Can I play as a male character?

[AlduinTWE]

Title says it all. Am I limited to male characters only or does the character creator give me the option to play a male?

[S.T.A.R.S- SSSV]

you can play as male and female and change at any time you wish during game play

[AlduinTWE]

Originally posted by S.T.A.R.S- SSSV:

you can play as male and female and change at any time you wish during game play

Including during the initial character creation process? Or do I have to find some sort of item in order to change my sex to male from initially female? I'm finding some conflicting info here and there!

[Waste_of_skin]

There are currently two versions of the game -- One that uses UE4 (Unreal Engine version 4) and one that uses UE5. The UE5 version is available via Steam's opt-in Beta option. They started with UE4, but have switched to UE5 for further development. The UE4 version was kept around while they get up to speed, so to speak, in the UE5 version.

As I recall, you spawn as a woman in the UE4 version (I don't think you select the sex before that, but I can't remember for sure). But you can immediately change to a man if you like (there are also some humanoid animal forms, but you have to unlock some/all of those through items or quests).

In the UE5 version, you start as a "formless", neither male nor female. Your body is completely wrapped and your face is covered by a mask. You eventually get a quest that lets you select a form, which can be a human male or female, or other forms (some of which will probably have to be unlocked through quests or exploring).

The "formless" thing is presumably how things will work going forward (unless they decide to change it, of course).

[S.T.A.R.S- SSSV]

you can change freely between male or female no items need

[Ricky]

I'm on UE5 and the male symbol is shadowed and cant be selected. I assume cause this is a test build??

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by Ricky:

I'm on UE5 and the male symbol is shadowed and cant be selected. I assume cause this is a test build??

Which form? It seems that there is no male option for the demi-felian or crocodilian. I'm guessing that they just haven't added those to the game yet. The other forms all have a male option.

[stanley.hutchison01]

Once sex is selected and you change sex, you cannot go back to same sex you changed from. Another words you change from female to male. You cannot change back to female. Your stuck or start a new game. Some sex encounters are not for your sex unless you change your sex.

[Waste_of_skin]

Originally posted by stanley.hutchison01:

Once sex is selected and you change sex, you cannot go back to same sex you changed from. Another words you change from female to male. You cannot change back to female. Your stuck or start a new game. Some sex encounters are not for your sex unless you change your sex.

You can (at least, it works for me), but there are a couple of points:

1) After you select the sex, you have to click the "Transform" box. That's probably pretty obvious, but I didn't realize it at first.

2) The male option is slightly glitched. When I first select the female option with a male form, the character just kind of flashes and stays male (the model may change slightly). But I just have to click the female option again to change to the female form.

While I don't think that this is what you're talking about, I'll also just add that some species don't have male and female forms (yet), so changing the sex isn't an option for them.