Half-Life 2: Voice Enhancement Mod: FP Edition (Skeletors and Dr. Girlfriends Wanted!)
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[QUOTE=TurtleeyFP;50613497]That's what I meant. If we want to edit a map other than those, we'd have to decompile it, unless the other VMFs have been released somewhere.[/QUOTE]
Oh, gotcha. Well, decompiling maps isn't that bad these days. Usually you'll just get a couple bad brush faces, some misaligned areaportals, and maybe an invalid brush or two. Not too much of an issue since these can get caught in a compile and a quick runthrough, and are easy to fix.
If you're making changes to the maps, fixing any errors along the way will just become a part of the process.
Or we leave the errors...?
[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;50613645]Or we leave the errors...?[/QUOTE]
Less of a Vinesauce corruptions artistic choice, more of a 75% FPS drop.
[URL="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64863030/montage%20at%20dawn%20%28non%20mlg%20version%29.wav"]Here's a non mlg version of montage at dawn[/URL] if anyone wants to do anything with it.
Is it possible to make semi bespoke NPC subclasses?
I had the idea for a lone civilian that would appear during the uprising, and "narrate" his own adventures like an edgy anime hero meets noire gumshoe detective, and then when he speaks out loud he's just a bit of a shmuck. But it'd only work if one single civilian NPC at a time would use the lines, and only those lines
for example, a reload line would go like this
"[I]the uprising raged on without tempering. The oppressive regime splintering before my might. But another of the fighters had made a tactical error. I accosted him, alerting him to his mistake.[/I] Hey uh, m-mister freeman? you might wanna, uh, reload i guess. you're out of rou- bulllets, yeah bullets. heh. [I]The fighter and i exchanged glances. Eye contact between equals? a challenge between rivals? No way to be sure. The moment passed and we returned to the fires of battle"[/I]
obviously the full lines wouldn't be so rediculously long, but it's just to get my idea across. Obviously if NPC's only occasionally used the lines and if one NPC used one of those lines then some other, it'd kind of kill the joke
Sorry for not recording any voice lines today. I was busy/really tired today. I'll try to do all of City 17's Breencast lines tomorrow.
[QUOTE=Ott;50613300]We've got a lot of material in this thread, when are we going to start organizing?[/QUOTE]
We are slowly going through stuff/ideas and keep them documented on discord, while implementing them on our repo, no worries.
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;50614148]Is it possible to make semi bespoke NPC subclasses?
I had the idea for a lone civilian that would appear during the uprising, and "narrate" his own adventures like an edgy anime hero meets noire gumshoe detective, and then when he speaks out loud he's just a bit of a shmuck. But it'd only work if one single civilian NPC at a time would use the lines, and only those lines
for example, a reload line would go like this
"[I]the uprising raged on without tempering. The oppressive regime splintering before my might. But another of the fighters had made a tactical error. I accosted him, alerting him to his mistake.[/I] Hey uh, m-mister freeman? you might wanna, uh, reload i guess. you're out of rou- bulllets, yeah bullets. heh. [I]The fighter and i exchanged glances. Eye contact between equals? a challenge between rivals? No way to be sure. The moment passed and we returned to the fires of battle"[/I]
obviously the full lines wouldn't be so rediculously long, but it's just to get my idea across. Obviously if NPC's only occasionally used the lines and if one NPC used one of those lines then some other, it'd kind of kill the joke[/QUOTE]
[i]As the gunship approached, I warned my fellow revolutionaries of the nuisance, and rallied them with my best battle cry.[/i]
*shrieks loudly and curls into fetal position*
I'm playing around with the plinkett voice, still trying to figure it out
[url]http://vocaroo.com/i/s0pwIh2SEdSP[/url]
[url]http://vocaroo.com/i/s16YxolISxvn[/url]
also my mic is fucking garbage what do I am poor
[QUOTE=lavacano;50614483][i]As the gunship approached, I warned my fellow revolutionaries of the nuisance, and rallied them with my best battle cry.[/i]
*shrieks loudly and curls into fetal position*[/QUOTE]
Pretty much that, yeah.
