A few questions about modding KOTOR2

[StalkerEST]

Hello everyone,

 

Yes, a newbie modder to KOTOR2 has risen from whatever oblivion we come out of. I was wondering, if I could ask a few questions concerning KOTOR 2's moddability.

1) Would it be possible to make a graphics upgrade mod? Nothing too special. Bump maps, mostly. Or so. Don't get me wrong, though. KOTOR2 in general looks good as a game, but I've been slightly spoiled by all the new games...sorry about that.

2) The Ebon Hawks map...I fell in love with Mass Effect's galactic map, and considering that KOTOR2 also has a map like it, I was wondering if I could turn KOTOR2's map into one like ME's, so that you can travel between clusters, systems, ect. And I'd like to add more info to planets, too, if possible(I forgot what the map is exactly like in the game...just installed KOTOR2 again).

3) Animations - As I gather, theres a tool that cracked animations(or at least, a W.I.P tool), and I was again, wondering, if it would be possible to change the animations in-game. The swordfighting animations and such are all super awesome, indeed, but I wanted to tweak some other anims to my own preference.

 

Thank you for reading this...somewhat long post. And if you do reply, thank you for replying. Any info on these matters will be of use, even if they're all simple "no"s.

[Darth Xander]

First of all welcome to Lucasforums StalkerEST;

Second your asking for a lot in one go, trust me these kind of things will take ages to learn, just start small and make your way up "The Modding Ladder" XP

 

~DX

[StalkerEST]

Thanks. I guess I'll start with number 1 on the list, modifying graphics. , and thanks for the welcome.

[Darkkender]

It might be possible to script a simple system that allows you to fly to a system and then load a map for that system however it would be very complex and require alot of fancy dancing. Of course the simplest method might be to replace the galaxymap with a dialogue that uses conditional scripting for different branches of the dialogue such as fly to sector 10 when in sector 10 choose planet a, b, c, d, or e.

 

As for alot of the core GUI interface graphics alot of them cannot be overridden believe me I've tried. As for animations not enough has broken through to give these a good shot.

[StalkerEST]

Hmm, well, I'll see what I can do anyways. Thanks.