[LE] ambitions to create custom voiced follower

[Gwethulu]

Hi I'm new to modding and I've never posted here before but I had a question regarding making the first in a series of custom-voiced followers. By that I mean, I'd voice their lines myself, etc.

I have several questions about it:

 

1. How harsh is the community about voice acting and the quality of sound files on a follower? I think I'm pretty good but what kind of perfection are they looking for?

2. Does anyone have advice on sound settings if I'm using Audacity to record and treat the files? (besides to use between 44.1 and 48khtz on mono) Do I need to add any effects to make it feel more authentic or is normalizing a sound file enough if I'm a woman voicing a woman follower for example?

3. How extensively do the lines need to be? Besides writing the fun lines like the idle lines and marriagable lines, does anyone have a list of the other lines a follower needs, like when you click while sneaking etc?

Thanks in advance for any advice or answers you can throw my way. I've never made a mod before but I'm pretty confident that I can do this, I've been researching a lot and watching a lot of tutorials and practicing with creation kit so I'm pretty sure I can pull it off but any and all advice would be so appreciated!

[maxarturo]

1) Modding is a hobby and it should always and only first satisfy you, everybody else comes last !, if you intend on making a mod to satisfy the community / others, then you are heading with 200k/s towards a solid wall !.

2) CK / the game engine is very sensitive when it comes in handling 'wav' files, it will very easily cause CTDs if the 'wav' is compressed or if it doesn't have the right parameters.

As for effects, this is all about the modder's imagination and what she / he wants to achieve.

3) This again is all about the modder's imagination and what she / he wants to achieve.

Another factor is the player himself, for example: i personally don't have too much free time to play games, so having a mod that has endless lines of conversations is something that i avoid installing, i zoom out very easily after a hard day of work...

But as i said before only your opinion matters and everyone else comes last.

* Followers and players homes are the only things that are created by the thousands, and the web is full of tutorials for those things, since they are the easiest and most common things.

* I remember in the past coming across a tutorial for 'Custom Made Followers' made by a female modder that was very detailed and very well explained for newbies modders, but i don't remember her name not do i have the link, but it made a big impression on me, on how patient and detailed she was.

(she was a beautiful blond woman with very sexy voice, that's the only thing i remember about her).

Have a happy modding.