LE Dialogue and Scene Overhaul

[RjOzzy]

Ok, so we all love Skyrim for its open-world epicness, but some times it feels lacking in dialogue and character development. A lot of Bioware games, e.g. Mass Effect, KOTOR, etc., go into the cinematic camera view when you talk to NPC's and even have other NPC's talk to one another during these scenes. Skyrim seems pretty limited when it comes to this aspect of the game (your character doesn't even have a voice!).

 

Enough complaining, RJ! As a writer and voice actor, I was thinking of overhauling the dialogue/interpersonal relations with NPC's/romance aspects of the game. I'd like to get the game to go into widescreen-cinematic camera view (switching the camera view from NPC to Player when each one was speaking), adding voices for each specific race/gender of the player, adding in dialogue from the player's companions and followers during these scenes, creating more dialogue options for followers and companions that give you insight into their background and develop your relationship with them, and overhauling the romance aspect of the game.

 

Basically this mod would style dialogue in Skyrim to that of a more Bioware influence.

 

I think this would add a lot of personality to the game. I've always thought that it was pretty dumb that you could walk up to a complete stranger while wearing an Amulet of Mara and instantly propose to them, and that you hardly know anything about your followers. The mod could include new animations like handshake, hug, kiss, etc. The more you talk to an NPC or follower, the more you get to know about them and more options would be open to you. Followers should also speak when they have something to contribute to a conversion you are having with an NPC. For example, if you side with the Stormcloaks and decide to attack Whiterun then Lydia should object to your actions and say she is loyal to Balgruf and Whiterun before she is loyal to you, then you have the option to side with her and help Whiterun or fight against her. An example of romance overhaul: you speak to Lydia about her background and past, if you treat her kindly more dialogue options will open leading to a kiss scene, then more dialogue, then proposing marriage.

 

I can handle voice over work (I can get a lot of professional sounding voice actors and myself), I can write scripts for dialogue, and I have professional sound equipment (condenser microphones, digital sound interfaces, audio software, etc.). The problem is that I'm a novice when it comes to using Creation Kit and other modding tools so I would need someone who could actually put my MP3 voice files in game and work on the camera/scene maker aspect of the mod. If we decide to put a few animations in the mod (handshake, hug, kiss, etc.) then we would also need an animator.

 

If you are interested let me know, or if you know any other teams working on something like this could you please put me in touch with them?

 

Thanks for taking a look at my post, and I hope I can get this mod going :biggrin:

[billyro]

Very ambitious. I don't think many would willingly take up the task.

 

Someday I reckon the interaction animations will be made, but revoicing the game is a huge task. :(

[RjOzzy]

Very ambitious. I don't think many would willingly take up the task.

 

Someday I reckon the interaction animations will be made, but revoicing the game is a huge task. :(

 

Well it wouldn't be revoicing all the dialogue in the game, only voicing the dragonborn and adding to some NPC's. I'd be willing to commit to the brunt of the work, like I said I just need someone who could handle the Creation Kit side of putting the dialogue in, copy and pasting the script, and someone who could edit the camera for dialogue.