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Klauss: /* Faction Voice List */ maxaxle's contribs

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‎Faction Voice List: maxaxle's contribs

Pyramid: /* Music Engine */

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‎Music Engine

Clonewolf: /* Faction Voice List */

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Turbo: /* Faction Voice List */

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Turbo: /* Ship to Ship Radio Communication */

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Turbo: /* Faction Voice List */

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Turbo: /* Faction Voice List */

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Turbo: /* Faction Voice List */

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Turbo: /* Faction Voice List */

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 = Voice Acting =
-Voice acting provides in-game voices for ship-to-ship radio transmissions, and perhaps some day for campaign fixer conversations.  Ongoing projects are discussed here http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=29
+Voice acting provides in-game voices for ship-to-ship radio transmissions, and perhaps some day for campaign fixer conversations.  Ongoing projects are discussed here http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewforum.php?f=29
 Current voice acting projects are as follows:
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 * [[Faction:Interstellar Church of True Form's Return|Interstellar Church of True Form's Return]] aka Luddites
 * [[Faction:Interstellar_Socialist_Organization|ISO]] '''DONE''' except for one line, by [[User:Shadow Oblivion|Shadow Oblivion]]
-* [[Faction:Klk%27k|Klk'k]] in discussion here: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=15206
+* [[Faction:Klk%27k|Klk'k]] in discussion here: http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=15206
 * [[Faction:League_of_Independent_Human_Worlds|LIHW]] '''DONE''' by [[User:CLoneWolf|CLoneWolf]] Dec 08
 * [[Faction:Mechanist|Mechanist]] '''DONE''' by [[User:CLoneWolf|CLoneWolf]] Jan 09
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 For aliens which speak a non-human language, the ship's translator will provide a "voice-over" of the alien speech.  To make the alien speech easier to hear for gameplay immersion, and to account for differences in grammar, the translator voice-over begins one second after the alien voice broadcast.
-Some translator lines are the same for all the alien races.  [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] already created those and posted them in the Aera thread http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=13311.  What remains to be decided is whether all the translator voices should sound the same.
+Some translator lines are the same for all the alien races.  [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] already created those and posted them in the Aera thread http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=13311.  What remains to be decided is whether all the translator voices should sound the same.
 This took some experimentation to get a good result.  Our first attempt used MicroSoft Narrator's "Michael."  MS Narrator's voice meets the criteria for a cold soulless machine voice, but he was too hard to understand.  We also tried applying a "vocoder" to a human voice, but it was also difficult to understand.  What we settled on, to represent 1200 years of voice-generation and translation technology, was the following:
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 A subset of voice acting is the creation of alien voices.  The short tutorial below describes how [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] created the voices for the Aera and Rlaan ship-to-ship communication.
-This is the process I used to create alien-sounding speech without actually developing a language. If someone wants to do this for another race, please do, and start a new thread in http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewforum.php to get feedback on your work.
+This is the process I used to create alien-sounding speech without actually developing a language. If someone wants to do this for another race, please do, and start a new thread in http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewforum.php to get feedback on your work.
 To begin, you should look at my voice acting tutorial to get some basics about sound editing tools and how to use them:
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 == Voice Acting Uploads ==
-Once you have created a voice set, compress it into a ZIP file and upload it to the web, then post a link in the [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=29| Music and Sound forum] to get everyone's comments.  If you do not have web space of your own, we have an FTP site that you can use.  The public URL for downloads is http://www.willadsenfamily.org/VSvoice but to get upload access, go to the VS forums and send a PM to [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] or [[User:Loki1950|Loki]].
+Once you have created a voice set, compress it into a ZIP file and upload it to the web, then post a link in the [http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewforum.php?f=29| Music and Sound forum] to get everyone's comments.  If you do not have web space of your own, we have an FTP site that you can use.  The public URL for downloads is http://www.willadsenfamily.org/VSvoice but to get upload access, go to the VS forums and send a PM to [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] or [[User:Loki1950|Loki]].
 Once files have been tested, [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] can commit them to SVN.

