I have shelved my other Fallout 4 project for now, and I'm currently 'remastering' Ellen, with all the knowledge I've learned during the years since I made this mod.
Here's what to expect from 'Ellen, the Cartographer Remastered':
- Still female (lol) - Currently in active development - Will include more lines - Several lines will be changed to be more fitting to the game, and to correct my poor English. - Custom weapon and outfit (a custom retexture of Nuka World's Handmade Rifle and a custom retexture of a mashup I made) - Will require all the major DLCs - Likely to not feature potasticpanda as her VA (still thinking about it) - Changes to her quest, hopefully it won't be broken. - More things that I don't want to say (mostly because I don't know if it will work)
'Ellen, the Cartographer Remastered' will be moved to a separate mod page, I feel that the amount of changes made it absolutely need to be covered in a separate page. Don't worry. this 'old' page will still be here.
I'm *hoping* that this gets released this year. If you're still commenting and talking about Ellen, thank you so much.
Aww, wish Potastic would come back to do VA. I went back to FO4 to replay it with this mod and found it so funny to hear old Jeannie's "Normal Human" voice. Wish the remaster would include a remastered voice of Jeannie but oh well I guess she's busy with her stream life now.
Fantastic news, and thank you in advance! Ellen and Heather have been my companions in so many play throughs (good path, not evil) they are old friends. Please give us a CBBE bodyslide we can use, it makes it easier to modify clothing / armor to fit her if we can bring her body into Bodyslide and Outfit Studio. Or she could just adopt the Unique Player that would be ok too. Ellen is so cool, yesterday we were sitting on a couch in Heather's bunker and Ellen said to me, Do you expect me to fight raiders in this armor? Or something to that effect. Ok, ok, Ellen, I know its just like my armor and its kind of slooty. But its legendary+ modded and you haven't gone below 1/2 health on Hard once since I gave it to you. :)
Glad to hear you are still working on this. It is an impressive, major undertaking. Looking forward to seeing the Remastered version. Thanks for doing this.
I started a new fo4 playthrough not long ago and this was my fav companion mod so im really looking forward to the remaster. Thanks for all your hard work we all appreciate it.
When working on new version, I have one request to be included. Please make sure that Ellen will use any outfit given, and not respawn her orginal one.
It would be cool to see the mod remastered and working. It was a kick-ass mod when it worked. It now does not work as the quest just quits at Quincy. I wonder what changed as I have played it through 3 times. Now it just will not complete??
Hope all is well this holiday season hope the remaster is coming together I’m super excited about this seeing as currently this version of Ellen is the second best companion on the nexus so a remaster that irons out some issues will be a huge win for my LO!
hey author its been 2 years since you post this sticky thread when is the ellen remastered make a debut/releasing? because your old mod is good but kinda have a lot of bugs so i will wait till you release a new version of ellen the cartographer remastered this is a good mod tbh.
Will still use this original mod until make remastered mod come out. Worthy GOAL! Just don't leave us blind, guicool. At least fallout 4 will always be here due to replay ability! Hehe
2024 now, and Potastic seems to be all in on the reaction vids with MxR. Sad thing is both of them seem to have left the Fallout/Skyrim modding scene behind them.
Would love to have Jeannie voice this character again in the future if it ever happens, no matter how slim the chances look by each passing year.
Likes are on the top, Dislikes on the bottom, like a gradient, so people can get a general idea:
Helping people Solving issues without causing a ruckus Drinking SOME sarcastic options Minutemen / Railroad / Institute (yes really) factions Stealing / Pickpocketing Murdering innocents Asking for more caps Brotherhood of Steel
However, this is not set in stone, she can like you helping people while you are part of the Brotherhood.
So nice to see this mod gaining alot of love and attention. Great job guicool for being absolutely amazing in creating this follower >W<b it's been a joy and honor to work with you~!
Also thank you guys so much for downloading Ellen and showing such nice support! Made it to files of the month and hot files hot DAMN! :O amazing work you've done here gui~~ <3 <3
Took a break from Fallout, came back to some Ellen updates.... I am impressed! You have been busy. A few of the problems with the quest dialogue and how Ellen operates is now completely fixed, at least for me she is. I've also been testing her with a few multiple follower mods and she seems to slide seamlessly into the active groups with no problems so far. Keep it up! This is absolutely one of my most favored companion mods if not the best one so far.
