#hatboyproject legendary edition

[hatboyproject]

Hi! I absolutely love your work! And really wanted to thank you for putting in so much of your time and effort into creating what really is the best addition to Mass Effect ever! Out of curiosity how much new content do you reckon there will be in the LE version? Compared to the OT version that is. Thanks again for your work, you are truly a godsend!

Hi, thank you for your kind words!

There is a lot of new content for the Legendary Edition:

It features completely new and much higher quality audio across the board

It has several entirely new conversations

A mechanic which tracks what kind of approaches you take with Jeff, and he responds a little differently accordingly

It has reworked scripts with improved attention to narrative flow and adjusted pacing

Some reworked and improved animations

Fully supports both female and male Shepard

Fixed a narrative sequence issue that meant two of the four different Citadel endings I made for him could never trigger

Fixed a narrative sequence issue that meant several ambient NPC conversations I made for him in Citadel could never trigger

Fixed a narrative sequence issue that could cause EDI's second vanilla conversation about free will that takes place in Flux Bar to never trigger

Planned Content:

Joker as the Citadel date

The ability to tell Joker what happened to his little sister, unlocked by certain conditions

Over-the-radio comments during the DLC mission where Shepard returns to the SR1 on Alchera

Improved romance scene model

Various additional romance-specific dialogues

Nice-To-Have:

Occasional over-the-radio comments during certain missions

Additional ambient dialogue between Joker & some other NPCs

Dialogue for some NPCs acknowledging the relationship specifically, in keeping with vanilla LIs

Custom romance scene animations (Joker walking into the room with a limp, new action in the cutscene before the fade-to-black)

Honestly out of those the one I want most out of those is the most complex. I'm not sure how I'd manage to bake new animations for them that have the right coordinates. We do have the models with bones intact, but not their controls (IK handles, etc) so I'd probably need to rig them up. Rip the cabin environment & set it up in Maya for reference. Animate the scene, then bake & export. Possible, but time consuming. Would rather farm that out if possible, but... I'm not going to hold my breath, haha!

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[maryellencarter]

so i forget how much of this i mentioned because christmas is an absolute zoo in the cell phone industry, but!

* so a friend of mine was able to give me a free gaming-specced macbook, with a terabyte hard drive and 32gb of ram and basically the kind of specs that make mass effect legendary edition look like last year's game (which it is, but you know what i mean)

* and then i finally got around to partitioning it (having figured out that you can install windows 10 for free and just not "activate" it)

* and then i found out that legendary edition is on sale for $15 so i pounced on that

* because the thing about legendary edition on pc specifically is that it's been especially designed to make things easier for the modding community! and i knew there were already a lot of great mods and modders out there

* so then i dropped $5 for a month of fast downloads on nexusmods and went to town

* i have apparently downloaded and installed 50+ GB of mods. that's half the size of the whole-ass game. that's with no texture mods (there are not-yet-released story mods i know i want *koff* @hatboyproject *koff* so i'm not doing any texture modding for now) but there are tons of mesh mods and story mods and bugfixes and quality of life tweaks and...

* i haven't even found a casual outfits mod for zaeed or edi that i like yet

* i am absolutely not learning how to mod videogames

* ... there's a mod that removes the sexist comments various characters make to femshep. i legitimately teared up. that was something that always hit me hard. i play femshep because i prefer jennifer hale's voice acting over mark meer's, and 99% of the game is basically just reskinned and re-voiced versions of the same story, but gamedevs just gotta throw in those little digs to remind you that a female character is worth less. being able to play my favorite game *without* those? i seriously... talk about a fucking christmas present

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[hatboyproject]

Here's the LE version of the first conversation you can have with Joker. I've changed some of the audio, reworked the cameras, went through the animations with a fine-toothed comb, and added an additional response. Advents in porting audio (Thanks immeasurably, Exkywor & Mgamerz) mean I'm not shackled anymore by having to do the "What's Probably In System Memory" dance when adding new lines, because the whole process is now clean as hell and takes just a few clicks instead of hours of highly technical tapdancing. As a result, the most time consuming part of this entire process is now simply creating passable audio. Advents in the synth are literally just around the corner, though... Rumour has it I may receive something akin to a shiny new v3 synth to play with for my birthday on Sunday. (Oct 9th.) One with very, very updated metallic artefact removal and completely refactored speech-to-speech.

