[aldo_14]

(ala this)

Did anyone ever consider writing this in (i.e. audio voice warnings as well as the visual cues for lock-on, hull damage, etc)?

I wouldn't imagine it'd be too complex; presumably there's already a set of if clauses that control the visual stuff for the hud interface, so what ould you need (set of voice files, some form of tbl to define their names-or even just use the synth; I presume there's already some form of easily accessible audio playback method / code / function)?

[kasperl]

You mean like this:
"Terrain, Terrain"

"BANG"

?

[Lynx]

Should be all be doable by simple sexp's as far as I know.

[Carl]

it would be nice if you didn't have to, though.

[Lynx]

The effort is negligible, unless you have hundreds of lines for the computer to say.

[Goober5000]

It shouldn't be hard to add... the problem is getting someone to record the voice or audio cues.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Lynx
Should be all be doable by simple sexp's as far as I know.

Yep, but what I figured was that the code implementation would (should) be simple enough to do. (going on a rule that sexp alternatives should be used where it's easier to SEXP it in)

 I wouldn't mind giving it a shot myself (been meaning to learn C++ for a while now, twould be a nice task to begin learning with), it's just difficult to find the time and tools for it ATM.

Originally posted by Lynx
The effort is negligible, unless you have hundreds of lines for the computer to say.

Well, not really IMO.  The idead being to emphasise the parts of the interface you may miss if you are focused on surviving... like your rear shields going down, or when there are missiles closing in, etc.

Besides whichI think it'd be cool; add more immersion / sense of being in a cockpit

Originally posted by Goober5000
It shouldn't be hard to add... the problem is getting someone to record the voice or audio cues.

I think I know a few people who can.  Or using the voice synthesis support that I think RandomTiger added (apologies if it was someone else).

[Goober5000]

Whip up a few voice files and I'll add them in.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Whip up a few voice files and I'll add them in.

Need to work up which & how many voice files are required, surely?

[karajorma]

Can you make it so that the persona of the *****ing betty is configrable by a table similar to the personas table?

It would be nice to have different voices for different ships (at least one terran and one vasudan is a must really).

[Lynx]

Originally posted by aldo_14

Besides whichI think it'd be cool; add more immersion / sense of being in a cockpit
 

3d cockpits would help there, too.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by karajorma
Can you make it so that the persona of the *****ing betty is configrable by a table similar to the personas table?

It would be nice to have different voices for different ships (at least one terran and one vasudan is a must really).

Species specific makes sense (well, it depends on how far the GTVA cockpits are dual species, I suppose... ), I'm not sure if ship-specific is really necessary though.

IMO.

[karajorma]

Put in a table and it's pretty easy to do both

The reason why I ask for a ship specific one (which even better can be set in FRED rather than the ships table) is that it allows you to have a co-pilot onboard and use the *****ing betty code to supply a lot of his speech for you.

[aldo_14]

Indeed.

[Goober5000]

Ship specific would be a pain in the neck.  Content yourself with species-specific for the time being.

Just make a bunch of voice files or sound files with whatever events you think are sufficient.  I'll add as many triggers as I receive files for.

And yes, it'll be implemented via a table.

[Grimloq]

how about your co-pilot  yelling them at you? isnt that his job?

[FireCrack]

^

PULL UP!!! PULL UP!!! OH MY GOD I'M GONNA FKING DIE!!!! PULL UP YOU BASTARD!!!!!!

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Ship specific would be a pain in the neck.  Content yourself with species-specific for the time being.

Just make a bunch of voice files or sound files with whatever events you think are sufficient.  I'll add as many triggers as I receive files for.

And yes, it'll be implemented via a table.

Make it settable in the custom hud gauges table. The ship-specific variable loading should already be there, you can just add a nonvisible HUD gauge and then use the text variable to get the filename for the sound.

[Drew]

Originally posted by aldo_14
(ala this)

Did anyone ever consider writing this in (i.e. audio voice warnings as well as the visual cues for lock-on, hull damage, etc)?

I wouldn't imagine it'd be too complex; presumably there's already a set of if clauses that control the visual stuff for the hud interface, so what ould you need (set of voice files, some form of tbl to define their names-or even just use the synth; I presume there's already some form of easily accessible audio playback method / code / function)?

couldnt you just edit the .wav files already in the .vps?

Like during lockon instead of that beep sound just splice the *****in betty voice into the file.  beep....."lockon succesfull" type deal....

[Goober5000]

Oh.  Hmm.  Well, maybe you should code this then.