02-03-2008, 12:49 AM
This board has been quiet lately, and I'm sure a few of you have been wondering if anything's happening. Like the proverbial duck, all is quiet above, but much is happening underneath.
What I have been doing lately is working on TES4Gecko (one of the major ESP editing tools available) to make things easier in terms of dialogue editing and voice acting. Now with TES4Gecko, it is possible to duplicate a dialogue quest, renumber it and re-merge it to the ESM so that it can serve as the basis for a different set of voice files. Using this method, I have separated both the Bosmer and the Dunmer from the tyranny of the "High Elf" voice directory, so that persuading a Bosmer sounds different from persuading a Dunmer (and will, once we get a voice actor, sound different still from persuading an Altmer). It is also possible to extract lines of dialogue from the ESM for either a quest or character, edit either the line or the associated production notes and the re-upload them to the ESM.
In other news, We Who Decide Such Things have decided that the wonderful voice acting of Ibsen's Ghost should form the basis of a healthy portion of the male generic dialogue in this mod. So far, his voice has been selected for Nord, UC Imperial, LC Imperial and Khajiit, if of course he wishes to continue his sterling work. (Please, please! :worship: ) This, combined with the spot-on Morrowindesque Dunmer & Bosmer work done by AndySlayer, means that a very large portion of the male generic dialogue will be completed once these two wonderful [see above grovel] gentlemen have been able to voice a boatload more lines. :lmao:
Speaking of wonderful, Ja-Kha'jay has completed editing the generic dialogue for the Khajiit; this will form the basis of (again) a much more Morrowind-reminiscent Khajiit. She has not only gotten rid of those pesky personal pronouns, but has also provided several words of Ta'agra so that they can properly express their contempt for the less-fuzzy inhabitants of Tamriel. Also, she has graciously offered to voice the distaff side of Kitty-Cat dialogue, so she is indeed an Honored One. :worship:
Alright, I think that's it for now. Once we get the new quests merged to the main file, it will be much quicker to add new VA to ST, so that the Sounds of Silence do not dominate our landscape.
Thanks for reading this through,
The Voice Guy
What I have been doing lately is working on TES4Gecko (one of the major ESP editing tools available) to make things easier in terms of dialogue editing and voice acting. Now with TES4Gecko, it is possible to duplicate a dialogue quest, renumber it and re-merge it to the ESM so that it can serve as the basis for a different set of voice files. Using this method, I have separated both the Bosmer and the Dunmer from the tyranny of the "High Elf" voice directory, so that persuading a Bosmer sounds different from persuading a Dunmer (and will, once we get a voice actor, sound different still from persuading an Altmer). It is also possible to extract lines of dialogue from the ESM for either a quest or character, edit either the line or the associated production notes and the re-upload them to the ESM.
In other news, We Who Decide Such Things have decided that the wonderful voice acting of Ibsen's Ghost should form the basis of a healthy portion of the male generic dialogue in this mod. So far, his voice has been selected for Nord, UC Imperial, LC Imperial and Khajiit, if of course he wishes to continue his sterling work. (Please, please! :worship: ) This, combined with the spot-on Morrowindesque Dunmer & Bosmer work done by AndySlayer, means that a very large portion of the male generic dialogue will be completed once these two wonderful [see above grovel] gentlemen have been able to voice a boatload more lines. :lmao:
Speaking of wonderful, Ja-Kha'jay has completed editing the generic dialogue for the Khajiit; this will form the basis of (again) a much more Morrowind-reminiscent Khajiit. She has not only gotten rid of those pesky personal pronouns, but has also provided several words of Ta'agra so that they can properly express their contempt for the less-fuzzy inhabitants of Tamriel. Also, she has graciously offered to voice the distaff side of Kitty-Cat dialogue, so she is indeed an Honored One. :worship:
Alright, I think that's it for now. Once we get the new quests merged to the main file, it will be much quicker to add new VA to ST, so that the Sounds of Silence do not dominate our landscape.
Thanks for reading this through,
The Voice Guy