At last, it is done. Between my flagging dedication and several days of upgrading my computer from XP to Vista, this mod has been put off for one week. This mod includes everything from version 1.0 and adds 11 distinct powers on top of it. Thus, there is a total of 18 distinct powers, each with 2 or 3 tiers for a grand total of 43 new powers to select during level-up. In addition, I made a number of tweaks to rebalance the different classes. Check out the ReadMe, it summarizes the changes better: :)

K1 Force Pack

Version: 2.0

Developer: Star Admiral

Date: 01/14/09

What This Mod Does:
- Adds 18 distinct (43 total) Force powers to K1, available during character
level-up. Seven of these are lightsaber forms, the rest are regular powers,
with 4 LS powers, 4 Universal powers, and 3 DS powers.
- The lightsaber forms do not have their own animations, as they are
combat techniques. The rest have their own casting animations.
- Rebalance the different Jedi classes to better distinguish them. Consulars
get the most Force powers and Force points, Guardians get the most feats
and health points, and Sentinels get the most skills and saving throws.
- Eliminate the cross-class skill penalty.
- Add health regeneration while out of combat.
- Improve the Force power regeneration both in and out of combat.
- Increase the difficulty of opponents slightly.
- Increase the value random loot slightly.
- As the mod effectively doubles the total number of selectable Force
powers, from 44 to 87, I vastly increased the number of powers can be
chosen each level-up to allow players to make use of the new powers. The
total number of feats and skills selectable has also been increased slightly.
You will still have to choose, as even Consulars can only choose a maximum
of 36 powers (assuming you become a Jedi at Level 8), up from 15.

Installation Instructions:
This mod uses the TSLPatcher for easy installation. If you have either
Shem’s Super Enhanced Mod Add-On or version 1.0 of this mod installed,
PLEASE read the Important Notice sections below to properly install this
mod. If you don’t have those mods installed, then simply run the executable
to install the mod. It will modify and/or replace any conflicting files in
your Override folder and save the original files inside the backup folder.
Do NOT simply copy the files from the tslpatchdata folder to your Override
folder; the mod will not work.

Important Notice (K1 Force Pack v1.0):
If you have version 1.0 of this mod installed, first completely uninstall
version 1.0 by following the uninstallation instructions provided in the
ReadMe of that mod. Afterwards, proceed with this installation.

Important Notice (Shem’s Super Enhanced Mod Add-On):
If you have Shem’s Super Enhanced Mod Add-On installed (the Add-On
specifically, not the original one), install this mod using the TSLPatcher,
but be sure to copy the contents of the patch folder into your Override
folder AFTER installing this mod to ensure compatibility.

Uninstallation Instructions:
To uninstall this mod, first go to the tslpatchdata folder and select all the
files inside. Copy and paste the files into your Override folder, overwriting
as needed. Without deselecting the selected files, delete them from your
Override folder. Afterwards, go to the backup folder and copy all the files
except for the dialog.tlk file back into your Override folder. Lastly, copy
the dialog.tlk file back into the main directory of wherever you installed
K1, NOT your Override folder.

Force Powers:
In version 1.0 of this mod, I included an exhaustive list of all the powers
added to the game, vastly increasing the length of this ReadMe. This
version almost triples the number of powers added, so detailing each power
here is not feasible. I recommend installing this mod and then viewing the
descriptions in the game. While some powers may not be appealing to
everyone, I guarantee that you will find at least some of them to be
interesting.

Compatibility Issues:
This mod should be compatible with any mod that also adds Force powers
to K1. Unfortunately, because this mod modifies the number of powers and
feats each character gains per level, it will not be compatible with other
mods that also do the same. While you are free to install those versions
over mine, I strongly discourage you from doing so, as you will not get the
chance to select as many powers or feats during level-up. If there is a
major conflict with another popular mod, contact me and I’ll see if I can
release a patch to make mine compatible.

