#sol plays ME1.

[rocicrew]

did i know what i was doing with the character creator ? no. do i think i got some vibes down ? maybee. anyway here's calliope.

[queen-scribbles]

Sol system, earth, moon, sun, stars, meteor and stardust for your shepherds :) 🌍☀️🌚⭐🌠

Sol System - What is your Shepard’s class, background, military history?

Emily is a Spacer/War Hero Vanguard

Lisa is a Colonist/Ruthless Infiltrator

Quinn is a Colonist/Sole Survivor Adept

Charlie is an Earthborn/Ruthless Soldier

Earth - Where was your Shepard born?

Emily was born on a ship. She came five weeks early, Hannah had technically just started her medical leave bc ~8 months pregnant, but the cruiser hadn’t made it back to Earth yet(she was planning to go home to Sydney (as in Australia) and then whoops). So she had Emily on the cruiser and they transferred to the hospital as soon as they got back.

Lisa and Quinn were both born on Mindoir

Charlie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Moon - Did your Shepard have any dreams as a child? (dream job, plans for future etc)

Emily always wanted to help people. She wanted to be a doctor, but then the biotics showed up and she was kinda destined for the military or something after that. She has always liked the idea of husband and kids, it just takes a really long time(and a galactic-scale war that almost kills her) to get.

Lisa didn’t really have any. She was pretty undecided up until high school. Always figured it would be something to do with tech; she’s had a talent for and interest in that kind of thing since she was really young.

Quinn wanted to be a pilot, and then his biotics manifested--and very strong from the get-go--and he changed course.

Charlie grew up on the streets and eventually in a gang, his goals were pretty much always just survive til tomorrow “maybe if I’m lucky I’ll make it to 20″ sort of mindset.

Sun - Was there a person in your Shepard’s life that changed their view on life/the world?

For Emily, it was the woman who owned the gym where she picked up boxing when she was about 13. She was really struggling with the whole “lack of friends/connections” thing that comes with being a Navy brat, and her dad died shortly after she picked it up as a hobby, so she had a lot she was bottling up, and Ms Rose gave her some very good advice on both life and her form.

Lisa it’s Gabe. He’s the soldier who found her on Mindoir. (Their relationship plays a pretty big part in the MEBB fic I wrote for her, and I really wanna meta about him at some point, but we’ll still tldr for now) He checked up on her after, gave her a place to stay when the foster system wasn’t working, and was like a brother and best friend and proof the entire galaxy didn’t suck.

 Quinn and Charlie both it’s Anderson. Quinn’s dad worked a lot, so wasn’t really a presence in his life even before the batarian raid, and Charlie’s parents both died when he was about eight, so they even more than my girls latched on to him as a father figure of sorts. Charlie especially needed someone who cared about him enough to kick his ass in line so he didn’t waste his potential.(god he hates that phrase. But it’s TRUE.)

Stars - Who is your Shepard’s LI?

Emily’s is Kaidan, went for it in ME1, stayed faithful through ME2, picked things back up in ME3

Lisa’s is also Kaidan, but they didn’t sleep together in ME1, just put a pin in it for later and then *waves hand at ME2* shit happened. Lisa feels like she owes it to the Alliance to be a good soldier for saving her on Mindoir, doesn’t like to break regs if she doesn’t have to. But that’s less important in ME3 when staring at the literal end of existence, so she and Kaidan finally get to pursue things. 

Quinn’s is Ashley, they bonded over poetry and watching each other’s back

Charlie’s is Jack, and neither was expecting to actually fall in love, but they just turn into each other’s home(something neither’s really ever had before) and it catches them completely off-guard how much they love each other. (the tattoo scene in the Citadel DLC? OH MY GOD. They’re each other’s home and they belong to each other and it’s wonderful and terrifying all at the same time)

Meteor - Does your Shepard have any quirks, strange mannerisms, annoying habits, or other defining characteristics?

Emily twirls her hair when she’s reading or working on reports, or doing anything that involves sitting still.

