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I also would appreciate this!

After playing for a while, controlling the stagecoach gets rather repetitive. Could someone advise a way to make the stagecoach wider (so that it can collect all items), while also greatly increasing the speed to that it essentially skips to the nest points of interest? I think this would greatly speed up the game without really affecting the balance much.

Here's a sketch for a goofy character I came up with called Mister Sprinkles. https://soundcloud.com/torikamal/tori-kamal-mister-sprinkles-2020-12-26/s-WKlL0G6VYEO I'm hoping to add a few characters like this to the game, so was looking to see if anybody has any experience in adding voice audio for new characters into the game.

Same here. It feels really odd.

I absolutely would support this. There are quite a few keys. Like the inventory key.

I'd be all in favor of this too. Especially if it is a 1-key toggle.

Has anybody looked into being able to add new dialog to the game for NPCs? I recall it being difficult in The Witcher 3, but am hoping it has been made easier in Cyberpunk 2077. My guess is that we're going to get sick of random NPC voices pretty quickly, so if we could community-source some NPC quips as you are walking by, I think it would really help the game's flavor!

Hear, hear. I would love this option too!

Hi Folks, When you play The Witcher 3 for so darned many hours, you start to hear many of the NPC lines over and over again. I'd like to add a little variety to them. I can't code, but I do enjoy acting, so I came up with a character called Rubby Stubbish. He's a simple fellow, always questioning the world, never really coming up with much in the way of answers. If there's a coder out there who knows how to add some voice files to the game, I'd love to collaborate with you. I'm just hoping for the easiest implementation possible--just adding the voice as variety to random characters in Novigrad, or whatever is easiest. Please hit me up if you are interested. I made a demo below, but I'm planning on tightening up the character's voice, and adding a good number of lines more. I'd cut all the audio up, and make it available in whatever format is necessary. Rubby Stubbish SoundCloud Voice Demo Thank you!

I have to say that I whole-heartedly endorse Audacity. I use Pro Tools for music creation and MIDI editing (which Audacity doesn't do), but the speed that Audacity can do things means that I hop out of Pro Tools to do any single-track editing. I would recommend that you remap common functions so that your left hand mostly stays on the keyboard and your right hand mostly stays on the mouse. I have it set up so I edit audio the same way I would move a character around in a video game :tongue: Audacity even lets you create keyboard shortcuts for their plugins (effects) and create chains (macros)! Go for it! It'll cost you...nothing because its' free!

This is a unique community. Your efforts are very much worth it and appreciated!

Sorry I have been so absent! Here's a little description I've put together for Philips Fullwoode and some reference images. Philipis Fullwoode A completely ridiculous and pompous bard, who speaks with a contemptuous, condescending, slightly nasal voice. A fop. He is always sporting a larger-than-life codpiece at times adorned with tassels, beads, or ribbons. http://images.google.com/imgres?q=fancy+codpiece&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbnid=TCRbmAI_5drxWM:&imgrefurl=http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html&docid=lTYBsjLzSrPtxM&imgurl=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1OL7S8izd5g/TVFb9EtzFDI/AAAAAAAAGFA/ZwZEw7WLD0o/s400/020711_codpiece_02.jpg&w=300&h=400&ei=p7P4ToPzH47ggge9xJytAg&zoom=1 His clothes, likewise, would be whatever the latest Parisian (if Paris were in Skyrim), probably full of ruffles and the like. Some long hair. Definitely some pompous beard and moustaches. http://images.google.com/imgres?q=moustache&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=643&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=KoFgUdzIkpoFgM:&imgrefurl=http://www.costumecraze.com/ACC845.html&docid=wbW_fP8SfSn98M&imgurl=http://img.costumecraze.com/images/vendors/california/70484-The-Dandy-Moustache-and-Chin-Patch-large.jpg&w=600&h=805&ei=UbX4TtqLD5CSgQf9uNmiAg&zoom=1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashman For some reason, despite all this, many women fall for him, which makes it all the more ridiculous. It also infuriates the men around him as it makes no sense that women would swoon for a man such as he.

Folks, I just want to say that I am really impressed with all the input so far! I figure, the more bards the better! @firebug3 thank you for organizing the first thread into a resources list. That will help a ton! I just wanted to give a heads up that I will be flying under the radar for the next week or so. I have to finish up some audio gigs and get the assets turned in, so I'll be out for a bit, but I will be back, and much more productive after that. By the way, are there any ready-made songs that are already in the game (or previous elder scrolls games) that anybody knows of that might have been in the books you can collect? Cheers!

Thanks for all the great feedback and ideas, folks. Keep em comin! BTW, @ Tyrannus007, thank you very much!

@DigitalZombie That sounds like a good idea. I may have to give it a shot. In the meantime, here is the first concept demo I've done for the character. Hopefully it drips with ego, self-agrandizement, while being rather ridiculous. Phillipis Fullwoode is the name I came up with for the character. Demo

I've been thinking and perhaps the best way to ensure the mod actually gets done is to make it modularly. For example, focus on the very first part of the quest first. Get it done and available for download. Get some feedback and then work on the next part. I've been in too many projects that get too big too fast, and never end up getting done. The great thing about the Mod Manager is that it will let people know when an update is out, so it should work fairly well. What do you think?

Yeah, you're definitely right. I think I'll try to come up with some concept voice audio and post it in the next few days.

@FireBug3, I think it sounds like a plan. Are you a scripter/coder? The background story/text I can handle, but modeler/animator would still need to be found. We could brainstorm some cool quest ideas with everyone around here and then pick the best and form a questline. I'm thinking a great way to handle "Bardo" (temp name), would be when the PC walks into the room, Bardo is singing a song, and halfway through the second verse, he breaks a string, summons the character over, and makes the PC quest for a string so that the full song can be heard once the lute is restrung. It can really be as ridiculous as we want as long as it stays fun. Anyhow, I'm thinking 3 new songs max to keep the quality high. Next, a tuning peg could break. And finally, when the PC shows up with the tuning peg, Bardo's lute had been stolen whilst he was "entertaining" a young maiden. How about some more ideas?

@NotCras, yeah, that would be very cool as well.

If there is a Modeler and Scripter out there who would be willing to put in the time to create a bard character, I would be more than willing to record some bard music and voice a character. Since there already is a serious character, I'm thinking that a more humorous bard character would really work well as a complement. Someone who wears ridiculous clothes, a wonky codpiece and has an earth-shattering ego, with a snotty/foppish British accent. I'm a lead and character voice actor as well as composer and sound designer, and here is a Fantasy Video Game Character Voice Demo of some voices and music I've composed/recorded: http://voice123.com/mp3/demos/torikamal%20-%20Fantasy%20Video%20Game%20Characters%20.mp3 Who's in?