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[Christmas Ape]

Iwakura-Lain wrote...
Please, do! What I could really need is hearing from more geniuses like you, as I generally really suck at modding (I can only do it when someone really lays it out for me, step by step). I never understand how you people figure out all that cool stuff anyway.

Hoooo, genius may be too bold; I'm learning the capabilities of ME2 modding as I go. I am, however, involved in a project to create step-by-step tutorials for people who want to start PC modding without plowing through the unwieldly threads on the subject. I'm writing the last of the introduction articles tonight before I start on Kick Ass And Look Good Doing It, the Shepard Dress-Up tutorial.

[Ulathar]

You're welcome. I actually thought I was posting old "news", guess I was wrong.^^

[MarkusWhatever]

Systemlord Baal wrote...

You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)

FemShep @ page 2

Didn't see that yet, interesting read.
Thanks for sharing.

[Sable Phoenix]

So Christmas Ape wanted a lookalike for an actress/model called Daniela Amavia:

http://www.duneporta...w=640&new_h=480

Here is what I was able to come up with for you, Señor Simian Santa... I think it's pretty close, even given the limitations of the character editor:



Face Code!

143.QIQ.M1J.F7Q.SN6.W61.E8H.A14.K31.1H6.546.176

Modifié par Sable Phoenix, 01 octobre 2010 - 02:50 .

[Christmas Ape]

What can I say? She's absolutely stellar in Children of Dune. An exceptionally faithful ME2 recreation - I'll Gibbed in some Eyes of the Ibad and she'll be ready to go. Ya hya chouhada!

Yes, I'm a Dune nut.



And incidentally, I just finished testing the use of GameEffects tags on the Aria costume, and +50% Shields worth of tags resulted in +50% Shields in-game. Time to write me a tutorial - there may be some delay before posting since I'll have to tackle the night's paperwork in about half an hour, but I'll get it up ASAP so Shepards in personal wear can still be as combat effective as their counterparts.

[Iwakura-Lain]

rynluna wrote...

That sounds good because I eventually plan to buy a new PC and of course both ME games.  I want to mod Kathryn Shepard to the max but it always sounds so complicated.  It was tough enough for me to figure out how to mod hair and eyes on the 360.

Wheeeeee!

LOL @ hair. Your grabs are always so inspirational. Hope you don't mind:

[Sable Phoenix]

I just went through my recent screenshots and found what I think may be my favorite picture of Jessica Shepard so far.



For once I can't tell what she's thinking, but she seems pensive, even a little sad.

Other nice ones, where I can tell what she's thinking:


"Oh, that's not good..."


">sigh<... here we go again."

Something tells me it was just not her day.

Modifié par Sable Phoenix, 01 octobre 2010 - 02:51 .

[MarkusWhatever]

Looks good Sable Phoenix. Don't think she looks sad but distant, definitely like she's in thought.

The scar is a nice detail.

[Iwakura-Lain]

MarkusWhatever wrote...

Looks good Sable Phoenix. Don't think she looks sad but distant, definitely like she's in thought.

Yes, good expressive shot! (I'm thinking Citadel, Reaper-invasion time,  right after you crash with your shuttle and find the city burning. Could be entirely wrong, though; it's hard to tell, of course; but yeah, she would have had a lot to think about then).

[Jagged Orchid]

Here is the new and improved Alexandra Shepard. She is essentially the same Shepard I've used in every ME1 and ME2 playthrough. Only this time around I've made her an Engineer where as before in ME1, she's almost
always a soldier. I changed the scar for the 1st time ever. Now I have to think up a good backstory for that one, lol

She just found out this whole quest for Saren is going to be filmed and she's not thrilled about that.

[rage-monk]

Alright, got my sound problems under control and was able to remove the pesky blush.

_________

Christmas Ape wrote...
[...]
And incidentally, I just
finished testing the use of GameEffects tags on the Aria costume, and
+50% Shields worth of tags resulted in +50% Shields in-game. Time to
write me a tutorial - there may be some delay before posting since I'll
have to tackle the night's paperwork in about half an hour, but I'll get
it up ASAP so Shepards in personal wear can still be as combat
effective as their counterparts.

Looking forward to it.
Since I vastly increased the damge on assault rifles (sort of a realism project) I find myself longing
for stronger shields.[smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/unsure.png[/smilie]

Modifié par rage-monk, 01 octobre 2010 - 12:54 .

[JamieCOTC]

Systemlord Baal wrote...

You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)

FemShep @ page 2

Wow, had not seen that.  I really like my Shepard too, but will glady share her w/ Liara. Again, a lot of it goes back to Jennifer Hale.  She makes the character literally come to life. 

[jwalker]

Systemlord Baal wrote...

You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)

FemShep @ page 2

I haven't seen it.
Thanks for reposting !

