Gender issue?

Update (via EA_Nils): As posted here, the studio is looking into how to best address this issue. Thanks to the help with savegame uploads and info from fellow players, we have been able to make some ...

dragon age inquisition

EA_Nils
11 years ago
@Subtle54 wrote:

The game hasn't been released here yet, but I've seen a work around for this. During character creation change your gender a couple of times, eg if you want to roll a male, select male then female and back to male, alternatively with female character select female, male, then female.

Heya everyone,

The studio is looking into how to best address this issue. Thanks to the help with savegame uploads and info from fellow players, we have been able to make some progress. Please note however that the implementation of any fix will take time.

In the meantime, the above workaround posted by Subtle54 (thanks!) will help anyone that is willing to start a new character.

Cheers,

Nils

Note: This post has been temporarily marked as solution with the sole purpose of increasing its invisibility (as suggested here by @Djmadraws )

Anonymous

11 years ago

I had the same problem as everyone here, my mage apparently landed on his poor testes and is now roaming Thedas as a woman rogue. Different from what I have seen however, when I was stripped of my clothing I looked into my inventory and came to find that I had a pair of daggers as well! I couldn't equipt them, but with the lack of names and the 95 damage, I suspect they are my DLC daggers. Continueing from there only a bow, staff, light, and a medium armour were in my chest.

I imported from the keep, the camera zooms on my neck to fit a female's height, characters sometimes talk double to me, and I'm actually very impressed that Bioware held back on Gender neutral chatter to save on costs. I'll help however I can, standing by on my playthrough until a fix is released however.

Subtle54
11 years ago
The game hasn't been released here yet, but I've seen a work around for this. During character creation change your gender a couple of times, eg if you want to roll a male, select male then female and back to male, alternatively with female character select female, male, then female.
- Anonymous
  11 years ago
  Well would you look at that, Subtle54 was completely right. I switched between male and female cards a few times and landed back on male, sprinted from the start with a male mage, and when I got to New Haven, the chatter was all using correct pronouns. Not only that, but when I fell on my butt, I wasn't suddenly a rogue. Kept my cool starting armour and got a staff. We've got a temporary fix here, ladies and gentlemen.
  - Anonymous
    11 years ago
    I tried the card shuffle for my second character, and it seemed to work for the gender as well. However, my class still had some issues. First time, with no card shuffle and with the gender bug, I had appropriate gear up until the bridge collapse, then I lost it all and got rogue gear for my mage. Second time, with card shuffle and apparently no gender bug, I started with the wrong gear right off the bat. Both times I imported from the keep. It seems the gear issue might be separate from the gender issue?
- EA_Nils
  Community Admin
  11 years ago
  @Subtle54 wrote:
  
  The game hasn't been released here yet, but I've seen a work around for this. During character creation change your gender a couple of times, eg if you want to roll a male, select male then female and back to male, alternatively with female character select female, male, then female.
  
  Heya everyone,
  
  The studio is looking into how to best address this issue. Thanks to the help with savegame uploads and info from fellow players, we have been able to make some progress. Please note however that the implementation of any fix will take time.
  
  In the meantime, the above workaround posted by Subtle54 (thanks!) will help anyone that is willing to start a new character.
  
  Cheers,
  
  Nils
  
  Note: This post has been temporarily marked as solution with the sole purpose of increasing its invisibility (as suggested here by @Djmadraws )
  - Anonymous
    11 years ago
    EA_Nils I reccomend putting solved on this thread with the workaround, like the soundtrack issue it isn't solved, but we have a small workaround and you're working to fix it already.
Anonymous
11 years ago
@Djmadraws wrote:
I had the same problem as everyone here, my mage apparently landed on his poor testes and is now roaming Thedas as a woman rogue. Different from what I have seen however, when I was stripped of my clothing I looked into my inventory and came to find that I had a pair of daggers as well! I couldn't equipt them, but with the lack of names and the 95 damage, I suspect they are my DLC daggers. Continueing from there only a bow, staff, light, and a medium armour were in my chest.
I imported from the keep, the camera zooms on my neck to fit a female's height, characters sometimes talk double to me, and I'm actually very impressed that Bioware held back on Gender neutral chatter to save on costs. I'll help however I can, standing by on my playthrough until a fix is released however.
I didn't quite realize what was happening at first, but this describes my issue almost exactly. I used the Keep a few days ago to create my custom world and I loaded it into my PC game when a created a Male Elf Mage. When I encountered my first enemy the cutscene showed a bow resting against the chest on the ice, but my character picked up a staff to attack. During the conversation I had the "mage hands" dialogue choice as I should have. I chose to keep my weapon.
My character showed a staff on his back through the rest of the intro, but I was in my long johns and my Inventory screen had no weapon or armor equipped. There was some rogue gear in my inventory though, including two daggers with no name. When I finished the intro, my character was suddenly wearing an Apprentice Coat and I picked up a Staff of the Dragon and Bow of the Dragon from the chest when I woke up in Haven.
During two or three cutscenes leading up to the into titles the camera was zoomed in to cut off my head at my nose, which would make sense if I was a female height. I did not realize that the game had me classified as female until I spoke to the quartermaster and was referred to as "she". Also, during the quest/dialogue with Josephine and the Marquis, I was introduced as "Mistress Lavellan".
I spent an hour perfecting my face and I have no desire to try to recreate it and start a new character. I am also hesitant to continue playing my current game if there is no way to correct this gender error. Is this something that will fixable for existing characters?