Just letting y'all know that I've got a small Neera dialogue expansion mod in the works that should go into testing later this week, with somewhere between 10-15 extra dialogues between Neera and the PC for those who like a little more content and want something new to play with.
There will be a few bits and bobs for the romantically inclined, but in keeping with Overhaul's preference to keep the actual romance out of BG:EE it definitely won't be the focus of the dialogues--they'll be more like the IEP friendships over at SHS for BGII.
I'm wondering if anybody would be interested in testing the mod or proofreading/editing the dialogue? Just shoot me a PM or post here.
I would happily proofread but I do not have Neera in any of my parties at the moment so can not actually test the banters for you. Kudos for this though, we all know how much love there is for extra dialogues
I've just gotten to the end of Neera's existing dialogue and I'm amazed by how little there is, I look forward to see just what you do to expand it. Will there been any party member specific banter? I really see Neera and Imoen getting along like a house on fire.
Writing what is possibly one of the longest and most complex dialogues I think I've ever written for this right now. :P With any luck we'll be in beta (of some description) later today.
Assuming you are not from the BG1-NPCproject team, have you ever thought of cooperating with them? I think many people would appreciate it, even more than they already do.
@geselle BG1NPC is more or less finished, and won't be seeing any real additions in the future, just compatibility updates and bugfixes. @cmorgan is the current maintainer, so he can probably tell you more!
I do lead the NPC IEP project over at SHS, which has a similar aim for BGII, and so I have some idea how this sort of thing works.
Honestly, though, there's really no need for cooperation with BG1NPC; I might add some banter with the BG1NPCs myself, but we'll see.
EDIT: OH GOD OH GOD THIS DIALOGUE WAS MEANT TO BE A FILLER DIALOGUE AGH AGH IT'S SO LONG KILL ME NOW I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY AGHHHH
@Misse Heh, thanks! I do love writing, but damn, bit off a bit more than I could chew there. Took me a whole day for one dialogue, when I was planning on having them all done by now.
With any luck I'll get most of the last six done today, at least enough to throw into a beta for testers and proofreaders!
I wish I had time to add more romance-related stuff, but I hope the general dialogue will be interesting enough too!
And since I'm fairy masochistic: the first few banter requests will get written and added too. Which BioWare NPC(s) would you like to see Neera banter with?
From my purely egoistical point of view, I'd find it awesome if Neera bantered with:
Imoen - the 'sibling' of charname should make for some interesting banter, especially if romance is happening Minsc - because he has her beat on crazy but is used to temperamental magic users, could be comedic to hear Jaheira - might be interesting to hear their differences of opinion given her higher level of maturity and closer relationship with nature as a druid (unlike Neera who got deported by a treant and has a penchant for setting stuff on fire inadvertently) Other neutral or good aligned party members - I'm fairly flexible in my party setup, so I'd pick up any of them to hear the banter if you have an interesting idea for them.
No pressure, I'm looking forward to the mod whether she banters additionally or not
I'm actually just going to upload the beta right here for the moment. Make sure to read the readme, or installation won't work!
Additional note: all of the normal dialogue tags don't work (, etc), so that's going to look a little weird, but apart from that my initial tests seem to show it working fine.
@Misse If you go to the above link you should be able to grab it, sorry about that!
@Jason_Silverain It absolutely I'm not entirely sure it's possible to check for Wild Mage; in BG2 it was one of two kits that you couldn't check for.
Additionally, I'm not really a huge fan of class/race based talks; it's a lot of effort to write dialogues that only a handful of players are going to see, at best. That said, I am open to ideas.
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Thanks all! The more testers, the better, so keep posting if you're interested in helping out!
Will there been any party member specific banter? I really see Neera and Imoen getting along like a house on fire.
Bit of progress: 4/13 dialogues written, all outlined, basic scripting tested. Looks like it might be more like early next week.
I do lead the NPC IEP project over at SHS, which has a similar aim for BGII, and so I have some idea how this sort of thing works.
Honestly, though, there's really no need for cooperation with BG1NPC; I might add some banter with the BG1NPCs myself, but we'll see.
EDIT: OH GOD OH GOD THIS DIALOGUE WAS MEANT TO BE A FILLER DIALOGUE AGH AGH IT'S SO LONG KILL ME NOW I'M NOT EVEN HALFWAY AGHHHH
6 dialogues to go before beta. Writing, writing...
With any luck I'll get most of the last six done today, at least enough to throw into a beta for testers and proofreaders!
And since I'm fairy masochistic: the first few banter requests will get written and added too. Which BioWare NPC(s) would you like to see Neera banter with?
Imoen - the 'sibling' of charname should make for some interesting banter, especially if romance is happening
Minsc - because he has her beat on crazy but is used to temperamental magic users, could be comedic to hear
Jaheira - might be interesting to hear their differences of opinion given her higher level of maturity and closer relationship with nature as a druid (unlike Neera who got deported by a treant and has a penchant for setting stuff on fire inadvertently)
Other neutral or good aligned party members - I'm fairly flexible in my party setup, so I'd pick up any of them to hear the banter if you have an interesting idea for them.
No pressure, I'm looking forward to the mod whether she banters additionally or not
Additional note: all of the normal dialogue tags don't work (, etc), so that's going to look a little weird, but apart from that my initial tests seem to show it working fine.
Let me know what you think!
Apologies if I've missed anyone! Throw all typos, comments and bugs here or email them to me at [email protected], anything is cool
At least if I can download it.. am I missing something obvious about how attachments work on this board? I can't seem to download it at all?
I'm just curious is it possible to create Class Specific banter?
This would be especially interesting if the Player themselves is a Wild Mage.
Also, I installed it and will let you know... looking forward to see what you have written:)
@Misse If you go to the above link you should be able to grab it, sorry about that!
@Jason_Silverain It absolutely I'm not entirely sure it's possible to check for Wild Mage; in BG2 it was one of two kits that you couldn't check for.
Additionally, I'm not really a huge fan of class/race based talks; it's a lot of effort to write dialogues that only a handful of players are going to see, at best. That said, I am open to ideas.
http://www.shsforums.net/files/file/1022-neera-expansion/
Thank you for answering my enquires though.
Y'all have to let me know what you think after playing! It *was* written in approximately 3 days, so there could be bits that need improvement.