Starfield Mods - Interviewing Top Bethesda Mod Authors: LLamaRCA (Willow & Heather)
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
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if you're reading this llama, thanks for creating two amazing companions. your voice work for both Heather and Willow are stellar
I am reading it and thank you very much!
Whoa. So weird hearing an interview with the voice of Heather, the best companion in f4, that I've spent hundreds of hours falling in love with haha. I'm so excited for her to make a mod for Starfield. She will undoubtedly be my favorite companion.
Thank you Llama for making a great romance.
It is always interesting hearing a voice actor talk because their voice sparks memories of the character. Thanks for the comment!
Who blows up the only place in the wasteland with working coffee makers? Thank you for having Llama on. I just finished her DLC story and it was fantastic. My secret hope is that Bethesda has played her too, because Heather is superior to vanilla companions in every way.
Agreed, the more in depth Bethesda makes the companion dialogue the easier time I will have making my own character. I hate to sound lazy, but making all those conditions Llama had to create sounds like a pain lol.
@@shilohmc There is so much that goes into something like Heather or Lucien, yeah and it's a lot more than just getting dialogue lines into the ck. It's a big undertaking. Pushing through to get things released in a polished and playable state is one of the hardest things to do and I often think, "oof, will I ever get this done?" but you just keep plugging away at it and you get there.
@@llamaRCA You know I will be harassing you when CK2 drops for Companion creation tips lol. I can only imagine; I plug in dialogue and conditions for settlers and that is already a lot for my tiny brain.
@@shilohmc Looking forward to it! Once we get the CK2 I think it will be equal parts fun, exciting and frustrating, lol. We'll all be scrambling to learn the new bits.
I agree re: wanting to hear the 'authentic' voice. I can't imagine anyone else doing Heather. She just seems like a real person, out there, somewhere in the multiverse. Distant in time and space, but solid and genuine. The quirks of Llama's voice add to the personality, the immersion.
The best part is that it is really hard to copy someones "authentic voice" so it makes it truly unique. Thats why so many people can do the Stewie voice but almost no one can do Brian from Family Guy. Thanks for taking time to leave comments Brett!
Less from the interviewer, more from the interviewee
Also love LlamaRCA. Heather is a required mod for me in FO4! 😄
Oh I know, I edit these videos lol. I just let my excitement get the better of me. Thanks for stopping by!
700 hours with Heather as my main companion. I really look forward to what modders will do with Starfield
Agreed, also you have a wonderful thumb nail. For the Emperor!!
Love the quirks. The random singing, the oddball stories. The voice is great as well. I don't get tired of Heather's voice, like some of the other characters. Really geeat job.
I love her voice. Can't tell you how much I appreciate your hard work and dedication to both Willow and Heather. They are both entire playthrough companions for me. Can't imagine playing without them at this point haha
Willow is the best companion period. I refuse to play NV without Willow, it just makes no sense to me play the game without her. The character just makes the game so much better and her story is amazing. The performance you put into her makes her so loveable as well. Thank you so much for such wonderful work LlamaRCA!
Great interview LlamaRCA. I look forward to meeting Heather's Great-Great+ Grand daughter in space. She can tell funny little anecdotes about what her ancestors were up to hundreds of years ago.
I would love to see tie-in's from Fallout 4.
Thanks! Stories about ancestors would be awesome!
Llama created my favorite companion in, honestly, any game in Heather.
I adore Heather. Thanks Llama for the mod and the interview.
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I know this is an old video but I'm looking forward to your work in Starfield. Thank you for making New Vegas and Fallout 4 that much more enjoyable. Llama.
Funny, I played soo many hours (hundreds!) with Heather as companion, this interview feels like Heather is talking in her free time :)
Hey LLamaRCA, your companion mod for Fallout 4 is the best (and only Darlene comes close). Thank you very much!
ShilohMc33, your channel is UA-cam gold - soo criminally 'under-subscribed'!