I didn't want to go with the standard [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92NRBoXd5X8"]Jamie[/URL] trope of guy who thinks he's hot shit and is a shrieking ninny, just kinda awkward and average in every other way. Still banking on being able to make a subclass of NPC that has it's own talking scripts though
So what characters/sections still need some material? I got a half-decent podcast mic I can make use of but I have a shitty French-Canadian accent.
[QUOTE=Katatonic717;50614503]I'm playing around with the plinkett voice, still trying to figure it out
[url]http://vocaroo.com/i/s0pwIh2SEdSP[/url]
[url]http://vocaroo.com/i/s16YxolISxvn[/url]
also my mic is fucking garbage what do I am poor[/QUOTE]try recording in audacity, vocaroo reduces the quality significantly
So, like, with my zombie noises, did anyone have anything they would rather have done? Suggestions? Criticism?
[QUOTE=ProfHappycat7;50614543]try recording in audacity, vocaroo reduces the quality significantly[/QUOTE]
I did record it in audacity
-nvm-
since there are plans of redoing maps too, i already started to edit d1_trainstation_03
[IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/266092584806660644/3265CC609FCAECB014FDAF3C0987A8F986EC9C6E/[/IMG][IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/266092584806661314/542E63F7758D30A80E3AE7F816CC88AE315A27E1/[/IMG][IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/266092584806662123/5FB4921FA861E147047D5FBC3E02D42B6DDF5ACC/[/IMG][IMG]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/266092584806662439/EFE3EF260D49CEEF5975FC0360888D2653E1806C/[/IMG]
[QUOTE=EddieLTU;50614820]since there are plans of redoing maps too, i already started to edit d1_trainstation_03
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As the self-proclaimed mapping lead, my philosophy is to give players something new and interesting to [I]experience[/I], rather than something funny or different to look at. Let's play this medium for its strengths and craft a memorable experience.
Not that I'm opposed to visual gags, they just often lack impact and I just know that we can accomplish more than that. For example, I like the multi-track drifting because it's both an amusing reference, and a meaningful part of the experience because "oh shit I'm about to be crushed by eurobeat".
Since this mod was originally intended as a voiceover, I'd leave the more vocal parts of the game mostly untouched to let the voiceovers shine.
That, and the first chapter is really important to get right as it sets the stage for the rest of the game. Its significance also means that everyone will be wanting to change it, so I fear the end result will be some unholy abomination with no clear direction or meaningful impact.
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;50614148]Is it possible to make semi bespoke NPC subclasses?
I had the idea for a lone civilian that would appear during the uprising, and "narrate" his own adventures like an edgy anime hero meets noire gumshoe detective, and then when he speaks out loud he's just a bit of a shmuck. But it'd only work if one single civilian NPC at a time would use the lines, and only those lines
for example, a reload line would go like this
"[I]the uprising raged on without tempering. The oppressive regime splintering before my might. But another of the fighters had made a tactical error. I accosted him, alerting him to his mistake.[/I] Hey uh, m-mister freeman? you might wanna, uh, reload i guess. you're out of rou- bulllets, yeah bullets. heh. [I]The fighter and i exchanged glances. Eye contact between equals? a challenge between rivals? No way to be sure. The moment passed and we returned to the fires of battle"[/I]
obviously the full lines wouldn't be so rediculously long, but it's just to get my idea across. Obviously if NPC's only occasionally used the lines and if one NPC used one of those lines then some other, it'd kind of kill the joke[/QUOTE]
I actually had an idea similar to yours for the water warning fellow at the beginning of the game except instead, after warning you about the water, he'd drone on into a deep, exaggerated philosophical monologue about water and the Combine that would go on and on and eventually sad piano music would slowly chime in and play as he speaks. But I went and did a voice sample of your idea since it amused me:
[url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4hhxqa5fbgv6qth/EdgyHeroGuy.wav?dl=0[/url]
You could actually fit in ridiculously long lines provided they're in a convenient period where the player would willingly stand around listening to the character speak without being interrupted. For example during the introduction to the street war where the civies are pulling the Breen Screen down.
