Oh no, didn't you say you were going to try New Vegas? If you do, at least once your character has to "Test" Fisto,

In Kotor 2 Bao Dur calls Mandalor a murderer, for the Mandalorian practice of slaughtering millions of innocent people - like on Cathar. Mandalore says it was the only way to get the Jedi's attention. He goes on to explain that they knew very little of the Jedi themselves. Their only contact being with those like Exar Kun who had already gone to the Dark Side. He says they wanted to test themselves against the Jedi. To see who was stronger. For them, attacking the Jedi Order was the meat and potatoes of the Mandalorian Crusade. Conquering worlds was just gravy on top.


My thought has always been that if the Jedi Council had led the Mandalorian Wars not only would they have ended sooner, but if anyone had gone off beyond known space to explore it would not have been Revan. Instead it would have been members of the Council. I don't really know a lot about the actual ability of the Council in Revan's time. But I can easily picture how things would have went if it had been Master Yoda and Master Windu:

"A hidden Sith Empire, found have we," Yoda says.

"Reach in that bag and hand me my lightsaber," Mace Windu growls, eyes fixed upon the Sith Emperor before them. "It's the one that says Bad*** Mother****!"

Purple lightsaber blade sticks through Sith Emperor's head. End of story.



There is something weird going on with the controls in Kotor 2. Characters often ignore their orders, or just stand there doing nothing. It gets really infuriating at times. I do not recall that ever happening in Kotor 1.

At first that weird ship made me think of a hammer, or a big mallet. Or the handle of a corkscrew. It is a weird design.

I really love how you can connect with a character in a game like with Martin, or the way I finally have with Bao-Dur. It makes the game world come alive, and your own character as well. Otherwise you are just killing things and not roleplaying.

Me too. I never had it happen in any game till I played Oblivion, and there were several characters in Oblivion that seemed to draw the player into a deeper friendship - like the Knights of the Nine ghosts. After they returned to their graves, I missed them! I used to activate their tombs just to hear them talking to my character again.

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You know what? Forget it. This discussion will just keep going otherwise, and will never get anywhere.

Oh, and in the interest of accuracy, Revan didn't follow the Mandalorians into the unknown regions. At Malachor V Revan fought Mandalore the Ultimate in single combat. As he was dying, Mandalore told Revan that the Sith had tricked him into attacking the Republic. Revan followed that lead, looking for the Sith.

Mandalore is now part of Brigantia's team

A big brawl. The white rings are shots from sonic guns. The glowing white particles behind Brigantia are the aftermath of her Force Jump, which instantly propelled her across the battlefield just a second before.

The team hatches plans in the Ebon Hawk

So there are white rings, white particles, and it looks like white light-sabers all going on at once. Is that all from the same side? Don't the others get a turn?

The white rings are from the other side! And they have a red blaster bolt.

Good for Brigantia. Finally got herself a dude with some armor. Oh how neat that she's learned Whirlwind Sprint Force Jump! Cool ship, cool bridge - so should make for some cool plans.

Ooh, out and about in a town? Is there loot in the crates like those in the background of the Mandalore screen? And, is Mandalore the one kneeling?

Oh, that about to start combat screen is Awesome! Those spells that vault the enemy into my face always scare the heck out of me when it happens (when the enemy does it to me); so it really must be a great benefit for the Player in battle! It looks cool as heck, so does the sonic gun rings.

ESO has that "Force Leap" spell, but so far I've avoided taking it because I've been trying to fight ranged whenever possible - but it is a very effective move, doesn't give the enemy time to get a shot in on you before you are in his face, lol.

Which makes me wonder = do you have to repair your armor/weapons in this game?


The dialogue in the planning room at Ebon Hawk had me in hysterics!


These screens above any so far have made me want to play this game, lol. I like the idea of being able to get out and explore around like that.

Great shots!!!

Acadian: I love the Mandalorian Armor. I wish there was a game that allowed you to play as a Mandalorian, just for the cool outfits!


mALX: It took me a long time to come to think of those ships as Hammerheads. The entire first time I played it years ago I never even made that leap at all. I just thought they were Screwdriver Ships back then. It was just a few weeks ago I imagined one sideways, and realized would look just like a hammerhead shark.

Mandalore is the one in the cool armor. He's the leader of the Mandalorians. It's from a mod, that changes the armor of the Mandalorians in the game to the same style as worn by Jango and Boba Fett in the Star Wars movies. I think that looks much better than the vanilla Mandalorian armor from the game.

