Better Romance 2.5.0 — Baldur's Gate 3

[Envergence]

So, for clarification, if I'm just using the original NoFemaleRom (AKA the beta), can my male characters avoid getting hit on by female companions, or is that version gender-locked too?

If not, it's not a deal-breaker. The only romanceable female companion I recruit is Lae'Zel anyway, and I don't mind having to shut her down, as much as I'd prefer to avoid her "YOU WILL WONDER" follow-up.

[Crusaderknight20]

So, for clarification, if I'm just using the original NoFemaleRom (AKA the beta), can my male characters avoid getting hit on by female companions, or is that version gender-locked too?

If not, it's not a deal-breaker. The only romanceable female companion I recruit is Lae'Zel anyway, and I don't mind having to shut her down, as much as I'd prefer to avoid her "YOU WILL WONDER" follow-up.

The beta didn't specifically block that line. However, I will also create another package to completely disable romance. First, I will upload the gender-locked one, and then I will upload the other one that disables romances completely.

If you're already using NoFemaleRom, I will create another file with the same name for compatibility, so you won't have to start a new playthrough. It will be named 'NoFemaleRom (Romance Enabled)', and the other one will be 'NoFemaleRom (Romance Disabled)'.

If anyone is interested in having class-restricted romances as well, please let me know.

[Crusaderknight20]

Attention, Everyone!
I have updated the mod. If you come across any scenes in the game that I might have missed, please inform me. I will need screenshots of those scenes.

[Beagle Appreciator]

I really would not mind some light flirting or just getting along more but larian just has the gayest most sperg romance, even a lot of the general character relations too though, so I would just have rid of all the "romance". So for everything removed/platonic I should use just NoRomVanilla? or NoRomPlatonicslingo and voice? all three of these (my guess)? for version 1.0 I had both nofemale and nomale.

[Crusaderknight20]

I really would not mind some light flirting or just getting along more but larian just has the gayest most sperg romance, even a lot of the general character relations too though, so I would just have rid of all the "romance". So for everything removed/platonic I should use just NoRomVanilla? or NoRomPlatonicslingo and voice? all three of these (my guess)? for version 1.0 I had both nofemale and nomale.

As of now, the NoRomVanilla mod is gender-restricted. I plan to create another file that will completely disable romance. Since you were using NoMale and NoFemale, I will include these files in my update under the same names. However, I will specify which file is compatible with what and what each file does. For example, if you download this mod and install both NoMale and NoFemale, it will produce the same effect, meaning the romances will still be available but will be gender-restricted.

So even though you have NoFemale enabled, Romances will still occur with female characters if you are playing as a Male, but they will not if you are playing as a female character.

[Beagle Appreciator]

Well I only used both those from 1.0 becuase I thought it would get rid of romances from both genders toward the player character. I only started a campaign and barely left the mindflayer ship so I can change to whatever now.

[Crusaderknight20]

Well I only used both those from 1.0 becuase I thought it would get rid of romances from both genders toward the player character. I only started a campaign and barely left the mindflayer ship so I can change to whatever now.

I'll work on creating the mod that disables all romances as quickly as possible. For now, don't worry about which mod you use; it will be compatible. If you're currently using NoRomVanilla, I'll create a mod with the same name. This will allow you to continue with your campaign. However, its effect will be similar to NoRomCelibate, which disables all romance.

[Crusaderknight20]

Well I only used both those from 1.0 becuase I thought it would get rid of romances from both genders toward the player character. I only started a campaign and barely left the mindflayer ship so I can change to whatever now.

I've updated the mod and included a link to NoRomCelibate, which disables all romance. Additionally, I found a bug in the original version and have made the necessary fixes. Please refer to my original post for more details.

[Kalin]

You can't polish a turd.

[Ratcatcher]

U cunt, push a TURN!

fixed

[dantrag28]

So the vanilla Pak is everything rolled up into one?

[Crusaderknight20]

So the vanilla Pak is everything rolled up into one?

Yes, if you download from the main mod link labeled NoRom archive: It'll be the romance that is locked by gender.

If you download from the NoRomCelibate archive:It'll be the one that disables romance for all genders.

[Beagle Appreciator]

Thanks for all your work crusader! I wish nexus didn't keep more people from utilizing and appreciating it.

[Praemonitus]

Request:

Is it a hardship to make this compatible with Femstarion?
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2446
This mod is perfect, I just can't abide that flamboyant faggot in my playthrough... It just grates on my soul to hear him talk.
I figure if he was a she, it might not be as bad.
Thoughts?

[Crusaderknight20]

Request:

Is it a hardship to make this compatible with Femstarion?
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/2446
This mod is perfect, I just can't abide that flamboyant faggot in my playthrough... It just grates on my soul to hear him talk.
I figure if he was a she, it might not be as bad.
Thoughts?

I can definitely do that, and also, do you want the option to romance Femstarion as a male?

[Praemonitus]

I play a male character, yes.
My thanks.

[Ty6]

I don't understand which mod to use here as there are so many options. I'm playing a male monk (straight) so just want to disable male romance and keep female romance as is.

Do I need NoRomFemale, or Vanilla?

What about the narrator's voice lines addon? Will that block out female romance as well which I don't want?




Thanks for all the hard work btw

[RK-9]

I'm so incredibly happy to see you've managed to turn this into a single mod PAK! I'm going to enjoy this game a lot more now that I can be genuinely friendly with the male companions and not risk them making things weird.

