Wow, impressive :) I like the last one the most - star forge robe variations. Keep it up!
Thanks! i was starting to think no one liked the stuff and feeling irresistible murderous rage. :p
The last robe (the dark brown with stripes) it's supposed to be a replacement for the default exar kun's light armor that can be bought on korriban.
Well that's perfect :) Much better than the original Exar Kun's light armor.
Some more screenies;
Robes:
After much editing the white robe ended up like this (not so white anymore):
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9629/kotor0000.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/kotor0000.png/)
Exar Kun's light battle robe after some final touches:
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3100/kotor00002.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/kotor00002.png/)
Changing the appearence of bad guys:
Sith Masters at the end [their default look is completely dumb with those happy colors and all, not to mention their generic design, so i'm trying to give them a more menacing look and, at least for this one -still two more to go- i may have succeded (?)]:
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/5686/kotor00016.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/kotor00016.png/)
^Gray parts on the belts, neck and kneepads were supposed to have metallic shine but it seems the cm_baremetal is disallowed for this tga or something...
Headgear edits:
Since i hate the looks of most of the headgear in the game, i'm making various edits of the more passable ones in order to replace some of those other face-eating monsters, here's an example:
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/694/kotor00012.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/kotor00012.png/)
That's all for now, any comments/suggestions are welcomed. :)
Have you increased the size of the textures in any of your re-skins?
I'm not sure what you mean... you mean if i have reworked the textures to be of higher-res than default?
By doubling the size of the base texture, more detail will show up in your skin.
Please elaborate (if you don't mind), i'm no artist, i just learned a bunch from tutorials here + what little PS-using i knew before. :P
EDIT: ok, so i thought about it and i think i see what you meant; use a resized base, apply the new texture work at normal size, then resize the whole thing to normal base size (stretch out, 'paint', then back to normal so the new stuff soaks up or 'absorbs' better on the base texture?), is that it? if it is, is it not the same as just resizing the new stuff? will have to experiment on this i guess.
Skins look real good Cap...like the added detail...keep it up
EDIT: ok, so i thought about it and i think i see what you meant; use a resized base, apply the new texture work at normal size, then resize the whole thing to normal base size (stretch out, 'paint', then back to normal so the new stuff soaks up or 'absorbs' better on the base texture?), is that it? if it is, is it not the same as just resizing the new stuff? will have to experiment on this i guess.
Sort of. When you add texture, it's best to size the .tga image up. Do this before you add the texture and when you finish do not scale it back. This way your texture will show up much nicer in-game. Note that this doesn't apply to just re-colors... it won't have a difference there.
I like what you've got so far, especially that dark jedi.
I love most of these reskins, but there's one thing however I think looks strange. The color of the sith master's face is odd. I mean, with his face red like that, he looks either constipated, holding its breath for too long or like an angry kid. For me, it kind of ruins the other improvements (which are massive, in my opinion) of his uniform, as most human looks for the face in order to get a feel of what people are like.
Thanks for the comments.
Sort of. When you add texture, it's best to size the .tga image up. Do this before you add the texture and when you finish do not scale it back. This way your texture will show up much nicer in-game. Note that this doesn't apply to just re-colors... it won't have a difference there.
Ahh, interesting! (i would've thought that altering the image size would mess it up in-game... but it doesn't eh? is there a size restriction, does it have to be double, as Sith Holocron above mentioned, or could it be 1.5 size for instance?)
Unfortunately doing that for these skins here would be practically impossible now... :| (for what it's worth the screenshots are taken at almost minimal graphical settings... so they can look a bit better).
I like what you've got so far, especially that dark jedi.
Thanks! by the way, do you know know how to make cm_baremetal visible on that dark jedi skin? (i know about the alpha channel and the txi file but the thing just won't show up in-game).
I love most of these reskins, but there's one thing however I think looks strange. The color of the sith master's face is odd. I mean, with his face red like that, he looks either constipated, holding its breath for too long or like an angry kid. For me, it kind of ruins the other improvements (which are massive, in my opinion) of his uniform, as most human looks for the face in order to get a feel of what people are like.
Constipated, really? lol, you either love cartoons a bit much or you should go see a doctor... :p Jokes aside, here's some alternate explanations; he's the starwars equivalent of an rl person of indian descent and the dark side accentuated and darkened his natural skin color (the DS changing a person's physical appearance; not unheard of), or, maybe he's not human at all but some rare starwars alien and his other more alien features are concealed behind his mask and cloak, or, maybe he's half human, half humanoid starwars alien, who knows? :D
But i see your point though; at first i wasn't too happy about the result either but it kinda grew on me: skin-wise he is different to the generic type, really different, which was the idea.
EDIT: could someone please tell me how to add that nice [WIP] text in color at the thread title? :)
Well the texture size has to be increased/decreased in powers of 2. For example, most of the smallest kotor textures are 64x64, which can be increased to 128x128, 256x256, 512x512, and so on (though 1024 should really be the biggest - anything else I think is overkill).
