Adding a custom voice for NPCs

[OneBoredBoredKid]

long time no see, Nexus :rolleyes:

 

I was wondering if some kind soul can point me in the direction of a FAQ or preferably an ancient mod to help in the construction of custom dialogue sound files- or specifically, how to add soundfiles into the GECK wrapped up as a custom voice for use on any NPC.

 

What would be ideal would be if someone had made something like this already, a ready made DIY sound file kit where i could just add the .mp3 or .wav files as necessary. And if such a thing doesn't exist, then why not!

 

Thanks in advance :biggrin:

[Mishaxhi]

1. Export the voice files as both .wav and .ogg, mono, 128kbs.

2. Get the file FonixData.cfl from Skyrim from the folder Data -> Sound -> Voice -> Processing. Put it in the same folder in your NV directory.

3. In the GECK, create and set the actors voice type.

4. Create a folder for this voice type in Data -> Sound -> Voice -> .ModName

5. Go back to the GECK, open up a dialog response. In a white text field should be the source name. Rename both of the voice files (wav and ogg) that correspond to this response to what is in this field.

7. At the bottom create the lip file from a .wav, then delete the .wav. The game plays the .ogg in game, but uses the .wav to make lip sync files.

[Xaranth]

...What if one doesn't have Skyrim? O.o

[quacko]

well i have used this site as a reference when creating dialogue sound files and lipsyncing them.

I havent delved all that deep into this part of the modding world yet, but i have tested it and it worked perfectly,

and it has all the needed resources needed for creating the lip files as links at the top of the page, and if you need more detailed descriptions than this, then

youtube has a number of videos on the subject :)

 

 

 

http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/topic/809-workshop-03-creating-lip-files/

[OneBoredBoredKid]

2nd person hits nail on head.

 

I don't have Skyrim, but the step by step doesn't really look like what i was wanting- i'll clarify; i have the .wav files, and i have NPCs ready to receive them, I want to know how to compile the sounds to create a "femalevoiceXX" option to select in the GECK, so that the NPC can use custom lines, just for basic stuff like an initial greeting in dialogue, battle cries, "omg i'm wounded" and so on.

 

I'm not concerned with lip syncing or doing anything really advanced in actual dialogue (i'm not even going to attempt that because i realize my limits :) ) so all i'm looking for is a way to give an NPC/companion some random sounds.

 

And preferably without overwriting any existing soundfiles, because i could probably do that already if i got into the main data files, and I don't want to do that.

[quacko]

Argh, i just looked it throuh a litle closer and remembered that i used another tutorial aswell besides this one, i just can't for the life of me, remember the link for it right w, and for some reason i haven't saved the link, but im sure that it was some sort of video tutorial on youtube, that covered what you'r talking about, but again i can't remember who uploaded it or what it was called.

But im sure that if you look around for something like 'new vegas npc voicepack tutorial' or something like that and sooner or later something useful should show up.

[skwirl42]

I don't have Skyrim, but the step by step doesn't really look like what i was wanting- i'll clarify; i have the .wav files, and i have NPCs ready to receive them, I want to know how to compile the sounds to create a "femalevoiceXX" option to select in the GECK, so that the NPC can use custom lines, just for basic stuff like an initial greeting in dialogue, battle cries, "omg i'm wounded" and so on.

 

What you're looking for are voice types. The documentation on the GECK data is at http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php/VoiceType. Also, I found the tutorials listed at http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php/Category:Dialogue to be quite helpful.

[OneBoredBoredKid]

I couldn't find anything useful on the GECK links skwirl42; but i did a lot of looking around and attempted one of the youtube tutorials but I think it's way beyond my abilities... either I don't understand enough about the GECK (which is very likely) or it's the capability to make voicepacks just isn't there else there would be comprehensible documentation on it, although I have seen mods with custom sounds... ugh.

 

I think i'm going to have to post a mod request after all.

 

Thanks for the help guys :)