Even Better Romance 0.2.0 — Baldur's Gate 3

[loregamer]

****. Another one

[loregamer]

Aaaand another one

[loregamer]

Well, can confirm the mod works but we have a few spots we missed

[fkirenicus]

Well, can confirm the mod works but we have a few spots we missed

Risking to be flogged again, I have to say that considering the work and effort you guys put down to make these mods, small spots such as these can easily be forgiven. You are giving us a chance to enjoy the game in ways which the vanilla version cannot. Kudos.

[Reichspepe]

Mod is working in patch 8, but we missed a spot @Kowe

****. Another one

What's the problem with those 2 here? *Nevermind, Shart calls you gay, wtf

Aaaand another one

And here? The fact that a female can still say it? If only that, I'd say that the line perhaps should be changed for males because it's pretty cringe

[loregamer]

And here? The fact that a female can still say it? If only that, I'd say that the line perhaps should be changed for males because it's pretty cringe

Yes, after you say this then Karlach says her body yearns for you or whatever. I think we missed it since we always behead her

[Auld_SnawBeard]

****. Another one

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Could you swap that one out with an option to murder him on the spot please? I don't mean for the Dark Urge specifically, rather for anyone, it's just common sense in a time and place of no reprecussions. Maybe even make an exception for palandin oathbreaking?

Jokes aside, that one scene and dialogue option was the hardest camel I had to swallow when I attempted a playthrough after release. It really made me consider finding a way to off him just so I wouldn't have to endure any more of that. Just seeing Wyll acting on his demented desire to be a ballerina alone.. That whole scene is fckn revolting.

Edit: Kowe, if there was one request I could make for any BG3-mod anywhere it would be to kill that whole scene dead asap. I'm going to postphone my playthrough until you've found the time and effort to deal with that one because it's the worst thing in the whole bloody game.
Thanks for making this mod man

[Tamyn]

The "start Lae'zel romance" line where Tav says "Is it me, or are you looking at me differently?" to Lae'zel even with a female Tav is also back with this patch.

[Auld_SnawBeard]

Would I be right in assuming Even Better Romance - BA Compatibility is an all or nothing deal? That if it is to work fully I need to use all the companion mods, not just some of them?

[Kowe]

Would I be right in assuming Even Better Romance - BA Compatibility is an all or nothing deal? That if it is to work fully I need to use all the companion mods, not just some of them?

Yes.
When I have the time to get it done, a spreadsheet with documentation of Romance limitations will be uploaded. So it can be used with the Toolkit Project to build customized variants of EBC, EBC - BCC & EBC - Celibate. The documentation will include line changes/translations per file and more.

[gojowenus]

Does this mod need to be translated? Does it only modify the dialogue trees, or are the lines changed as well?

[AstarionsJuicebox]

@Kowe Hi, Is there a possibility you could make one for Astarion where instead of him approving polyamory relationship with other companions (Halsin etc.), he instead gets jealous or doesn't approve of this.

[Kowe]

Does this mod need to be translated? Does it only modify the dialogue trees, or are the lines changed as well?

For the normal version, only modified dialogue trees. For the Better Companions version, also line changes aka new translations.

@Kowe Hi, Is there a possibility you could make one for Astarion where instead of him approving polyamory relationship with other companions (Halsin etc.), he instead gets jealous or doesn't approve of this.

Taken into consideration.

[gojowenus]

I unpacked the normal version and found english.xml in Localization folder with over 4000 lines of english dialogue. It would replace the current language lines, no?

[Tipfy]

I unpacked the normal version and found english.xml in Localization folder with over 4000 lines of english dialogue. It would replace the current language lines, no?

Yes, this is a little mistake. You can remove that lingo from the normal version.

Here is a version without the lingo ;
https://f.rpghq.org/hvIKEx0M2T39.zip?n= ... users.zip

[Tamyn]

Could you swap that one out with an option to murder him on the spot please? I don't mean for the Dark Urge specifically, rather for anyone, it's just common sense in a time and place of no reprecussions. Maybe even make an exception for palandin oathbreaking?

Jokes aside, that one scene and dialogue option was the hardest camel I had to swallow when I attempted a playthrough after release. It really made me consider finding a way to off him just so I wouldn't have to endure any more of that. Just seeing Wyll acting on his demented desire to be a ballerina alone.. That whole scene is fckn revolting.

Edit: Kowe, if there was one request I could make for any BG3-mod anywhere it would be to kill that whole scene dead asap. I'm going to postphone my playthrough until you've found the time and effort to deal with that one because it's the worst thing in the whole bloody game.
Thanks for making this mod man

It's funny to me that I've never seen Wyll do his dance, even when I've let him live and tried to be nice to him.

[Lancaster]

Could you swap that one out with an option to murder him on the spot please? I don't mean for the Dark Urge specifically, rather for anyone, it's just common sense in a time and place of no reprecussions. Maybe even make an exception for palandin oathbreaking?

Jokes aside, that one scene and dialogue option was the hardest camel I had to swallow when I attempted a playthrough after release. It really made me consider finding a way to off him just so I wouldn't have to endure any more of that. Just seeing Wyll acting on his demented desire to be a ballerina alone.. That whole scene is fckn revolting.

