About this mod
Attempts to make which options pursue a romance clearer and open up platonic options to Shepard regardless of gender.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
- Changelogs
1.4 Update: OFM2 has been localized!
Original Trilogy Version
While not nearly as bad as ME3 (for the most part), ME2 is sometimes a major exercise in frustration when trying to talk to people without Bioware assuming you want to romance them.
This is similar to my Optional Flirting Mods for 3 in spirit, though the execution is definitely different. Romance/Flirt options will be on the left side of the dialogue wheel, either upper or lower (or both!), but it's important to keep in mind that not every left side option is a flirt; context is important. Vanilla 2 likes to use these spots on the dialogue wheel far more than 3 ever did. For the most part, my general rule was if it was a specific investigate option unlocked by a previously taken investigate option, leave it. Others were moved into the main investigate section, and yet others (very rarely) were moved to the right side of the wheel (I tried to avoid this last option whenever possible, as it seemed to make things even more confusing in-game, which is the exact opposite of this mod's goal).
My main goals aside from making things a bit clearer was to give FemSheps a platonic "I just want to talk" voiceline with Jacob, add an option so that Shepards don't have to hug/kiss Liara upon reuniting with her on Illium (now to hug/kiss her, you need to take the paragon interrupt that I added), and to open up friendly platonic options to Shepards who may otherwise be stuck with clearly flirty or renegade options when talking with potential love interests. There's also options to remove Aria's "find a nice girl/man to keep you warm" comment and/or Gianna's kissing a Male Shepard at the end of their Illium meetup (if Same-Gender Romances is also installed and these options are selected, they will override that mod's changes to those scenes).
Compatibility
This mod has compatibility patches for the following mods! Please install this mod after these so the patches are applied. Mods that are English-audio only (all except Silent Kelly and the Unofficial LE2 Patch) will not have localized patches.
- Herobrine24's Silent Kelly mod
- beccatoria's Early Recruitment mod
- Mentlegen3218's More Gay Romances mod
- rondeeno's Same-Gender Romances mod
- beccatoria's F.I.S.H. (LE2) mod has been integrated to have built-in compatibility without a patch. :) ty, beccatoria!
- Team Pyjak's Unofficial LE2 Patch has built-in compatibility without a patch. ty Team Pyjak!
This mod is not compatible with Immersive Arrival Integration Mod.
Installation
- Drag and drop the file into the ME3Tweaks Mod Manager and import it
- Make sure the mod is selected in the mod manager and click apply
- Pick your options and click install
Uninstallation
- In the mod manager, with LE2 in the installation target, click Manage Target
- In the window that pops up, under the Installed DLC Mods tab, click Delete next to Optional Flirting Mod (LE2)
- Confirm your decision
- Thank you to Herobrine24, beccatoria, Mentlegen3218, and rondeeno for letting me make compatibility patches for their mods.
- A ton of thanks to beccatoria for the tutorials that taught me how to edit dialogue. :D
- Lots of love to those that listened to me rant about how cringey FemShep's flirting is. ♥
- Thank you ME Modding server for acting as a resource.
- Thank you to the Me3Tweaks team for Legendary Explorer and ME3Tweaks Mod Manager.
- Mods shown in screenshots:
Padme4000's Viking Inspired Braid (LE2) (BroShep)
Malefiquinn's Even More Hairstyles (LE2) (FemShep - Pixie hairstyle)
Other Mods
Mira, Please Be Quiet (LE1)
Optional Flirting Mod (LE3)
Optional Flirting Mod (ME3)