Bugs:
None that I know of. I have not had a chance to extensively check all the
powers added to the game, such as Force Rage, but preliminary tests
indicate that they should work fine. If there are major bugs, whether with
the powers or with the class balancing, don’t hesitate to let me know and
I’ll release a patch to correct the issue. If there are enough of them (or
if I decide to add yet more powers and features), then a version 3.0 of
this mod will be coming.

Contact Information:
You can email me at staradmiral@hotmail.com or you can find me hanging
out at the Holowan Labs at various times of the day under the user name
Star Admiral. I’ll do my best to get back to you ASAP.

Credits:
A million thanks go out to all the people at the Holowan Labs who have
graciously helped me with any modding problems I have had with KOTOR
or TSL. Special thanks go out to DarthParametric, RedHawke, stoffe,
ChAiNz.2da, TriggerGod, and Ferc Kast, without whom I could not have
learned as much as I have in so short a time. Thanks again. =)

Terms of Use:
Naturally, you can modify these files for your personal use. You also may
use them in any mod if you would like, but please give me credit. That's
all I ask.

THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY
BIOWARE, OR LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT

COMPANY LLC. ELEMENTS TM & © LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
LLC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS.

I'll be taking a break from scripting for a bit. This really fried my head. :xp: In any case, bugs or not, I'll probably release a version 3.0 sometime in the future to make the NPCs, both friendly and hostile, use the new powers.

Here are some screenshots. There are many more than shown in the images; I just choose the easiest ones to taken pictures of. :D

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Download Links:
KOTOR Files: DL Here (http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/K1_Force_Pack;97281).

Have fun with it and stay tuned for a possible version 3.0.

- Star Admiral

Awesome as soon as its up at KF I'll download, only because I like reading the reviews :D

Great job Star Admiral!!!

Whoa, cool.

I loook forward to trying this.

Thanks for the comments. :)

I figured that I should mention this, as this is not a bug but an engine restriction. There are more than a few powers within this mod that increase the number of attacks that you can do per round. The limit imposed by the game engine is 5 attacks per round, so if you use two sabers, Master Flurry, Master Speed, Force Rage, and Ferocity Mastery at once, you would technically get 7 attacks, but in reality, the game will compute only 5.

- Star Admiral

First off, thank you for this! I just started playing this game again about a week ago, decided to see if anyone is still modding for it, and found this mod. Good job!

Secondly, I had a question about the Force Pull power. Is it possible to add the 'fall down' animation to it like there is with Force Push? If so, would you? I think it would look better to have them sliding towards me on their backside rather than just sliding upright to me.

Thanks again for giving me another reason to play KOTOR!

Secondly, I had a question about the Force Pull power. Is it possible to add the 'fall down' animation to it like there is with Force Push? If so, would you? I think it would look better to have them sliding towards me on their backside rather than just sliding upright to me.

Stoffe did that in the HLFP mod for TSL, and I would think that it would be possible in KotOR as well, since the same animation exists in both games. But that is, of course, the directors cut to make... :)

Nice work SA! I will be downloading momentarily.

Regarding the Force Pull power. I'll be creating the fall-down animation in v3 that will probably come out sometime in the next month. I just got lazy in coding it :D, as I didn't want to deal with the possibility of the character dying while on its back, creating a weird animation glitch.

- Star Admiral

Stoffe did that in the HLFP mod for TSL, and I would think that it would be possible in KotOR as well, since the same animation exists in both games. But that is, of course, the directors cut to make... :)


Yes, of course that's what made me think of it. :D

Regarding the Force Pull power. I'll be creating the fall-down animation in v3 that will probably come out sometime in the next month. I just got lazy in coding it :D, as I didn't want to deal with the possibility of the character dying while on its back, creating a weird animation glitch.

- Star Admiral

Right on. Looking forward to v3! Oh, and I would never accuse anyone that put this mod (or any other mod) together and then sharing with the real lazy ones (like me) of being lazy.

