The dev adds code to detect mods to the game and if found he crashes it. One of the many reasons I avoid it.
That's harsh, don't know why they pull such stunt on their playerbase, but okay.
The reason for this is extremely simple. First, he doesn't just detect random mods and crash things. It very specifically targeted a particular mod (by naming convention), and did so because a lot of people that used the mod would then ask him for technical support when the mod was breaking their game. The developer's job is not to fix a modder's mistake. If a mod lets something "impossible" happen, and that impossible situation breaks the game, the dev is fully right to tell those people to fuck off.
First it merely closed the game down at a specific point. In later versions, it went so far as to outright delete all persistent data, so unlocked scenes and renders were removed. That, to me, speaks of somebody with a very growing frustration at the people who are actively breaking his game and whining about it.
How do I know it works like that? Because I've got my own custom mod script I've been using for the last several episodes and it doesn't trigger anything. And if I break the game as a result of impossible choices later, that's on me. I completely side with the dev in his frustration with such people. It would be like shooting myself in the foot and then trying to blame the people who made the shoes for not being bulletproof.
Anyhow, back on topic-
I agree in that Jaye was always the hook for me and easily endgame. Mallory is very nice and in most cases would be either an acceptable alternative LI or a bonus on a throuple/polyamorous path. At his point, I am confident of her sincerity towards the MC enough to trust her, however, she's more of a friend/friend with benefits to me at this point, no different than Lisa? the other brunette.
Absolutely agreed. Mallory isn't a bad person, but I don't feel that intense draw with her that I do with Jaye. When the two of them showed up on the cliff(?)side and Jaye was wearing that white dress? My gawd. MC should have just taken her to start their honeymoon right then and there, there's no way to top it that I can see.
Is it weird that I can just as easily see her as either a Sith dark lord, or bounty hunter/rogue? She really doesn't come across as a Jedi to me, that's more Mallory imo.
Agreed. As much as I prefer the Sith stylings, though, Jaye strikes me very much as a
shoot first kind of woman.