The ME3 Ending Mod (MEEM) v. 0.2: by The Fob Update: - New MaleShep version added - FemShep version added - New dialogue for the prothean VI aded for low and medium EMS (not tested) - New Refusal Epilogue addad - New VO for the synthesis epilogue (preliminary at this point, should be updated in a few days) - Subtitles added (may still contain some mistakes in spelling and content) - Prothean VI now no longer has the face of the star kid but a jumbled ... thing Requirements: This mod was tested with Mass Effect 3 v1.4.5427.111 This mod requires the Extended Cut DLC. IMPORTANT: This mod is NOT compatible with the Leviathan DLC. If you have the DLC installed, you can temporarily deactivate it by going into "Your ME3 Install Directory\BIOGame\DLC\DLC_EXP_Pack001\" and rename the file "Default.sfar" to "Default_backup.sfar". Now if you start ME3, you will get a message telling you that the DLC could not be authorized. Ignore the message and load a savegame. You will need a game that didn't use Leviathan, otherwise it will not work. In order to re-activate Leviathan, just rename the file back to "Default.sfar". Installation: 1. Make backups of the follwing files \BIOGame\CookedPCConsoe\Wwise_Main_Menu_Streaming.afc and \BIOGame\DLC\DLC_CON_END_\CookecPCConsole\Default.sfar (I realize it's a bid file but it is still better to have a backup. If your really don’t want to backup everything, extracting the files you are going to replace should be enough as well) 2. Extract the folder ”.\DLC_Explorer\” from the MEEM archive anywhere on your computer, e.g. your desktop 3. Extract the following files from the MEEM archive anywhere onto your computer, e.g. on your desktop: “BioD_End002_500Choice.pcc” "BioD_End002_620EpilogueBlue_LOC_INT.pcc" "BioD_End002_720MemorialBlue_LOC_INT.pcc" “DLC_CON_End_int.afc” "DLC_CON_END_INT.tlk" 4. Navigate into the .\DLC_Explorer\ folder you extracted in step 2 and double click DLCExplorer.exe 5. Click File => open and open the file “\BIOGame\DLC\DLC_CON_End\CookedPcConsole\Default.sfar” 6. You will see a folder in the main window of the DLC Explorer. If you open it, there will be another one, and so on, and so on until you see the two folders “CookedPCConsole” and “Movies”. Open the “CookedPCConsole” folder and you will see a list of files. 7. Scroll down to the file “BioD_End002_500Choice.pcc” and right click on that file. In the context menu click "Replace". In the opening dialogue window, navigate to the place where you extracted the “BioD_End002_500Choice.pcc” in step 4, click on the file and then and click "Open". 8. Wait until you see the message that the file has been replaced successfully. 9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to replace all the DLC files of the same name with the files you extracted in step 4. 10. Play the game and enjoy the mod. It will kick in at the point when Shepard meets the star kid. If you want to play the mod while having Leviathan installed, do the follwing: - Before playing the ending, go to the folder \BIOGame\DLC\DLC_EXP_Pack001\ And rename the file "Default.sfar" to "Default_backup.sfar" - Start the game, you will see a message, telling you that some DLC coul not be authorized. Ignore it and just click ok - Loade your game and play through the ending - After playing through the endings, you can reactivate your DLC by renaming the file you changed before back to "Default.sfar" Credits: FC_paragon as FemShep and Liara T'Soni NightHawkingLight as MaleShep The Fob as the prothean curcible interface A huge “Thank you!” goes to warrantyvoider and the gang from the “Creating new end for Mass Effect 3” facebook group as well as to AmaroK86 for support and a lot of the tools I used and to Gildor for having an awesome web page about “everything Unreal”. Cheers! And of course, the final and most important "Thank You!" goes to the folks at BioWare who created the most awesome (in the literary sense of the word) universe, not in gaming but in all fields of entertainment as far as I am concerned. And although many of us were not happy with how it ended, it must be said that Mass Effect as a whole is and remains a masterpiece. Thanks for making it! Further notes: Hint 1: If you want to see the endings for all the choices without going through all the dialogue with the hologram again, before you choose your option on the crucible, quickly alt+tab out of the game, go to you ME3 saves folder and make a copy of the “Autosave.pcsav” in your profile. Now you can copy this autosave back into the right spot before loading whenever you want to start at the crucible choice again. Hint 2: If you don't have a save game in the right spot, you can watch the paragon version here: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheME3EM Known Issues: - Some Hologram sentences have strange pauses in the middle - Dialogue Wheel texts no longer match up with the actual topics in the dialogue - Embrace uncertainty! - While the conversation kind of fits no matter what you do, it makes most sense if you keep to the most obvious path (choose al investigation options and always choose them from top to bottom) - Subtitles might not always match exactly and I might have overlooked the odd one. If you find errors, let me know. To Do List: - Use VO of the original voice actors if possible - Adjust Dextruction Epilogue - Change the kids head into something else (not sure what yet) or ideally change the boy to a Vigil lookalike - Testing for low EMS (don'thave a savegame for that at the moment) - At some point, it would be nice to actually change the dialogue triggers and implement the original/unmatched script for the mos (see Info_pdf) - Change texts in dialogue wheel - Make it compatible with Leviathan