No Alphabets 7.1 — Baldur's Gate 3

[Envuen]

I'll be turning that Oliphant into a female soon.

oh my god, you mean that investigator? YES PLEASE, that creature was too annoying. at least normal appearance would make it easier to bear

edit: remember that it shows up in a newspaper, I believe in an illustration

[orinEsque]

I'll be turning that Oliphant into a female soon. I said i wasn't gonna change another NPC, then I remembered that stupid animal

You must be joking now, no way you are going to fix that atrocious space thing.
I get it, it's... just a very weird fantasy creature, but... doesn't make me less confused at the presence of that thing.
I actually enjoyed the vanilla voice acting, but I understand why going for female version would be easier.

I think Beldron the gay deep gnome is missing

I also think the Philomen or what was her name is missing?
One of the many gay deep gnomes that we don't even know how they reproduce with 75% of them being gay couples.

Would you rather I have him referred to as a he then?

I'll be turning that Oliphant into a female soon.

oh my god, you mean that investigator? YES PLEASE, that creature was too annoying. at least normal appearance would make it easier to bear

Appearance? It's an oliphant... not sure what normal is.

[Silver]

Would you rather I have him referred to as a he then?

You should take whichever approach is easier tbh.
While I enjoyed voice acting, every npc who mentions oliphant refers to him in female name of Valeria. Which means you don't have to work on text as much, right?

[Envuen]

Appearance? It's an oliphant... not sure what normal is.

Did you not mean you're planning to turn the oliphant into a woman? I thought the creature is already a female.

[orinEsque]

Would you rather I have him referred to as a he then?

You should take whichever approach is easier tbh.
While I enjoyed voice acting, every npc who mentions oliphant refers to him in female name of Valeria. Which means you don't have to work on text as much, right?

Path of least resistance would be to only change the voice to female. No text no dubbing over his/her.

Appearance? It's an oliphant... not sure what normal is.

Did you not mean you're planning to turn the oliphant into a woman? I thought the creature is already a female.

No not a female human... a female sounding oliphant

[Envuen]

No not a female human... a female sounding oliphant

Oohhh alright godspeed to you then

[The_Mask]

That's a hollyphant 1st edition D&D.

Technically, they're supposed to be cute creatures that remind you of Dumbo. Lawful Good alignment.

That being said, mileage may vary.

[Silver]

Path of least resistance would be to only change the voice to female. No text no dubbing over his/her.

Yeah, that's what I thought.
I can sacrifice cool sounding vanilla voice for still cool sounding female ai voice for the sake of that creature not bringing me as much "wtf" feelings.

[SniperChris]

That's a hollyphant 1st edition D&D.

Technically, they're supposed to be cute creatures that remind you of Dumbo. Lawful Good alignment.

That being said, mileage may vary.

I hate what they did with Valeria "oh haha what if we made a being of pure goodness a lazy, alcoholic, lecherous, and rude person hehe i am hilarious and original"

[Envergence]

I've already expressed my disappointment with Larian's crass millennial humor, but I'll gladly reiterate it when someone else brings it up. Same issue with that overrated cringe summon, Shovel. Luckily most of this crap is optional.

[orinEsque]

I fixed astarion's pants....

"I'm being ERASED!"

[CheesusCrust]

I'm more ****** they focus on patching miniscule things nobody cares about. they never fixed the absurd amount of spacing between words in dialogues, but fixed that UI thingy i never ******* noticed. and whatever illegal mexican immigrant they hired to reply to bug reports needs to be catapulted back behind the wall, AI does better job at reading your text than this runaway skyrim npc.

[orinEsque]

Minor Update for the ladies
Added a leather variant for Astarion's pants

[CheesusCrust]

I fixed astarion's pants....

"I'm being ERASED!"

"mr stark, i don't feel so good"

[CheesusCrust]

okay fellas, serious talk. tell me i'm not the only one who finds Shar's unmasked face dumb as ****. i can't take this **** seriously, they should've made a trial of not pissing yourself from laughter while offering a prayer. she looks like kua-toa with boobs honestly

[orinEsque]

okay fellas, serious talk. tell me i'm not the only one who finds Shar's unmasked face dumb as ****. i can't take this **** seriously, they should've made a trial of not pissing yourself from laughter while offering a prayer. she looks like kua-toa with boobs honestly

i think shar's meant to be nightsong_old model. That model is pretty. I would chalk this up to poor craftsmanship.

[CheesusCrust]

I would chalk this up to poor craftsmanship.

all Thorm's money were invested in boobs and chainmail bikini i'm afraid

[Oyster Sauce]

okay fellas, serious talk. tell me i'm not the only one who finds Shar's unmasked face dumb as ****. i can't take this **** seriously, they should've made a trial of not pissing yourself from laughter while offering a prayer. she looks like kua-toa with boobs honestly

Looks like she is wearing a mask above her mouth.

[CheesusCrust]

Looks like she is wearing a mask above her mouth.

well, it's still ugly. and weren't there similar statues at Grymforge but without that derpy mask?

[Reichspepe]

I completely forgot about Sarkeesian. At the time I didn't realize how much her screeching would impact things, especially since she was rightfully mocked for the most part. That is so depressing.

