Z-3R0 - Mega Man Zero

Woooo, first upload!
It's also my birthday! (submitted for upload on the 11th of Feb)

This iz  Z-3R0....
Actually it's Mega Man Zero, and I aimed to give him a Star Wars twist!

This is a single-player focused mod

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I guess it's worth posting a little bit about myself, for context. I have always loved robots and robot characters.
I threw this project together relatively quickly (in fact I taught myself Blender just last month for this), but the idea for "Z-3R0" has been a long time coming. It's the culmination of a lot of ideas.

Most recently, there was the 2021 Star Wars Visions animated short "T0-B1" which was a 20 minute twist on Astro Boy in the Star Wars universe by animation studio Science Saru. It's a great little short. The idea of a droid Jedi was interesting to me. There are tons of "Pinocchio" stories about robots wanting to become human, but a story of a robot wanting to become a Jedi, in a lot of ways an ultimate symbol for self actualization, .... that was really fascinating to me. I honestly don't think I've seen something like that before. Wanting to be human is one thing. A robot wanting to be the best a human can be? A luminous being? That's an original idea.

I've also been pretty fascinated with Ridley Scott's robots. His Replicants in Bladerunner, and David in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant. Those latter two are flawed movies, sure, but Fassbender really knocked it out of the park in both films.
Anyway, there was this excellent promotional video for Alien: Covenant called "Meet Walter", which is like this luxury car commercial advertising "Walter" the android. It's a vaguely terrifying advertisement for a servant robot, who we know from the films is .... unpredictable. I enjoy that idea of something like a sleazy luxury car commercial for a robot, who has an unpredictable violent energy. In thinking about how to put a Star Wars twist on Mega Man Zero, the idea of "Z-3R0" as a glitzy gold-plated luxury product seemed like a natural fit. Zero is a really strange character outside of his own context, maybe he's even strange in context: androgynous, long hair, looks like some kind of rockstar more than a robot, so I think he deserves an ostentatious angle if he's going to be re-interpreted as a Star Wars character.

Also David Bowie. I've been listening to a lot of David Bowie.
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This mod includes 4 .pk3 files

1. a Mega Man Zero model which is "low quality". This is the only file you need, the rest is optional. The "low quality" model is set up for single player, you can select him from the start menu, and it has an .npc file

2. a "high quality" version of the model. this also has an .npc file

3. a replacer file, which will overwrite the player model with the high quality Zero model in cutscenes. Place both the HQ model and the cutscene replacer file in the base folder for it to work. This will overwrite Jaden with high quality Zero in cutscenes regardless of whether you are using the model for gameplay, so simply remove this file if you want a Jaden other than Zero in cutscenes.

4. a replacer file, which will overwrite Lannik Racto and his Assassin Droids with Z-3R0 models. Lannik Racto is shown in the screenshots. His droids are like the default Z-3R0 model, but with blue and white armor instead.

Detailed installation instructions are included in the readme.




This model is a kitbash
Credits to the following modders:

KhorneSyrup - Imperial Scout Trooper - https://jkhub.org/files/file/3671-imperial-scout-trooper/
Rmvsallen - Battle Droid Ultimate Mod - https://jkhub.org/files/file/3772-battle-droid-ultimate-mod/
ZanderNao - S0 Series Slicing Droid 1 - https://jkhub.org/files/file/4091-s0-series-slicing-droid/
Tryforce - Riku - https://jkhub.org/files/file/496-riku/
Jeff - Rebel Pilot 1.1 - https://jkhub.org/files/file/4095-updated-rebel-pilot/
Psyk0Sith - EG-5 Jedi Hunter Droid - https://jkhub.org/files/file/2763-eg-5-jedi-hunter-droid/
Inyri - Geth Trooper - https://jkhub.org/files/file/1296-geth-trooper/
Zahar - Female Jedi Robe - https://jkhub.org/files/file/3831-female-jedi-robe/
GPChannel - TFA Conversion Mod: Luke Skywalker (Default) 1.0 - https://jkhub.org/files/file/3383-tfa-conversion-mod-luke-skywalker-default/

Hope you enjoy!
Making this model had me wanting to tear my hair out at points, I think I made almost every possible beginner mistake while learning Blender, and there is a lot about this project that is a total mess under the hood, but it werks. Feels good to have it finished for now. Really I want/need to stop working on it.
If there is demand, I'll make an update: I don't play JKA multiplayer, but I know I could set the model up for multiplayer. Model could be further optimized. I even might want to eventually do a version 2 of this, which has completely original meshes and textures instead of being a kitbash, but for now I'm done. Have fun!

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