iOS Datapad Messages Integration (Text Message Delivery System)

iOS Datapad Messages Integration

Integrated Omni-Service (iOS)

A standard omni-tool application for real-time text messaging, iOS operates across interstellar extranet relays. Its user-friendly interface and dependable encryption have earned it widespread adoption. Pre-installed on most consumer models, it includes adaptive privacy modes to to ensure messages arrive during appropriate moments.

This mod restores the text messages from the now lost Mass Effect: Datapad app for iOS devices. This app delivered text messages from characters in the game to an iOS device dynamically as you played.

This mod attempts to restore this experience by implementing a new text message delivery system via on-screen popups (in the same size/location as codex and war asset updates), delivered periodically as you play. The messages are then archived in a section of the secondary codex for later reading.

Delivery is semi-randomised, with viable messages being delivered after short intervals and a priority system to ensure particularly urgent or time-sensitive messages arrive quickly. This should prevent texts from arriving immediately after the relevant interactions, but not so much later it feels strange.

Open Beta

This mod should be stable and usable, but the huge number of variable play states means its difficult for me to test all potential outcomes or game paths.

Additionally the timed delivery system attempts to ensure all messages are delivered at a sensible point during the game, but particularly given the fact that the vanilla texts are not distributed evenly throughout the game, creating bottlenecks, I want to collect data on how this is working. I will not be able to address every edge case, but I would like to know how often edge cases are occurring.

Please provide feedback in the comments, ideally along with a save, your mod settings, and information about when the message appeared.

Important Note: Language, Font & Translations

This mod is currently only available in English, Polish and Russian. Because of the nonstandard implementation, you must choose your language on install. English is the default option.

Credit and thanks to Gatzek for the Polish translation.

Credit and thanks to Vizakedzhak for the Russian translation.

I would like to provide localisations in other languages and will be actively looking to do this when it's out of beta. Meanwhile, if you are able to provide a translation, please contact me.

Please don't release standalone translations, they will not work properly for this mod. An apparent limitation of the LE3 notification system is that it doesn't support text on the b