If only people knew how bad things really are.

[Aleks1398]

So... I decided to make a translation with "Russian translation fixes" in mind. So it will be some time before i'll finish.

[DagothGeas5]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
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It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

[orinEsque]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
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It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

I'm curious now what this looks like. Will try it out, even though i think Astarion is fine as he is.

[Gregz]

You are all doing God's work!

[orinEsque]

So... I decided to make a translation with "Russian translation fixes" in mind. So it will be some time before i'll finish.

You should definitely post it as a separate mod, Russians who spotted feminization can report lines to you. Your work will be faster and better perfected that way.

[DagothGeas5]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
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It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

I'm curious now what this looks like. Will try it out, even though i think Astarion is fine as he is.

From my own experience my mind "clicked" when I saw it in-game and realized that, indeed, Astarion looked "off" to me for some reason that I couldn't wrap my head around (the smile especially) because he indeed WAS changed from how I knew him from Early Access. From my testing the mesh has no issues, but I saw some strange lights at the corners of his mouth in a dialogue scene, though it could very well be the vanilla bugged interior mouth I have met throughout the game under particular lighting conditions. To see the major differences, I recommend using this mod for the meeting Astarion scenes and pay attention to the way he closes his lips when he smiles (Grinch or, as I like to call it, old cat-loving aunt style). EDIT: Scratch that, I was trying to get some comparison screens and he only smiles once in that way in the whole scene, and it is too brief to properly tell. I will update when I can find the better testing ground, sorry for the mismatch in memory

[CheesusCrust]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/ ... escription

It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

i've just downloaded this mod, i'm so relieved that it was just mesh changes and not some dumbfuckery with animation. really was wondering why and who tf said EA Astarion's head needed fixing, this person needs to be kicked in the groin repeatedly for that ****.

Astarion looked "off" to me for some reason that I couldn't wrap my head around (the smile especially)

...TO PUT IT MILDLY. it's like he's casting in "botched"

[DagothGeas5]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/ ... escription

It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

i've just downloaded this mod, i'm so relieved that it was just mesh changes and not some dumbfuckery with animation. really was wondering why and who tf said EA Astarion's head needed fixing, this person needs to be kicked in the groin repeatedly for that ****.

Astarion looked "off" to me for some reason that I couldn't wrap my head around (the smile especially)

...TO PUT IT MILDLY. it's like he's casting in "botched"

[ @orinEsque the Astarion meeting scene only has one little scene where he smiles, it is not that good for testing, wanted to let you know. Sorry for the false information, I truly thought that was the one that came to memory where he smiled the most The scene to test is when he is talking about how he should kill you if either will start to change into illithids. To get it, recruit Astarion (best done to have only have met him out of all the companions to prevent other scenes from overriting his) and then go to sleep (dialogue starts about "So, we're resting here? Turning in, for the night?" ). Once awake, go to a long rest again, the scene should start (it starts with Astarion saying "So. Not a tentacle to be seen." ). EDIT: Ah! And before I forget again, meshes that are replacements (aka loose files) can be replaced and moved about while the game is running, just needs to reload the save to update the visuals (the heads in character creation just need to be re-selected). You might know this already, but in case you didn't, or for anyone else reading this, here you go! I hope it's helpful :3 ]

Here is my comparison done on the fly (these are not the worst examples, but those that came to mind and easier to find) :

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EARLY ACCESS HEAD



FULL RELEASE HEAD

[orinEsque]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/ ... escription

It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

i've just downloaded this mod, i'm so relieved that it was just mesh changes and not some dumbfuckery with animation. really was wondering why and who tf said EA Astarion's head needed fixing, this person needs to be kicked in the groin repeatedly for that ****.

Astarion looked "off" to me for some reason that I couldn't wrap my head around (the smile especially)

...TO PUT IT MILDLY. it's like he's casting in "botched"

Hmm I like the smoothness of the jawline of the current one (pre release looks like botox), but the lips are REALLY weird in the the current one.

[DagothGeas5]

Wanted to share this here for visibility
https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/ ... escription

It is not alphabet cult related, but I find it strange how he was changed and both softened and made to have that strange looped smile, this restores Astarion to how he originally was.

i've just downloaded this mod, i'm so relieved that it was just mesh changes and not some dumbfuckery with animation. really was wondering why and who tf said EA Astarion's head needed fixing, this person needs to be kicked in the groin repeatedly for that ****.

Astarion looked "off" to me for some reason that I couldn't wrap my head around (the smile especially)

...TO PUT IT MILDLY. it's like he's casting in "botched"

Hmm I like the smoothness of the jawline of the current one (pre release looks like botox), but the lips are REALLY weird in the the current one.

Absolutely. Like CheesusCrust I also thought it was due to someone deciding to **** up the animations (like they did with most of his motion capture already though, there is a lot missing and much that looks janky compared to how things played before), to find out the mesh is responsible is... Why have they not fixed it? Instead of, again, like CheesusCrust said in the previous page I believe, fixing UI no one noticed, why not fix this, or, for example, finally fix Minthara's romance among all the other things. Modders should be payed by the companies as a sort of "shame on you" tribute they have to pay for leaving it to others to fixing their games.