MELE Mods thread

MELE3 Community Patch 1.6.1 is out ...

Fixed issue with the mod where Tali's straw fix would not work correctly under certain circumstances
Fixed potential crash during the Volus mission.
Fixed various issues with the mod during the Geth Consensus mission.
Fixed issue with the mod where the game would soft lock when returning from the gun towers, on Gellix, under certain conditions.
Actually fixed the invisible EDI Purgatory issue this time
Made sure the nurses in the Presidium commons are now affected by the option to move the PTSD Asari to after Priority Sur'Kesh.
Fixed issue with the mod where Shepard would sometimes have no dialogue when talking to the mechdog.
Fixed issue with the mod where Javik would not have his Leviathan DLC dialogue.
Fixed issue with the mod where the doors exiting engineering would be locked if the player saves the game in Jack's former quarters.
Fixed issue with the mod where the game would potentially softlock after the last Citadel DLC mission.
Fixed issue where Primarch Victus/ the Krogan leader or the geth and quarians would invisible after Priority: Eden Prime.
Fixed issue with the mod where Dagg's line would play even though Grunt is alive.
Fixed issue with the mod where Hackett has the incorrect amount of bars on his uniform during some cutscenes.
Made sure the Cthe fix always applies to male NPCs.
Fixed custom faced Shepard faces eyes bulge out of eye sockets, if full breather helmets equipped and disable helmets in conversations selected.
Fixed outfits not displaying the correct material selection in squad selection.
Fixed issue with Kasumi's outfit spec map.
Fixed animation issues when hugging a romanced Kelly at the refugee docks.
Fixed issue where the doors to Zaaed would still be active after the mission is done.
Fixed issue where one of Aethyta's lines would be cut off for male Shepards.
Removed floating gunships during the repair to gun section of the Gellix mission.
Shepard can't directly go back to Normandy from Bryson's lab if meeting with Kaidan, Ashley, or confrontation with Wrex if cure was sabotaged.
The Asari during the restaurant intro now have the correct skin tone.
Fixed some more static mesh draw distance issues.
Fixed issue where one of the squadmates would be deactivated after the video that shows Kai Leng surprising Miranda.
Added music to the initial settings menu during the prologue.
Mordin and Eve's conversation no longer repeats itself after a certain point.
Fixed bad lighting for Ashley and Kaidan when they are initially at the hospital.
The mod is now localized for Russian users.

I don't have any texture mods, for me, none of the bug fixes create issues with other content mods. With ME3Tweaks and the common framework, mods made in that paradigm play well together. I have two mods that are not installed via ME3Tweaks and checked on the notes to make sure they would not cause issues before install (they separate key bindings).

Mostly I focus on bug fixes, but I also have Pinnacle Station for MELE1 and AHEM mod for MELE3 ... those are content items that don't mess with textures.

If you have texture mods, restore your game to vanilla, install the update and any other content mods, then reinstall the texture mods. The texture mods should always be installed last and don't install content mods over texture mods. This assumes you made a game backup. If you didn't do a game backup via ME3Tweaks, then you'll need to uninstall MELE, delete the game folders and download/reinstall the game from Origin/Steam. In some texture mod cases, game restore won't be enough and you'll have to do the fresh game install, even with making a backup. That's going to be mod specific, so you'll have to research that on your own to see if that applies.

I would strongly suggest going to the ME3Tweaks page ... read up on how stuff works, also click on the link that takes you to mgamerz' site and read up on how to use ME3Tweaks and the latest updates to the tool, to include mod order primacy and how to deal with texture mods as opposed to content mods.

Note the nude mod was made outside the community framework.

If you used the LE3 Community Patch (which includes the community framework), "A Little Nudity" mod won't work.

AFAIK, it won't break your game, it just won't work.

If interested in the mod, but have community patch and framework, track the mod to see if the author updates it.

A lot of mod authors updated their mods to work with the community patch and framework, it could happen here.

I don't use texture mods but from everything I've seen they have to go first. I've had trouble trying to do so after other mods are installed.

@grinch THANK YOU

Super helpful information and explanation.
Shame there is no LE2 Framework then - at least yet.

I'm already downloading the MELE mods from nexus, even tough my computer than can run MELE is only arriving later this week if things go well.
I don't have a lot of graphic/visual/texture mods - but I will try them out first on "vanilla" anyway.

Got my little machine.


the Mass Effect modding community and a few select individuals did an absolutely amazing job with the tools for end users, making it really simple and painless, as well as helping the modders create and port mods!

Only "the getting rid of lensflares", "improved static lighting", "ME2 no low health veins" and a specific ME3 femshep mod which can't be installed this way, so I might just not even bother or wait till some/all of them work with ME Tweaks Mod Manager.

EDI hardest hit.

found a pair of mods that I'll be using for my let's play and thought I should share
optional flirting LE2
and
optional flirting LE3

Released 27 Sep, Miranda's Armory, an LE2 mod to put Miranda in proper armor (including helmet).

It requires the Unofficial LE2 patch, the Improved Functionality mod to establish a common framework for future mods, and the mod itself, that puts Miranda in Cerberus Phantom armor at the start.

If you achieve her loyalty, it unlocks Cerberus Ajax armor.

There is an additional armor available as an alt appearance, but I stuck with the default.

This one sounds pretty cool.

Project Variety (LE3) has been released