KOTOR2: macOS: Mac App Store version of KotoR2

[shinra-electric]

I am trying to get xoreos to detect the MAS version of Kotor2. It currently outputs ERROR: Unable to detect the game.

I was reading through the KotOR2Engine::initResources function here

I noticed that one of the required directories "lips" is not present in the MAS version of KotoR2. I tried creating an empty directory, but that did not help game detection.
edit: I copied over the "lips" dir from a windows install, it did not help.

Another point: in the function, the directory names are lower-case, whereas in the MAS version the have both upper and lower.

Another point: the name /GameData is added on to the path, and then later adds ../Resources/Cursors as a required dir. I have restructured my data folder to be kotor2_mac/GameData and added Resources/Cursors but it did not help game detection.

[DrMcCoy]

Ah, if it directly fails game detection, that is done in src/engines/kotor2/probes.cpp (likewise for kotor in src/engines/kotor/probes.cpp)

[shinra-electric]

[shinra-electric]

Oh, ok. I'll have a look there.

[shinra-electric]

Ok, I think I have an idea of what was going wrong.

So firstly regarding game detection, Kotor2 requires 3 folders from the MAS app: GameData, MacOS and Resources. I was missing the MacOS folder, so it was not detected.

Secondly, the MAS app contains a Localized folder with English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. These contains a lot of data files that xoreos will report as missing, because it can't find them. If I copy them to the GameData folder root, xoreos will run.

Edit: Note they are not a 100% replacement for the files in GameData. For example the English Movies folder only has 4 items. The Movies folder in GameData has the rest, which I assume are shared between all languages.

[shinra-electric]

After merging the English files with the GameData root ones, I was able to launch.

It even has an item for the Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (TSLRCM) on the menu. 👍🏼

(Doesn't go in game due to complaints about the models, but I assume that's a different issue)

[DrMcCoy]

Can you give me an output of tree of the unmodified root game folder? Just straight up everything that belongs to the game right after installing.

[DrMcCoy]

Oh, here best twice, once with TSLRCM and once without. Or is TSLRCM installed into a secondary location?

[shinra-electric]

KotOR2_Tree.txt

The TSLRCM is a separate download from the Aspyr site. It's supposed to be placed somewhere, but I can't remember where. Probably in Application Support, but I'll need to check to confirm.

Edit: The TSLRCM from Aspyr is actually a .pkg installer, and there are different ones for each supported language. I have a copy of the 176MB TSLRCM_en.pkg file.