Unfortunately... I didn't have email notifications hence the late reply. anyway, thanks for your input Deager. Yeah I do realize it would take a team; I have no illusions when it comes to the shear size. Maybe it's just a pipe dream, but I would kill to play KOTOR looking like something in unreal 4.
Unfortunately, until star wars gets a new RPG (not the mmo that they keep trying to sell) I will probably continue to play Kotor on an annual basis.
Maybe as tools get more advanced and user friendly, maybe making a mod like this won't be so hard one day.
On the plus side, mass effect 4 next year (please BW don't make it suck)
Cheers!

Hello all! I hope you have been well. Everyone keeping up with things these days?
So this truly doesn't belong in the mass effect mod area; however we all have some modding experience (and there are those here who are complete aces at it aka Fob, WV, etc). So I was wanting youe thoughts on something.
Back some time ago I got into basic videogame design within an engine. Nothing major; my math teacher thought it would be a good way for students to waste time in school way back. I learned 3 things: one, it is doable, but difficult. 2, its a lot of work and 3 you need a good team for anything worthwhile.
There is an old Star Wars game that is near and dear to my heart. KOTOR 1 to be exact.
Unfortunately, the more I play it, the more the graphics\animations are showing their age.
I know that the engine that the game runs on is ancient. I truly have my doubt's that it could ever look nice by modern standards even if people went all out.
Which led me to a rather crazy idea some months ago that I can't shake. If there were enough dedicated people, I am wondering if it would be possible to make a "mod" that upgrades the graphics and animations onto a new engine. The Unity engine comes to mind; it is easy to work with design wise, and licensing is not too terrible (though given it is a "mod" hopefully that would undershoot the radar). Essentially, keep the story, UI (maybe), voice acting, dialogue, level design, and battle/balancing system. And change the graphics/ animation.
I know what I am thinking is difficult/crazy/halfway impossible, but that aside, i was wondering on your thoughts on the matter and if anybody might know of a people\ community that might be interested in pursuing it at some point (crowd source work is a wonderful thing). Having talked with some of my friends, they would love it if such a game existed.
Anyway, I look forward to being brought back to reality. Cheers!

Soooo... Question that could be up for debate for quite a while.
Mass Effect Andromeda is to release holiday season 2016. While it appears, so far, to be completely removed from the original trilogy, I remember at some point the devs said it might not be a bad idea to hold onto our current save files.
This leads to the obvious. Mehem is not considered canon by Bioware. Therefore, this leads to two issues. First, will it be possible to use a mehem save without the "flags" conflicting? And second, would it even make sense in Andromeda's story?
Obviously we don't have enough info right now. But it might be something worth considering in the future

Removed. Problem resolved apparently ^

@ Fergueson
Try the Citadel Ending Mod. Highly recommend it

Does anyone use MEHEM on a PC running Windows 8?  My current PC is Win 7 but I am wondering what will happen if I get a new system that has Win 8.
 
 
Thanks,
 
EBG

Hold the wire. Don't do win8. Win10 is right around the corner, and the upgrade for win7 and 8 users is free. Use the money for the win 8 OS to instead buy a Wii u or something

So far people seem happy with the content so far. If any one wishes a particular vid, comment on this thread or PM me so I can get on it

Cheers!

So any news lately?

I will upload a couple more versions of the MEHEM 0.5 vid with more common parameters, such as a few different LI's or with Kaiden alive as opposed to Ashley. If somebody (in particular a console gamer) has a specific video they want to see, zap me a message and I will see what I can do

Haven't updated this in a while; sorry!

Here is a MEHEM v0.5 vid. I think the only one up on youtube right now.

 

 

MaleShep

Liara LI

All teammates alive except for Kaiden, Thane, Legion, Mordin.

So I just uploaded a video of MEHEM v0.5 here. Did this with console gamers in mind so they know what the new version is like

MaleShep

Liara LI

All teammates alive except for Kaiden, Thane, Legion, Mordin.

Huzzah! Good to see the update Fob

Well, time to start downloading and installing. Glad Hawaii internet is better than Canada's.

OK, I have an issue.  I installed v03 a while ago, but I messed up my game and deleted it.  i've re-installed and now the v04 installer says that the mod is already there.

I've already run the v03 and v04 uninstallers and they both throw this message saying that the Mass effect folder couldn't be found, so what should I do?

You somehow left a trace of v0.3 when you deleted it.

Did you install your Mass Effect game to your C drive, or did you install it to another drive/move it/rename it?

To be honest what I would do is open up Origin and update your game. Then right click on the game, and click game details. There, find the Extended Cut DLC, right click, and verify it. Then download the v0.4 installer (Though Fob mentioned he was working on v0.5) and reinstall. That will probably work

Dang, you make me seem like a casual Mass Effect gamer Deager

Any more specific tests that need to be done on the v0.5? I am not sure if anybody has tested the "easter egg (true power)" ending yet, but I know the variables and MES have to be pretty specific

I double checked. Giftfish is correct on the quotes. My bad, sorry for the confusion. Thanks Giftfish!

as for received, my bad. Thats what happens when you type fast

As for the quotation thing, you have clarified what I was trying to say, Giftfish. Thanks!