Hey Doc thank you! I felt the same way talking to Llama, so I think I got too excited, and I ended up cutting 45mintues of me rambling lol.
Thanks so much!
Coincidentally I happened to be playing Fallout when this video came up in my suggestions. I started a new game to check out SS2 chapter three and of course I’m playing with Heather. She is my favorite companion in Fallout. It was fun listening to your conversation while playing. Now Heather is chatting about all kinds of stuff. Thanks for posting this.
Of course, I was happy Llama was willing to do the interview. She has responded to many people too in the comments, a very gracious individual. I'm in the middle of Chapter 3, I never played the alpha even though I was working on it lol
Look at that, you now have 900 subscribers... :-) Thanks for the interviews.
I want you to know that i was playing this in the background cleaning. Made me stop in my tracks. Hilarious. Just for that you solidified a sub, like and comment
Hey Con, thank you so much for the support and the comment!
Being a long time Skyrim player, I know how much great companions can add to a game. I played Fo4 for the first-time last year and used Heather in that playthrough. It was a great experience.
That's great Neal, and only a year later you have the chance for Starfield! I'm looking forward to all the amazing mods that are going to come out, especially the companion mods.
Autolockpicking is part of the Auto-loot mod and I use it daily. Hmmmm, It does not pick doors, just containers when I think about it. ;)
llamaRCA, your voice, companions and RP just rock sky high and I love both Willow and Heather a lot and the games would have been boring without them. //Pekkape - Pellape
Literally tried messaging Llamarca on nexus just now but it didnt let me so I searched and found this. I wanted to thank her for Willow. Years of games, hundreds and hundreds of mods and none of them compare to Willow. And Im guessing from the comments here that Llama is indeed thinking of making a companion for Starfield?
Which is all I needed to know. If Starfield is gonna be as vast as Bethesda is claiming, I can not fathom playing it without a companion like Willow. Thank you LlamaRCA for all that you have done, you make amazing companions and Willow is hands down the greatest experience. I look forward to Starfield even more now.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. Hopefully Starfield turns out to be as good as it looks and we all want to write content for it. Only two months to go until we get our hands on it!
@@llamaRCA I mean hey, its a Bethesda game. Its gonna be at least decent and any shortcomings it has will be fixed by the army of modders whove been making Bethesda games better and better for years now lols
But it does look very very promising. Im really liking the large amount of customization theyre saying is gonna be possible. And if someone figures out how to make Serenity from Firefly in the game and if you decide to make a companion mod, then Starfield will be perfect for me lmao
The first Fallout 4 mod I got was so I could have Dogmeat and another companion if I choose to do so. I usually don't use companions. Most do not like my actions in game or similar to Skyrim they might not match my playstyle or build. I try them all. But even my favorite companions I rarely use because I feel like I have to be playing a character that matches best what that companion prefers you to be acting like.
The Junk Jet weapon shoots teddy bears and other junk items. Thank you for this wonderful interview. And yes sometimes you can tell Nate and Nora are saying Yes to a quest but it sometimes sounds like they are reluctantly saying yes. Just like we as the player, because we know the quest is being forced on us. Even when getting Cait to like us we have to say no to helping people, yet even when we turn things down the quest is still given to us. It's not just Preston.
That is a good point, I like hearing what my companions say but I like going at missions solo because it's to much of a benefit to have a meat-shield like that unless I download a hardcore mod. I also find my self changing my choices depending on who my companion is at the time. It would be nice to be able to shut down people giving us quest we want nothing to do with, more choice the more believable. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Fantastic interview. I genuinely cant play through FNV without Willow. She became a permanent fixture of every single replay of FNV cause she just adds so much flavor and has been in nearly every major memory i have of the game.
Honestly the only other companion mod that even comes close to Willow for me is Recorder and she is a distant second for me personally.
Thank you Casavo! I agree, I don't remember any mods I used for Fallout New Vegas except for Willow. Granted we remember good companions the most but still its impressive the impact they make.
