A Candle In The Dark - Custom Companion Jason Altea (Alpha Release)

Made for Patch 8, Hotfix 33 & 34 (However, I've been working on this for ages and he might actually work on previous patches because of that; proceed with caution if you try it in older game versions, though!)

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Life's never dealt Jason the best hand - getting abducted by mindflayers is just the latest loss in what might be fixed game.

He's not going to fold without a fight, though, so it's time to roll the dice, spin the wheel, and hope that holding his cards close to his chest will keep him safe.

Jason Altea is a fully voiced custom companion, ready to join you on your adventure!

-- 💖🖤  <3  🤍💚  --

Current Features*:

• []Fully-voiced dialogue (voice acting done by me!)[/]

  []Custom lipsync animations[/]

  []Approvals throughout the game[/]

  []Companion camp spot in most camp levels (and unique dialogue for each camp where he doesn't! Listen, he's not judging you too harshly...but he does have opinions.)[/]

  []Custom equipment with unique spells made for Jason[/]

  []A sewing kit for refitting compatible armors for him (more on that below!)[/]

  []A proof-of-concept companion quest[/]

  []* A lot changed/was added in updates to his mod as of June 2026/the 1. 1. 5. 2 update! Please see the mod changelog for details. This mod page needs to be updated as well, but I'm exhausted, and will need to do so later. Please poke me if it's been a bit and I still haven't updated this page.[/]

  Jason was the first voiced NPC for the game, originally made for my guide to XML dialogue editing, with the goal of making him a full companion eventually. This has been a long-time coming, and I'm so happy he's ready to share with the world!! One thing to keep in mind, though:

  This is an alpha release!

  Expect things to be a little rough around the edges for now. This is definitely going to be an ongoing project, but I'm very happy with how he's turned out so far!! Jason currently has about ~200 voice lines spread across his InParty dialogue, inclusions in party banter, a handful of topical greetings, different questions you can ask him, and even a couple cutscenes 👀 But he still isn't finished, and was never going to be for this initial release.

  Consider him in Early Access for the moment. Some things in this initial release might be subject to change over time, he might not have as much reactivity as you'd expect yet, and you might run into bugs or edge cases I haven't accounted for. I put a list of known issues below, but please let me know if you run into anything else!! I don't think