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< h1 > The modders who spent 15 years fixing Knights of the Old Republic 2 @ Ars Technica< / h1 >
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< p > Posted on 11 September 2022 by Leilukin
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< a href = "/categories/my-interviews" > my interviews< / a >
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< p > On 6 December 2019, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of < cite > Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2< / cite > , Ars Technica has published < a href = "https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/the-modders-that-spent-15-years-fixing-knights-of-the-old-republic-2/" > an article about the modding community of KotOR 2< / a > . I was interviewed by the author of this article, Austin Taylor, for my same-gender romance mods for < cite > KotOR 2< / cite > .< / p >
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< p > < a href = "https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Juhani" > Unlike the first KOTOR< / a > , there are no same-gender romance options in Obsidian’ < a href = "https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor2/mods/927" > fixing that oversight.< / a > < / p >
< p > “As much as I love KOTOR2, I have always been frustrated by the fact that the romance content with the companions and certain NPCs… are all heterosexual,” she said.< / p >
< p > Some of these fixes are relatively simple. In vanilla KOTOR2, for instance, only male characters can recruit The Handmaiden upon leaving Telos, while female characters are the only ones who can recruit The Disciple during the main quest on Dantooine. By default, Leiluken’ < / p >
< p > But Leiluken’ ’ < / p >
< p > To recruit both The Handmaiden and The Disciple at the same time, players can install the < a href = "https://deadlystream.com/files/file/544-partyswap/" > PartySwap mod by DarthTyren< / a > . That mod was initially lacking the same-gender romance dialogue from Leiluken’ < / p >
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< p > Read the full article on Ars Technica here:
< a href = "https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/the-modders-that-spent-15-years-fixing-knights-of-the-old-republic-2/" > The modders who spent 15 years fixing Knights of the Old Republic 2< / a > < / p >
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