[K1] Master Vandar (Yoda-like character) wielding lightsaber

[JediArchivist]

As you probably already know I made a mod where you can recruit Master Vandar, the Yoda-like character from the Dantooine Jedi Enclave.

Due to Vandar's model inherent build, he cannot wield any weapons.

 

I have been trying to find a solution to this, by editing his .utc file.

Unfortunately that did not work, he still can't wield a lightsaber...

 

Does anyone have any idea how i could make him wield a lightsaber? Many thanks in advance!

[DarthParametric]

He presumably lacks the feats to use one. His model also probably lacks a bunch of combat animations, since it uses S_Male02 as the supermodel.

[djh269]

There's a mod to fix this: 

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/4372350-yoda-animation-fix-for-kotor/

I can't find a download link for it though.

[DarthParametric]

It's just a matter of editing the model and pointing it to S_Female02 and changing the animation scale. Not particularly difficult.

[djh269]

Could all this be done within MDLEdit or would you have to use Gmax for the changing of the animation scale?

[DarthParametric]

No, you can just edit the ASCII. MDLEdit may let you edit it directly, otherwise use a text editor. Either way, you'll need to compile against the new supermodel, so you'll also need S_Female02.mdl/mdx in the same directory.

For the animation scale, the vanilla Vandar scale using the male supermodel is 0.278. We know that the female model is 0.944 times the size of the male supermodel, therefore a scale of 0.262 should be appropriate.

[djh269]

Thanks for the pointer  I'll have a nose around with the ASCII

 

[JediArchivist]

On 18 aprilie 2020 at 8:35 PM, djh269 said:

Thanks for the pointer  I'll have a nose around with the ASCII

 

@djh269

If you do manage to fix the animation and make Vandar wield a lightsaber, please send a copy of the fixed .utc file to me!

Many thanks in advance!