Reposting general progress after the server reset:
Valerie is fully written and partially coded. A certain other member of the modding community has graciously agreed to finish Valerie's coding and that is all that remains before beta testing.
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Posted by Tempest on 15 July 2015 - 06:16 PM in Valerie
After a very, very long hiatus due to personal issues, I am officially working on Valerie again. However, there has been an important change:
Valerie's planned romance has been scrapped.
In ToB there may be an opportunity to talk her into seeing where things go after the games are over.
Been rewriting several of Valerie's lovetalks and banters today to account for her romance being scrapped.
In addition, I have Valerie's .cha file tentatively done.
Starting weapon proficiencies:
Staff: +
Sling: +
Level 1 spells: Magic Missile, Identify, Sleep, Protection From Evil, Shield
Level 2 spells: Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Glitterdust
Level 3 spells: Lightning Bolt, Dispel Magic
Yes, there will be a chance in PID for the player to accuse Valerie's spell selection of having changed between games.
Posted by Tempest on 17 July 2015 - 05:41 PM in Valerie
The current state of things: Valerie's existing dialogues have all been modified to remove her romance. The friendship track now that that is taken care of consists of 7 dialogues if you befriended her in BG1, and 11 if you're meeting her for the first time. My aim is 16 or so for the new track, so there is plenty left to do.
Some player-initiated dialogue has also been written and coded. Current things you can ask her about:
* What she knows about Spellhold (prior to going there)
*Why she remains with the Cowled Wizards (in chapters 6 and 7, if you brought her to Spellhold)
* If you befriended her in BG1, why her spell selection is probably different now.
* If you met the requirements to kiss her at the end of the BG1 friendship, why she's much more reserved now.
If any other things to ask her jump out at you, feel free to suggest it in the state of the mod thread.
Posted by Tempest on 07 July 2016 - 02:56 PM in Valerie
Since it was lost in the server crash, here's a few previews of Valerie now that she's mostly complete.
Shadows of Amn
And one path through one of Valerie's Throne of Bhaal lovetalks:
Valerie: Well, I suppose there's no pretending I didn't see all this coming. War with your siblings was inevitable. I still love you, <CHARNAME>, but I'd be lying if I said this Five business doesn't give me pause.
Charname: Are you afraid, Valerie?
Valerie: Irenicus was as great a evil as any book could spin, but an evil wizard is something I can understand. Solars and pocket planes and demigods... Yes, I am afraid. I follow you out of love, trust, and belief that this is the best thing I can do.
Charname: Well that's a relief. Here I was beginning to think you just followed me to share my tent at night.
Valerie: I resent that accusation! I'm a lady! How dare y-ahahahaha. Sorry. I couldn't keep a straight face. Fact of the matter is, you're the only person I see in this mess who might bring us a better future. The place of the strong is, as ever, between the weak and those who would prey upon them.
Charname: Still saying that after all this time.
Valerie: It's comforting. Reminds me why I plunge into this insanity. Not that you aren't a compelling reason in your own right, of course.
Charname: Philosophy, sex, and religion. You are a weird girl.
Valerie: Why yes, according to the last hundred or so times you've told me that. I suppose it must be true. Oh, don't give me that look. I'm kidding. I mean it's true, but I'm kidding.
Posted by Tempest on 14 July 2015 - 01:38 PM in Valerie
Hi folks,
I've been gone from the modding community for a couple of years now, mostly due to personal issues. For personal reasons, I've long felt the creative wellspring for Valerie badly poisoned and it always drove me away from revisiting the work I've done on her. In addition, I always leaned heavily on assistance from other modders with some technical aspects of modding, and am not good at diagnosing problems with mods. However, I am seriously considering sitting down and starting work on Valerie's BG2 module again.
That being said, there are a few things I must mention if there is interest, particularly from anyone willing to work with me on some of the technical aspects.
1. Due to the personal events that came up during Valerie's writing and between me and other modders, I will be axing the PC romance. There is a possibility that during ToB you will be able to talk Valerie into agreeing to give things another shot after the games' end, but as it stands I will not complete Valerie's romantic relationship with the PC.
2. Likewise, Valerie's planned crossmod romance with Sarah by theacefes will be scrapped.
3. I will probably need someone to talk to and work with concerning some technical elements of coding and making the NPC mod functional. Please PM me if you are interested.
4. Valerie's planned small quest will be scrapped. It was planned to be part of the romance and I have tentatively decided to integrate its events into Valerie's normal friendship track as having happened between games. A few people have noticed certain oddities about Valerie in BG1, and her personal quest would have involved discovering and addressing them.
I cannot at this time make any promises regarding finishing Valerie's BG2 component, but I am revisiting the idea with caveats.
Posted by Tempest on 14 July 2015 - 08:03 PM in Valerie
An addendum:
This is what is currently written and coded:
12 lovetalks for the track where you've met Valerie for the first time in BG2. 2 additional lovetalks for the track where you were friends with her in BG1. At least two lovetalks will be scrapped due to my tentative decision to not write the romance from personal considerations and removal of her romance-related quest.
If I do proceed to work again on the mod, I will continue a friendship track.
3 banters with Minsc, 2 if they weren't friends in BG1.
6 banters with Imoen, though only 4 will fire on a given playthrough - there are different banters for whether they were friends in BG1 or never met.
4 banters with Jaheira, divided evenly between tracks.
4 banters with Aerie
3 banters with Nalia
2 banters with Korgan
3 banters with Anomen
2 banters with Haer'Dalis
3 banters with Viconia, minor differences in two depending on whether they knew each other in BG1.
2 banters with Yoshimo
3 banters with Cernd
4 banters with Keldorn
2 banters with Jan
2 banters with Valygar
3 banters with Mazzy
.tp2 file
Intro/joining dialogue
Portrait
Posted by Tempest on 15 July 2015 - 06:09 PM in Valerie
For now I've been altering many of Valerie's existing lovetalks to conform to removing her personal quest and romance, but the big stumbling block is going to be needing some help with the technical aspects of coding, mainly some scripting issues I never really learned how to do on my own.
But fair enough, I'm tentatively resuming work.
Posted by Tempest on 16 July 2015 - 11:27 AM in Valerie
Soliciting feedback now, on how to treat the termination of Valerie's romance. As I'm currently editing things, the flirtation leading up to what would have been the start of the romance remains in place, but Valerie ultimately decides she can't be involved with a Child of Bhaal. Under this treatment, Valerie would not interfere with any other romances.
However, another possibility is simply having Valerie politely but firmly stop any flirtation with her from the beginning.
Any strong feelings one way or the other?
Posted by Tempest on 06 July 2016 - 06:12 PM in Valerie
The server reset wiped all of the updates, but I think I've reposted everything and gotten current info up to date - Valerie is fully written and mostly coded, and another modder is finishing up the coding. Please use this thread for any general discussion now that Valerie's finally all sorted out.
Posted by Tempest on 06 July 2016 - 06:09 PM in Valerie
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