DarthParametric Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Back in late 2006, Levi Davis (AKA nineball) put out a mod for TSL that allowed female PCs to play as the Sith Twi'lek Darth Talon from Dark Horse's Legacy comic series. I quite liked the look of it, but I never play as a female in KOTOR so it wasn't initially of use to me. However, I was playing K1 at the time and, on an impulse, decided to try and convert it to a reskin of Mission. I had never modded KOTOR before, so it was as much an exercise in learning some basic techniques as producing the desired end result. After some trial and error I managed to get it working and posted some screenshots in Levi's thread. Levi gave me permission to release it to the public as long as I gave credit for the textures. At the time I wasn't really interested in that, and as I uninstalled K1 and moved on to other things, the files sat in the Override folder, momentarily forgotten. Just recently, I reinstalled TSL and came back to SWKnights after a long absence. Someone posted a thread about Sith tattoos and I recalled Levi's mod. After browsing the thread for it again, I decided to dig out the Mission conversion I had done and see if I could release it. What it Does: Reskins K1 NPC Mission Vao from a Rutian (blue) to Lethan (red) Twi'lek with black, full-body Sith tattoos modelled after Legacy comic book character Darth Talon. NOTE: V1 of this mod does not convert Mission into a Jedi/Dark Jedi. It is purely a cosmetic reskin. However, the new V2 turns Mission into a Jedi Sentinel, as well as toning down the textures somewhat in response to user feedback. Credit: The original Darth Talon skin textures were taken from Levi Davis's "Darth Talon Selectable Character for TSL" mod. Original thread here. Used with permission. DOWNLOAD: https://dpmods.bg2redux.com/k1_mission_talon.html N.B. Pics are from version 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Payne Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 I like it, i really do. The contrast is a bit high though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Well the textures are the original ones from nineball's mod. I didn't modify them, just ported them to Mission. That being said, a tweak may be in order for V2. Is this more to your taste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Payne Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Oh yeah, thats much better. This is looking like permanent place in my override. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arátoeldar Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Rider Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 lol, it still saddens me that that horrible Poser artwork for Darth Talon was actually used as a Kotor cover. nice work on mission too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Looks great - I'll be sure to download it when the v2 texture is out (or is it already out?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 I'll be sure to download it when the v2 texture is out (or is it already out?)Not yet. I'll announce in this thread when it is. EDIT: Version 2 has been submitted to KOTORFiles. Will update first post with a link when it is approved. lol, it still saddens me that that horrible Poser artwork for Darth Talon was actually used as a Kotor cover.It was the cover for Legacy #00, which is what I assume you mean. There was a big outburst on the Dark Horse forums when it was first shown as I recall. Everyone was complaining that they should have used Jan Duursema's artwork, until Jan got on and said she'd done the 3D shot herself. I didn't understand why they'd do it myself, even if it was done by Jan. The covers should reflect the internal artwork. Unless the whole comic is going to be CG, the cover should be hand-drawn/painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucied Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 is it possible to make it so that you can play as her being the PC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthParametric Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 is it possible to make it so that you can play as her being the PC?For K1? I could release such a mod I guess, but I'm not in any rush to do that seeing as V2 of the current mod hasn't even come out yet. You could make such a mod for your own use by adapting the existing files, but that would require hex editing the head mesh to change the default texture and extracting a 2DA file from the game via KOTORTools. I guess you'd have already done that if you knew how, so a less arduous way would be to utilise one of the existing K1 Twi'lek PC head mods for the extra bits you need. Grab Ferc Kast's Blue Twi'lek as PC to use as the basis. Do the following: Extract k1_mission_vao_as_darth_talon.7z into a temporary folder Go into the tslpatchdata folder Rename the TGA files as follows:PO_pmission.tga -> PO_Talon.tga twilek_f92.tga -> twilek_f10.tga P_MissionBA01.tga -> TalonBA01.tga P_MissionBB01.tga -> TalonBB01.tga [*]Open changes.ini with Notepad. Select everything (CTRL+A or Edit->Select All) and delete it. Copy everything inside the code box hidden inside the spoiler tag below and paste it into the INI file: Show spoiler (hidden content - requires Javascript to show) [settings] FileExists=1 WindowCaption=[K1] Blue Twi'lek as PC (Darth Talon Conversion) ConfirmMessage=Would you like to install this mod? LogLevel=3 InstallerMode=1 BackupFiles=1 PlaintextLog=0 LookupGameFolder=1 LookupGameNumber=1 SaveProcessedScripts=0 [TLKList] [installList] install_folder1=Override [2DAList] Table0=heads.2da Table1=appearance.2da Table2=portraits.2da [GFFList] [CompileList] [sSFList] ; =================================================================== [heads.2da] AddRow0=heads_row_192 [heads_row_192] ExclusiveColumn=head head=twilek_f10 headtexvvve=twilek_f10 headtexvve=twilek_f10 headtexve=twilek_f10 headtexe=twilek_f10 2DAMEMORY2=RowIndex ; =================================================================== [appearance.2da] CopyRow0=appearance_row_p_fem_t_sml_01 CopyRow1=appearance_row_p_fem_t_med_01 CopyRow2=appearance_row_p_fem_t_lrg_01 [appearance_row_p_fem_t_sml_01] RowIndex=97 ExclusiveColumn=label label=P_FEM_T_SML_01 normalhead=2DAMEMORY2 backuphead=2DAMEMORY2 modela=PFBAS texa=TalonBA texaevil=TalonBA modelb=PFBAS texb=TalonBB 2DAMEMORY3=RowIndex [appearance_row_p_fem_t_med_01] RowIndex=98 ExclusiveColumn=label label=P_FEM_T_MED_01 normalhead=2DAMEMORY2 backuphead=2DAMEMORY2 modela=PFBAS texa=TalonBA texaevil=TalonBA modelb=PFBAS texb=TalonBB 2DAMEMORY1=RowIndex [appearance_row_p_fem_t_lrg_01] RowIndex=144 ExclusiveColumn=label label=P_FEM_T_LRG_01 normalhead=2DAMEMORY2 backuphead=2DAMEMORY2 modela=PFBAS texa=TalonBA texaevil=TalonBA modelb=PFBAS texb=TalonBB 2DAMEMORY4=RowIndex ; =================================================================== [portraits.2da] AddRow0=portraits_row_po_pfth1 [portraits_row_po_pfth1] baseresref=PO_Talon sex=1 appearancenumber=2DAMEMORY1 race=6 plot=0 appearance_s=2DAMEMORY3 appearance_l=2DAMEMORY4 forpc=1 baseresrefe=PO_Talon baseresrefve=PO_Talon baseresrefvve=PO_Talon baseresrefvvve=PO_Talon ; =================================================================== [install_folder1] Replace0=twilek_f10.tga Replace1=TalonBA01.tga Replace2=TalonBB01.tga Replace3=PO_Talon.tga Replace4=twilek_f10.mdl Replace5=twilek_f10.mdx [*]Save changes.ini [*]Extract k1playabletwilek.zip to a temporary folder [*]Go into its tslpatchdata folder and copy twilek_f10.mdl, twilek_f10.mdx and portraits.2da [*]Paste these files in the tslpatchdata folder you extracted from k1_mission_vao_as_darth_talon.7z [*]Run TSLPatcher.exe that you extracted from k1_mission_vao_as_darth_talon.7z to install the mod That should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Have tried v.2 - great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredi Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Nice! Great Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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