Anyone need any extra citizen voices? I can do a pretty decent Al Pacino.
This stuff is starting to remind me of that Half Life Enhancement project that ended up getting bloated with ideas and never actually finished...
[QUOTE=Trilby Harlow;50614513]just kinda awkward and average in every other way[/QUOTE]
Have you seen Half-Life 2? "Awkward and average" is going to go to shrieking ninny pretty quick in that environment :v: I could try again though
[i]After hours of silence on the radio, I heard the footsteps coming down the sewer. But it wasn't the Combine, coming to take the last of the Railroad. It was a man in an orange metal suit. I figured I should let him know what his big mistake is.[/i]
"Hey, uh, that orange doesn't really do you any wonders for cafo...I mean camel...I MEAN CAMOUFLAGE. Camouflage. Orange isn't great. Yeah."
[QUOTE=sirdownloadsalot;50616502]This stuff is starting to remind me of that Half Life Enhancement project that ended up getting bloated with ideas and never actually finished...[/QUOTE]
Could turn out like that, but this is how nearly every mod starts out. Amassing ideas and discussion with some people implementing things to show as proof of concept, so it's hard to tell if it will actually make it to completion.
I like what I've got planned out, and would like to see it come to fruition, but can't say for sure if I'll see it to the end. Most of my plans are efficient in that they're relatively low effort with high reward, so ideally I'd be spending maybe a weekend on each chapter.
[QUOTE=sirdownloadsalot;50616502]This stuff is starting to remind me of that Half Life Enhancement project that ended up getting bloated with ideas and never actually finished...[/QUOTE]
Except this mod is extremely easy to salvage. Everyone archives their own lines into proper folders and ZIP's them, everyone else downloads them and puts in their game. Someone makes a pack for easy access. It's not like we have to coordinate too much. I made my hl2 sound-voice replacement mod in 10 hours. If everyone took a few songs/voices on themselves it would be over by this time tomorrow. Problem is most people just come in and ask "hey i can do this, can I voice someone please?" When there's no real leader to ask. People forget how MANY misc voices there are in the game. Starting from the lady in the pipe in the Canals telling you to move on to keep the railroad alive, to the rebel radio chatter, to all the countless nameless citizens you meet through the game. Just voice somebody, put it in the correct folder and upload it here.
[QUOTE=LTJGPliskin;50616496]Anyone need any extra citizen voices? I can do a pretty decent Al Pacino.[/QUOTE]
Them fucking cockroach CPs.
How about an additional room in the apartment building with a lone citizen sitting in the middle of it with a guitar and playing this:
[video=youtube_share;NsZMbs5PC64]http://youtu.be/NsZMbs5PC64?t[/video]
Could probably fit [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iftZfE414ac#t=3m55"]this little snippet[/URL] into one of the TV breencasts
Guys, don't redo the maps.
There was such idea once, here on Facepunch, new models, textures... remember?
Don't get too ambitious, lets stick to voiceover and some small gags.
[QUOTE=Dancingonpie;50595508]I'd like to stake my claim for the voice of G-man, if that's okay with everybody.
Bit of a far fetched idea for a gag here, but bear with me.
[URL]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55034583/GmanIntro.wav[/URL]
What if we use something like that and have the creepy music that plays in the background replaced with misc office noises?
[editline]One more thing[/editline]
Also I imagine that there would be no lip sync on Gman's face. He'd just be staring blanky into nothing while the above plays back as a voice message.[/QUOTE]
We can also get some good office sounds from Stanley Parable
Keeping it to mainly voiceovers and music/sound would theoretically make it easier to implement the sound files (and maybe scripts in certain cases) into a more fancier redux/improvement mod that doesn't fuck with too much, wouldn't it?
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