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  1. I've been meaning to check out this mod for a while and in my quick preview test for the loadorder I'm building, yeah Knight's voice immediately stuck out to me.

     

    But I don't think it's the "quality" of the sound assets that are really the issue- it's the mixing. Or at least, some mixing work could seriously improve the audio. I made a video with some comparisons:

     

     

    Knight's audio immediately made me think of something like a Podcast or Radio host, which feels very unnatural for in-person dialogue, and clashes with vanilla voices. For that matter, there's also inconsistency between individual BNW npcs.

    I included a very quick and very rough mixing edit (in post) to try to make him sound a bit clearer but this kind of stuff is a very tedious process that takes a lot of time to do right, and in turn would help the mod *a lot*.

     

     

    Oh ok. I got it. I know what you're saying. I actually understand what you're saying. I think it's because he's using a dynamic microphone. So a LDC microphone like the TLM 103 which most of the original cast was using is going to sound more transparent in audio. Whereas a dynamic microphone kind of has that radio sound to it, which would be appropriate for commercial work - but just doesn't quite work in character work. So I get what you're trying to say. But I do think it's something that would be incredibly difficult to redo. It would require the voiceactor to use an LDC microphone instead. But I thank you for clarifying. I actually get what you're trying to say. This is why audio engineers have difficulty with voiceactors that use a Shure SM7B when the entire cast is using TLM 103s as an example. So I get what you're saying.

  2. NPCs with questionable audio quality:

     

    Dermot

    Lenk

    Knight

    McNamara

    Sterling

    Polatli

    Jackson

    Cachino

     

     

    Honestly I'm surprised to see Knight, Sterling and Polatli (Polatli in particular) and Jackson on here. They have very good audio. Polatli in particular I felt had spectacular audio imo along with superb acting. Could you specify what exactly was wrong with Polatli's audio? Honestly I thought he was really well done. Officer Lenk, Hermit did mention her. But there are.....conditions...which make it difficult/impossible to get a redo for the take for her.

  3. Hi! Silly question here but is there a way to enable all dialogue options for all characters.

     

    Basically I"m working on a mod where I need to check every line of dialogue for each character and would love an option where I can just click and listen one-by-one rather than having to go through quests and speech checks, ability checks, etc. Each character has literally hundreds of lines of dialogue and I'm checking for volume consistency, mic quality, acting, lip syncing and timing of pauses between each voice-acted line. Is there a console cheat or way to enable every single dialogue option for testing purposes?

  4. Hi! How do you make it so that a screen goes black and an NPC disappears.

     

    Basically I'm doing a quest and the moment character X stops talking to you, the screen goes black. Then it clears up and character X is now gone forever. How do I do this in a script?

  5. What are some named characters in Fallout: New Vegas that you felt pulled you out of the game because of their acting, their voice, etc? Someone that *really* needs to be fixed. If it was average or okay or mediocre, that's fine. But I'm looking for the really, really bad ones. Please give me "named NPCs" for now and those only in Fallout: New Vegas (without DLCs)

     

    If you feel uncomfortable posting here (because of what other people may say) (Everyone has different opinions) please send me a PM. Or you can just post here. Please give me a list. Give me ALL of the ones that you feel could use a revoice along with a brief explanation as to why.

     

    I'm trying to fix the following issues.

     

    1. Poorly cast or jarring or clashing characters (i.e Antony of the Fort voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) (Motorrunner voiced by Jesse Burch)

     

    2. Mismatches (ie. Ari Rubin as Dawes).

     

    3. Sound clones (ie. Yuri Lowenthal voicing all the Legion, ie. Legion soldiers, Otho, Aurelius, Lucius,)

     

    I've posted this same question on the TTW forums, , "No Mutants allowed" and Reddit but I'd like to post it here.

     

    Here's examples of what I'm doing so far. Links below:

     

    Dawes

    Officer Lenk

    Others <----please note that a lot of the bass has been fixed since this video was posted. Oscar Velasco's audio was fixed as well.

  6. Looking for the following voice actors/actresses:

     

    1. A woman who can sing the song "Why don't you do right"? (Jessica Rabbit version)

    2. An Antonio Banderas impersonation or a Mexican cartel voice

    3. A female prostitute

    4. A serial killer akin to Hannibal Lecter (male)

    5. A drug dealer/card dealer (male)

    6. An arrogant knight commander

    7. An Elvis impersonator

     

    Please send me a PM if you would be interested in auditioning for the role.

  7. Actually I think I figured it out. Not exactly figured it out. But here's what I did.


    Did some investigation.


    I took that Dialogue topic and removed the Conditions. Then I put those topics in some of his generic topics to see what he does.


    Turns out what he does is walks to the unlocked room with the dead hooker. Then he gets mad and shoots you.




    Not sure if this dialogue is disabled but if it is, it makes sense why the developers disabled it. It doesn't logically make sense why he'd open the door

  8. Hi! I have a question. I'm currently trying to figure out how to get Clanden's quests to work properly in Fallout: New Vegas.

     

    It seems his quest is broken.

     

    http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Clanden

     

    When looking at his dialogue, there seems to be an option where you deceive Clanden and tell him that you are sending him a girl. There's no mention of it anywhere on any gamefaqs, forum or video or even on the wiki. Is this mode disabled? It's not even in the Uncut versions as well. At least not to my knowledge.

     

    {Angry} what the f*** are you trying to pull here? Where is my girl?

    Now I'm gonna have to kill your sorry ass.

    {Clanden was just tricked into thinking he was going to find a prostitute, instead it is just the player.}

     

    Ok little lady, let's get started. You look like a tough piece of meat, I'm going to enjoy tenderizing you.