[Reichspepe]

I don't understand which mod to use here as there are so many options. I'm playing a male monk (straight) so just want to disable male romance and keep female romance as is.

Do I need NoRomFemale, or Vanilla?

What about the narrator's voice lines addon? Will that block out female romance as well which I don't want?




Thanks for all the hard work btw

Yep, I'm a bit confused as well what to use if you just want a the standard hetero version, so to say.

[WhiteShark]

NoRomVanilla is the new package in one mod.
If you have started a playthrough with either NoRomMale or NoRomFemale. Simply use the one that I have uploaded with the same name. This will let you continue your playthrough, without being forced to start over again.

Based on the OP, it seems Vanilla is the one to download if you weren't using an older version already.

[Goblin_Hammer]

I don't understand which mod to use here as there are so many options. I'm playing a male monk (straight) so just want to disable male romance and keep female romance as is.

Do I need NoRomFemale, or Vanilla?

What about the narrator's voice lines addon? Will that block out female romance as well which I don't want?




Thanks for all the hard work btw

Yep, I'm a bit confused as well what to use if you just want a the standard hetero version, so to say.

Use the vanilla version it restricts romance to gender so male to female, female to male & use the voice and lingo to get rid of the cringey homo subtext with Gale.

[Reichspepe]

That's what seems most likely, yes. I'm just wondering because as an example with Astarion, when you have the first camp conversation with him sitting on the sleeping bag thing, it still has this weird undertone with the answers you can give him, like this here

[Goblin_Hammer]

That's what seems most likely, yes. I'm just wondering because as an example with Astarion, when you have the first camp conversation with him sitting on the sleeping bag thing, it still has this weird undertone with the answers you can give him, like this here

Hmm, yeah there's some gay in that subtext, I just started re-playing again yesterday so I didn't get pretty far. Maybe @Crusaderknight20 missed this line of dialogue or maybe the mod's not working right, not sure.

[Reichspepe]

Yes,I was wondering if I just hit the one dialogue that got overlooked, as in the mod description there are clear examples that lines like these should be removed.

[Pixelargh]

Great mod. Gale, Wyll, and Halsin are written as heterosexual and they were only Playersexual for "convenience"? IMO, it detracts from their characterization and makes them less real so this mod helps with that. The only exception would be Astarion. I think his dialogue option/romance should be kept even when playing as a male character. Remember Astarion doesn't see you as male or female. He is an apex predator. He sees you as food. He is manipulating you since day one so it makes sense he tries to seduce you.

[Crusaderknight20]

That's what seems most likely, yes. I'm just wondering because as an example with Astarion, when you have the first camp conversation with him sitting on the sleeping bag thing, it still has this weird undertone with the answers you can give him, like this here

That's what seems most likely, yes. I'm just wondering because as an example with Astarion, when you have the first camp conversation with him sitting on the sleeping bag thing, it still has this weird undertone with the answers you can give him, like this here

Hmm, yeah there's some gay in that subtext, I just started re-playing again yesterday so I didn't get pretty far. Maybe @Crusaderknight20 missed this line of dialogue or maybe the mod's not working right, not sure.

Hey everyone! Just noticed that the latest update disabled the mod. But here's the good news: you no longer need the old mods since Larian fixed the bug. So, go ahead and delete the NoRomMale and NoRomFemale mods. Then, head over to the main page – you'll find new links to the updated mod there.

[Crusaderknight20]

I play a male character, yes.
My thanks.

As requested, I made a compatible mod for Femstarion : https://f.rpghq.org/nnWdE3GinaKT.zip?n= ... tarion.zip

[Crusaderknight20]

Great mod. Gale, Wyll, and Halsin are written as heterosexual and they were only Playersexual for "convenience"? IMO, it detracts from their characterization and makes them less real so this mod helps with that. The only exception would be Astarion. I think his dialogue option/romance should be kept even when playing as a male character. Remember Astarion doesn't see you as male or female. He is an apex predator. He sees you as food. He is manipulating you since day one so it makes sense he tries to seduce you.

Thank you!
About Astarion, I didn't really change his dialogue, but the flirt lines for the male character have been disabled. Also, what I changed was during the tiefling party. In the original game, if he doesn't have high approval, he won't make a move on you. But if he does, he'll try to seduce you. So, I added a gender restriction to that as an extra constraint.

[Praemonitus]

I play a male character, yes.
My thanks.

As requested, I made a compatible mod for Femstarion : https://f.rpghq.org/nnWdE3GinaKT.zip?n= ... tarion.zip

Your efforts are appreciated, thank you.

[Pixelargh]

Great mod. Gale, Wyll, and Halsin are written as heterosexual and they were only Playersexual for "convenience"? IMO, it detracts from their characterization and makes them less real so this mod helps with that. The only exception would be Astarion. I think his dialogue option/romance should be kept even when playing as a male character. Remember Astarion doesn't see you as male or female. He is an apex predator. He sees you as food. He is manipulating you since day one so it makes sense he tries to seduce you.

Thank you!
About Astarion, I didn't really change his dialogue, but the flirt lines for the male character have been disabled. Also, what I changed was during the tiefling party. In the original game, if he doesn't have high approval, he won't make a move on you. But if he does, he'll try to seduce you. So, I added a gender restriction to that as an extra constraint.

Thanks, Crusader. Your implementation seems great. Very thoughtful. Just to be clear. Only romances / flirty dialogue will be disabled right? You can still experience the rest of their scenes/quests with high enough approval?