Missed Connections - Shadowheart - Truly Connect

🌙  BG3 July Modathon 2025 🌙

I can't help but feel you and I might have missed a chance to connect. Truly connect.

You're at the tiefling party. A certain edgy cleric catches your eye...and promptly shoots you down. You haven't seen eye-to-eye and she doesn't approve. But then, says it's only a no "for now." If you ask, she even spells out exactly how to win her over:

Respect my privacy, my opinion, keep us focused on finding a cure...

So you still have a chance, right? Right?

Wrong. 🫠

Mod features

This is a dead simple dialogue mod that updates the requirements for starting Shadowheart's romance outside the party. The dialogue option about missing a chance to "truly connect" will now be available if you:

• []Have 40+ (High or better) approval with Shadowheart

  []Are not partnered or double-dating

  []Have had the tiefling party, the goblin party, or started Act 2

  []Have not entered Shadowfell yet

  Note: This does mean that you will no longer be able to start Shadowheart's romance before the party. See the bug explanation below for rationale.

  Here's an example of a save file before and after loading this mod. It's the day after the tiefling party, Tav is already dating Astarion and has 59 approval with Shart:

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  Installation & compatibility

  Install with mod manager. This mod is compatible with IGMM and is safe to install/uninstall mid-playthrough.

  This mod overrides the following file:

  \DialogsBinary\Companions\ShadowHeart_InParty2.lsf

  It will conflict with any mods that also edit this file. However, you could install this mod just for the bug fix (putting it after conflicting mods in load order) and remove it immediately after.

  Known conflicts:

  • []Really Shadowheart - but good news! Really Shadowheart already has a fix for starting her romance after the party.

    It is compatible with:

    • []Dark Urge Tweeaks

      For mod authors:

      Feel free to incorporate the bug fix into your own mods as you like :>

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      Bug explanation

      Shadowheart's romance can start one of two ways: at the tiefling party or via dialogue:

      However, in the vanilla game, due to a series of mis