kq
Query a Knights of the Old Republic installation like it was plain text.
- Language
- Rust
KOLTO TANK · KOTOR I & II IN YOUR BROWSER
Kolto Labs: Life support for the Odyssey engine.
We're building Kolto Tank: KotOR I and II in your browser, with mods, a debugger and TAS tools. It's in development. Bring your own game, we bring the kolto.
SPECIMENS // KOLTO
Screenshots from Knights of the Old Republic
Screenshots from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic © Lucasfilm Ltd. / BioWare, captured by the community members credited. Used for commentary; not affiliated.
Kolto.txt
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ████ █████ █████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██████ █████ ████ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▓▓ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒ ░▒▓ kL! ▓▒░ p r e s e n t s ░▒▓█ L I F E S U P P O R T F O R T H E █▓▒░ O D Y S S E Y E N G I N E ═══════════════════════════════[ RELEASE INFO ]═══════════════════════════════ GROUP ..........: Kolto Labs FOUNDED ........: 2026 GAMES ..........: KotOR I & KotOR II: The Sith Lords LICENSES .......: MIT PROTECTION .....: None. It's open source. SUPPLIED BY ....: the community HOME ...........: https://kolto-labs.org SOURCE .........: https://github.com/kolto-labs ──────────────────────────────────[ NOTES ]─────────────────────────────────── We build tools for Knights of the Old Republic and The Sith Lords. The main one is Kolto Tank: KotOR in your browser, with mods, a debugger and TAS tools. It's in development. You bring your own copy of the game. Two smaller tools are out already: readers and writers for the formats the games keep their data in, and a query tool for your install. ─────────────────────────────────[ RELEASES ]───────────────────────────────── kolto-tank ...... KotOR in your browser [ IN DEVELOPMENT ] kq .............. query an install like plain text [ RELEASED v0.3.0 ] kotor-formats ... shared K1/K2 format crates [ RELEASED ] hyperstim ....... script extender [ IN DEVELOPMENT ] adrenal ......... scripting for mods [ IN DEVELOPMENT ] hrakert ......... long-term, nothing public [ PLANNED ] ahto ............ docs hub [ PLANNED ] ───────────────────────────────[ HOW TO PLAY ]──────────────────────────────── Kolto Tank isn't open yet. This is how it will go. 1. Open kolto-labs.org and press Play in your browser. 2. Bring your own game. Link a copy you own from Steam, GOG or Amazon, or upload your own game files. We don't host the game. 3. Pick KotOR or The Sith Lords and start playing. 4. Add mods and extensions from inside the app. Open the debugger when something misbehaves. Looking for the command-line tool? That's kq: github.com/kolto-labs/kq ────────────────────────────[ WE ARE LOOKING FOR ]──────────────────────────── · reverse engineers who read 32-bit x86 comfortably (Ghidra, IDA) · Rust developers who enjoy binary formats and exact round-trips · modders who want to shape the scripting API · modders and testers for Kolto Tank · technical writers for Ahto · ASCII/ANSI artists and chiptune musicians · players on every build: disc, Steam, GOG and the rest Open an issue or a pull request. ─────────────────────────────────[ CREDITS ]────────────────────────────────── Respect to the ones who mapped this engine first: stoffe for TSLPatcher · Fred Tetra for KotOR Tool · the authors of DeNCS, nwnnsscomp and MDLOps · the kotorblender lineage · xoreos Thanks to Deadly Stream · the LucasForums archivists · the KOTOR Community Portal · r/kotor · Nexus Mods · NWNX · the decomp community ──────────────────────────────────[ LEGAL ]─────────────────────────────────── Independent, non-commercial. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Lucasfilm, Disney, BioWare, Electronic Arts, Obsidian, Aspyr or Saber Interactive. No game assets and no game code in our repositories. Bring your own legal copy. We do not condone piracy. ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ bring your own game · we bring the kolto kolto-labs.org
Kolto Tank
We're building Kolto Tank to run KotOR I and II in a web browser, with a library of mods and extensions, a full debugger and TAS tools. It's in development and not open to the public yet.
You bring your own game. You'll link a copy from Steam, GOG or Amazon, or upload your own files. Kolto Tank doesn't include the game.
Released tools
kotor-formats
Readers and writers for the Odyssey engine file formats used by Knights of the Old Republic I and II.
- Language
- Rust
OdyPatcher
TSLPatcher rewrite. Installs KotOR and TSL mods.
- Language
- Rust
Also in the lab: not public yet
Hyperstim
A script extender for KotOR and TSL.
- Language
- TBD
Adrenal
Scripting for KotOR and TSL mods.
- Language
- TBD
On the bench: Hrakert (A long-term project)Ahto (The Kolto Labs docs hub)
Roadmap
- Phase 00
TRIAGE // foundations
DONE - Phase 01
TANK // Kolto Tank
ACTIVE - Phase 02
STIM // Hyperstim and Adrenal
ACTIVE - Phase 03
ARCHIVE // Ahto
NEXT - Phase 04
RIFT // Hrakert
LATER
Credits
TSLPatcher,nwnnsscomp,KotOR Tool,DeNCS,MDLOps and kotorblender,xoreos,K1SE and K2SE,Deadly Stream,LucasForums Archive Project,KOTOR Community Portal,r/kotor,Nexus Mods,NWNX,The decompilation community
We build on their work. Read who they are and what they built.