Your truly the voice of the best followers.. I still to this day use Recorder as my primary.. and now Ellen.. well I cant help but say "Well Record.. lets go.. "
I just keep double taking when I hear Ellen speak without a strange phrase from the ghost of R in it...Altho' I have found some fun ones.
The more I have Ellen as a Partner, the more I would like a Twin of her that is just like Recorder. I loved using Recorder in Skyrim, she was a fun companion and partner and she would be great working alongside Ellen. I use AFT with her so having her twin wouldn't be a problem if she was built like Ellen and not an independent like Heather (Who I also love having as a partner in FO4).
talking about Skyrim, I really do want Sofia in this game...
Now that would be hilarious, especially with her fart comment while sneaking. But, You you have have to talk to John Jarvis about her being ported.
Note that selecting her with the mouse in the console gives her PRID, not her base ID, and won't work.
setessential <baseID> 0
Changing 0 to 1 will set her as essential again.
You'll probably need to figure out which "Ellen" is her, there will probably be more than one. The best way to figure this out is to save and go through them one at a time and try killing her and reload the save if it doesn't work. When she dies, you've found the right one.
Didn't know who voiced Ellen when I downloaded it.. knew the voice sounded familiar, super happy to have a Fallout 4 Recorder around. Thanks to everyone who worked on one of the best companions for Fallout <3
I've added Full Dialogue Interface compatibility, DialoguePeek compatibility and Japanese translation for Ellen. The translation was made by the user kuremea112
In addition to Japanese, we now have Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), made by the user 0xb160d1c5
In response to post #47100695. #47896650 is also a reply to the same post.
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guicool wrote: Hello, folks.
I've added Full Dialogue Interface compatibility, DialoguePeek compatibility and Japanese translation for Ellen. The translation was made by the user kuremea112
In addition to Japanese, we now have Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), made by the user 0xb160d1c5
guicool wrote: In addition to Japanese, we now have Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), made by the user 0xb160d1c5
I love this companion, unfortunately she is not offering me any story. It may be because I already killed everybody in Quincey. Can't remember which save it was in though and getting ready to start a new character so hopefully with the new game the problem will resolve itself.
Update . . . a new game didn't work. And even with max affinity, it doesn't matter. I still can't have conversations that will advance the story. Oh well, enjoyed it on another character that I got to do the story on.
Since the original dev isn't responding here anymore, I'll relay his advice from Reddit about a year ago. If you have been to Quincy and finished her affinity quest (Ruined Dreams) successfully and maxed her affinity (>1000) but then nothing happens, try the following console workaround: Open the console and click on Ellen to make her the active target, then enter the following commands: setav CA_IsRomanceableNow 1 setav CA_WantsToTalkRomanceRetry 1
The next time you talk to her, the romance dialogs should start. I've had this happen with other companions too, Curie in particular.
You must be absolutely insane if you think "ruined dreams" is a normal quest. So, Ellen wants her stolen map back, doesn't sound too rough from her dialogue, kill a few raiders and get the map. Simple. Boy was I wrong, how many legendary enemies do you need? Definitely ruined my dreams alright, almost made my uninstall the game. You get a Molotov every 2 seconds, about 200 lasers every 5 seconds, a mini-nuke every few minutes, the assassin inside the church, gunners everywhere. You need to have a lesson in game design and balance my friend, because this isn't it. Amazing follower, but this quest is horrible. These enemies should be spread out, don't spam them in the same cell, they all get activated at the same time and it makes it impossible. Makes me wonder if this settlement was responsible for dropping the bombs in the first place. If it was an option i'd just shoot her in the head and let them keep the maps, I couldn't care less. Sorry to complain, this quest is just very frustrating and designed poorly.
Just to add - Please unpin these posts talking about the remaster, the ETA was 4 years ago and it's obviously not coming. It's taking up valuable space talking about bugfixes.
