Divinity: Original Sin 2

Divinity: Original Sin 2

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Wait Your Turn - Better Reflections
   
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Type: Add-on
Game Mode: Story
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3 Jan, 2022 @ 11:06am
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Wait Your Turn - Better Reflections

Description
If the default companion reflections (exclamation point "!" party dialogues) seem inconsistent, generic, or out-of-character to you, you're not alone!

Now your companions will choose lines that better match their characterizations. This is by re-tagging from other options normally exclusive to when you're playing an origin as an avatar.

ALL reflections and PDD (party decision) dialogues are updated by this mod. Think of their erratic reactions to the soul jars—that is among many fixes applied here. Includes patches to late-game choices which did not have companions tagged (e.g., releasing the deathfog under Arx) and could turn them unreasonably into psychopaths.

Includes the Wait Your Turn changes so you can hear your own character's lines. See its technical notes here. ONLY USE ONE! Otherwise load this mod AFTER it.

This mod's philosophy on the companions and their line changes:
  • IFAN: Ifan was in a decent spot, in that he fulfilled a fair if generic hero role. He is, however, a more haunted character whose reflections were erratically gung-ho. This mod favors lines which are more protective, insightful, and redemption-seeking.
  • LOHSE: Maybe it's fitting that Lohse had conflicting characterizations, but her reflections were either too kooky or geared to drive metaplot. Lohse IS a jester but her story is far from one-note. These changes make Lohse more empathetic and less bumbleheaded, with a clearer point of view.
  • SEBILLE: Things run very hot-and-cold with Sebille, but her default inputs showed inordinate investment in the goings-on unrelated to her storyline. The big picture of Sebille is not utterly psychopathic in the end, so this mod favors more of her "I am over this" energy, while also (importantly) caring more about the fate of the elves later on.
  • RED PRINCE: Here's a character with a clear point of view and a strong opinion about everything. Contrarily, his reflections sounded temperate or even modest. This mod leans more into Prince's sensuousness and appetite for danger, crueller without being straight up evil.
  • BEAST: Like Lohse, Beast suffered from no defined point of view. In the default game, Beast was either caring or cold with no discernible reasoning. We know that Beast launched a rebellion, so this mod favors greater compassion from Beast while also coming off as more impulsive and chaotic.
  • FANE: Fane is just hilarious. However, despite being scholarly and curious, he rendered a lot more end-of-the-line judgments in the default reflections than one would expect. Fane is now more observant, clever, and self-effusing.

    I would have published this months ago but I needed to fully test it first. Enjoy!
23 Comments
Goby 6 Jul @ 6:48am 
thanks for the mod!
MeniliteZ 3 Jul, 2024 @ 1:35pm 
Oh! Does this change the party member Origins' lines to what they say when they are picked as the Avatar?

I thought the line meant, without this mod, that if I played a Custom as the Avatar the party member Origins' lines would be different than if I had an Origin Avatar.
NikCatNight  [author] 3 Jul, 2024 @ 10:36am 
If you only want to hear your character's voice, use the other version. If you also want to change which lines the companions automatically choose, use this one.
MeniliteZ 17 Apr, 2024 @ 12:27pm 
"re-tagging from other options normally exclusive to when you're playing an origin as an avatar"

So is this version pointless if I am playing an origin as an avatar? Should I just use the normal Wait Your Turn in that case?
Yohsuu 11 Feb, 2024 @ 2:41pm 
Nice mod. Tested a couple reflections at Stonegarden and it goes back and forth. I prefer some of the old and some of the new. Gonna save this mod for a second playthrough for now. Should be interesting.
gettodachopanow 28 Dec, 2023 @ 11:53am 
Very interesting description, a comparison video would be welcome indeed!
NikCatNight  [author] 1 Mar, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
This is a funny thing Steam Workshop does sometimes. Check if the .pak is instead in '..\SteamApps\workshop\content\435150' and move it to ..\Documents\Larian Studios\Divinity Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition\Mods' Alternately I hosted this on Nexusmods too
Quadsword 1 Mar, 2023 @ 3:22pm 
No matter what I try, this mod refuses to show up in my mod list in game.
David the inventor 27 Feb, 2023 @ 4:17pm 
Fantastic work! It always troubles me when Sebille says in reflection that Stingtail don't deserve to die.:steamthumbsup:
Replay64 22 Feb, 2022 @ 8:10am 
Fantastic i'll download it now