With your shiny dark jedi problem, changing their envmap in their appearance.2da entry would probably solve it. Just input "CM_Baremetal" in there and see how that works :)
Well the texture size has to be increased/decreased in powers of 2. For example, most of the smallest kotor textures are 64x64, which can be increased to 128x128, 256x256, 512x512, and so on (though 1024 should really be the biggest - anything else I think is overkill).
All right, that's understandable (but just to be sure, heh).
With your shiny dark jedi problem, changing their envmap in their appearance.2da entry would probably solve it. Just input "CM_Baremetal" in there and see how that works :)
Ok, gonna have to learn now how to edit 2da files it seems, bugger... thanks for the tips. :)
Just use kotor tool with the buggger and it'll be perfect!
Finished the Dark Masters (now they'll have new, custom appearance along with new stats and names, instead of the happy color generic fillers they were before):
Darth Carious:
Pimped the robe texture a bit more:
http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/8871/59469325.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/535/59469325.png/)
Lord Silgar:
With terminator eyes! :p
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/8783/46384360.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/46384360.png/)
And my favorite, Darth Ahkna:
Figured i'd make the last one a female instead of yet another male one.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3397/72135122.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/72135122.png/)
Looks good Capibara... Nice work :)
As a general observation, I've tended to mix re-sizing skins up, so for example for Revans armour I doubled the texture size, also I have enlarged the textures with smaller maps... e.g. 256 by 256. But for most skins I've kept them at the usual size. Partly as increasing skin size then means alot longer to upload download, and I didn't think the gain was great enough to justify it, however that maybe just my 2 cents on the matter...
Thanks. :)
(Btw, jonathan7, love your 'character start up changes' mod! :thmbup1:)
I've been making some variations of alien npc's (nothing too fancy, of course), and would like your opinions on the matter, since i don't really have a use for these in my mod, i'm thinking they could be useful to some of you guys out there making new area/story mods:
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2584/79648700.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/79648700.png/)
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/1244/92660860.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/92660860.png/)
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4893/11152879.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/11152879.png/)
http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9084/17630971.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/17630971.png/)
Several other are still under 'construction' (also, since these were small, i followed advice and sized them up a bit)
So want do you people think, do i keep churning them out or is it not really useful?
I really like the jawa. It make me want to play as a jawa on my next kotor play-through.
Since i'm going through evey map adjusting and tweaking creature files, i intend (hopefully it's possible) to change the generic dark jedi to a more darker look according to their class; the black colored one is for counselors, the purple one for sentinels and the red-ish one for guardians. This would make their class recognizable and give them a bit of variety appearance wise.
http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/6099/darkjedim.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/638/darkjedim.png/)
Some more robes; LS Brown, LS/DS Blue, DS Red and LS Red:
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3695/robesf.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/robesf.png/)
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/4544/robesm.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/robesm.png/)
I like them all but that bright red robe its...idk maybe a little "too" bright? Maybe its just me..All the rest look really good.
Hey, LS Red reminds me of starfighter pilots :P
I like them all but that bright red robe its...idk maybe a little "too" bright? Maybe its just me..All the rest look really good.
Yep, was trying for a brighter type, but i agree that maybe the red needs to be toned down.
I actually think that the LS red looks fine as it is. If you make it darker, it's just going to look like another black robe. If all robes end up nearly black (like your DS blue & red), then it defeats the purpose of trying to have more variety IMO.
The same goes for your three dark Jedi. I have to take your word for it that they're different colours, because they're so dark I can't actually see any difference (besides the brightness of the belt buckles). Personnally, I try to avoid making things so black that they lose all highlights and shadows; it tends to make things look flat and lifeless, instead of three dimensional.
I think that the design elements and patterns are working well; they certainly add visual interest to each robe. I'd suggest for the LS red that you make the shoulder pads the same black and white as the chest. That way, it will look more like an armoured vest.
I wasn't saying for him to make them black I just think there a little too bright and need to be tinted a little darker but yeah I guess I see what your saying.
Thanks for the input.
I actually think that the LS red looks fine as it is. If you make it darker, it's just going to look like another black robe. If all robes end up nearly black (like your DS blue & red), then it defeats the purpose of trying to have more variety IMO.
The same goes for your three dark Jedi. I have to take your word for it that they're different colours, because they're so dark I can't actually see any difference (besides the brightness of the belt buckles). Personnally, I try to avoid making things so black that they lose all highlights and shadows; it tends to make things look flat and lifeless, instead of three dimensional.
I think it depends on the properties of the monitor (or is it video card? not sure) used to see the images, you see, i do all that stuff on a laptop (which otherwise doesn't look overly bright) and there, it looks just the right way, to put an example, the blue robe above is just as or even less dark than Drewton's Malak (
http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/Darth_Malak_Dark_Lord_of_the_Sith;96464) and the DS red is just as dark as this one (
http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/Darth_Malak_Fan_of_Darth_Vader;75098) for instance, and while both of those look, as intended, dark in-game, all their details are visible. However, when i transfer the screenshots to this other pc in which i upload the images, it does indeed look much, much darker...