Do you, MrEpic19, really think the author is ever coming back to read and/or post messages, let alone make a new version of the mod? I do like the mod and did endorse it, but the realistic view is that the author has moved on.
FYI - Ellen's PRID is XX002864, with "XX" being the number from your load order for the mod. Use it with the MoveTo Player command whenever she gets lost or doesn't start in the Dugout Inn.
I had to track her down last night because she initially appeared at the Railroad post that overlooks Vault 111 instead of in the Dugout Inn. Since the initial quest "Go to the Dugout Inn" was still active, I looked up the quest ID and used MoveToQuestTarget command, then wrote down her PRID when I found her.
So when you ask her what her thoughts after joining the brotherhood of steel, is she just gonna endlessly b&@*$ about it forever now? Or does this go away after awhile
It was supposed to be remastered 4 years ago and the last update is more than 7 years old, so don't hope too much. With the NG Fallout 4 it doesn't really work now as many scripts don't even start. And this is the same for the majority or companion mods, only one or two have been updated and mostly work.
To make it work you have to downgrade Fallout 4 to the old version before NG, just like for Fallout London.
To complete “Ruined Dreams” you may need to complete the game by The Instituten route (or watch the fallout4 ending first). I have played this game many times with Ellen as my companion and This is the first time I've seen Ellen's last quest without using a console.
I am playing with project valkyrie in, and the mod seems to judge the game to judge that if you complete the main quest with 4 factions alive, you are the new leader of the Institute, and Eren's fake “You are Institute's leader, and I'm not going back there,” and confessed that she was Synth. After that, the battle started, and after that, the real Ellen started a conversation, and after the conversation was over, “Ruined Dreams” was cleared.
Then I talked to her again and we had two conversations when I made a good impression. I was then able to romance her. I raised her likability to the max before I cleared “Ruined dreams”. (The number shown on AFT was over 100)
This is a machine translation, so the text may be wrong, but if anyone is having trouble, please give it a try!
i love this mod, gives vanilla vibes with how theres a sudden plot twist. not gonna spoil but its worth downloading this mod, on top of just having another voiced companion
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I have shelved my other Fallout 4 project for now, and I'm currently 'remastering' Ellen, with all the knowledge I've learned during the years since I made this mod.
Here's what to expect from 'Ellen, the Cartographer Remastered':
- Still female (lol)
- Currently in active development
- Will include more lines
- Several lines will be changed to be more fitting to the game, and to correct my poor English.
- Custom weapon and outfit (a custom retexture of Nuka World's Handmade Rifle and a custom retexture of a mashup I made)
- Will require all the major DLCs
- Likely to not feature potasticpanda as her VA (still thinking about it)
- Changes to her quest, hopefully it won't be broken.
- More things that I don't want to say (mostly because I don't know if it will work)
'Ellen, the Cartographer Remastered' will be moved to a separate mod page, I feel that the amount of changes made it absolutely need to be covered in a separate page. Don't worry. this 'old' page will still be here.
I'm *hoping* that this gets released this year. If you're still commenting and talking about Ellen, thank you so much.
Ellen is so cool, yesterday we were sitting on a couch in Heather's bunker and Ellen said to me, Do you expect me to fight raiders in this armor? Or something to that effect. Ok, ok, Ellen, I know its just like my armor and its kind of slooty. But its legendary+ modded and you haven't gone below 1/2 health on Hard once since I gave it to you. :)
If not.. that is no problem :) We've had this working mod for years
Would love to have Jeannie voice this character again in the future if it ever happens, no matter how slim the chances look by each passing year.
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Incompatibility
This mod is incompatible with any mods that change Quincy, like this one: http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/15054/?
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Thanks for the donations, guys! I hope that Ellen has touched you in some way.
I'm quite oblivious when it comes to mod reviews on Youtube, if you happen to come across them, make sure to post them here so I can add them.