Lisa loves to sit on the back of chairs with her feet on the seat.

Quinn cracks his knuckles all the damn time and it makes his biotics flare up just a little whenever he does. 

Charlie refuses to sit anywhere he can’t have his back to a wall and eye on at least one door/window/means of escape. He’s also an amazingly good ballroom dancer even if he sucks at all other kinds(him and Jack doing the tango is a mental image I enjoy greatly)

Stardust - What kind of clothes do they usually wear off-duty? (sporty, elegant or specific clothes like sweatpants, jeans etc )

Emily’s very casual and comfy; jeans or leggings and a long tank top, flats or slip on shoes, which comes in handy when she’s recovering after the Reaper War; bc she’s in a wheelchair for a while and it’s easier not having to deal with laces). She adds a hoodie or sweater if she gets chilly, but she’s rarely cold enough to need anything heavier than that.

Lisa is cargo pants, flip flops, and t-shirts until it gets cooler out, then she’s switching to work boots and throwing on a flannel shirt over the t-shirt, adding a jacket over that if it’s straight up COLD.

Quinn likes to wear khakis and a nice t-shirt, maybe with an open button-down over top(very preppy looking; Ash gives him SO MUCH SHIT over it) and then Doc Martens or some other shoe with a nice thick rubber sole.

Charlie will wear anything, but his preference is for jeans and a hoodie with combat boots.

[annakie]

An Annotated Mass Effect Playthrough, Part Ten

Let’s... get as close to home as we’re gonna for a long time.

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And we’re off!  Back to the elevator.

Time to help that sweet Nassana lady’s kidnapped sister.

Am I wrong in thinking even the “ugly” planets are generally still pretty?

After reliving that fight from update eight, it’s time to find Nassana’s sis...

WHAT?  A slaver all along?  I’m SHOCKED.  SHOCKED! 

So with heavy hearts, Kaidan, Wrex and I slogged back to the Normandy, eager to do good in the universe, to save others, serve the rules-following Alliance and do no harm to those whom I will come to care about deeply in the future. 

Oh, hey Hackett!  What?  There’s a base under seige on the Earth’s Moon, and you need me to handle it?  Definitely just a VI going haywire?  Good to know the Alliance wouldn’t do any illegal AI development.  I’ll take care of this pesky VI who is definitely not gaining sentience nor whom will I ever interact with again, no problem!

Time to head to the Sol System!

The only thing on G’loot Praktaw Mars is a few small prothean ruins archeology teams?  Boring! Why would anyone ever go there?  

Shoutout to Jupiter!! (This update contains jokes for like three very specific people.  You know who you are.)

(Boop!)

You guys hear about Pluto?  That’s messed up, right?

BTW... ALOT replaces our local planets with updated textures from real NASA pics that have come out since 2007.  Love it.

11.4 billion people on Earth.  Rent must be crazy.

Luna... nice to not just call it “The Moon”. Think we can go barefoot?

I probably should have giffed THIS landing sequence but oh well.

I’m pretty sure there’s a rule that says if you’re screenshotting your ME1 playthrough you have to take a picture of the Mako + Earth on the moon.  Whew, checked THAT box off.

Since this mission is all sensitive Alliance stuff, Ashley and Kaidan come with.

Is this the future site of the Punishment Soccer field?

We're whalers on the Moon, we carry a harpoon. But there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and sing a whaling tune!

So we ran in there, easily took out one set of rockets, then had to... somewhat tediously shoot eight power couplings.  

Well that’s slightly annoying, weird way to protect the power couplings but whateves, Alliance techs.

One down, two to go.  

Two down and... what?  Oh because just what this mission needed was more tedious shooting.

I really wanna know how these things are supposed to work.  At least the textures and lights look good.

Really?  Before the doors, too!?

EVERY DOOR!?

Anyway.  Remember how I said there were one or two fights when I did the game on Insanity made me want to ragequit and I had to do them many, many times?

This is one of them.  The 3rd base on the moon.  Bane of my existence.

Oh well hey this isn’t so bad, just get that barrier up and...

