MOD:Lonna Vash Mod for TSLRCM

[Leilukin]

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Lonna Vash Mod for TSLRCM

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=Lonna Vash Mod for TSLRCM=

A KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC II: THE SITH LORDS MODIFICATION

AUTHOR: Leilukin
ORIGINAL MOD AUTHOR: Sikon
FILE NAME: Lonna Vash Mod for TSLRCM.7z
LATEST VERSION: 1.2
CONTACT: E-mail to contact@leilukin.com, or message to Leilukin on Deadly Stream

 

1. DESCRIPTION:

This mod aims to restore the cut conversation with Jedi Master Lonna Vash by altering the Korriban plot line in KotOR 2. With this mod, the player will see Vash alive in the secret tomb in the shyrack cave after the player confronts Darth Sion in the Sith academy. The player cannot enter the shyrack cave, and by extension, the secret tomb before facing Sion in the Sith Academy. Instead of Vash’s corpse, the player will find the corpse of Kaah Ohtok, Vash’s Twi’lek Padawan, in the Sith Academy. Eventually, Vash will be killed by either Sion or the player in the secret tomb, depending on the player’s choice, so Vash will not appear in the Rebuilt Jedi Enclave on Dantooine, but the player can at least talk to Vash before she dies.

However, unlike with other Jedi Masters, the player will not learn any lightsaber or Force form from Vash, due to the lack of restorable material for it.

This mod is an updated version of Sikon’s Lonna Vash Mod, made to be fully compatible with The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (TSLRCM). This mod is for players who want more Vash content without using any M4-78 mod.

Aside from the changes made by TSLRCM, I have made further adjustments to the Lonna Vash Mod and fixed various bugs with the original mod in this updated version. Most notably, my mod removes the restriction which only allows a player with strong light side or dark side alignment to enter the secret tomb, so players who do not meet the alignment requirement can meet Vash to complete the game’s main overarching quest to find the Jedi Masters. Instead, now the player needs to be at least level 15 to be able to enter the tomb. This change is inspired by N-DReW25's Non-Aligned Passage for Sith Tomb mod.

This mod also provides an optional extra component to give Kaah his unique appearance from M4-78 Enhancement Project (M4-78EP), and voice lines done by Zhaboka, Kaah’s voice actor in M4-78EP. Kaah’s head texture in this mod is made by utilizing a recolored HD texture based on ShiningRedHD’s Ultimate Character Overhaul mod.

For this mod to take effect, you must load a save before visiting Korriban for the first time.

Please note that this mod is ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE ENGLISH LOCALIZATION OF TSL AND TSLRCM.

 

2. INSTALLATION:

First and foremost, make sure you have The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (TSLRCM) installed, since TSLRCM is REQUIRED for this mod to work. You do not need to install the original Lonna Vash mod by Sikon for this mod to work.

Extract the Lonna Vash Mod for TSLRCM.7z you downloaded to anywhere you like, as long as it is not within the KoOR 2 directory.

FOR REGULAR TSLRCM USERS:
Run Install.exe, select “Main Installation”, select your KotOR 2 game folder as your KotOR 2 directory path, click the “Install” button and let the installer do its job.

FOR STEAM WORKSHOP USERS:
Run Install.exe and select “Main Installation”. You must select TSLRCM’s Steam Workshop folder as your KotOR 2 directory path, then click the “Install” button. The directory of the Steam Workshop version of TSLRCM is \Steam\SteamApps\Workshop\content\208580\485537937.

KAAH’S M4-78EP HEAD AND VOICE COMPONENT:
If you want to install the optional extra component to give Kaah his unique appearance and voice from M4-78 Enhancement Project, you need to run Install.exe again, select “[Optional] Kaah’s M4-78EP Head and Voice”, and select your KotOR 2 directory, then click the “Install” button. Make sure you have installed the “Main Installation” component of the mod before installing this extra component.

TSL BETTER MALE TWI’LEK HEADS COMPATIBILITY:
If you want to use both Ashton Scorpius’ TSL Better Male Twi’lek Heads mod and the “Kaah’s M4-78EP Head and Voice” component of my mod, after installing both, go to the “Better Male Twi'lek Heads Compatibility” folder of my mod, copy and paste N_kaah01.tpc into your Override folder, and overwrite the file when prompted. Note that you do not need to install the files from the “M4-78 EP” folder in Ashton’s mod, since my patch is a HD version of Ashton’s texture for Kaah’s head. You do not need this compatibility patch if you do not want to install the “Kaah’s M4-78EP Head and Voice” component of my mod.

 

When you install this mod, two new folders named "backup" and “uninstall” will be created by the installer in the same folder as the installer. Do not delete the folders or any of the files within the folder if you are planning on uninstalling this mod.

The "Source" folder includes the source of the scripts used by this mod for modders' reference. Ignore the "Source" folder if you only want to install and play this mod.

 

3. UNINSTALLATION:

Open Install.exe and select your KotOR 2 directory where you installed this mod. From the “Tools” drop-down menu, select “Uninstall Mod / Restore Backup”, then confirm to uninstall the mod.

If you have also installed the “Kaah’s M4-78EP Head and Voice” component, it will uninstall the add-on component first. After uninstalling the add-on, you need to select Yes to delete the most recent backup folder, then select “Uninstall Mod / Restore Backup” from the drop-down menu again to uninstall the main part of the mod.

 

4. KNOWN ISSUES:

None currently known. If you find any bugs or problems, please let me know.

 

5. MOD COMPATIBILITY:

This mod is not compatible with any M4-78 mod, including M4-78 Enhancement Project, as this mod is intended to be an alternative to M4-78 mods to restore Lonna Vash’s content.