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[hatboyproject]

Chronologically, this is not the first conversation, but for long and boring technical reasons, it is the first conversation I've finished so far for Hatboy LE! OT players will note the cameras, animations and some lines are a little different... And oh, isn't it so nice to post a video where my boy has teeth! Hatboy Legendary Edition is built on the Community Patch & Framework files... So, no matter what outfits and crazy stuff you use for Joker, it'll work right out of the box. Even if you don't use texture mods, he won't have the gross black teeth bug that shipped with vanilla. Absolutely not still mad about a 10 year old bug, why do you ask?

This conversation was short enough that I could use existing unused audio to fill in with my lines and get it functional right away. Never fear, though... I'm working on the rest of it!

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[hatboyproject]

hello!! i got way too excited about the joker romance and played me3 in less than 4 days, and i dont have a nexus acct so i wanted to message u here!! joker means a lot to me as someone w a really similar disability & the amount of joy and love im feeling rn from finally seeing him get a fair chance at being seen as... desirable, reliable, lovable, etc is... i cant even really find the words. the voice synth thing was incredible and liie 98% ofnthe time i could barely tell it wasnt actually voice acted , and the writing/dialogue felt so wholesome and natural and especially the Big romance scene in shepards cabin felt very...dragon age origins?? if that makes sense? very on brand with the older bioware vibe :) ok this is getting long and i have severe tiredsleepy from spending every waking hour this week on mass effect but hatboy is a truly lifechanging mod & has made me happier than i could ever express w only words on a screen. if u ever plan on doing translations feel free 2 get a hold of me anytime, my german is pretty decent and i wanna share the love any way i can 🧢🚀💖☄️ manifesting that u find $100 on the ground ty so so so much for all ur hard work

Hey,

I just wanted to say... I don't know you specifically, but, you are who I made this for. I mean - I mod for myself first and foremost, obviously, but - when things got really frustrating, and it looked like there was never gonna be an end to it... That it all might mean something to somebody else is why I kept going. Thanks for enjoying it, and I'm so glad it meant something to you, abd it sounds like you had a smooth - if hectic - run. 🧢🚀🌌

Just to let people know, I'm taking a few minutes today to check whether a few things like MEHEM are compatible. My suspicion is that it is - but I'll check for you.

I've received such an outpouring from people and I haven't stopped smiling since Monday. I haven't responded to everybody because I haven't wanted to spam everyone's feeds - But rest assured, I'm so grateful for every word, it is a huge boost! I'm amazed to have had my work publicised like it has been. What a feeling!

I have started the LE port, as of last night... I've been transcribing all the lines in chronological, sequential order and allowing for some spares so I can add to any section. I've collected together files I know I need, and I'll start building dialogue nodes in them soon...

Gotta wait to implant any audio for now while a few things are worked out about that. But, I can get a lot set up and ready in the meantime. So, I will!

I'm hoping for N7 Day.

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[hatboyproject]

In the Cold Light of Day

Having run through that romance scene with a critical eye to test this texture, I'm committing to reworking the audio for it almost completely for HBLE.

I want to address the pacing issue as well that happens through loading almost everything important into this one conversation... Nine minutes to exhaust all the options is just too long... And the way things are there are sections of the game without any content for him.

That romance scene has a ton of dialogue that sounds incredibly stiff - because at the time, I didn't have S2S, nor did I have lipsync automation. Many of the lines there still use my old hand-keyed animations, and they just don't look as good.

A lot of this dialogue is stuff that serves as the linchpin behind the emotional idea of the mod. I won't accept it sounding so robotic when I know I can do better. For that scene and its dialogue, I feel that I have to.

