[Droid803]

Split this thing.

but why

[ImOnlyHereToAsk]

General Batuta, just a few questions, once I'm done doing the voice acting and converting it into .ogg format how do I put it and the missions back in decent manager  VPview? And how do I know who is gonna be saying the sentence in FRED's events editor? And anything else I need to do after that? 

[Jeff Vader]

Split this thing.

but why

Because release thread for mod release, voice-acting project thread for voice-acting project.

once I'm done doing the voice acting and converting it into .ogg format how do I put it and the missions back in decent manager  VPview?

You don't. VPView is a viewer; you can only open and extract .vp files with it. For creating new .vp files you could use Maja. I've used it succesfully. Basically start Maja, drag the \data\ directory containing your voice (and mission?) files into it, export into .vp, boom, that's it. And yes, create a new .vp file for your modifications. Don't try to tamper with existing .vp files.

[ImOnlyHereToAsk]

once I'm done doing the voice acting and converting it into .ogg format how do I put it and the missions back in decent manager  VPview?

You don't. VPView is a viewer; you can only open and extract .vp files with it. For creating new .vp files you could use Maja. I've used it succesfully. Basically start Maja, drag the \data\ directory containing your voice (and mission?) files into it, export into .vp, boom, that's it. And yes, create a new .vp file for your modifications. Don't try to tamper with existing .vp files.
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I see, where can I find this Maja thing? and do I have to organize the files I add to Maja the way the were on VPview? and Do I have to extract all the files from VPview and put them back in Maja? 

[Jeff Vader]

where can I find this Maja thing? 

http://wmc.freespacemods.net/repository/

and do I have to organize the files I add to Maja the way the were on VPview?

Well, every .vp file must contain a \data\ folder and one or  more subfolders under it. In this case, it should be \data\voice\ and some subfolders there. Much in the same way as during the construction phase you should have your  .ogg files under \freespace2\asw\data\voice\something, or \freespace2\mymod\data\voice\something. If getting the voices requires you to tamper with mission files, they must be in \data\missions\ .

and Do I have to extract all the files from VPview and put them back in Maja? 

Only those that you are going to edit. And the voice files must of course be included since they didn't exist in the ASW release.
Cook up a .vp with your modified/new assets, name it cleverly (like 00_ASW_Voice.vp) and release. People can then  punch it into their \asw\ folder, FSO will  read it, it will see voice files and will use them, (possiby) it will see misssion files and will use those instead of the ones in the original ASW .vp files.

So yeah, you don't need to extract and repackage everything. That would be stupid and would make people download redundant data for no gain.

[ImOnlyHereToAsk]

Oh my god! I've done everything you told me step by step, sadly the voice wont come on the game.  I just don't know where I went wrong, I did the project with Maja, added the voices and edited missions to it. I put the .vp file in ASW. Nothing happens. 

[FreeSpaceFreak]

For starters, DON'T put your stuff in a VP file yet. The game doesn't need them; you should only pack stuff in a VP when you do a public release.

Just put your edited missions in ASW1\data\missions (make sure the missions are named the same as the originals) and your voice files in ASW1\data\voice\<something>; look in stu_fs2.vp for the correct voice file structure.

[General Battuta]

Oh my god! I've done everything you told me step by step, sadly the voice wont come on the game.  I just don't know where I went wrong, I did the project with Maja, added the voices and edited missions to it. I put the .vp file in ASW. Nothing happens. 

Dude, why are you putting stuff into Maja?

1. Extract the mission to ASW/data/missions
2. Use the events editor to associate a voice file with a message
3. Play the mission

[ImOnlyHereToAsk]

It worked, sir. Thank you very much, you guys on here are extremely polite and patient.

[Jeff Vader]

Yeah, umm, sorry if I spoke with a misleading manner. .vp files are sort of a handy release format. Once you've got everything working and want to release a bunch of files to other users, it is convenient to pack them into a .vp, or several .vps which the end-users can then use with ease. When you're still modding, keep your stuff in \freespace2\somemod\data\ .

If you get stuff complete and cannot cook up a .vp, upload your files somewhere. There are many people here who can create .vp files with ease.

[ImOnlyHereToAsk]

No problem, actually your tips were very helpful and taught me new stuff, I've added few voices ( just testing) and they were very good (for my first attempt) . Btw I have this one stupid question, will they ever release FS3  ?