It’s been a few years since I played BOTW but for me personally duping weapons made the game much more enjoyable because they break after only a handful of hits.
I don’t remember the exact process of doing it. Only that it involved using the weapon displays in your player home and you’d know it worked when Link appeared bald in your inventory.
Great insights into how modding has evolved. And Heather is my fave Fallout mod, so I can't wait to see what Llama does with Starfield!
She has put such an amazing companion out there. I was honored to talk to her and geek out.
Great interview, always glad to hear more from Llama, I felt kinda surprise she talks like Todd Howard in a few moments, gave me goosebumps.
Maybe Todd Howard is slowly mind controlling all Creation Kit users, I mean it just works...
Whoa, that's a comparison I welcome. Thanks.
Great interview! I have almost 1,700 hours in New Vegas and I always have Willow with me lol. It’s crazy how I am listening to Llama talk and all I can imagine is Willow talking like I’m in game. Anyway, thanks for the Willow TTW update Llama. Can’t wait to see your work when it comes to Starfield.
P.S. Heather is great as well!
Thank you!
Great interview and Heather's a fab companion - excellent work, llamaRCA!
Thank you!
I appreciate that and nice The Dude thumbnail you have!
I played with Willow for i don't even know how many hours (400+) so at first it was hard adjusting to Heather and even hearing her swear (as i do not think Willow swears but i did play NV last time like a year ago so i may misremember) was kinda well not shocking but it did feel strange. Having basically the same voice but different person after so many hours (and romancing her). What helps is Willow had MASSIVE mammaries while Heather is slim with nice thighs (donno which mods affect them in what way nor how they supposed to look like but those ware my versions). So i guess that will help make a gap between those characters. Still Miss LlamaRCA did provide many hundreds of hours of entertainment in NV so im sure Heather will be my mainstay mod too.
After 2500 hours on Fallout 4 Heather its the unique companion that makes you laugh and cry. E even know that her voice was from the autor.. You are unique LlamaRCA!
Thank you!
@@llamaRCA Thank us the communitie! For ur time and passion! I already had the Startfield in my Library. Hope too see you soon!
Blowing up the institute makes no sense as a member of any of the factions and your only other option is to become the baddie leader of the egg heads or the psychopathic, vagrant drug addicts. So many plot holes and missed opportunities. Still one of my favorite games because of mods. Heather really makes the world feel more real. ♥️ LlamaRCA
True, the premise for these factions was a giant WTF in my book but even so as you said it still holds players cause of great mods. I can't stop playing it over and over again.
Best companions ever, keep going...
I refuse to play NV without Willow. I refuse to play FO4 without Heather. I refuse to play Starfield, period. Carry on.
Honorable mention to Vilja in Skyrim. I know Llama didn't make Vilja, but I consider her as essential to Skyrim as Willow and Heather are to Fallout games.
Watching this rigbt after the extended reveal... Definitely seems like they're going way higher count on companions, if every crew mate can be used as a companion that is. Im hopeful that only a small number will be proper companions so they can have some depth.
I watched it too and my interpretation of what they said about the crew was that they could follow but that their main role was being a part of the crew. I took that to mean they won't be as thoroughly companion-like as a more serious companion. But we won't know for sure until we play the game.
It's seems like there is Crew and Companions. I saw them show like a staffing list for ships and outpost. Maybe one crew and one companion follow you at a time.
Tbf, I've never seen a constipated person happy about it.
Only in the beautiful realm of Sci-Fi video games...
Really cool to see this. Willow and Heather are right up there with Inigo and Lucien for me as companions I just always auto include no matter what mod setup im running.
Also just cause I cant resist commenting about it, I hate Fallout 4's main story because I dont want to play as a veteran who had a lawyer wife and whose kid has been kidnapped. I want to play as a character of my creation, or possibly as a self insertion. I dont have a kid, I definitely am not going to feel any sort of attachment to someone elses virtual one. I think something along those lines is pretty common for the general disdain of that games main plot.