Other mods that modify Lonna Vash’s content on Korriban will very likely conflict with this mod.

This mod is compatible with my Darth Sion and Male Exile Mod.

If you want to use this mod alongside JCarter426’s Thematic Obscured Mausoleum Burial, you must install my mod after Thematic Obscured Mausoleum Burial.

This mod is compatible with the “Pure Restoration” version of Fallen Guardian’s Dustil Restoration. However, my mod is not compatible with the “Added Content” version of Dustil Restoration, since choosing to take Dustil back to the Ebon Hawk will prevent you from meeting Master Vash and thus lock you out of proceeding the Lost Jedi quest.

If you want to use Ashton Scorpius’ TSL Better Male Twi'lek Heads alongside the “Kaah’s M4-78EP Head” component of this mod, I have included a compatibility patch in this mod. See the Installation section above for instructions to install this patch.

This mod is not compatible with Kaidon Jorn's Schematic Lightsaber Mod.

 

6. PERMISSION:

As per Sikon’s terms in the original Lonna Vash mod, you can do anything to the main component of this mod, including but not limited to, redistribution and further modification. However, you must credit Sikon as the original creator of the mod, include source code for all scripts (except those extracted "as is" from the original game and not recompiled), and you may not add further restrictions to redistribution terms.

However, these terms do not apply to the “Kaah’s M4-78EP Head and Voice” component of this mod, as this component utilizes assets made by other modders and was not part of Sikon’s original mod. Permission is not granted for other users to use Kaah’s voice-over files from this mod in any other mod. Kaah’s unique appearance from this component is a combination of assets created by M4-78 Enhancement Project, ShiningRedHD and Sith Holocron, and thus not to be used in any other mod without their permission.

 

7. CREDITS:

Sikon for creating the original Lonna Vash Mod
Zhaboka for voicing Kaah, and giving me the permission to use his voice lines
Sith Holocron for giving me the permission to use the Kaah voice lines, and recoloring the HD texture for Kaah’s head
ShiningRedHD for giving me the permission to use a recolored texture from Ultimate Character Overhaul for Kaah’s head
Ashton Scorpius for giving me the permission to use a HD version of his Kaah head texture from TSL Better Male Twi’lek Heads for compatibility
zbyl2 for granting the permission to use Kaah’s unique head from M4-78 Enhancement Project
N-DReW25 for suggesting the idea of giving Kaah his M4-78EP appearance
Cortisol for Holocron Toolset
tk102 for DLG Editor and K-GFF GFF Editor
JdNoa for DeNCS KotOR Script Decompiler and KotOR Lipsynch Editor
KobaltBlu for KotOR Scripting Tool
ndix UR for tga2tpc and tpcview
Stoffe for ERFEdit and TalkEd; Fair Strides for the updated versions
Cortisol and th3w1zard1 for HoloPatcher

 

THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT SUPPORTED BY BIOWARE/OBSIDIAN ENTERTAINMENT OR LUCASARTS OR ANY LICENSERS/SPONSORS OF THE MENTIONED COMPANIES. USE THIS FILE AT YOUR OWN RISK AND NEITHER THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPANIES NOR THE AUTHOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER FOR THE USAGE OF THIS FILE.

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• Submitter
  Leilukin
• Submitted
  11/16/2022
• Category
  Mods
• TSLRCM Compatible
  Yes

 

[134340Goat]

SHIT YES. I don't know if it was my post from a while back that gave you the idea to make this, or if it was pure coincidence (the universe is strange sometimes), but my biggest thanks! Feel like this is a great way to get more out of Vash without having to go through M4 or deviating too much into custom content

[Leilukin]

@134340Goat I had considered trying to make a TSLRCM-compatible version of the Lonna Vash Mod as early as 2018, since I would also like to have more Vash content without M4-78 mods. However, I did not have enough motivation to go through it, because I could already see that just trying to identify the files and changes made by the original mod would take a lot of time and effort, due to the fact that the original mod packaged all files for the Korriban modules into MOD files, and some time later I sort of lost motivation in making new KotOR mods. But recently I decided to try again after going back to making KotOR mods, and I'm very glad that I finally did it.

[DasRoteBaron]

So when this says it's not compatible with Schematic Lightsaber Mod, are we talking like, the game-breaking sort incompatible, or the "you're just not able to get a lightsaber" from her sort of incompatible?

Because the latter of those, I can live with.

Either way, thanks for making this mod!  I loved the addition of Vash back into M4-78, but I never really enjoyed actually playing M4-78, so this is really great.

[Leilukin]

On 10/8/2023 at 4:46 AM, DasRoteBaron said:

So when this says it's not compatible with Schematic Lightsaber Mod, are we talking like, the game-breaking sort incompatible, or the "you're just not able to get a lightsaber" from her sort of incompatible?

To quote my reply to you on Nexus Mods:

"It is the game-breaking sort of incompatibility, since Schematic Lightsaber Mod uses its own module files for the Sith Academy on Korriban, which will overwrite all the changes made by my mod to the Sith Academy, causing you unable to progress the Korriban's quest line in the way intended by my mod. Not to mention, SLM is an outdated mod that was built on an old version of TSLRCM, so I would not recommend using SLM at all even if you don't use my mod. "

[DasRoteBaron]

The latest version of SLM came out in 2021 (for TSLRCM version 1.8.5/1.8.6, according to its description); I wouldn't call that particularly old.  But that's neither here, nor there.

Thank you for your answer.  I suppose I could live without SLM for a playthrough or two.

Thanks again!