WHY USE THIS MOD?
If you are already using the party of the Citadel DLC as your ending or if you play the entire Citadel DLC as your ending, then this mod is for you.
WHAT THIS MOD DOES
Out of over 4,000 lines of dialogue and text, it changes less than 5% of the Citadel DLC to allow it to be played after the game is over. There is no talk of war, the reapers, Cerberus, or "winning." You can also opt for the lite, or party only version of the mod, to play the Citadel DLC and meetups during the main story and then celebrate after defeating the reapers.
Not required at all, but story wise the Citadel Epilogue Mod makes the most sense with one of the following.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Note: If using CEM Lite, do all the meetups with friends since the apartment ones are blocked after the credits roll and you shouldn't do the ones on the Silversun Strip at that point anyway. You now can't accidentally throw the party early either. The Full version won't even let the Citadel DLC begin until after the game is over so you don't have to think about it. Both CEM Lite and Full do offer install options which don't block certain things from happening too early, which can be useful if things don't go as planned with your particular Shepard and game setup.
You just need two files depending on what you're using (full or lite.) If you're using MEHEM, ThaneMOD, or JAM and want CEM to work with it, you need to download two files.
First, always grab either
CEM Full Automatic Installer
OR
CEM Lite Automatic Installer
Second, grab the transition which matches what you use.
An example would be CEM Full Automatic Installer and you use MEHEM, grab MEHEM to CEM Automatic Installer
ThaneMOD users. You are all set with either the MEHEM to CEM installer or JAM to CEM installer. Just follow the instructions during install for MEHEM to CEM and JAM to CEM automatically works with ThaneMOD.
Requires the Citadel DLC to function.
HOW TO USE THIS MOD
Simply read the instructions during install. The license agreement is where everything is explained in detail. Even if you don't use MEHEM, ThaneMOD, or JAM, you still have options.
I also recommend you keep your Effective Military Strength (EMS) high. Since Gibbed doesn't always work, I keep my EMS high by visiting http://social.biowar.../galaxy_at_war/
Here's a Q & A to for the most common questions.
Q: Did you use custom audio or original audio files?
A: Any audio file changes use voices of the original cast. Mostly the lines are from Mass Effect 2 and the remaining few from Mass Effect 1 and 3.
Q: What are these other changes you made?
A: Most of the remaining changes are text changes in emails, primarily from the Armax Arsenal Area. Very few lines were cut. Most of those are actually lines of people as you pass by them on the Silversun Strip and not critical lines to the DLC.
Q: Do you keep your weapons and armor you get during CEM Full for an NG+ play through?
A: Shockingly, it appears yes. I have the M-7 Lancer I picked up during CEM Full when I did an NG+. Didn't get to the armor to confirm but odds are you'd keep that too. Thanks klaydabbz, for asking the question.
Q: How did you deal with the goodbye scene?
A: It's largely intact but given the minor line tweaks and music change, it should leave you with the impression that Shepard is simply off to do more standard duty, not going off to his or her death. Hopefully it will allow you to leave the trilogy with a good feeling closer to ME1 or ME2's endings.
Minor spoiler question below
Q: Hey, EDI's here and I did the destroy ending. And Cortez didn't make it either. Why are they here!?
A: Technical reason only. I just don't have the ability, and I'm not sure if anyone could, get required people out of the party. Maybe they could be excluded from the meetups bit but if they're at the party there's no point. I didn't want to get into changing the destroy ending to the game to make this work. Besides, JAM by JohnP is probably the best of both worlds for the destroy crowd and allows the Citadel Epilogue Mod to make sense.
Big spoiler question below
Q: I finished the game with JAM or MEHEM, saw a video indicating CEM was starting, but then nothing happened. What's with that!?
A: CEM is built on the premise that if your EMS is high enough to live and, in the case of JAM version A, you choose the only option which can allow Shepard to live, CEM will start. If Shepard doesn't live then CEM won't start. The reason you see the transition video is because I replace End004.bik and mute the conversation in the stargazer scene. Basically, get your EMS over 3,100 and destroy the Reapers. If you don't do that, don't use a transition from MEHEM/JAM to CEM and instead you can just use CEM Full or CEM Lite by themselves with a previous save or just don't use this mod.
Thank you to all these people.
My wife for allowing me to pretty much focus solely on this project for way too long.
WarrantyVoider and the me3explorer team for making this possible. Otherwise I’d be stuck making youtube videos instead of changing the game.
MrFob for putting up with an onslaught of communication, helping me through technical challenges, and offering advice.
JohnP for making time to transition MEHEM to CEM but also explaining how to do it to me and for figuring out a new way to make these mods work.
giftfish and JohnP for the script to create an installer.
Almostfaceman, BDelacroix, Chashan, cfs3corsair, dke, Saake. Thank you guys! You pushed this mod to the next level with all your feedback during the many, many PMs I sent you all.
wavion for testing the mod, offering very technical advice, and most importantly, creating an installer so more people could try this mod out.
spamtrash, Blad3Zer0, and McBlade223 for providing key romance saves which I could use for testing.
Thanks to everyone who gave me feedback on the forum to help fix things I missed or suggested ways to make it better.
But most importantly, thank you Bioware for making characters and a story I actually care about. Thank you for the Citadel DLC!
Modifié par Deager, 02 juin 2015 - 08:58 .
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