The Force Leap is really cool in the Kotor games. It almost instantly puts you across the map, and looks really cool for that split second it takes to get there. Your character actually does a flip in mid-air as they leap.

There is no armor or weapon repair in these games. There are some options to upgrade your gear with improvements. The system is pretty basic in Kotor 1, and gets really fleshed out in Kotor 2 - with tons more new options.

The Kotor games are fun. But they are not open worlds like a Bethesda game. There are only a certain number of places you can visit, and you have to visit them and advance the game's plot in them. The only real freedom is that you can choose the order in which you do some of them, and which side quests you want to do, and how you do them (there is a basic good/evil choice to most of the quests).


Mandalorian Super-commandos board The Ravager

Another pic of Mandalore

Visas and Brigantia in action

Double whammy

More lightsaber action

I finally finished Kotor 2. My favorite of the two was Kotor 1 by far. 2 had way too many cinematics that take over, one after another, after another, after another. If I want to watch a movie, I'll watch a movie. I play computer games because I want to actually play computer games.

Great action shots. That Mandalore's helmet looks really cool. The wide eye visor slit reminds me of the robodude from the old movie 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'.

And congrats on beatin' the game with yer toon!

OMG, I missed this one! Urk, I am so sorry!!! Feel free to smack me remind me if I am late getting here when you have updated; the way things are going in RL, I don't even remember my own name lately.


Bold = So either way it was some kind of tool ship?


Gaaaah, you should know better than mentioning Boba Fett; backpacks; or jets around me!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ5eLK_QKMc


Oh, this really tells me a lot about the game, thank you so much!



Wow, this first shot is amazing! Did your gun cause those flames?


Man, this is some great battle shots! I love this, and it was the same in Fallout 3 - when in a big battle like this; I like the battlefield to look like all hell is breaking loose - It looks like this game does even better than Fallout 3 at blowing up the scene !!! Awesome shots !!!!


Is your character the pretty redhead in the gorgeous armor? She looks Awesome! I like how she is just standing watching the fight, lol.
Oh no, wait - you are Brigantia, so who is the redhead?

Man, that pinheaded guy with the red-marked head is freaky looking!


Wow, the redhead jumped in to fight in that last shot, I see her sword! Is she on Brigantia's side? I hope so, her light saber is lighting up the whole area !!!

These shots are fantastic!!!!

I'm really sorry again for missing these - and Thank You, THANK YOU so much for the Banished game! I've been having a blast with it! My current build is in year 12/winter - not having trouble yet, but Ijust noticed a bunch of them are over 70 years old, the rest are over 55 except for 4 in their 30's and one 7 year old child. Urk. So I do see issues in the future unless I open a tavern or something to lube them up so they will start procreating.

I did finally lose one member, but it was from old age; not disease/freezing/starving/etc. I've learned a few things too, so if I have to start over, I'll do better next time.

Thank you again for it, I love it!

- but agree with the sentiment!

Oh noes! Fette's Vette!

The flames were a scripted event that happens when the Mandalorians board the bad guy's ship. That whole scene is all scripted. FO3 actually did a better much job of portraying big battles. The explosions are much more immersive.

The red head is Visas. That is actually a red hood that she never takes off. You never see her hair, or her eyes. She is too cool for that stuff!

I am glad you having so much fun with Banished. So you have a bunch of old farts? Better get working on that fountain of youth!

I added one well, lol. Somehow I didn't "get" the idea of the market place, both of mine are out of the way. If I have to make a new town, I'll know better next time.

And I've been throwing up houses like mad, hoping some of those oldsters will get some renewed energy - at least enough to make a child before they pass; darn it! I wonder if the Herbalist knows how to make viagra?




Oh, by scripted - do you mean that fiery scene is one of the movie things you were talking about earlier? (Or is it scripted like the implosion of Raven Rock where it is actually taking place and your player controls are still intact (unless Fawkes force greets you right when you are trying to watch the explosion of the century and shoot helicopters out of the sky).

It is basically a movie that runs once you get to that part of the game. Then after it runs you get to play the game again.

Oh, now that is irritating.

Kotor 1 is getting a remake! A team of modders/indie developers is working on recreating the entire game using the Unreal 4 engine. You will still need to own the original game, as it uses the sound and music from it. Hopefully it won't get shut down by EA and Disney. Because the screens from it look really cool.

I saw something about this the other day. I applaud the people over at Apeiron for doing what Disney and EA should have been doing once they got their paws on the franchise. Unfortunately I don't think this will ever be released. An extremely popular game with a rabid global audience gets an update and neither Disney nor EA sees a profit from it? Not going to happen... too bad for us.

