Disingenuous tags for follower Mods.

[Apis4]

Am I the only one that feels tagging a follower that just uses edited Vanilla voice types as Custom Voice followers completely disingenuous and thoroughly false advertising?

 

I mean, sure, create a tag that flags as Custom Dialogue, but it's not a custom voice.

 

I think there should be a SEPARATE category for truly CUSTOM voiced followers, just like for Animals. With only proven CUSTOM voiced mods allowed to be listed.

 

This is not a criticism of the quality of mods that aren't custom voice acted, some are probably better than badly made, or poorly voiced, custom voiced follower Mods

 

Nevertheless, they're not custom voiced followers, and the BEST custom voiced follower Mods will ALWAYS be better than those that aren't, as there's a freedom in writing, in personality development, and in how any systems like affinity and romance work, that are not attainable in mods relying on Vanilla voice assets.

 

 

I am bit of an elitist, I admit. I want unique substance, over style, and I think I should, WE ALL SHOULD, have a simple quick easy way to find followers that give us that.

 

I don't have that luxury because any Companion mod that alters vanilla voice assets in the slightest way seems to be getting tagged "Custom Voiced" and using the term in their listing title.

 

Just really kind of not cool.

[cumbrianlad]

I tend to agree, so no you're not the only one.

 

In my mod 'Shades Of The Rift', I don't even think I state that there are custom voiced actors, but there are. My daughter did one, I do another. I've got over a 100 new dialogue lines. The closest I get to a 'custom voiced follower' is my pet Dwarven Stealth Spider, "Sturdumz 3-79". He's only a custom voice in that I've edited the volumes, pitch etc of vanilla Dwarven Spider sound files... I'd hardly call that 'custom-voiced', so I don't claim it.

 

If I made a true 'Custom-voiced follower', he or she would most definitely be a totally newly voice-acted follower.

 

This is a difficult and lengthy thing to do, but to my mind, it doesn't excuse people using vanilla dialogue and claiming it is 'custom-voiced'.

 

Thank you for giving voice to one of my pet hates! :thumbsup:

[Apis4]

I tend to agree, so no you're not the only one.

 

In my mod 'Shades Of The Rift', I don't even think I state that there are custom voiced actors, but there are. My daughter did one, I do another. I've got over a 100 new dialogue lines. The closest I get to a 'custom voiced follower' is my pet Dwarven Stealth Spider, "Sturdumz 3-79". He's only a custom voice in that I've edited the volumes, pitch etc of vanilla Dwarven Spider sound files... I'd hardly call that 'custom-voiced', so I don't claim it.

 

If I made a true 'Custom-voiced follower', he or she would most definitely be a totally newly voice-acted follower.

 

This is a difficult and lengthy thing to do, but to my mind, it doesn't excuse people using vanilla dialogue and claiming it is 'custom-voiced'.

 

Thank you for giving voice to one of my pet hates! :thumbsup:

 

No need to thank me for that my friend, it's bloody idiotic folk can get away with that, I am not very savvy, I could never mod, so hats off to you for that, but yeah, absolutely, editing a voice isnt Custom Voice.... and they really mess things up, because that tag is the best way to try to find the actual custom voiced followers.

 

On a side, note, in the mod you made, are the custom voiced characters your daughter and yourself voiced followers? I am always looking for interesting members for adventuring parties, so I'd love to check them out if they are!