Expanded Galaxy Mod

[viper]

ahhh I'm flattered Kinko thank you so much for mentioning me in setup,I don't know I deserve that honor but thats really kind of you.I will send you the results just like always !  thanks again


EDIT1:Sorry for flood.

EDIT2:Tested beta 11,it looks complete if you ask me

I'm amazed again,I keep asking myself how did they managed to do all of this thats how awesome it is. 

-I dont know if this was in early versions but I noticed Miranda's visor is animated,no more black texture bug 

-New..

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post-cronos dialogue is a nice touch,great use of dialogue,nothing wrong in it 



-Nothing wrong in Cronos,only it just gets little weird when Shepard listens the Lazarus entries and Miranda is silent,but thats not a big issue 


-Romance scene is awesome as before 

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-No problems in Priority:Earth Beginning.As long as I remember race to conduit is not avaiable so I didn't tried that 

Side missions are also good to go Everything is smooth Is it just me or emotions in faces are much better now ? texts are also better.I recommend more people to test it,I may be mistaken but I did what I can .

Out of context;here's little Kai Leng love 

[thommal]

No worries, viper. We are good!

And it sounds like it's high time to dust off the romanced-Miranda save. I wanted to play that one anyway, since it gives me also the opportunity to save Mordin.

[kinkojiro]

Thanks Viper. Did you test the other convo and assignments?

I hear you on the Lazarus comment. If anybody has any good ideas for lines for Miranda for the Lazarus conv. This is how it flows currently:

[Cutscene : Illusive Man puts Miranda in charge]
Shepard: "I didn't realize it was that bad"
Squadmate: "I thought you were dead" or similar <=  NEED MIRANDA VERSION
Shepard: "I'm still me. I doubt I'd have been able to turn against Cerberus otherwise".
Shepard: "Maybe I am a high tech VI" <= we can skip this line as it doesn't make sense for Miranda.
Squadmate: "You're you" or equivalent (depends on romance as well). <= NEED MIRANDA VERSION
Shepard: "It doesn't change anything" or similar

[Cutscene : Illusive Man says Shepard will work with Cerberus]
Squadmate: "He was right" <= NEED MIRANDA VERSION
Shepard: "Every instinct told me not to trust Cerberus.  But I needed their help, so I played along."
Squadmate:  "You did what you had to do." <= NEED MIRANDA VERSION

[Cutscene:  Illusive Man informed Shepard is alive, says needs a crew]
Squadmate:  "He set you up" or similar

Obviously Miranda being in the context of this conversation is very different.   We might need to rework the entire convo for her, which is possible.  It anybody has any good ideas using existing Miranda lines how this might flow, please post.

[thommal]

Jan 16, 2017 1:07:07 GMT kinkojiro said:

[Cutscene:  Illusive Man informed Shepard is alive, says needs a crew]
Squadmate:  "He set you up" or similar

Obviously Miranda being in the context of this conversation is very different.   We might need to rework the entire convo for her, which is possible.  It anybody has any good ideas using existing Miranda lines how this might flow, please post.

Given Miranda's disillusionment with the Illusive Man, might it not work if you substituted "He set you up!" with a more sarcastic remark, like her "Charming" uttered on Korlus in ME2?

It's more personal, carries a hint of the self-loathing that Miranda shows at times, and fits better with her character than pointing out the obvious.

[kinkojiro]

Jan 16, 2017 11:53:08 GMT thommal said:

Given Miranda's disillusionment with the Illusive Man, might it not work if you substituted "He set you up!" with a more sarcastic remark, like her "Charming" uttered on Korlus in ME2?

It's more personal, carries a hint of the self-loathing that Miranda shows at times, and fits better with her character than pointing out the obvious.

Like it. Thanks.

Any other ideas?

[thommal]

Alternatively, there is also her "Damn it!" from one of the romance scenes:

In contrast to the other response, it'd be an expression of sadness that comes with her awareness of her role in the Illusive Man's schemes.

Another possibility is a simple admission of her involvement and apology:

"I'm sorry Shepard."


The following line might work on the first or second cutscene that you mention:

"I'm the one who put you back together, remember? And I do damn good work."


