Same sex mod?

[e11]

I want to make a female character, but I also really, really like the Jaheira romance. Is there a mod out there that

A) either removes gender restrictions on romance in general or just for Jaheira.
B) can be installed by a dum-dum with no computer skills?

[red255]

the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity can be used to initiate a romance.

after the romance is initiated it will continue without the belt.

its a BG1 item, but you can try editing it in to BG2 for this purpose.

[e11]

Originally posted by red255:

the Girdle of Masculinity/Femininity can be used to initiate a romance.

after the romance is initiated it will continue without the belt.

its a BG1 item, but you can try editing it in to BG2 for this purpose.

... huh. That's an interesting workaround. So I'll only need to wait for Jaheira's first dialogue and then have it removed?

[red255]

probably.

[e11]

Originally posted by red255:

probably.

Probably? So you haven't confirmed this?

[fauxpas]

Yes there are more that removed the romance restrictions but expect some dialog that feels "off" because it's written for the wrong gender.

You MAY also be able to force Jaheria' s romance to start using Keeper to edit the game states.

[New Moon On Monday]

There are mods at Sorcerer's Place[www.sorcerers.net] that remove restrictions on gender and concurrency for the romances. I haven't used them so I don't know for sure if they are bug-free and compatible for Enhanced Edition, though I've read that most mods for the original game tend to work in EE.

[fauxpas]

Hmm, come to think of it, you should be able to use Keeper to tag your character as "male" while keeping the female model which is probably the "cleanest" method of forcing the issue since misgendered dialog isn't an issue for you. (I couldn't stop seeing it personally so I could never do it myself.)

[Marchalis]

This really is one of the things that should have been thought of for EE. The romances add allot of flavour to the game, and it might be unfare

[captainwiseass]

I was able to use the option in the Tweaks Anthology (see here: http://www.gibberlings3.net/tweaks/) to remove gender restrictions on romance. The only problem there is it's a huge tweak pack, and you have to go through the list and respond "No" to a bunch of other tweaks and tweak categories before you get to the one you want.

Your other option is to download the EEKeeper (https://sourceforge.net/projects/eekeeper/), open your starting save file (in the Keeper, not in the game), and edit the global variable JAHEIRAMATCH to 1. (You can also set this via the console, but figuring out the right syntax was such a pain that I gave up and used the Keeper.)