Edit: Kowe, if there was one request I could make for any BG3-mod anywhere it would be to kill that whole scene dead asap. I'm going to postphone my playthrough until you've found the time and effort to deal with that one because it's the worst thing in the whole bloody game.
Thanks for making this mod man

It's funny to me that I've never seen Wyll do his dance, even when I've let him live and tried to be nice to him.

I think it only triggers if you are not currently in a relationship. Maybe a good dialogue option would be, "get back on your side of the camp boy, there ain't no pillow biting happening over here".

[loregamer]

I've created a Github repo for this and cleaned up the translation IDs:
https://github.com/loregamer/BG3-Better-Romance

Will test later and then put up a v0.2, but if anyone is interested in forking the project then you can download it there

[Tipfy]

Will test later and then put up a v0.2

It seem to work, tested on Shadowheart & Lae'zel at the tiefling party.
Here is the French translation ;
https://f.rpghq.org/EFSvMKk6Qsud.zip?n= ... v0.2.0.zip

One thing i noticed, when speaking to Lae'zel with a female character, the dialogue end normally without the romance options, BUT if you talk to her again you have romance options available.
On the screen where you pick who to spend the night with, the option to pick her is not here even if you do the above.

[RedHaze1911]

Hey, so il only be using this one mod and i was wondering, theres no point in getting a mod manager for just one, right? I just drop the pak file in the BG3 mods folder and it should work?

[Demonic Fate]

Hey, so il only be using this one mod and i was wondering, theres no point in getting a mod manager for just one, right? I just drop the pak file in the BG3 mods folder and it should work?

No, you still need to activate the mod (= create XML entries in the modsettings.lsx file). But I think you can do that with the ingame manager?

IMO, just install the BG3 mod manager. It's not complicated, you just extract it and run it.

[Reichspepe]

This was changed for Philomeen and Laridda to be just friends, right? I think because of that, the marked answer should be changed a bit, as it has clear romantic undertones.



I find Laridda's answer to be a bit weird as well, naturally.

Not sure of the top of my head how to change it. Perhaps something like "And she wants Laridda to look after herself." And her then answering "Look after myself?" or something similar.
Basically something short meaning that Laridda is now on her own and should take care of her own problems. I'm not sure what a good english expression for that would be to have the intended connotations.

[Reichspepe]

Another overlooked line when you talk to Halsin after entering the shadow cursed land.

Just as I was posting this, noticed this **** coming up again afterwards, they really were relentless with this ****.




HOLY **** IT JUST WON'T STOP! You can't escape it

[Trickster]

I initially played without this mod, hoping I could tolerate the optional gay companions. That was my biggest mistake.

There’s a difference between woke/gay elements existing and having them shoved down your throat through terrible writing. The worst moment came when I fed Gale artifacts early on. By the Grove victory party, companions started spewing unsubtle homo hints—without any regard for whether my character would engage with them—while the game aggressively pushed me to romance Gale.

This isn’t just disrespectful to players; it’s objectively bad writing. Zero setup, zero organic chemistry. The degenerate writers mistake basic decency—like supporting your party members—for sexual interest, because concepts like platonic male friendship are alien to these terminally online soyjacks.

So learn from my error: install the mod before playing. Without it, the propaganda will gut your immersion.

[Cedia]

I'm still getting the prompts for Lae'zel - "Is it me, or are you looking at me differently?" and Shadowheart - "...missed the chance to truly connect." But they don't go anywhere. Still, it's annoying for them to even come up with a female Tav.

[Thulean_Perspective]

I don't mind lesbianism I just want the male sodomy removed.

[2gca3rmk]

Since Larian completely finished with their game - celibate version when?

[Kowe]

Temporarily putting the v.0.2.0 update for the normal EBR variant here. Toolkit Project Back-Up here.
Celibate is next, but I have to take care of a few matters first, with Lore's help.
Both Celibate and Normal v0.3.0 will have their Documentation added.

Sorry about all this delay. Fell ill again but things seem normal now.

Forgot a few things.

Changelog:

• Celebration Party dialogue lines gender-restricted again.
• The weird comments from Halsin as shown in previous screenshots on this page have been restricted.
• Drow Twins Dialogue is heavily restricted now. Only leads to taking one of the Drows up on their offer.

With the next update, here are some of the plans:

• Restrict the advancements of Minthara to Male when talking to her after a successful raid on the Grove. Shortly before the celebration. That dialogue's structure is a bit of a hassle and it hasn't worked out yet.
• Salvage what can be from the restricted Drow Twins dialogue branch. If worthwhile at all.
• Race-Restrictions

About Philomeen and Laridda: Best to talk to Orin, since those NPCs are taken care of by NoAlphabets, @Reichspepe.

[Bhaalspawn Jr]

Hey,

Just found the website and gotta say, you're all doing the Lord's work. Thanks.

I notice in the downloads section the description says: "Current version essentially does what Better Romance did. v1.0 will expand on its logic with racial restrictions." What are the racial restrictions? I plan on romancing Minthara as a tiefling during my next playthrough, so I'm wondering if this mod will affect that.

Thanks.

Edit:

Downloading this now. I see that the racial restrictions haven't actually been implemented yet and I imagine it will be optional anyway.

Thanks again.

[Brother Michael]

Yeah Halsin is still coming onto me very explicitly. I did update to 0.20.7 mid playthrough. He gave me the "fog has lifted" **** shortly after beginning act 3.