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 * [[Faction:Andolian|Andolian]] '''DONE''' by [[User:CLoneWolf|CLoneWolf]] Dec 08
 * [[Faction:Andolian|Andolian Citizen]] '''DONE''' by [[User:CLoneWolf|CLoneWolf]] Jan 09
-* [[Faction:Confederation_of_Inhabited_Worlds|Confed]]
+* [[Faction:Confederation_of_Inhabited_Worlds|Confed]] '''DONE''' by [[User:maxaxle|maxaxle]] Oct 2012
 * [[Faction:Dgn|Dgn]]
-* [[Faction:Forsaken|Forsaken]]
+* [[Faction:Forsaken|Forsaken]] '''IN PROGRESS''' by [[User:maxaxle|maxaxle]] Nov 2012
 * [[Faction:Highborn|Highborn]] DRAFT by [[user:Turbo|Turbo]] is in SVN but [[User:rivalin|rivalin]] has offered to redo this faction's voice
 * [[Faction:Homeland_Security|Homeland Security]] '''DONE''' by [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] Jan 09

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	(information provided by klauss)		(information provided by klauss)
		+
		+	== Inserting Your Own Music ==
		+	Vega Strike allows you to use your own music files as background music within the game.
		+
		+	=== Useable File formats ===
		+	'''.MP3'''
		+
		+	'''.OGG'''
		+
		+	=== Playlist Files ===
		+	These lists contain all of the playlist files.
		+
		+	==== Planets/Stations ====
		+	* agricultural.m3u
		+	* asteroids.m3u
		+	* carribean.m3u
		+	* commerce_center.m3u
		+	* factory.m3u
		+	* ice.m3u
		+	* industrial.m3u
		+	* military.m3u
		+	* ocean.m3u
		+	* starfortress.m3u
		+
		+	==== Situations ====
		+	* aera.m3u
		+	* aerabattle.m3u
		+	* battle.m3u
		+	* galacticbattle.m3u
		+	* iso.m3u
		+	* isobattle.m3u
		+	* launch.m3u
		+	* loss.m3u
		+	* panic.m3u
		+	* peace.m3u
		+	* terran.m3u
		+	* terranbattle.m3u
		+	* unit.m3u
		+	* unit_pirate.m3u
		+	* university.m3u
		+	* victory.m3u
		+
		+	==== Menus ====
		+	* news.m3u
		+
		+	=== Playlist Format ===
		+	The Playlist format is simple. Each playlist filename is in the format ''name''.m3u. Within each Playlist are lines noting the location of all music files for that playlist:
		+
		+	<path to music file>
		+	<path to music file>
		+	<path to music file>
		+
		+	Example: peace.m3u:
		+
		+	../music/peace1.ogg
		+	../music/peace2.ogg
		+	../music/peace4.ogg
		+	../music/peace5.ogg
		+	../music/peace6.ogg
		+	../music/peace5_p.ogg
		+	../music/peace6_p.ogg

	== Music Engine Future Plans ==		== Music Engine Future Plans ==

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 * [[Faction:Hunter|Hunter]] '''DONE''' by [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] Feb 09
 * [[Faction:Interstellar Church of True Form's Return|Interstellar Church of True Form's Return]] aka Luddites
-* [[Faction:Interstellar_Socialist_Organization|ISO]] '''DONE''' except for one line, by [[User:MC707|MC707]]
+* [[Faction:Interstellar_Socialist_Organization|ISO]] '''DONE''' except for one line, by [[User:Shadow Oblivion|Shadow Oblivion]]
 * [[Faction:Klk%27k|Klk'k]] in discussion here: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=15206
 * [[Faction:League_of_Independent_Human_Worlds|LIHW]] '''DONE''' by [[User:CLoneWolf|CLoneWolf]] Dec 08
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 * [[Faction:Purist|Purist]]
 * [[Faction:Rlaan|Rlaan]] '''DONE''' by [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] Jan 09
-* [[Faction:Shaper|Shaper]] '''DONE''' except for one line, by [[User:Fendorin|Fendorin]] Feb 09, with postproduction and XML editing by cLoneWolf
+* [[Faction:Shaper|Shaper]] '''DONE''' except for one line, by [[User:Fendorin|Fendorin]] Feb 09, with postproduction and XML editing by CLoneWolf
 * [[Faction:Shaper|Shaper Citizen]] (currently the same lines as the Shaper military)
 * [[Faction:Shmrn|Shmrm]]