I 100% percent that. I want to be a no name and write my head cannon. It makes it impossible when you are locked into one character. I am so happy being a nameless miner in Starfield.
Thank you for Heather ♥️
This is particularly fun 'cause I'm just doing a playthrough with Heather. Interesting and enjoyable hearing a voice actor's take on the characters in Fallout 4
I've also got Ivy along. I think Heather and Ivy have only fought twice, so far 😄 They don't talk to each other, though 😏 Be interesting to hear what Ivy's voice actor would have to say on doing the character.
That's an interesting thought, I wish we could have the famous voice actors do more causal mods for fun without having the game companies and VO agencies okay first. I understand why but still I hope.
I really liked Heather as a companion. To me, she was one of the main reasons I kept playing FO4, because it was crashing constantly. If it wasn’t for her charisma and voice, I’d have dropped the game on the 5th hour of my playthrough
Those crashes really kill me. That's really rough when you have a load order you love but it crashes just a little too much and pulls you from the fantasy world. Compelling companions can really pull you into that story, I agree 100%.
Crashing is a pain, idk how i'm so stable like 250+ mods in lol.
Thanks to Llama for Willow and Heather.
Yes, she made a great Companion.
It will be very interesting to see the impact of ai voices on modders and voice actors. I am ambivalent. I can't stand the current sound of them, but eventually I know they won't be distinguishable.
Will they be a blessing, a curse - or something that is just another change and no-one will care after a few years?
I agree, I am super sensitive to the voices in the game. If they seem out of place it really throws me out of the immersion.
Great interview!!!
Thank you Luis!
Did her mod follower for Skyrim end up getting scrapped?
Heather made me go back to fallout 4 and play it all again, still doing so. She’s by far the best companion in fallout 4 and it’s not even remotely close.
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I think I missed the part where she says nearly completed for Skyrim, that would be amazing.
Yes, she is my favorite companion in Fallout 4 too. I'm looking forward to interviewing @LamaRCA to see her thoughts on companions in Starfield.
Yeah a new post!
I know it's been too long, I'll be live Sunday watching the Microsoft direct. I'm too excited lol.
I’ll be there as well!
Great interview! Llama is the best. :)
Oh hey there Flashy! Thank you very much! I can't turn down the opportunity when a well know mod author pops up in the comments to ask if he is interested in doing an interview :)
Thanks, man.
I would love to voice act, but the only thing I can actually do is the voice acting haha! I can’t figure out how to mod and all that other jazz for the life of me.
Thats why I jumped onto the Sim Settlements team, I think with the Creation Kit 2 dropping, now is a great time to get into it.
I don't think any other mod author could get me to listen to them jabber about stuff for an hour. Willow is in every New Vegas mod list I use and Heather is the same for FO4. If there was only one for Skyrim, life would be complete.
I agree, I know the dialogue system in Skyrim is a little rougher than Fallout 4 though. So we may have to hope Llama makes a ES6 companion.
The FRIGGIN' priest of mara in dawnstar
Grandma Lilly is the best NV companion.
I don't think you'll ever make everyone happy with a minigame for lockpicking or hacking. I don't mind the Bethesda minigames. I actually liked how quick lockpicking was in Hogwarts Legacy; but in contrast a lot of people were frustrated with that game. For me, I disliked the 'pipe dream' style hacking in games like Bioshock. Seems like Starfield is doing a sequence of matching angles. I'll probably like that better than the 'Frogger' style seen in Mass Effect.
I agree, because at the end of the day its a barrier to the loot. So maybe it's time we did away with that system and did more Easter egg hidden stashes or hidden door switches. I mean I hate putting skills into lock picking.
The OCARINA of time you HEATHEN. An Ocarina is a real instrument. You can buy one. Or even make one.
lol sorry sorry, it has been a hot minute since I played it. I think I have been pronouncing it wrong forever.