My issue was that a paragraph would begin with

"bla bla bla

"bla bla bla

"bla bla bla"

When it should just read

"bla bla bla

bla bla bla

bla bla bla"

 

Assuming it is the same speaker. Still, Giftfish said it better than I.

Note: the 50.000 year things is correct to Germany and Europe (having a German background myself), but in North America it is 50,000. So it depends on the target audience.

@ Fob

This may explain our download problem. If you can view the thread when not logged in I mean... Is there anything to be done to make this thread unviewable by the public? I was gonna ask some questions about what you said about v0.7, but since this is a public thread, it would be best if I didn't ask them at the moment.

Emails:

In FCC Broadcast, there is a slight issue with grammar. Many paragraphs coming from Emily wong begin with a   "   but do not end with it. Speaking from my college English classes (Candian English. Very similar to British and American English, with ocassional smatterings of French), gramatically, it would make the most sense to have the " put at the start of when she speaks, and one " at the end. Not per paragraph, just per when she speaks

 

In Your Destiny, there is a line that reads "While it has seemed cruel to hold out for so long after you have done so much..." This line doesn't make sense to me, in that I do not understand the connotation.

 

ACR Thanix Cannons looks fine

 

In Hey Shepard from Gianna, there is a word that says "focussed." It should read "Focused."  Also there is a section that reads "...things tick.Its a far cry..." There needs to be a space between the "tick" and "its," and "its" needs to be "It's." Also space needed in sentence "...Crucible design.Usually..." between the period and "usually."

 

In Time Capsules, gramatically, it should not read "P.S.: As per..."

It should read "P.S. As per..."

In the sentence "...of the Normandy, although I am afraid, should anyone recieve these messages in 50,000 years, they will be..." I think there may be a grammatical error here. Not sure. Might be easier for it to read "...of the Normandy, although I am afraid that should anyone recieve these messages in 50,000 years, they will be.."

Also, there needs to be a comma in the fifty thousand, like this: 50,000. Not this : 50.000

 

In Hey There, a sentence reads "...to find out more...and its really big..."

It should read "...to find out more... and it's really big." Note the space between "more..." and "and." Also note the comma in "it's"

 

Final Update email never appeared in my post game. Strange.

The one from Cpt. Fob I haven't had the chance to look at.

Also, I noticed something in the emails that makes it obvious that they are added. Can't believe I didn't notice it before. In the default emails, it always says who it is from at the top of every email. Several to all of the custom emails don't have this; they just launch right into the letter.

Anyway, hope my observations do some good. I hate being picky

Ouch. I used to play MP quite a bit, but I can't think of one decent mod. Most risk getting you hit with the ban hammer so I never used them. Sorry

Here are the test parameters (I believe these are on NG+. That being said, I have used these saves for so many tests I can't really say. Sorry :/).

Paragon MaleShep, High EMS, Jack LI. Ashley alive (all alive except for Kaiden, Mordin, Thane, Legion)-- Good, no clipping.

Paragon MaleShep, High EMS, Tali LI, Ashley alive--Good

Renegade MaleShep, High EMS, Ashley LI--Good

Renegade MaleShep, (Presumably) High EMS, Samantha LI--Good

 

What are the titles of the emails again? Forgot. Would like to check.

I love the higher resolution earth. Looks so much better in that last scene. Although, if I may be so bold as to suggest this, I wonder what the effect would be if you decreased the brightness of the sun and increased the brightness of the stars. Might help increase the vastness of space feel, which I always love.

 

Now a couple minor issues
Videos from MEHEM still look like they are in 480p or so (like the scene where Captain Fob makes his cameo ). May have something to do with conversion/compression.

In some videos I get a line of pixels at the top of the video flashing. This also occured in MEHEM v0.4. However, it occurs with prevalance in the final scene. Though I can still watch the scene, it is really distracting.  Also have a thin red parameter around entire screen during scene remembering Mordin. Also occurred in v0.4.

Also, the Kasumi slide is a bit confusing. Considering that the destroy beam no longer kills anything but reapers, the slide of her looking at the broken memory things is a little odd.

 

 

Overall, excellent job; appears to work! Will do more testing if I get the chance

Amen to that. Older system worked better imho

I got to a place with net and am trying to download it now. Unfortunately, I have this issue Deager was talking about. Premium trial it is!

Sorry, I mean ongoing progress in general. Did not mean to imply anything regarding TIM specifically.

Huzzah!

Will start testing quick then. I'll update and restore my mass effect to a base, updated installation. Hopefully will try different romance options with the gib editor.

As for the bools, all I can think of is Thane, Legion, or perhaps true/false flags for Ashley or Kaiden. Haven't looked into those ones.

Glad this mod is still being worked on. Is there any more progress with cutscenes? like TIM is Harbinger etc?

There is progress. It is still ongoing. MEHEM v0.5 is in development.