I ALMOST HAD HIM DAMNIT

The near-complete lack of cover as soon as you run into that room combined with them very easily getting to flank you and shoot rockets at you close up is nothing but a deathtrap.

Hey, Shepard, how about uh... taking some cover and using some tactics?

Ash, Kaidan, let's go back out to the big room we just came through instead.  You... stand there.

See?  Isn’t this much better?  You throw everything you’ve got at them, I’ll mash buttons from behind cover.

 Easy Peasy.  Fish in a barrel.

Ahhh damnit, so close, Kaidan.

Pretty sure he took out the rocket trooper right as the rocket trooper took him out.

Welp, that’s what Unity is for. 

FINALLY, last VI Conduit.

Let me just take out this conduit and...

Hey, too bad I can’t read binary.  I’m sure that’s nothing important, anyway, and I won’t ever feel guilty about this decision.  It’s just a VI, not a friend!

Specialization time!!

Eh, let’s go Nemesis this time.  Stronger Biotics are pretty great.

And it’s time to leave the moon and never consider our actions nor the Alliances motives again!

New day, new Ice Planet.

Oh, a wide-open plain huh?  I know this game!  Thresher Maw Incom... no?

What happened here?  Will we ever know?

Reminder this location on Chohe has three Matriarch writings.  So it was probably Asari that lived here, but where did they go?

Oh, okok... here we go, a map objective, THRESHER MAW TI.... still no?

Guys, I think it’s safe.  No Thresher Maw here!

...damnit.

Whew, I think we outran i...

FUCK.

LITTLE DID YOU KNOW I WANTED TO DO A 180 ANYWAY, THANKS MR. MAW.

Just a few more shots and... no don’t worry about how nearly the entire mako status window is flashing red.  We’re FINE.

Whew.  Time to slap some medigel on that, boys.

Now, for the reason we came here.

Technically, I shouldn’t have this quest yet, since it’s the high-paragon exclusive mission, but well, I’m here now, so why not.

Trying hard NOT to kill civilians is always a bit iffy.

I... only had to reload once, and I’m pretty sure that the one civvy that was killed wasn’t my fault the first time, though.

Also, this place has some pretty great loot once you’re done.

Sadly, this mission is bugged, and imports will always think that this mission ended in a bloodbath.  

From the wiki:  Due to a bug, when creating the correct flags for the Mass Effect save, the file is flagged as stating that the Sirta Foundation never recovered from the attack and will likely be shutting down regardless of decisions.This bug is not fixable by editing the save file.

As far as I can tell, ME1Re doesn’t fix this.  Luckily, it doesn’t have much of a bearing on the future.

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Okay, a shorter update, but now I need to play some more to have more to post.  Next time... maybe we’ll get to Feros? 

[xldsims]

Sorry, some of these asks got super-stale. :P

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Anonymous asked:

Hi. I love the content you've put out so far but I can't find the Tali download link for her cc. Is that CC not available and if it's not would you consider releasing it? Thanks for creating and sharing as much as you have.        

[R]: Sorry it isn’t available at the moment still :/ Unfortunately, just haven’t got around to finishing her up. There’ll be versions of her circulating around tumblr, but my version won’t be available for a while (Just don’t have the time I used to for long arduous projects) :(

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Anonymous asked:

Where’s Tali ;n;

[R]: She’s in CC development hell :( (That’s all I can give you atm DX)

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Anonymous asked:

Hi! I want to say that you are my go-to cc for males and I just cannot thank you enough for making them. It made my male sims even hotter than before. I was wondering if you could also make Aaron Dingle a downloadable sim too? I fell in love with his face and ugh, I can't stop thinking about him. I hope you consider my request. If not, then I understand. Thank you.            

[R]: All you have to do is ask :) I’ll upload them sometime hopefully when I’ve got more time to dump sims :P

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Anonymous asked:

hey! i'm sorry if you've been asked this before but, if you have time, would you be able to make the maverick jumpsuit for female sims? it would make the perfect modest swimwear!            