So many games. Why not an Oceana of Time? It could be in a war with the Aseians.
@@Moksha-Raver lol thank you for the back up 🙏🏻😂
was hoping to see her :)
lol I think a lot of VO and mod authors prefer their faces unknown, altho I would love to have some live video chats with mod authors one day.
250 affinity right now
Do I have new dialogue options now?
I have played through all the Fallout 4 endings. I've played through the "good ending" the most (the good ending where you keep all factions alive, and friendly to you, except for the Institute). I get why people do not like the Brotherhood of Steel, but I personally am not bothered by Maxson. He's a great leader for the BoS. One can disagree with the ideology or dislike it and if one does, that makes perfect sense why you hate Maxson, because he imbodies the ideals which is why BoS soldiers admire him so much. I don't play through their entire story much because you have to destroy the Underground. If it wasn't for that, I'd play BoS more. There's a way around that but it's annoying to avoid that specific line when it's easier to play with the Minutemen. There's also the want to have Danse around, and if you do, BoS will attack on sight. Anyway, enjoyed the conversation about modding.
Yes, that was an issue not having cleaner options for keeping the factions around at the end of the game. That also compounded the problem more because of the narrated protagonist. If you can make your characters background, maybe it would make more sense to bomb the hell out of everything that isn't the BOS. Thanks for the comment!
I liked Heather and her voice and how she is.
Yes, she is a great person. I'm looking forward to talking to her after the game drops.
Fallout 4 could be made so much better by Bethesda paying Nether to port his Skyrim Follower Framework to Fallout 4.
Agreed. I have to give credit for Bethesda though, for engaging with the modding community more than most, but they have a whole resource at their disposal and it really could usher in a better form of modders and studio cooperation I think.
man... starfield didnt turn out to be as good as we wanted huh. to hear you guys talk about it so highly is sad haha, maybe with patches?
A shame Starfield was such a big disappointment, with every planet almost looked the same, same architecture, same monsters and even the same plants everywhere. Exploring got pointless very fast there. I play F4 and also FNV instead, which are much funnier.
You two are fun to listen to but I got to say - if you have a strong stomach - look up Black Salv remedy. One person had her face slide off. Its not innocent its a refernce to lies and horror. IUt says a lot that you assosiate this with politics.
13:51 I saw a comic of someone who was all BoS until Cvrie became a synth and suddenly they were like "Adios guys, Im off to hang out with a synth." I wonder how many people did that exact thing.
How about you have the player sitting at a picknick table - they can have their head down in their arms after some big loss and the scene starts with Heather sitting down across and touching their hand/arm?
I like Heather's comment about the bouncing car. I use a mod specificly to stop the stupid oneshots from parked cars.
Piper explains she is trying to stay away from her sister so she will "Cool off" and not try to be like her. I just had that dialog actually. I told her family is precious and you just have to love them when you have the chance. Like Nick/Strong/Etc Ive gotten a line from Piper about going home when I dismiss her so I just rationalize it as her being able to.
59:45 Have you considered your a synth? Trained up like in Demolition Man?
Startrek Online you used to be able to make missions. So many amazing stories.
Actually you were in the background as I play SS2 in Fo4 :D
Thanks so much for the interview. It was really cool.
Ya I have heard about the main character being a synth and it makes total sense, him being able to kill everything. I also heard that the crows are synth spies too. There is a lot of cool Fallout conspiracy theories floating around. Thank you for listening to the conversation and commenting I appreciate it!
Quasi-moist....
I think that LlamaRCA looks like Heather IRL ....
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Lol those faces the NPC's make though, are something else.
@@shilohmc 😂 yes
Great interview. I cannot play FO4 without Heather tagging along. Thanks llamaRCA for all your hard work. Cheers!
Good companions are so rare. It takes good modding, writing, acting and patience. I absolutely agree with you.