The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod

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The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod, commonly abbreviated as TSLRCM, is a modding project for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords in development by modders Stoney, Zbyl2, Jinger, and SWfan28. The project is designed to restore some of the content that was cut from the game due to time constraints. While the droid planet M4-78 is not being restored, content such as extended conversations, alternate endings, deeper subplots and the HK Manufacturing Plant are being restored. Additionally, the mod fixes a number of bugs in the game. Presently, the mod is hosted at the Deadly Stream forums.

The modification reached gold and was released as version 1.5 on March 15, 2010.

Goals

TSLRCM Launcher

The aim of TSLRCM is to restore the maximum amount of cut content possible back into The Sith Lords game while addressing several game stopping bugs. Cut content not restored in TSLRCM includes the planet of M4-78 and the GenoHaradan organization, both of which are being restored in separate projects. There are also other forms of cut content such as an insane Dustil Onasi and "Darth Atris" that are left out due to little existing material and plot conflicts. TSLRCM purely restores content and does not modify existing content, in contrast to The Sith Lords Restoration Project by Team Gizka which seeks to improve the existing game in addition to restoring cut content.

Developers

TSLRCM was developed by modders Stoney, Zbyl2, SWfan28, and Jinger, with additional contributions from Savvy30039 (lean animation), Mono_Giganto (T3-M4 and Zez Kia Ell dialog fixes), and VarsityPuppet (revised HK Factory). Beta testers included Hassat Hunter (who also provided help with the HK Factory), Lord of Hunger, TriggerGod, Pra_Viilon, Garfield, JoewJ, VarsityPuppet, and DarthDac. Additionally, the role of Kaevee was voiced by voice actress Usagi. Finally, translators include Melkor and MrPhil (French), Alec (Italian), Rodro Lliv, Januszka, and Serpol (Spanish), and Pestilenz and Lex (German).

Version history

TSLRCM was first released to the public on 09-24-2009. The release was version 1.4 and was labeled as a public beta, being a playable mod with few to no game breaking bugs. 1.4 was improved by patches 1.4a, 1.4b, 1.4c, and 1.4d. At this point, animator Savvy30039 decided to contribute her lean animation to the restoration, which was included in 1.4d.

On 3-15-2010, Stoney and Zbyl released TSLRCM 1.5, which was a full, complete version, to LucasForums, DeadlyStream, and KOTORFiles. A patch to the mod, 1.5a, was released shortly after to resolve some remaining bugs.

Trailers

So far, TSLRCM has had three trailers on YouTube, one of which by Jinger and the other two by Lord of Hunger.

1. TSL Restored Content Modification Trailer [1] by Lord of Hunger
2. The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod [2] by Jinger
3. "Prison" [3] by Lord of Hunger

Sources

Sources of mainstream recognition: http://gamesareevil.com/2009/09/evilcast-newsbrief-episode-59/ http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Knights-Of-The-Old-Republic-II-Restored-Content-Project-Enters-Open-Beta-20134.html http://kotaku.com/5370864/kotor-2-is-finally-finished http://hothardware.com/News/LongAwaited-KOTOR-II-Mod-Restores-Missing-Content-Faith-in-Humanity/ http://www.n4g.com/pc/News-403013.aspx PC Zone article in PDF format: http://www.deadlystream.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=39&d=1259834618 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=13286 http://www.modrealms.com/modifications/star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-the-sith-lords-restored-content-mod-v1-4/ http://www.neoseeker.com/news/11912-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-restoration-mod-released/ http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/static/EkVFZAZFpyHbEMcaal.php http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/95113-KOTOR-2-Restored-Content-Project-This-Is-the-Mod-Youre-Looking-For http://www.hookedgamers.com/features/2009/10/20/kotor_2_restoration_project.html Fan recognition references: http://lucasforums.com/showthread.php?t=200694 http://forums.obsidian.net/index.php?showtopic=53289 http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=579897 http://www.articlebliss.com/article_marketing_videos/v-8rOBUChvxp8/tsl-restored-content-modification-trailer.html http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/kotor2/show_msgs.php?topic_id=m-1-51495697&pid=920601 http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/a2w3m/has_anybody_played_through_the_kotor_ii_restored/ http://z11.invisionfree.com/KOTOR_Movies/index.php?showtopic=1541 http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=154466 http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewstory&threadid=102695 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3206373 http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/forums/showthread.php?p=2848047 http://forums.ngemu.com/game-console-discussion/127912-kotor-ii-tsl-restored-content-mod-1-4-released-open-beta.html http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=87369 http://www.bioware.ru/forum/topic/6841/ http://www.gamegrep.com/reviews/26471-kotor_2_restored_content_mod_review/ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/29/kotor-2-restored-content-in-open-beta/ http://hellforge.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/KOTOR2-Revisited-The-Restored-Content-mod-is-finished-1 http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/GameRiot-The-Blog/KOTOR2-Revisited-The-Restored-Content-mod-is-finished http://gamerblips.dailyradar.com/story/news-kotor2-missing-content-restored/ http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=65499.0 http://ayfs.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/star-wars-geeks-of-the-world-rejoice-kotor2-missing-content-restored/ http://www.cscentral.ru/files/22966/

See also

• The Sith Lords Restoration Project

External links

• Project's forum
• FileFront download page