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[Jack the Ripper]

Hello,

First, I introduce myself : My name is Stéphanie, I'm a girl, I'm 23 years old and I'm a modder from the most important french community about Baldur's Gate 2, "La Couronne de Cuivre" (you can translate : "The Copper Coronet").

And today, after six months of hard work, I would like to present you the results around "The Chronicles of Severian", a new Stalker for Baldur's Gate 2 (SoA + ToB). But first, let's tell more about the Character:

Name : Stark
Surname : Severian
Age : 25
Alignment : Chaotic neutral
Class : Highwayman(a new kit of Ranger, "Highwayman" is the most approaching translation but not exact)
Race : Half-Shadow (he is a Planar, no relation with Faerun)

A new kit of class, a new race, new items, a romance (only for women elf, half-elf and human), a friendship (for women and men), a familiar, an epic story in four chapters (SoA + ToB), a big soundtrack (more than 15 titles), a lot of banters and interjects...

And now, I invite you in discovering the trailer of The Chronicles of Severian on Youtube, and after that, three screens. About the soundtrack, you can heard some extracts watching the trailer.

And actually, what is the progress of the mod? The Chronicles are actually in beta-version 2.5, around 50% of the mod is done. There is again a lot of work, but the mod should be available beginning 2009. Be careful : the mod is actually not translated in english because of a lot of work. On this subject, I'm looking for some nice native english speakers for checking my translations from french to english...Just contact me here. It would be very, very nice.

I hope you will appreciate my work. Any questions or comments are welcome, I will stay around here if you need some precisions.

P.S : if there is any mistake of translation in my trailer, please tell me.

THE TRAILER

http://fr.youtube.co...h?v=GNcoCxdbfRI

SOME SCREENS


Tame Blaidd, the Shadow Wolf


Live the passion in the arms of Severian


Defend your life in epics confrontations

Edited by Jack the Ripper, 15 May 2008 - 11:16 AM.

[Deathsangel]

Impressive trailer, and you seem to have put already quite a few hours into this and it looks promising
I am only slightly affraid due to the trailer that this NPC may take away a big piece of the stage of the PC, a thing that people dislike, besides the very textual love scenes, of the Kiara and Zaiya mod

[Jack the Ripper]

Impressive trailer, and you seem to have put already quite a few hours into this and it looks promising
I am only slightly affraid due to the trailer that this NPC may take away a big piece of the stage of the PC, a thing that people dislike, besides the very textual love scenes, of the Kiara and Zaiya mod

Hello DeathAngels, I will quickly reassure you and everybody, Severian has a story, certainly, but he stays the exploitation of Charname : he stays a fellow, he is not the hero of the game and you can see in the trailer that I have included pictures of Baldur's Gate 2 in parallel with pictures for Severian. By doing that, I mean that Charname and Severian have destinies to accomplish, together, and it's not only the Severian's destiny.
Concerning the romance, I like writing...I'm not sure to understand exactly what you mean by "besides the very textual love scenes, of the Kiara and Zaiya mod" but there will be a lot of text, that's right, and more than this text, a lot of stage setting. But I hope, nothing written with rose water...Hmm, not sure to be clear...Arf.*

Concerning the hours on this mod, I'm around something like 200 hours or more.

Anyway, thanks for your interest, Deathangels.

Edited by Jack the Ripper, 15 May 2008 - 05:52 AM.

[Tassadar88]

Yay for French mods, I might actually start learning the language again

[vilkacis]

Feel free to use the Resource Request forum for translation help.

Also, it looks like you're missing the end parenthesis on your first screenshot.


The trailer looks impressive, but it's more film clips than BG. The actual game screens are too small for me to be able to read any of the text on them, so it's not really doing anything to show off your writing - which is the most important bit in a mod. If you want to generate interest, it would be best to post some of what you have in English - focus on getting maybe an early lovetalk and/or friendship talk done, and a banter or two. That way viewers will get a feel for his character and voice, which is also quite important. Posting his stats and maybe some of the custom items would be helpful, too.

[Jack the Ripper]

As I said, this mod is at the moment not translated in english, I have no time. I know that it is impossible to read anything in the trailer, but I have made captures of my work ingame for showing that Severian exists and talks ingame : it's not a joke, if you prefere. Concerning the movie in the trailer, it is a personal choice : the trailer would be boring with only captures of the game (more if we can't read anything, you told it yourself) and I want to show who is Severian, not only a heap of pixels : he has a soul, he as an appearance somewhere else that in a game. And the player can feel the atmosphere of the mod, don't you think? In brief, it's technically impossible and very stupid to make a trailer with only captures of the game and I'm sure you can understand it. This trailer is not only the promotion of the mod, it's too, for me, a form of art. It has been a pleasure to compose it for Severian.
Concerning the stats of Severian, they are not definitive, I must think about it. When the time come, I will post the screen about his stats.
Concerning the items, I will just reveal that there are 6 new items for SoA, at the moment, including 3 weapons. Showing them would be a big spoil, that's why I won't do it.

But your opinion is important for me and interesting, then I will try to describe his personnality, hard in few lines:

- A furtive fighter, charmer and fine blade, who spent his life on the road, as a highwayman.
- Like the apples, the beer, the courtesans and smoke the pipe
- Optimistic, sarcastic, sometimes disenchanted
- His best friend : Blaidd the Shadow wolf

Of course, it's important to develop my character here, but I don't like to reveal too much of my work. I'll just say that I worked more than 200 hours since the beginning (december 2007) and that the mod is at the moment in beta 2.5 with two of the three Chapters of the Chronicles for SoA programmed.

Anyway, thanks for your link, I'll have a look, it can be precious.

@Tassadar88 : I'm happy to give you the envy to learn french again

Edited by Jack the Ripper, 15 May 2008 - 08:29 AM.

[Zyraen]

Sugoi! (amazing...)

[SConrad]

Congratulations, and welcome to SHS.

[Jack the Ripper]

Hello,

Thanks, it's a pleasure to meet some other modders.

I have the pleasure to announce that the translation has just begun, with a team of two french members ( Red Knight and Bloody Mary) and a native english speaker from PPG (Melora). Then you can expect the mod for SoA at the end of 2008 (for Christmas, why not?).