[Jagged Orchid]

Systemlord Baal wrote...

You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)

I'm surprised I hadn't read this yet. I generally try to keep up on fun articles like this. Interesting read. I can totally relate. Although my Shep is perfectly happy with Liara and I plan on keeping it that way

[Sable Phoenix]

Valagil wrote...

Systemlord Baal wrote...

You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)

I'm surprised I hadn't read this yet. I generally try to keep up on fun articles like this. Interesting read. I can totally relate. Although my Shep is perfectly happy with Liara and I plan on keeping it that way

Same here.  I think I slip into my Shep's skin rather than creating her as a possession.  If I were her, I'd basically do everything I already do in the game, including going for Liara.

[Jagged Orchid]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

Same here.  I think I slip into my Shep's skin rather than creating her as a possession.  If I were her, I'd basically do everything I already do in the game, including going for Liara.

I think you just hit the nail on the head. I play my Shep the same way. I essentially become her. There are very few characters I've been able to connect with to the same extent as I can with my Shep.

[ADLegend21]

idk if this is new to anyone but playing male shep and femsheps close to each other made me see something. when Shep gets woekn up by miranda at lazerus station my femsheps eyes are never fully closed, while my maleshep eyes are. I can still see some of the whites of Kallens eyes, but then when it's adam's turn his are closed shut. not really an issue just an observation.

[Fiery Phoenix]

ADLegend21 wrote...

idk if this is new to anyone but playing male shep and femsheps close to each other made me see something. when Shep gets woekn up by miranda at lazerus station my femsheps eyes are never fully closed, while my maleshep eyes are. I can still see some of the whites of Kallens eyes, but then when it's adam's turn his are closed shut. not really an issue just an observation.

That makes two of us.

[Sable Phoenix]

Valagil wrote...

Sable Phoenix wrote...

Same here.  I think I slip into my Shep's skin rather than creating her as a possession.  If I were her, I'd basically do everything I already do in the game, including going for Liara.

I think you just hit the nail on the head. I play my Shep the same way. I essentially become her. There are very few characters I've been able to connect with to the same extent as I can with my Shep.

Eh, for me that's just my response to any good RPG.  I always end up becoming my character, which is why I can never go the evil route through any game.  It's also why I remember the twist of KOTOR as one of the most stunning plot twists I've ever experienced; I found out everyone through the entire game had been lying to me, that my whole existence was a fabrication, that I had been the one that had lit the galaxy on fire and nearly driven the Jedi to extinction.  It was something that had never even entered my mind as I played, because there was no way I could ever do that.  It literally paralyzed me into rocking back and forth in my chair for a few minutes, unable to continue.  Good thing the game didn't progress in realtime through the conversation, because if it had been real life Malak could've beheaded me right there with no fight.  It's also the moment that Reven became irrevocably female in my head, LucasFilm 'canon' be damned.  The story's far more dramatic that way, anyway.

It's also why Planescape:Torment remains the crowning jewel of all CRPGs to me, no other game has ever made me feel that I was the main character more completely than that one.  As cliche as it is, putting you in the role of an amnesiac is a very powerful storytelling technique in RPGs, because you have no choice but to relate to the character as yourself from the beginning.

I don't identify quite that strongly with Jessica Shepard, due to her established history and predetermined voiceover, but her actions are still my actions.  When she sacrificed the engineering team and fought Balak, that was my decision, as was the, to my mind, completely just vengeance of shooting him and letting him bleed out.  When she berated Mordin at every opportunity for his work on the new and improved genophage, that was because she gave voice to my feelings, and yet she then stood in front of the computer and agonized over whether or not to save the cure because I myself was wrestling with the implications (I still don't know what the right decision is for that scenario -- best loyalty mission in the game).  That pervasive feeling of isolation and loneliness that I felt throughout all of Mass Effect 2, that constant sense of loss every time I stepped onto the copy of the Normandy, was because that was how Shepard felt about the situation, and that was why she ducked her head and charged off after the Collectors like a pitbull to keep from thinking about it all.

It's one reason I love fiction, I can't help but get inside the skin of the characters.  They're not dolls or constructs to me, they're people I empathize with.

Modifié par Sable Phoenix, 01 octobre 2010 - 03:28 .

[Jagged Orchid]

Sable Phoenix wrote...

Eh, for me that's just my response to any good RPG.  I always end up becoming my character, which is why I can never go the evil route through any game.  It's also why I remember the twist of KOTOR as one of the most stunning plot twists I've ever experienced; I found out everyone through the entire game had been lying to me, that my whole existence was a fabrication, that I had been the one that had lit the galaxy on fire and nearly driven the Jedi to extinction.  It was something that had never even entered my mind as I played, because there was no way I could ever do that.  It literally paralyzed me into rocking back and forth in my chair for a few minutes, unable to continue.  Good thing the game didn't progress in realtime through the conversation, because if it had been real life Malak could've beheaded me right there with no fight.  It's also the moment that Reven became irrevocably female in my head, LucasFilm 'canon' be damned.  The story's far more dramatic that way, anyway.

