The Shaperate

A collective of BioWare news, fan art, and lore. Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and Anthem. Curated by Ashe/Lady Insanity

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Preserving Your DHD Library

Dark Horse Digital is closing up shop and is ending support March 31st.

All purchases through DHD are on a "license the right to read" basis - we do not "own" the books. While they say we have until March 30 to download to our Bookshelf library, the ability to read on the website will only be available "at least through summer".

Well, that's awful.

If you want a way to preserve all your books, detailed instructions under the cut.

As a disclaimer, this may not be legal in all jurisdictions. Use your best judgment. Also, this method does not work for all titles, and has not been updated since 2017.

That said...

How to Download your DHD Library

Step 1: Install Tampermonkey extension via Chrome web store. (If other browser, check Step 1 here.)

Make sure to also enable "Developer mode" in extensions. On Brave you can access it through the Settings - Extensions - Manage Extensions. For Chrome, refer to this video to enable.

Step 2: Copy (CTRL+C) all the code from the Dark Horse Downloader script by oxguy3, under "Code" tab.

Dark Horse Downloader

Download a DRM-free copy of your Dark Horse digital comics.

Step 3: Click the Tampermonkey extension in your browser and choose "Create a new script."

Delete the default code and Paste (CTRL+V) the script. Then, click File - Save.

Step 4: Log into Dark Horse Digital and go to your Bookshelf. Make sure "Stack by Series" is disabled. You should see something like this image - press "Download" for the title you want to keep.

Step 5: Download will start automatically. When it is done, it should pop up in your Downloads folder as a CBZ file.

CBZ files are basically an archive of all the images from the title. You can use an app like YACReader or CDisplayEx to view like a book.

If you want a more visual explanation, this video on how to bulk download Kindle titles has a similar method.

(And FYI, Amazon is also removing access to download Kindle titles after February 26. Isn't that a fun coincidence. /s)

Anywho, best of luck!

EDIT: I added a step in Step 1 to enable Developer Mode.

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ty to youtuber ashe for sharing the most important information about veilguard to date: photo mode view of hugging, patting, and booping assan

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(thankful squawk)

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Well, well. What have we here.

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Character Creator 101 - A guide on Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Character Creator and choice import methods.

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Unboxing the Mass Effect Legendary Cache

Detailing and judging all the items from the Mass Effect Legendary Edition's Collector Edition! (Wave 1 of pre-orders comes out in May.)

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Need to Know Details about Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Already watched the trailer? Here’s a breakdown of more concrete details on the remaster: what is (not) added in the game, modding, and new gameplay tweaks!

Watch on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=mh4sM9AQE4Q

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Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition Official Reveal Trailer (4K)

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Took much longer than the Mass Effect one, but here’s my take on the teaser trailer for the next Dragon Age.

Watch it on Youtube [here]!

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Cheers to Caitie/Ghil Dirthalen who said some are in need of a high res version of this.

From the DragonAge.com website. 

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Back to my BioWare trash self, making a trailer analysis on the new teaser  😊 Dragon Age is next.

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Dragon Age development insights from David Gaider

This information came from DG on a recent SummerfallStudios Twitch stream where he gave developer commentary while Liam Esler played DAO, specifically the mage Origin. I transcribed it in case there’s anyone who can’t watch the stream (for example due to connection/tech limitations, data, time constraints, or personal accessibility reasons). A lot of it is centered on DAO, but there’s also insights into DA2 and DAI. Some of it is info which is known having been out there already, some of it is new, and all of it imo was really interesting! It leaps from topic to topic as it’s a transcript of a conversational format. It’s under a cut due to length.

Note on how future streams in this series are going to work: The streams are going to be every Friday night. Most likely, every week, they’re going to play DAO. Every second week it will be Liam and DG and they’ll be doing more of this developer commentary style/way of doing things, talking about how the game was made as they play through, covering quirks and quibbles etc. Every other week, it will be Liam and a guest playing a different campaign in DAO, and Liam will be talking with them about how DA changed their lives or led them into game development, to get other peoples’ thoughts on the series (as it’s now been like 10 years). Some of these guests we may know, some we won’t. When other DA devs are brought on, it’ll be in the DG sessions. They hope to have PW and Karin Weekes on at some point. Sometime they hope to have an episode where they spend the whole time going through the lore.

Keep reading

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Analysis on the Next Dragon Age

An analysis of the footage seen at gamescom of the next Dragon Age. Tons of theorycrafting. Maybe a little too much.

Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsHkG-Y-kZs

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Go behind-the-scenes at BioWare and meet some of the passionate developers creating the next Dragon Age. Get a glimpse at new environments and characters as the team discusses how they are approaching the development of this epic fantasy RPG.

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I’m making videos again. Maker have mercy on my soul.

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Completely forgot to post this! Commission for @ladyinsanity 💞

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Thank you again for your AMAZING work 💜💜