A much colder, rather sarcastic spin on

Shepard: "I'm still me. I doubt I'd have been able to turn against Cerberus otherwise".

would be:

"Maybe you should ask the Illusive Man when you meet him."

or more informative:

Shepard: "Maybe I am a high tech VI" <= we can skip this line as it doesn't make sense for Miranda.
Squadmate: "You're you" or equivalent (depends on romance as well). <= NEED MIRANDA VERSION

"He wouldn't let us do anything that might limit your potential in any way."


There are some othe snippets from ME2 that might be re-usable as dialogue options:

"You don't understand, or you do't want to?"

Ah, Miranda, aggressiveness paired with sarcasm, also:

"Don't be absurd!"

and

"The sooner we start, the sooner we can be done."


And self-assuredness:

"A mistake. No question. Not mine."


And some assurance for Shepard:

"You're the best humanity has to offer."


And a generic response on different occasions:

"Glad to hear it."

I think, l'll do some ME2-missions with her to find more; there should definitely be something usable from the Illium ones.

[viper]

thommal Thank you good sir Also your idea is fantastic !

kinkojiro no problem yes I did and the convos were actually longer than I expected espically the one after accepting Miranda on Normandy,amazing.

Almost lost my mind trying to figure out a answer from audio files,after hours of thinking and research best I can came up with is;

-Shepard: "I'm still me. I doubt I'd have been able to turn against Cerberus otherwise"
-Miranda:''I'm the ony who put you back together remember ? and I do damn good work''
-Shepard:''You certainly do''

around 2:17
its sounds flirty if we don't count ''don't get cocky'' line.

-Shepard: "I didn't realize it was that bad"
-Miranda:''I told you,its crazy.''

around 8:15

-Shepard: "Every instinct told me not to trust Cerberus. But I needed their help, so I played along."
-Miranda:''Nobody's perfect.''

around 7:57
same line in here but death version
around 2:33

But both of them needs a cut in beginning.I don't know its easy to cut a dialogue to make it shorter

Hope I can help.

EDIT: awesome ideas thommal

[ali]

Would it be possible during the final rush to the beam and the evacuation scene to add Miranda using some of that dialogue?

[kinkojiro]

Jan 19, 2017 22:09:42 GMT ali said:

Would it be possible during the final rush to the beam and the evacuation scene to add Miranda using some of that dialogue?

Not without great difficulty.   The rush scene uses the squadmates loaded for the second part of the end mission.    The first part (Hades cannon) uses the Normandy loading to set them up.  I have adjusted that but would have to redo it all for the second part (Thanix missiles) as you get to reload all the squad after doing the final speech.

Also it would create huge conflicts with a lot of the end mods (MEHEM, maybe JAM/LIME etc).  Plus it make the conversation with Miranda via holo-call redundant. 

[ali]

Thanks for the reply.Any ETA for the Miranda mod?

[viper]

man,that sounds like lots of work and pain,I think its better this way just like you said it makes holo-call seem like a joke

[rookieone]

For some reason, i'm really looking forward to that add-on ^_^

[kinkojiro]

So some small updates to EGM today - mostly driven by the art department:

- New squad GUI textures rendered by patadepocho.
- @mellin has created a pack of 4K HR textures for the cargo deck vehicles.
- @mellin also created a entirely new armor set for Tali.   It has different look - hood down - a bit like a short haircut.  This armor is in addition to her existing ones (so now she has 4 armors rather than 3).



In addition some minor bugs were fixed (in particular one that could prevent the Normandy streaming properly after a video conference).

Updates on nexus

[viper]

That's awesome ! First update of 2017 Thank you.I have tons of mods and my ME3 is 60GB,I hope it doesn't explode after this haha

Edit: I did Large Adress Awareness Patch for ME3 after installing HQ Vehicles,can be helpful I thought if people are having problems.

no probs,still alive.


note:I failed to take pictures of all the vehicles because I didn't had enough credits to buy them.Will fix it.

[sil]

Why does Tali seem bald now? That's a neat looking look for her.

Beyond Miranda Mod, is there anything else in the pipeline for EGM that you can talk about yet? I'm curious to know what direction you're taking it in.