The Unreal Engine is free to download; and they give out numerous tutorial vids free on how to program it; anyone up for making some cool games, I'll play them!

KotOR and The Sith Lords are quite possibly the best Star Wars games ever made. Khajiit loves them both; KotOR for the story and The Sith Lords for the little additions it added to KotOR's formula.

I wish they'd made KotOR 3 instead of an MMO. Disappointing really.

KotOR had the better story, but I prefer the characters of TSL. Though I wouldn't call the additions small. Prestige classes and the greatly expanded weapon upgrade system are just fantastic.



Such a wasted opportunity.

Totally

Don't know if you guys are aware but there's apparently a remake of KotoR being made rn. I think in the Unreal Engine? Saw some videos and found it really cool; Skyrim-esque, totally, what with a FPS view and all that jazz.

Yeah, Khajiit thinks it's being done by a bunch of modders. This one wonders if this is legal.

I put a link to it about 8 or 9 posts up.

Embarrassed admission: Yeah, Khajiit actually clicked on it after seeing it up there today! It does look like Darth Sidious said "I will make it legal!", but this one did notice the article also said Disney could shut the project down.

:0

*investigates*

*sees it to be true*

:0

...



Well damn, I need to pay more attention then LOLOLOLOL

I modded the texture for one of the character heads, and created Persephone in Kotor 1.

I spent a few hours trying to figure out what she would wear. All the low-tier armors are the wrong colors. The only white or silver ones are the 5th and final tier of armors. But as it turns out, they all make your character look... larger. Too larger for even me.

Finally I found this wearable Juhani clothing mod. One of the versions is white and black. But unfortunately that one only works on the Sentinel class. Persephone is a Soldier, who got a red and black version. So I copied the white and black version and replaced the soldier's version with it.

Now I am thinking that I could probably go to one of the existing low level armors and just retexture it to a white or silver color. But the Juhani outfit works for now. Persephone has not gotten far enough to where she can wear the Jedi Robes yet. So I am not sure what she will do at that point.

Yeah those low lvl armors are pretty fugly.

Yay, Persephone looks very much like the Force is with her!

The Darkside of the force!

The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... unnatural.

Ah, Lord Sidious. Khajiit was hoping you'd turn up with some words of wisdom!

Fired up KotOR on GOG for the first ever today and Khajiit must say that it plays atrociously. It’s constantly crashing.
Does anyone else have this game on GOG and actually have it running well?

I have the Gog versions of both Kotor I and II, and never had any crashes with either.

What OS are you running?

Windows 7. I also use Flawless Widescreen to run it in 1920 x 1080. That can be a pain to get to work. But the actual game itself has always run fine for me, without having to do any tweaking.

Well, Khajiit’s interwebz was down today and he hasn’t actually clicked on the KotOR section of the Galaxy library since he downloaded it a while ago, so it’s possible the game just needs an update. We found some other tricks to try if that ends up not being the case.

Ok so there wasn’t an update for it but Khajiit did alter the compatibility settings and it seems to be more stable so far. Fingers crossed.

Is there a way to toggle the UI in KotOR?

Well anyway, Khajiit got Universal Widescreen working for his machine so now we’ve got KotOR running well in widescreen. Will post some pics for our new character later.

There is, but I forget what it is. I think it is CTRL + something. Or it could be Alt + something.

I've been playing the Restored Content Mod for KotOR II. I also used KotOR Tool to add the Disguise effect to Mandalorian armors like KotOR I had. The lack of anything that actually covered your head in the game was a massive annoyance, and when I later played KotOR I for the first time and realized that armors could support disguise effects, I was determined to tackle this limitation.

Started a new character today. Xia Zheng, female scoundrel. Currently in the cantina on Taris about to brush off her pazak skills!

Cool! I have never done a Scoundrel/Jedi Councilor. I usually do the Scout/Sentinel, and have only done the Soldier/Guardian a few times.

My first play through I did as an Asian character. I forget her name now. I only have a few pics left. Sadly, I do not have any of her saves. That was multiple computers ago. She was a dual wielding Sentinel, and wore the Xia Terashi armor.

I believe your character in the pic is using the same face my new character has, lol. Are you running mods in that pic?

I have a ton of mods. Probably everything on the Kotor Nexus. Her armor also came with the short saber. Plus I have a mod that allows you more lightsaber color choices. I can't remember if the armor Carth is wearing is vanilla or modded. I think it might be a vanilla resource someone jazzed up with the glowing lights. I have a version of it for KOTOR 2 that the Zabrak engineer can wear, which really makes him awesome.