    {Clanden was just tricked into thinking he was going to find a prostitute, instead it is just the player.}

     

    {Speech Options} Oh, I was just told to deliver a girl to the spare room you keep up here.

     

    ]{Excited} Oh, already? I figured it would be a couple days. Well, let's go meet the lucky lady.

     

    Well... I... I have some exotic tastes too!

     

    [FAILED]{Laughs} I don't care much about your tastes. Get lost and leave me alone.

     

    This isn't working properly. To my knowledge, there is only *one* way to deal with Clanden and that's only available if you unlock his safe and confront him about the tapes in his safe in which you are only given three options

     

    1. You sell him back his tapes

    2. You don't give him the tapes and he attacks you.

    3. You tell him to leave and he leaves.

     

    How do you do the option in which you bring him to a room and trick him?

  9. I don't know if this has ever been asked before, i could not find it in the forums. But i am looking for cuts, scars and bruises for type 6 and or type 3 body's. There are a few mods and resources for your character's face but none for the body. The wasteland is unforgiving and i find it weird that the body didn't suffer at all haha. If possible i would also like to learn how to create my own but i have no idea where to begin?

     

    So there you have it, my request :D

     

    Shameless self-promotion. There's a mod out there that redesigns *every* injured or dead person in the Wasteland. Could be what you're looking for. Also rumor has it that the next version of this mod is including character revoices.

  10. You could also try the option of picking all the existing dialogue to pieces in Audacity and rebuilding sentences from there. I've done that for a FO1 / 2 style Mr Handy companion that I'm working on. It would be a hell of a lot of work but atleast you have a big pool of existing lines which might be enough to give you something workable.

     

    I'm thinking of this song for some reason.

     

  11. So here's an example.

     

    FIRST VIDEO

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEzuzCNCSwA

     

    :41 I was hoping you’d reconsider

    :51 I need to relieve him of something he has no right to possess and I can’t do it alone.

    1:04 This isn’t how I was planning to ask you this. I was picturing an introduction with less blood.

    1:15 That’s the idea or did you have something else in mind?

    1:22 I think I’d like that.

    1:29 A jewel.

    1:35 And it is. Just not in the way that believes. What’s more. He shouldn’t have it in the first place. He who wishes to walk on water must first learn to swim.

    1:46 I’ll explain everything on the way.

    1:50 If nothing else, you get fine wine and fancy company…..but I hope you want more than that.

    2:08 No. Oh the sound.

    2:09 Right. Yes. I can try that.

    2:15 Let’s head to that spot we found.

    2:17 Ok, I’ll do the sound. You get ready.

    2:22 Don’t look at me while I do this.

    2:31 you wanna do it. Didn’t think so.

    2:52 You have it! Tell me you have it!

    2:54 Good. Then we can find the jewel and get this over with.

    3:10 Let’s find that door and get inside.

    3:14 I have a question.

    3:21 You said you didn’t care. Was that true?

    3:33 So. At least wer’e not dead. I don’t suppose an apology would make things better.

    3:45 Sort of a one-track mind I see.

    3:55 (laughing) Don’t you think the traditional method might work better?

    4:01 you’re angry, aren’t you?

    4:07 Look on the bright side. That’s got to be worth something, right? Unless he has something worse planned.

    4:19 Not a fan of tunneling our way out, I take it?

    4:24 Oh the things you say.

    4:34 And there’s the way out. See. I told you I had a plan. It was a good plan. The kind that had an escape and everything.

    4:50 So you could go. There are however..other options.

    4:59 But we’ve been through so much together.

    5:09 (laughing)

    5:12 So it’s true what they say about you. You’ve been so reasonable since we were captured.

    5:18 I’m hoping that hasn’t changed.

    5:24 My people as well as yours.

    5:27 It’s my duty to stop him. Even so. I can’t do it alone. Not anymore.

    5:40 That’s up to you. I couldn’t force you to help even if I wanted to.

    5:44 I get the feeling you’re an exceptional person (remove Hawke). Here’s your chance to prove it.

    5:49 I am grateful. I want you to know that.

    5:56 A friend? Is that what I am?

    6:05 Such a charmer.

    6:18. Um yes. (coughs) yes. I see.

    6:27 Oh. Before I forget.

    6:34 And be back before anybody is wiser

    6;38 I suppose nothing goes like we planned. Does it?

    6:40 Take care of yourself. Maybe we’ll meet again. Sometime.

    6:51 All right. Something specific in mind?

    6:59. Oh?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2PV1n3qNZc

    :38 I am sorry. This didn’t work out like I planned.

     

     

     

     

     

    Stilll...it lacks depth...nothing could replace the original

  12. Actually. Just had a brilliant idea.

     

    There *is* a way to do this.

     

    Give me a few minutes. There's a character in Dragon Age 2 that Felicia Day voiced that was romanceable. I'm going to investigate her lines and see if anything is applicable. However...I don't know if this is technically something one would be able to do ...legally....but it would be pretty easy to do. Give me a few seconds to type up the exact script and remove things that wouldn't work for Fallout.

  13. You'd need the original voice actress. You can write the best script for this but if you don't have that original person acting it, the magic is gone.

     

    That's a LOT of voice acting. And if you want quality. You'd have to pay for it. I doubt you'd be able to find anyone who could do all the lines of Veronica (about 15 pages of dialogue) and do it for free...and do a better job than Felicia Day. Unlikely. Also in my humble opinion...by getting someone other than Felicia Day, you've essentially destroyed Veronica. At this point, I wouldn't bother with the mod. You're better off using all of that time to create another character from scratch. The only plausible way I could see this happening is if you get someone who could mimic Felicia Day's voice. You'd have to pay a bit to get someone who could mimic it to the dot and have her voice the extra lines.

     

    And writing text in with additional lines but no acted lines...is worse. Wouldn't bother with that.

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