[R]: I don’t see why not? I could definitely try and convert it for females. Shouldn’t be too hard since it’s mostly just a  texture and not a mesh that needs to be converted.

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@maximusity​ asked:

what does "XLD" mean                  

[R]: Ya’ll gotta be trolling me at this point :P (Or if you’re new, there’s a segment on my FAQ for it XD; it’s not what you think it is XD)

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Anonymous asked:

Applying Aaron hair breaks the forehead. The other hair is fine. It 's too bad that only Aaron hair is broken. That hair is too pretty. It would be great if it was modified.                  

[R]: Broken how exactly? I’ll need to know what exactly is breaking otherwise there’s no way I’ll know what to fix? (Cause mine’s working just fine- if it’s about the shiny head, I’m still unsure how to fix it and I usually look past if myself)

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Anonymous asked:

Hey! First of all I just started modding my game and I'm loving your content so thanks for putting out some great cc for us :) My question is how you get your male sims to have that super round belly look. I checked your FAQ and saw the answer about the extended slider mod but it didn't produce the same look for me. Specifically, it's the sims that showcase your outie belly button accessory, etc. Are those sims just alien pregnant, or is that actual cc? If it is cc can you share it here? Thanks!                        

[R]: I'll definitely have answered this before, but no, it’s not CC, and yes they’re pregnant XD

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Anonymous asked:

I LOVE your Drowned Out skin for TS4, but I noticed it really reduces muscle definition, so when I'm making bodybuilder Sims, their muscle definition isn't prominent. Do you have a version of Drowned Out that maintains/adds muscle definition or know of a compatible skin to use WITH Drowned Out? xx                

[R]: Tbh, I’ve been having some of the same thoughts, and I’m kinda missing the higher definition muscles (I initially meant to drown them out cause they could be a bit much by default, hence the name) but I’ll definitely tweak at some point to accommodate higher muscle definition :)

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@silviasilene​ asked:

Hello! I just downloaded the garrus costume and I have to say that's truly amazing! but when you look at it from a far it's looks like a strange polar bear costume and I was wondering if there's something to fix it (It doesn't bother me that much). Excuse my english and thank you 😘            

[R]: I'll fix this, I swear! :P Hopefully by my next break. That and hopefully make it BGC. It’s always just hard to find time between projects and time in general :(

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Anonymous asked:

How do I use the pregnant belly overlay?:)                

[R]: Just find it under skin details and apply it *WHILE* in modify sim in CAS (probably after they’ve popped in the first trimester). Unfortunately, I’m no modder and haven’t got a way for them to apply during pregnancy :/

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Anonymous asked:

Hi, Could You upload a Gil Brodie sim, please. P.S I love Your Blog:)  (Michael)       

[R]: In time :P I’ve still gotta upload all the other Mass Effect sims I promised everyone :P Sorry it’s taking so long!

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Anonymous asked:

Omg I'm living for your male hair cc. I can never find enough (granted I only ever look on tumblr) but damn I am so excited to try these out xx                        

[R]: Thanks! Tbh, all the good MM male hair is on tumblr and only tumblr. I don’t look far afield either so I can’t say that for sure but that’s the impression I get :P Glad you love the cc though!

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@daddyklingon​ asked:

Do you by chance release your houses in any way or form? Your Del Sol Mansion looks so amazing.                    

[R]: Yeah, they’ll just need a few touch ups, and I can upload the tray files here :)

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@lovearound5am​ asked:

Hello, do you think you could possibly share the psd from your Ocular Nova default eyes? I would like to possibly use them to create new mermaid defaults replacement eyes or perhaps other occults. Thank you.                    

[R]: Not sure if you’re still wanting them, but I made them available a long a while ago here!

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Anonymous​ asked:

There's actually a same gender romance mod for all three games that restores the MShep/Kaidan romance in ME1 and makes it seamless. The ME2 version of it fixes the email too.                      