If anyone is wondering about the voice actress, Ellen is voiced by the super talented and amazing potasticpanda. You may know her from Recorder - Standalone Fully Voiced Follower / Ambriel - the lost Princess (voice only). Go bug her about this mod! I insist
Likes are on the top, Dislikes on the bottom, like a gradient, so people can get a general idea:
Helping people
Solving issues without causing a ruckus
Drinking
SOME sarcastic options
Minutemen / Railroad / Institute (yes really) factions
Stealing / Pickpocketing
Murdering innocents
Asking for more caps
Brotherhood of Steel
However, this is not set in stone, she can like you helping people while you are part of the Brotherhood.
Also thank you guys so much for downloading Ellen and showing such nice support! Made it to files of the month and hot files hot DAMN! :O amazing work you've done here gui~~ <3 <3
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!!!
@posticpanda Are you the voice actress? If so, you're really good!
I just keep double taking when I hear Ellen speak without a strange phrase from the ghost of R in it...Altho' I have found some fun ones.
Outstanding work, both of you!
I loved using Recorder in Skyrim, she was a fun companion and partner and she would be great working alongside Ellen.
I use AFT with her so having her twin wouldn't be a problem if she was built like Ellen and not an independent like Heather (Who I also love having as a partner in FO4).
Now that would be hilarious, especially with her fart comment while sneaking.
But, You you have have to talk to John Jarvis about her being ported.
Note that selecting her with the mouse in the console gives her PRID, not her base ID, and won't work.
setessential <baseID> 0
Changing 0 to 1 will set her as essential again.
You'll probably need to figure out which "Ellen" is her, there will probably be more than one. The best way to figure this out is to save and go through them one at a time and try killing her and reload the save if it doesn't work. When she dies, you've found the right one.
Thanks to everyone who worked on one of the best companions for Fallout <3
I've added Full Dialogue Interface compatibility, DialoguePeek compatibility and Japanese translation for Ellen. The translation was made by the user kuremea112
In addition to Japanese, we now have Chinese (both Traditional and Simplified), made by the user 0xb160d1c5
For people using Valdacil's Item Sorting, user takatoriyama created a patch for Ellen as part of his/hers Radrose Usability Enhancements mod.
I love this companion, unfortunately she is not offering me any story. It may be because I already killed everybody in Quincey. Can't remember which save it was in though and getting ready to start a new character so hopefully with the new game the problem will resolve itself.
Update . . . a new game didn't work. And even with max affinity, it doesn't matter. I still can't have conversations that will advance the story. Oh well, enjoyed it on another character that I got to do the story on.
If you have been to Quincy and finished her affinity quest (Ruined Dreams) successfully and maxed her affinity (>1000) but then nothing happens, try the following console workaround:
Open the console and click on Ellen to make her the active target, then enter the following commands:
setav CA_IsRomanceableNow 1
setav CA_WantsToTalkRomanceRetry 1
The next time you talk to her, the romance dialogs should start.
I've had this happen with other companions too, Curie in particular.
Just to add - Please unpin these posts talking about the remaster, the ETA was 4 years ago and it's obviously not coming. It's taking up valuable space talking about bugfixes.
I had to track her down last night because she initially appeared at the Railroad post that overlooks Vault 111 instead of in the Dugout Inn. Since the initial quest "Go to the Dugout Inn" was still active, I looked up the quest ID and used MoveToQuestTarget command, then wrote down her PRID when I found her.
And this is the same for the majority or companion mods, only one or two have been updated and mostly work.
To make it work you have to downgrade Fallout 4 to the old version before NG, just like for Fallout London.
I have played this game many times with Ellen as my companion and This is the first time I've seen Ellen's last quest without using a console.
I am playing with project valkyrie in, and the mod seems to judge the game to judge that if you complete the main quest with 4 factions alive, you are the new leader of the Institute, and Eren's fake “You are Institute's leader, and I'm not going back there,” and confessed that she was Synth.
After that, the battle started, and after that, the real Ellen started a conversation, and after the conversation was over, “Ruined Dreams” was cleared.
Then I talked to her again and we had two conversations when I made a good impression. I was then able to romance her.
I raised her likability to the max before I cleared “Ruined dreams”. (The number shown on AFT was over 100)
This is a machine translation, so the text may be wrong, but if anyone is having trouble, please give it a try!