Mod Compilation list - and none of them have been reported with this issue, the issue becomes clear.  It has to be the KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod.  As that thing has thousands of files without appropriate TXIs, I'd suggest just completely uninstalling your copy of TSL making sure that your Override is completely clear before install anything again.  I can't recommend KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod, especially with the other issue that you reported to me via PM.  Avoid KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod like the plague.

If I had to hazard a guess, the offending mod probably has an issue with a bad alpha layer.

And please stop capitalizing "KotOR 2 Unlimited World Texture Mod" - it's like you're shouting it when we probably should be ignoring it.

Thanks for the info, I only capitalized it because I copied and pasted it from it's spot on nexus and that's how it is displayed but I see what you're saying and idea to avoid it, I'd agree. Also I will make sure not to capitalize it like that. You gotta be right, it's that mod giving me these problems because I had all the same mods installed before except that one with no problems.

19 minutes ago, JCarter426 said:

This is typical of those texture upscale mods. I don't know about this one specifically, but others are known to be missing necessary TXI files as SH says, and/or have corrupted the alpha channels altogether, resulting in issues with any textures that require transparency or shaders.

In short, you can't hit a button that tells an AI to process thousands of files and expect it to work with no further meatbag effort. Yet.

Good to know. I'll avoid mods like that in the future.