#sera mod

im literally not surprised to hear this

Back to old stuff.

I added a new complexion for Sera on nexus, get it here :)

Inquisitor, unprompted: Your people? Elves?

Sera: Ha! No. People people.

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Sera: Well, yeah. I practice. Some.

Sera: Not like Cullen and his pets. I mean, you miss, then you don't. Is it that hard to see when it's wrong?

Inquisitor, unprompted: Is it an elf thing?

Sera: (Laughs.) Most I know couldn't find an arrow sitting on it.

Sera: Right, maybe I just make it look easy in shite company. Fact still is, no teacher.

Playable Elfs

Update all presets to use HD texture resources

Edit missing armor models to use preexisting models

Add links to other mods made for use with Playable Elfs and/or integrate those files into the base download with permission

Sera Mod

Edit the paraphrase for the “yeah sure why not I glow” line in her introduction to sound less like you’re explicitly agreeing that you’re the herald of andraste

Remove the “that would have been hilarious if you were a man” line in her first tavern convo (if you’re gonna make a dick joke just fuckin commit to the bit)

Maybe more if I think of anything else before I get tired of poking at DAI again

long term to do:

Twinception

Swap a twin with Aveline and Aveline with that other random NPC in that one stupidly long cutscene I hate exists, as long as it doesn’t look like it will take too long to do, otherwise ignore it for now

Implement plot script to force one twin into the party and one twin out of the party during the deep roads

Figure out what to do about the fact that your party now is forced to be varric, twin, and anders if you want said twin to survive (more than likely allow certain scenes to trigger without character in the active party)

Make sure the act 1 to act 2 transition works properly

Check for weirdness in the act 2 to act 3 transition

Check for weirdness in the climax

Unlock the party picker for Legacy (fix should be same as MOTA)

Implement mod as add-in, add debug interface

Document, document, document

Release ugly-but-functional beta

Timeskip Framework

Implement headmorph swapping for all npcs

Decide how to handle appearance swapping, whether using preset appearance lines as party members use in vanilla, or swapping everyone to use equippable items

Decide whether to extend appearance swapping support to all npcs, some npcs, or just party members

Expose all plot and location checks in GDA to allow other modders to extend framework without editing code

Create base framework GDA with basic swaps already accounted for (by act, if romanced, hawke’s estate, mota finery, family appearances)

Create base framework of custom named headmorphs with custom named hairs to be utilized more easily by non-modders

Implement mod as add-in, add debug interface

Document, document, document

Tutorial, tutorial, tutorial

Re-release alpha

oh worm, it's so mean-spirited to have handled her romance that way

unfortunately due to the way that quest is set up, the other characters each "own" their portion of the dialogue, so even as simple a change as removing the approval losses would require editing every other character's main dialogue hub, which is something I'm... very hesitant to do, for a few reasons

would definitely be excited for more of the Sera mod. 👀

Blackwall’s [Let’s talk about us.] leads to [What does the future hold?], [Kiss him.], [This isn't working], and [Never mind.]

Cullen’s [Do you have time to talk?] leads to [I was looking for a kiss.], [People will gossip.], [The fact that I'm dalish...], [You know I'm nobility...], and [That was all.]

Dorian’s [We should talk.] STARTS a relationship with him. Oh, I’m sorry, after you’re in a relationship [We should talk.] leads to [We need to end this.], [I came for a kiss.], [About the future...], and [Never mind.]

Iron Bull’s [We need to talk.] starts HIS relationship too. [Let's talk about us.] leads us to [Kiss him.], [End relationship.], [You said I need this?], [Who else has needed this?], [Are we serious?], and [Goodbye.]

Josephine’s [Let's talk about us.] leads to [Let's spend some time alone.], [Does anyone gossip about us?], [So Leliana disapproves of us?], [We need to end things.], and [Goodbye.]

And Sera? Oh telling Sera [We need to talk about us.] leads to... Sera IMMEDIATELY accusing you of wanting to BREAK UP WITH HER and then your dialogue options are “you’re right”, “shit you’re right about that”, “bitch you’re so fucking right”, and “oh my god I take it back I’m a stupid asshole and I don’t know why I make words with my dumbass mouth sometimes” like kld;l’s’s’ no WONDER I kept accidentally clicking on the DANGER OPTION when it’s ONLY the danger option when you’re talking to Sera

So, I’d like to try to be more proactive about releasing large mods-in-progress incrementally for those who are interested in them, rather than potentially just letting them languish on my hard drive for months to years, and @dalishious‘s Low Elf Esteem series has got me thinking again about all the tweaks I’d like to make to Sera’s disastrous dialogue.

So rather than just, uh, thinking about them, I’ve uploaded the few changes I’ve made already here and will be periodically updating y’all whenever I make any progress on it.

The long of it is in the blog post, but the short of it is that I cut the infamous transphobic comment from WEWH, hid the infamous everpresent option to kick Sera out of the Inquisition so long as her disposition remains above hostile, and snipped a few lines from her introduction Lyd pointed out as being weirdly racialized in that Low Elf Esteem linked above.