Thanks Star Admiral :woo:

hi star admiral,

first of all a great mod.
But i think i discovered a bug, that's distroying much fun:

My Char can't die, he can loose Health, when he gets hit, but as soon as it gets 0 vitalitie-points, he doesn't die. The other party members all can die, just the main-char, can't.
i have following mods installed:

-recruitable kay v 1.01a
-call of aid v 1.61
-carth republic uniform plus
-dk robe replacement
-enhanced shadowland restoration
-k1 force pack v 2
-k1 robe stat boost
-maleheadpack if
-padawan mod v 1.3e
-republic helmet
-RH JawaShop v 1a
-RH OrdMandellMod v 1.2

but as this problems is like i'd have activated the force "rage" all the time, i think its a bug of the "force pack".
besides, i haven't learnt the force "rage" yet.

hope you can help me

First off, welcome to the boards! :)

I haven't gotten a chance to fully test the Rage power as I dislike playing on the Dark Side, but if you never learned or activated the power at all, then the problem is with another mod. Your character only gets the undying ability when you cast the power, not before.

Have you tried playing to another planet and seeing if you died there? I remembered when I was on the Endar Spire, my character couldn't die, but once I got off to another planet like Dantooine or Korriban, I could die normally again.

Let me know if you made any progress.

- Star Admiral

YOU ARE A GOD. O_o. ;)

Nice job man, next playthrough this gets a spot in my override for sure.

hey guys, thanks for your answers!
i didn't find the problem, but i found a solution: with the kse i discovered, that the min. health=1 was activated. don't know because of what mod, but i disabled it and everything works fine now!

Wow

This is amazing.

More Force Powers is always a good thing. :) Good job, Star Admiral!

I remember this mod from awhile back, it rocks man. You can never have enough force powers.


BTW, great job Star Admiral.

The limit imposed by the game engine is 5 attacks per round, so if you use two sabers, Master Flurry, Master Speed, Force Rage, and Ferocity Mastery at once, you would technically get 7 attacks, but in reality, the game will compute only 5.

I always wondered why the Juyo form didn't come with a +1 attack/round... I always had master speed engaged.

I already complimented the mod, but now I've gotten to a point where I never have to use revitalize because I completely dominate every enemy on maximum setting. I don't know if this was the mod where I saw it, but have the enemy NPC's in this module been enhanced to make them more potent?

You can never have enough force powers.


Agreed I think this mod is sweet :D

Very nice job on this Star Admiral!

Hi Star Admiral.

Is this mod officially finished? You had mentioned a v3 a while back, and I was wondering if that was still in progress. I suppose you're busy with other projects and real life and all, but, I was just wondering.....

Anyway, thanks again for your work.

You're welcome. :)

Yes, v3 is still in the works, currently in final production and testing. As v3 will be the last of this mod, I wish to iron out all the bugs before release. It should be out before the end of this year.

- Star Admiral

From one scripter to another: Best of luck! I look forward to the powers!

That's good news! I look forward to it. :thmbup1:

In this version, will the NPC's actually use the force powers themselves?

Unfortunately no. v3 will have the NPCs use them, including some of the boss enemies. This is why the project has taken so long to implement. Suffice it to say you'll find Malak to be a much more interesting opponent. ;)

- Star Admiral

So its gonna be available in v3? Well, that's basically what I was asking, so it's great! Thank you so much for your work!

This seems like a swell mod and I want to use it in my next playthrough. But I don't want my health to automatically regenerate. Is it possible to disable that?

Yes, install the mod as normal. Once done, go to your Override directory, locate the regeneration.2da file, and delete it. That should do the trick.

- Star Admiral

Great, thanks!

Did Star Admiral ever make a version 3 of this?

I'm new to this game and this mod. Has anyone else had problems getting the descriptions of the powers to show up? They're all blank for me. I don't even see their names.