Talk:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

This article seems to require alot of work. I can add a helping hand by adding an infobox and expanding the table of contents. I also know somebody who could be a real help. I shall try to recruit his help on this article. 0-172 1:50, 27 October 2006 (CDT)

Work in progress
I've taken the liberty of updating Shadowtrooper's Pending tasks above. I'll continue working on this guide until I judge it be at completion stage 4 (Comprehensive), and ideally a featured guide candidate (although since it's been released on multiple systems, I'm unlikely to accomplish that by myself).

Onderduiker (talk) 19:40, 25 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Onderduiker, may I just say how much I adore you for all the work you've put into this guide? Is there any research/legwork that others can do to help you out? At any rate, thanks, and keep up the amazing work!
 * --108.192.45.5 20:45, 13 June 2014 (UTC)


 * While I plan to complete the walkthrough based on personal experience, research and testing, until recently I hadn't done anything significant for six months (finishing by the end of the year has gone from expectation to hope). Once I've revised and completed Taris (and possibly Dantooine) I need to create templates to standardize presentation and make it easier to revise and create content, at which point it should be possible for other people to contribute in the same style.


 * Until then, if anyone wants to go ahead with their own contributions, be my guest: my own progress is likely to be quite slow, and something is better than nothing (even an outline might provide a framework to which I can add more detail). My current walkthrough is light side male on Windows, so any notes on differences with Xbox, Mac or iPad, or dark side or female characters, would be particularly welcome.


 * As always, if you can correct or add anything to existing pages, or have any feedback on my work, that would be great. Onderduiker (talk) 22:55, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

Taris pages are now complete except for map and NPC model images. Some of the formatting will be a little rough until they're revised with future templates. Onderduiker (talk) 22:54, 15 August 2014 (UTC)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is still #8 on the Most Wanted list on the Main Page (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is #3!), and I fully intend to complete this guide before the end of this year (and possibly make a start on completing the guide for its sequel, although I may take a short break beforehand to work on something else).

The necessary parts of Dantooine are complete except for map and NPC model images, and the Kashyyyk pages are similarly complete except for the Genoharadan: Rulan quest in the Upper Shadowlands and other optional dialog dependent on visiting other planets first; work has also begun on the Tatooine and Manaan pages.

I've almost finished creating all the templates I think are necessary, so I should be able to complete the walkthrough in the next few months and then revise this guide to get to completion stage 4. Onderduiker (talk) 23:07, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Images
* Includes subcategory pages

Remember to use TinyPNG to compress file size for maps, models and screenshots before upload!

Icons
32x32 or 64x64 icons were extracted using KotOR Tool and converted from .tga to .png format. Item icons won't be moved to that category unless they're used elsewhere than the item pages of the Appendices. Once the walkthrough is complete, those that remain in this category may be marked for deletion.

Maps
From screenshots of the Map screen, each map is 440x256, although they may be enlarged to add detail and a legend. The walkthrough needs at most 74 maps:


 * Star Map worlds

Some maps are so small or straightforward that they may be replaced by screenshots. This may come to include some of those listed above (for example, the Crystal Cave on Dantooine is a single passage with no branches, ending in a cave; in fact, that page might actually be merged with another (Sandral Grounds), as may some others).

Models
256x256 party member models were extracted using KotOR Tool, and the remainder for NPCs are cropped from screenshots (normally 512x512 with the top left corner at 256,256 on a 1024x768 screenshot, then scaled down to 256x256 before upload).

Screenshots
1024x768 screenshots may replace maps that are too small or straightforward to be strictly necessary:

This list may expand, particularly since some pages and maps may be merged (for example, Woorwill's Home and Worrroznor's Home may be merged with Village of Rwookrrorro). Others may have explanatory purposes on Get Started pages, although those which have already been uploaded lack Screenshot in their name and aren't categorized as such.

The remaining screenshots will show points of interest, preferably doubling as action shots of party members as well (for example, HK-47 barbecuing dark Jedi with a Flame Thrower on the streets of Anchorhead, Canderous going man(d)o-a-man(d)o with fellow Mandalorians on Dantooine or Kashyyyk, Juhani deflecting blaster bolts, and Carth and Bastila in action on the bridge of the Leviathan).

Templates
These original guide-specific templates will be phased out:


 * KotOR Dialog
 * KotOR Item
 * KotOR Journal
 * KotOR XP

These guide-specific templates have since been created:

These are still a number of issues:

Dialog
Templates may be needed for specialized dialog, like that in the second Jedi trial:

However, if it only appears on one page and it isn't too complicated then a template might not be necessary.

NPCs
A template is needed for merchants:

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 * -valign=top


 * width=20%|


 * width=40%|


 * width=40%|


 * }

This would be the standard layout, but there are several merchants who offer conditional discounts (Suvam Tan on Yavin station offers two).

Natural Force resistance can be displayed using the KotOR/Power template.

Items
The KotOR/Feat template can be used to highlight when an item listed in a table has a prerequisite feat.

Icons need to be found or created for all damage types for the KotOR/Damage template, used to highlight when an NPC has Damage Resistance or Immunity.