Anyone else having trouble with NPC-Voices?

Kanjiimufu

Greetings Friends,
I have the following Problem since SoD launched: many lines, be it in dialog, when selecting someone, etc. don't match the text the Character is supposed to say.

For example: when selecting Jaheira, her line reads: 'Nature's Servant awaits.' however, what I hear is her line about being fatiqued (about sleeping nature and us running around.).

Another example is meeting Neera for the first time in the base BG:EE-campaign, when the red Wizards are talking when Neera is supposed to say something and vice versa (curiously enough, not even in the right order, e.g. Neeras 'Hey you. Yes, you.' is accompanied by the sound of vanishing Red Wizard)

And lastly, the strangest one: starting the Game and having the storybook-scene about growing up in Candlekeep lacks the familiar and soothing voice of the Narrator and simply has some ambient sounds.

So, please, has anyone encountered a similar bug and know, how to fix it? I'm somewhat turned off by my favourite wild mage sounding like some grumpy Thayan.

elminster

Are you running any mods?

Kanjiimufu

No, since I originally didn't istall BG:EE via the Beamdog Client I deinstalled it completely before installing SoD. Also, I haven't edited my savefile.

booinyoureyes

I had the same problem with Safana when I first recruited her, but then reloaded to an earlier save, recruited her again, and the problem didn't exist.

Kanjiimufu

Sadly, that didn't help... and I noticed something: I have the problem with each and every companion... so far, it seems like the soundsets are somehow shifted by one line... for example, let's say I select Khalid three times in a row, the Diaolog window will show me the text for, in that order, response 1, response 2, response 3... however, what I am hearing is, in that order: character is tired, response 1, response 2.

luskan

I have the same issue. Playing BGEE in SoD (Beamdog launcher). It's only for the NPCs. Noticed it right away when in Candlekeep Imoen didn't say "Heya, it's me Imoen", but one of her other lines.

edit: made a new character, she said "Poor Sod, taking a dirt nap so soon". Xzar also said his line for when a companion dies. I dismiss Imoen, she says "Boring". Montaron is Minsc saying "Dynaheir, noooo", and Xzar goes on about wanting Infravision like the elves...

Kanjiimufu

It's getting stranger by the minute: I did some more research and found out, the Problem occurs with the following Partymembers: Jaheira (Vanilla and SoD), Khalid (Vanilla only), Neera (Vanilla), Xzar, Montaron, Imoen, Kagain... it does not occur with Minsc in any incarnation or with Khalid, Safana, Viconia, Dynaheir, Dorn and Neera in the SoD-Campaign.
(Every member not on the list wasn't tested. The new Partymembers Glint, Voghlin, M'khin and Corwin are working fine as well.)

I am currently re-installing the game completely, maybe this will help.

Edit/ Update: Re-Installing the game did fix every of my issues as far as I can tell, and by that I mean the opening narration is narrated, spoken responses and subtitles go along and Neeras sudden lack of cute quirkyness is absolutely and utterly fixed.

As to the why: It could have been a matter of localisation, since the re-install did give me (before I switched it) the german version, however, my first install did not, and because of my utter disdain for most german voiceacting nowadays, I haven't noticed that this was unusual.

But this is just a guess. Hope, this solution does work for everyone else having this problem.