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 * [[Faction:Interstellar_Shipping_and_Mercantile_Guild|Merchant Guild Citizen]] '''DONE''' by Lisa Willadsen Jan 09
 * Militia '''DONE''' by Lisa Willadsen Feb 09
-* Neutral
+* Neutral:  This faction has a full range of lines, though the items said tend to be short.  We are not sure what ships or bases would use these lines.
 * [[Faction:Pirates|Pirates]] are under discussion, but no one has offered to record them yet
 * Privateer is the player's faction; wingmen you hire can be from different factions so they use their "native" voice
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 * [[Faction:Uln|Uln]]
 * [[Faction:Uln|Uln Citizen]]
-* [[Faction:Unadorned|Unadorned]] '''DONE''' by [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] Jan 09
+* [[Faction:Unadorned|Unadorned]] '''DONE''' by [[User:Turbo|Turbo]] Jan 09.  Currently, the unadorned citizen uses exactly the same lines, so we use the voice set for both.
 == Creating the Voice for the Ship's Translator ==

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 * If the faction is an alien language, the following additional guidelines apply:
-** the translator's voice should sound flat in dynamics and pitch, while remaining clear and understandable; more on that in the next section
+** the translator's voice should sound like a computer (flat in dynamics and pitch) while remaining clear and understandable; more on the work done up to now in the next section
-** The alien voice should speak for 1 second before the translator starts
+** The alien voice should speak for 1 second before the translator starts.  This helps the player hear the alien voice before the translator kicks in, and the delay represents the translator's need to build context before commencing translation.
-** When the translator is speaking, the alien voice should be muted by -7 Db to make the translator easier to understand
+** When the translator is speaking, the alien voice should be muted by -7 dB to make the translator easier to understand; exact amount to mute depends somewhat on how "noisy" the alien voice is, so try higher values if -7 dB is enough.
-** Also provide one or more alien "fixer" lines, without the translator overlay, that we can use for randomly generated fixer conversations in bars
+** Also provide a few alien "fixer" lines, i.e. alien jabber without the translator overlay, that we can use for randomly generated fixer conversations in bars or splice into future campaign fixers if we need them
-** Ideally there should be 2 versions of the package, one with the translator overlay for the English version of the game, and one without the translator so that voice actors can eventually create versions of the game in other languages.  For alien voices that were created via some mathematical or logical algorithm, include information in the documentation about how it was done.
+** Ideally there should be 2 versions of the package, one with the translator overlay for the English version of the game, and one without the translator so that voice actors can eventually create versions of the game in other languages.  For alien voices that were created via some mathematical or logical algorithm, include information in the documentation about how the alien voice was made, in case we need more of it later.
-* For communication lines which end in "[garbled]", indicating that the ship was destroyed while the pilot was broadcasting, use a 1/2 second burst of white noise, at 70% volume, at the end of the spoken line.
+* For communication lines which end in "[garbled]", indicating that the transmission was interrupted while the pilot was broadcasting, use a 1/2 second burst of white noise, at 70% volume, at the end of the spoken line.  One of the militia lines talks about sending data to player, so we did something similar -- a modem "negotiate connection" sound, at double normal speed.
-File locations are as follows:
+File locations are as follows, so you can test your sounds and hear them in-game before submitting:
-* the <faction>.XML file must be put in /data/communications/
+* the <faction>.XML file goes in /data/communications/  (it is already there, you are just updating it with the sound files)
-* the <faction>_it-appears-we-have.ogg file is put in /data/sounds/missions/
+* the <faction>_it-appears-we-have.ogg file goes in /data/sounds/missions/
-* the remainder of the faction ogg files are put in /data/communications/<faction name>/
+* the remainder of the faction ogg files go in /data/communications/<faction name>/
 === Faction Voice List ===