[R]: I was following this for a while, and it seemed dead end for a while. Thanks for letting me know they finished it! I’m pumped to see how the game plays!! XDD

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@theglowworm2008​​ asked:

I just got re-obsessed with Mass Effect, as well! So, thank you for your hairs/facial hairs that I can add to my Sims as I grind through the first ME. Lol. Oh, and your Kaiden romance email! I can't wait to try that out since I'm currently doing his romance in the beginning. :)                  

[R]: Thanks, I really appreciate it and I can relate. I always love coming back to it (especially for MShep and Kaidan XD)

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Anonymous asked:

eres gay?                            

[R]: Esencialmente sí :P/ Essentially, yes :P

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Anonymous asked:

Hello, do you think you could possibly share the psd from your Ocular Nova default eyes? I would like to possibly use them to create new mermaid defaults replacement eyes or perhaps other occults. Thank you.                    

[R]: Not sure if you’re still wanting them, but I made them available a long a while ago here!

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Anonymous​ asked:

Where can we download the The Major V4.1 and V4.2?                          

[R]: Here in this content pack! (It’s all in one .zip file :))

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Anonymous​ asked:

The Holt facial hair lilac swatch is pink, not lilac                        

[R]: Damn, I’ll get that fixed asap! Thanks for letting me know.

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Anonymous​ asked:

can you make the strangerville hair with a receeding hairline? instead of just a line :o love all your hairstyles/ beards that you make                  

[R]: I’ll see what I can do when I have more time for it :)

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Anonymous​ asked:

hi! is the just outta bed hair its own mesh or do i need the gt pack to use it?     

[R]: No, it’s BGC, you shouldn’t need gt for it :)  (Up yours EA. xD)

[horsyunicorn]

thinking of the news about the next Dishonored novel, I’m just thinking: why do we even care about Daud anymore? he played his part in the first game, he murdered Jessamine, saved Emily supernaturally, and (canonically) was spared by Corvo. what more can he offer the franchise?

the current cover art is from the Knife of Dunwall. Daud is flanked by two whalers. But Adam Christopher’s first DIshonored novel made quite a deal about the Whalers being disbanded and no longer a force in Dunwall. Some of them attempt to make a living by using their skills as enforcers and sentries, but that’s it. When two former whalers are recruited to be part of another gang, they spend half the time looking at the other hired mercenaries, criticising their weapons, tactics, and kit. the Whalers don’t exist anymore in Dunwall. what the hell is this novel going to be about?

I’m not sure we need more Daud. you can do better, Arkane

(spoilers for another game under cut)

I’m getting the same feeling I got when all the publicity for Mass Effect: Andromeda stated how the game would be removed from the endings of the trilogy, and how they left around the end of ME2, when the council races were experiencing a golden age of prosperity, and everything was hunky-dory, ignoring entirely the threat of the Reapers, which were possibly the single most defining plotline in the Mass Effect Universe. [all technology is mass effect-based. shields, weapons, FTL travel, manufacture, biotics. everything. and all races derive their tecnological prowess from “prothean” tech which is actually built by the reapers or their creators] and then ME:A reveals right at the end, if you unlock all the memories and recordings, that the whole freaking point of the Andromeda Initiative was a back-up plan for the council races in case the Reapers couldn’t be defeated, and in fact, Shepard’s adventures in ME1 and ME2 convinced the Benefactor to speed up the Initiative process so that they managed to leave before the Reapers arrived in the Sol system. Like, you can’t ignore the single greatest threat to sentient life in your universe, and doing so makes things narratively weak, and it feels even more false and hollow when you go back and *secretly* reveal that it was in fact your intention all along to include this continuity.

just like how the devs said they’d scrapped the paragon/renegade speech system. they said they’d dropped it cos they didn’t want to be locked in to a certain dialogue model the way the trilogy was; but what actually happened was all the dialogue choices lost their meaning/emotion/depth.

I sincerely hope the novel isn’t about Daud.

[rocicrew]

survivor's guilt and saviour's complex creates a very messy first human spectre. she's also plagued by ancient horrors, but it's fine she's living on borrowed time since akuze <3