It's also why Planescape:Torment remains the crowning jewel of all CRPGs to me, no other game has ever made me feel that I was the main character more completely than that one.  As cliche as it is, putting you in the role of an amnesiac is a very powerful storytelling technique in RPGs, because you have no choice but to relate to the character as yourself from the beginning.

I don't identify quite that strongly with Jessica Shepard, due to her established history and predetermined voiceover, but her actions are still my actions.  When she sacrificed the engineering team and fought Balak, that was my decision, as was the, to my mind, completely just vengeance of shooting him and letting him bleed out.  When she berated Mordin at every opportunity for his work on the new and improved genophage, that was because she gave voice to my feelings, and yet she then stood in front of the computer and agonized over whether or not to save the cure because I myself was wrestling with the implications (I still don't know what the right decision is for that scenario -- best loyalty mission in the game).  That pervasive feeling of isolation and loneliness that I felt throughout all of Mass Effect 2, that constant sense of loss every time I stepped onto the copy of the Normandy, was because that was how Shepard felt about the situation, and that was why she ducked her head and charged off after the Collectors like a pitbull to keep from thinking about it all.

It's one reason I love fiction, I can't help but get inside the skin of the characters.  They're not dolls or constructs to me, they're people I empathize with.

Well said. I agree with a lot of what you said, especially in regards to Mass Effect. It can be said for any game. I tend to play the same way. I put myself in my characters shoes. What would I do if that were me? I never had an issue with Shepard being voiced. It was so well done, that for me, it was not a distraction.

I've never been able to play an evil character. I have a hard time really getting involved in a game in which I can not identify with the main character. It is also why all my playthroughs are very similar. Every playthrough on Alexandra Shepard has almost been identical. I may change her class. My canon is soldier but I've completed the game as a vanguard and sentinel as well. I also have an adept playthrough in the works. With that I will bring different people on the missions to compliment my abilities. However, outside of that, I tend to make the same choices. I may go a slightly different decision, but they are always minor differences.

In Dragon Age, it was the same way. I still generally made the same decisions, I just created different characters and brought different people along. Although because the Warden could be various races and classes, I sometimes had a harder time connecting with my character. Human Noble and City Elf are my favorites and have always been the easiest for me to identify with.

Like I said, I always try to identify with the main character. Whether that character be from a game or even a book. A well written story has the ability to completely suck me in. That said, I don't think I have ever been so engrossed in a story as I have Mass Effect. That is largely because of my character. If she hadn't been so well written or well voiced, I don't think I'd have been able to play through either ME1 or ME2 as may times as I have.

[Ulathar]

jlb524 wrote...

Systemlord Baal wrote...
You've probably all seen this, because it's a few months old, but I don't hink it can hurt to post it again :-)
FemShep @ page 2

Interesting.
No, I'm not obsessed with my FemShep, no!    I can share her, though sometimes I get jealous

rynluna wrote...

Thank you for sharing that article,
Baal.  I am bonkers for my Shepard but like J, I can share her too.  I
would feel awful if she was lonely.  Thank goodness for Liara.  [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/love.png[/smilie]  I think I remember clapping to myself after the paragon kiss in the DLC.  I was so happy for her.  lol!!!

LesEnfantsTerribles wrote...
Thanks for sharing, Baal. Appreciated!
I am also incredibly attached to my Shepard...she's awesome!

MarkusWhatever wrote...
Didn't see that yet, interesting read.
Thanks for sharing.

JamieCOTC wrote...
Wow, had not seen that.  I really like my
Shepard too, but will glady share her w/ Liara. Again, a lot of it goes
back to Jennifer Hale.  She makes the character literally come to life. 

jwalker wrote...
I haven't seen it.
Thanks for reposting !

Valagil wrote...
I'm surprised I hadn't read this yet. I
generally try to keep up on fun articles like this. Interesting read. I
can totally relate. Although my Shep is perfectly happy with Liara and I
plan on keeping it that way [smilie]../../../images/forum/emoticons/tongue.png[/smilie]

Well, looks like there are quite a few who haven't seen that yet. I'm glad you appreciated and like it and you are very welcome. Those who know me, know that even though I prefer MaleShep, I support FemShep and the FemShep-Players, so I thought I'd post this and it looks like I did the right thing

Haven't posted much in here so far, though, so while I'm here, I might aswell post a picture of my FemShep ;-)
It's not the best quality, but I think she looks good, nonetheless