I think that the design elements and patterns are working well; they certainly add visual interest to each robe. I'd suggest for the LS red that you make the shoulder pads the same black and white as the chest. That way, it will look more like an armoured vest.
So dark it looks to you that the armored parts is black and white and not white with pattern?! heh. Joking aside, it's not possible to do it (have armored shoulder pads for that one) unless i also wanted to have it on the robe areas just below the neck, and that wouldn't look too great... the best that can be done there is give it a border detail following the edges like i did for the brown, blue and dark red ones.
Davik's Armor variations:
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/773/23034468.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/23034468.png/) ---
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/535/69654255.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/69654255.png/) ---
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8864/55628585.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/55628585.png/)
Download:
With red patterns:
http://www.mediafire.com/?wy9j6wjs46ptmwy)
With purple patterns:
http://www.mediafire.com/?dawjptyj8sf196u)
Alternate blue and silver colors:
http://www.mediafire.com/?6o1ul1w3o0x4g9c)
*The .rar file folder for the red and purple pattern ones contain the .tga's for both the type shown above (with the extra parts on the bracers and legs) as well as the .tga's for normal type.
*Both male and female as well as inventory item included for each version.
Anyone can use these re-skins for anything they like, no need for permissions or anything, just give credit if you use them. :)
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I like it a lot!!!
The Sith armors look awesome :D The clothing texture is a bit weird, like on the backpack, but it's a nice touch. Keep it up :)
I think the Saul skin is a really nice, subtle improvement. Nice job :)
My only complaint about Saul is that the texture looks a bit flat. The rest of the textures, are still the same, great quality I expect from you. Keep up the sexy skins! :xp:
Thanks for the comments. :)
My only complaint about Saul is that the texture looks a bit flat(...)
Flat, how come? it has new textures on all the uniform areas (except the gray parts and gold details) as well as the hands. This re-skin is not a highly detailed edit, it is just 'subtle' as Dak Drexl above said, maybe it looks too dark for you?
(...)Keep up the sexy skins!
Heh, thanks again, and sure, i'll keep them coming, i have a lot of re-skins already made (armors, robes, etc) but i'm too lazy to upload them; most are 1024x1024 so they take longer to upload...
I take it back on what I said about the flat black texture on the uniform. That was because my Droid X's screen (my phone that I used in Vermont, durr) was darker than my computer screen here. So please disregard what I said about the flat textures, blame my phone. :xp:
Flat, how come? it has new textures on all the uniform areas (except the gray parts and gold details) as well as the hands. This re-skin is not a highly detailed edit, it is just 'subtle' as Dak Drexl above said, maybe it looks too dark for you?
Evidently, it was too dark for me to notice that it wasn't flat until I opened the texture in GIMP at 400% when I finally saw the details. The other skins in this thread, however, seem to be good quality. :)
(...)The other skins in this thread, however, seem to be good quality. :)
Meaning the Saul skin isn't? heh, it's all on the eye (or rather, screen) of the beholder. ;) But, yes, so far it seems that a few people have a screen a few degrees darker than mine... maybe i'll make a 'less dark' version of the next 'darker' re-skin too.
I would suggest a darker gray color, one just enough for you to see the folds in his uniform.
Nice! I really like the second one of your heavy armors. Keep up the good work!
Oh my god you are good at armors. Seriously, I just... wow. This mod is going into my override so hard.
I really like the second armor, the republic armor and the sith armor from that post. :) Keep up the good work :thumbsup:
I love the armors man :D Republic one catches me the most. Keep it up!
The second armor, Republic armor, and the Sith armor stand out - in the good way! My only suggestion is to add a sith logo onto the armor.
Thanks for the comments. :)
Oh my god you are good at armors. Seriously, I just... wow. This mod is going into my override so hard.
Thanks. I doubt those re-skins will be released as a mod though, most likely i'll be posting individual download links for each like i've been doing in this thread so far (uploading them all as a package would take me forever). Since i didn't make most of these as replacements i'll probably add files for properties and in-game location to the upload.
The second armor, Republic armor, and the Sith armor stand out - in the good way! My only suggestion is to add a sith logo onto the armor.
Thanks. About the logo, i'm not such a big fan of logos, i tried to get the 'design' as close to the basic sith trooper apperance as 'possible' without just copying the stuff, and i thought it turned out recognizable as such, but maybe i see it that way because it was what i was aiming for? heh.
Here's a version of it that has some darker areas (and maybe closer to the sith trooper for it?) and a more colorful red one (since most seemed to like the red one above :p):
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/1179/31454860.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/31454860.png/) ---
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8827/21577625.png) (
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/210/21577625.png/)
Red? Wasn't it kind of copper? Anyway, those are great armors Capibara, keep on the good work ;)
Awesome! Love the Republic armor a lot..... I need it.