Hellmouse

@jastey about your suggestion of making my own Valen Mod, I guess this a grey zone. I would be glad to do that (even it would require a significant amount of time) but one could still argue it is copying the original mod idea even if the code and the characters are different. Even written from scratch, it would have similarity with the original mod (at least, making the Valen NPC joinable as an evil Vampire thief). I don't know what your "honor code" exactly says about that case but, as rewriting from scratch requires significant extra amount of time and work, I won't start on this unless this seems ok for everybody in the community. As you suggested, I will also try the PocketPlan group to ask thier opinion about it.

@jastey here is a "technical bugfixing update" as you suggested https://github.com/hellmouse/valen/tree/v0.0.1 . I took the original Weimer's code and commit all the modifications from there. I also made a changelog file to sum up everything, if it's easier for you. I did'nt change any of the dialog or script, just the installation and some ressources (ids and portrait) to make it compatible. Also, there is the "priest" component issue. This component makes all the non evil priest hostile to the party (and even some non priest, because it simply uses a very broad regexp) which can break the game (there is a conflict at some point in Dorn quest for instance and they may be many other with NPC / quests mod). Rather than modifying this component, I just made it optional during the installation so the player can skip it if it breaks their game.

Hi Jastey, I am really sorry about that. I tried to contact both the author mod (W. Weimer) and one of the modder that got his approval for an extension (Thorium Dragon), unfortunately none of them replied (but if you know a better way to contact one of them, I would be happy to try again). As you said on the shs forum, I don't know what were the exact Weimer words to Thorium Dragon (whether it was just an agreement for his Valen Expansion Mod or for any modder to extend it). I also carefully read this old topic about a Valen DLC on beadmog forum https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/21157/bg2ee-dlc-idea-valen , including (among many) this message: I understand that is not sufficient, and I am sorry again if I offended you or the modding community, so here is my proposal: As Jazira suggested I can separate the new content from the original one. I could include an add-on group to the installer so the user can choose which version they want (I think the EE version of Ascension does that). I can't promise I can make the original mod fully stable without small content modifications although. Otherwise I will just close the github repository until I get a clear approval from one of the original modders or the modders community. Tell me what you think about it.

Hi Jazira! Thanks for your answer! That's great to hear for the French translation! I will definitely go on The Copper Coronet (I remember getting tutos from this forum very long time ago, happy to see it is still active!). Not many changes so indeed there would not be a lot of work my side. There may be the special characters encoding to watch for too. But as the French Translation is not released it would not make sense right now.

Thanks! Don't hesitate if you have any trouble. Nope, but I saw Thorium Dragon worked on a similar project. I tried to contact him, unfortunately he is not very active on shs forum.

Hi! 1. Not hosted on gibberlings3 for the moment (don't know if this is possible for new mods), so everything is on github (https://github.com/hellmouse/valen_ee). You can download the code from this link, and then just follow installation instructions. Don't hesitate if you have any trouble, I would be happy to help. Installation is a bit different if you are on Mac / Linux I can provide help too. 2. Not for the moment (actually it may be but I did not test it). I can work on that thought.

Hi everyone, I am totally new on this forum, but I just wanted to share a mod I have been working on for the past weeks. I am currently writing an Enhanced Version of Westley Weimer's Valen Mod. For those who don't know this mod, this mod makes Valen (one of the Bodhi's sbires) a joinable NPC. She is a chaotic evil vampire fighter/thief with many NPC interactions. This was one of the first mod that allowed you to really play an evil playthrough without disadvantage (lack of evil thief, less rewarding evil path from siding with Bodhi to killing Adalon etc.). Unfortunately, this mod was never ported to the enhanced edition. Here the content of Valen Enhanced Edition: Full compatibility with Enhanced Edition Rebalancing of the mod: the original Valen was known to be quite overpowered and game breaking. I strive to make her progression consistent with the Bhaalspawn one (while keeping her original powers). Better scripting: Westley Weimer's code is quite old, some of the scripts were a bit drastic and unstable. One of the original scripts, for instance, made all the non evil priests hostile to the party, potentially breaking the game or some of the quests. More detailed Valen background, and story, with more NPC interactions (specially her relationship with Bodhi) And many things still in development, from Romance to quests, depending on the feedbacks I will get. Here is the mod current version (stable on latest EE PC version): https://github.com/hellmouse/valen_ee (you can download it from github, installation instructions are on the read me) It is only available in English for the moment, although most of the original content is already translated so translation work would only be required for the new content (if you want to help on translation, don't hesitate to reach out !). I will probably add a French translation (my native language) when (if) the Enhanced Edition gets its French translation. Don't hesitate to give it a try! I would be very happy to take any feedback, whether you want to play-test the mod, or have idea/expectation about it, or even if you played the original Valen Mod and want to share your thoughts about it.