The blue light of Alchera dialogue is definitely something that needs to stay in that scene. Its staging really benefits from using the lights from the fishtank and also the previous shot positioning the model Normandy between them. I particularly love those shots because to me, they're so communicative and evocative... The ship is what's connected them both, and torn them both apart. He's hesitant and self-conscious but earnest in a way that feels right for his romance in that moment. It's let down so much by the delivery... so, let's fix it!

I've requested permissions from YouTube to be able to stream to it so I can do a playthrough with you guys. If they deny me, I'll go to Twitch. I'm not so keen on Twitch because they won't let me save videos in the sane way as I am to understand, but we'll see.

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[hatboyproject]

One of the ways the conversation after Mordin's recruitment mission in 3 can go. He's only quite so forward with Shepard if they've flirted with him at least once before this... otherwise it's a different line! The aim here is to give a sense of building tension between them and contribute to Joker having different levels of confidence about the entire situation depending on Shepard's interactions with him. I'm finishing up the animations on the other path, and will post that in the coming days, I am sure.

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[hatboyproject]

The Hatboy Project: Delicious Sticky Poast

F O L L O W A N D S U P P O R T

YouTube Channel // Nexus Mods // Ko-Fi

C O M M O N T A G S

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R E S O U R C E S

Mass Effect Modding Discord // Lip-Sync for Mass Effect Games

M E N T I O N S I N M E D I A

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C L I C K F O R F A Q A N D M O R E

But, yes, it's for both Male and Female Shepard, now.

S T A N C E O N V O I C E S Y N T H S

Breakdown of The Issues at Play (Video) * After having spoken to NAVA (National Association of Voice Actors) there will be an update, this post will be updated when it is available. This video is a useful introduction to how the issue relates to non-commercial fanworks and the understanding of the wider issue.

F E M A L E S H E P A R D O N L Y ?

Hatboy Project: LE will be available for both Male and Female Shepard. Only the beta version, for the original Mass Effect 3, is Female Shepard only.

C A N I P L A Y O N C O N S O L E ?

Sorry, the console versions can't be modded. That is not something within my control. PC only.

D O E S I T C O S T M O N E Y?

You must own a legitimate copy of Mass Effect 3 (2012) to use the beta version which is out right now. You must own a legitimate copy of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition in order to use my upcoming mod. My mod will never be pay-gated, and everyone will receive the same version of the work at the same time once it's released. You can support my creative endeavours via the link above to my Ko-Fi, but it isn't necessary.

W H O M S T ?

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[hatboyproject]

Holy shit, you're doing the god's work! Thank you. I wanted to ask though if your mod will be accessible for both original and mele version of the game or just one of them?

Thank you for asking! The initial release is for the original ME3 game. However, rest assured, I will 100% for certain be recreating this mod for use in the Legendary Edition, but in order to start doing that, I have to wait for the updated modding toolset to be released, and for Bioware to finish its in-house patch cycle. Mods made for the original games will not work in Legendary Edition, as they are separate programs. Mods made on files from older builds of MELE will absolutely break a user's game, so it's best to wait until Bioware decides what the final version number is, and then we build on that. So, this gives me time essentially to go ahead and finish the OG ME3's initial release; one which I anticipate will probably be its only. When Hatboy OG is finished, it'll likely be time for me to start on recreating the MELE version, which is I'm sure where most of the userbase will have moved onto by then. With this in mind, and a view to getting Hatboy OG out the door sooner, I have stripped back several planned content ideas and will save them instead for Hatboy LE. (Things like the little quest dealing with his sister, some of the more in-depth EDI conversations, and possibly the date scene rest on the temporary chopping block, but I'm undecided on that at present because it's sort of a big deal to cut.) From my understanding of the new toolset, these planned content additions will be easier to create there because of some changes to the way things work under the hood. Also to look forward to is Hatboy content in LE2! I am in the early stages of planning this out narratively, but I would like there to be some kind of romantic... thing... to explore with him that interlocks with and modifies the content in 3. The reason I couldn't do this before now is that for long and boring technical reasons we were unable to inject new audio into ME2, but such things are possible in LE2.

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