okieeeee dokie. here is the current text of the known issues section for trans your hawke. once again soliciting opinions on if there is anything that is not clear or if you have any questions that this does not answer. also, is this scary? lol. it's so long
(didn't feel like re-adding the links to mods so they're just blue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Whatever issues you might encounter while playing with this mod will depend on which options you have mixed and matched in combinations that are not normally available in an unmodded game. Let's call these combinations "illegal" for brevity.
As this is a BETA version which requires further playtesting before it's considered stable, I'm listing all issues I suspect it might be possible for you to run into below. It makes this mod look scarier than it is but:
While it's possible that some files have escaped my notice, I've already fixed as many of these issues as I could find, and I searched really thoroughly. I'll mark these "should not happen."
Many such issues are therefore likely to arise only as the result of mod conflicts.
It is not possible to encounter all of these issues in a single playthrough as they are dependent on mutually-exclusive selections.
Some options are more problematic than others. If you want to avoid the most major issues I recommend you select that Hawke's voice "match" their appearance and do NOT use the bigender option.
If Hawke's appearance and gender/pronouns are "illegally" combined:
If Hawke's gender/pronouns and voice are "illegally" combined:
It's very likely that you'll encounter moments where Hawke's dialogue was not recorded by your voice actor of choice. Over 90% of the time this happens it will be flirty or romantic content. This is the case for all five romances, although Sebastian, Anders, and Merrill are greater offenders than Isabela and Fenris [DRAFT: get the exact line count]. When this happens:
If you are using the "Garrett" voice, missing audio will be silenced—make sure you have subtitles turned on.
If you are using the "Marian" voice, missing audio will play in the "Garrett" voice.
You don't need to report the above audio issues.
Should not happen: but the "Garrett" voice might have missing lipsynch animations in addition to audio.
Should not happen: but it's possible that lines of dialogue might play in which Hawke is misgendered.
If Hawke's appearance and voice are "illegally" combined:
Should not happen: but it's possible for Hawke's body to disappear at certain points in their Estate or during Mark of the Assassin. It will come back after that section. Hawke's body WILL disappear if you use the Hawke Estate Outfit Changer.
Hawke should NOT use the Mirror of Transformation at the Black Emporium (or any other means of accessing the CC mid-game, such as via the Hawke Estate Mirror, Portable Chargen, or Automatic Chargen.) You can bypass this issue by temporarily changing, via the debug, Hawke's voice to "match" their appearance before accessing any such option, and then changing it back when you're done. [DRAFT: might fix MoT and Portable CC.]
Should not happen: but there may be cases where Hawke's animations in cutscenes won't line up with whatever or whoever they're interacting with. This is expected behavior if you have mods installed which add new cutscene animations—such as the additional kisses in Anders Dialogue Romance Overhaul, Repeatable Romance Scenes, or Sebastian Redux.
If Hawke's gender/pronouns are set to bigender:
The following issues are rare and random, in that it is only possible for them to happen at a relatively very small number of points in the game which are set up differently from normal dialogue (that is, they check Hawke's gender twice rather than once), and they only have a 25-50% chance to occur at each point, as 2/3 of these issues will only happen if Hawke's gender randomizes false for both checks.
Should not happen: but NPC dialogue may glitch out for up to a few lines at a time (either playing two lines at once, or no dialogue playing at all). It's also possible but not very likely that some dialogue mods may introduce this same issue.
You may have missing options on the dialogue wheel. (Please note that rare missing dialogue options unrelated to Trans Your Hawke also occur in vanilla, as well as some mods such as Twinception). [DRAFT: need to double check these can't lock anyone out of starting a romance. Anders most likely.]
Should not happen: but it's possible that a dialogue could end abruptly mid-conversation. If this happens during a required quest which prevents you from continuing the plot then IT'S POSSIBLE THIS CAN SOFT-LOCK YOUR PLAYTHROUGH. If you choose to play with this option enabled (I do! It's fun!) I'm begging you to please ✨quicksave relentlessly✨
You can help me out by reporting the following issues!
Hawke's body disappearing, leaving them as a floating head.
Missing lipsynch animations, particularly when using the "Garrett" voice.
Hawke's animations in cutscenes not lining up correctly (and it's not due to one of the mods mentioned above).
NPC dialogue bugging out (either playing multiple lines at the same time or not at all) when Hawke's gender is set to bigender.
Missing options on the dialogue wheel when Hawke's gender is set to bigender.
Any dialogue ends abruptly mid-conversation when Hawke's gender is set to bigender.
In your report please include:
Always: The options you have selected for Hawke's gender/pronouns, appearance, and voice.
Always: Whether this is a new playthrough with Trans Your Hawke or a pre-existing playthrough.
If applicable: If you have reset Hawke's appearance via the Trans Your Hawke debug.
If applicable: If you have previously used the MetaGame Abilities Gender Bender on the current character, or edited their appearance or gender via save game editing.
If applicable: What, if any, mods you have installed which may affect the current cutscene.
Always: As much detail about when and where your issue occured as possible to help me locate it. When reporting issues with dialogue, the full text of the line (or the line immediately before it) would be most preferable.
