"no voice" option for PC

dvalin_marvel

I am so excited about BG:EE that I can literally not fall asleep. So let me mention one thing that has been on my mind:

I would like to request an option to have the PC have NO voice at all. I appreciate the many awesome voice packs included in BG, but there is a proud tradition of silent and nameless CRPG heroes, and in my imagination my PC always sounds just a bit different from any available voice pack. I would be delighted if a silent PC were an option in BG:EE.

Thank you, and I apologize if this has been discussed or if the option already exists (I am no BG expert... yet).

I just cannot express my appreciation for the work Beamdog is doing here. You guys are pioneers and heroes to me. Good luck, I hope you all make tons of money off this project.

artificial_sunlight

I think its easy to make a soundset with no sounds, maby ask for it in the modding forums

dvalin_marvel

Thanks, I guess what will be one option.

Shin

There are several ways of accomplishing this. You can start a PC with any soundset and then for example either edit the save file to remove the references to the soundfiles, or rename/delete the soundfiles themselves to mute the character. But obviously a premade quiet soundset would require the least end-user effort.

O_Bruce

Sure, why not. If none of avalible voice sets doesn't fit your character, there should be *possibility* to not picking voice at all. And it should be accomplished in character creation, not messing up with save files.

Shin

Aye, just saying that if he really wants it, it can be readily accomplished with the tools currently available.

cyberhawk

@dvalin_marcel it's a well documented process to record your own soundfiles. Record your sounds in mono, at 16-Bit 22Khz. Here are the soundfiles you should create:


XXXXXXXa.wav : Battlecry
XXXXXXXb.wav : Becoming leader
XXXXXXXc.wav : Tired
XXXXXXX.wav : Bored
XXXXXXXe.wav : Badly wounded
XXXXXXXf.wav : Select 1
XXXXXXXg.wav : Select 2
XXXXXXXh.wav : Select 3
XXXXXXXi.wav : Action confirmed 1
XXXXXXXj.wav : Action confirmed 2
XXXXXXXk.wav : Action confirmed 3
XXXXXXXl.wav : Hit
XXXXXXXm.wav : Near death
XXXXXXXn.wav : In a forest
XXXXXXXo.wav : In a city
XXXXXXXp.wav : In a dungeon
XXXXXXXq.wav : Day
XXXXXXXr.wav : Night
XXXXXXXs.wav : Seldom select 1
XXXXXXXt.wav : Seldom select 2
XXXXXXXu.wav : Seldom select 3
XXXXXXXv.wav : Seldom select 4
XXXXXXXw.wav : Party member dies

X stands for a random name that will be shown as the name of this soundset ingame. Put the files into the "Sound" folder where Baldurs Gate is installed. Now you can select this new soundset at creation time.

If you want a silent character, just record silence (with microphone not attached) and copy it for every file.

P.S.: this is of course the process for the original Baldurs Gate 1. BG2 will differ slightly and BG:EE will use .ogg format instead of .wav and possibly have different quality settings.

Kirkor

AND NAME HIM GORDON FREEMAN!

Sorry, but that required capslock.

Dee

All this being said, you might be interested in some of the new voice sets, once you hear them. Some of them are quite nice.

Awong124

I had no problems with the male voice sets in BG1. I thought both male 1 and 2 were quite suitable for me. But I thought the male voice sets in BG2 sucked. I thought none of them suited me, male 2 was like the best of the bad. I ended up copying the voice sets from BG1 over to the BG2 folder, but since BG2 added a lot of different sounds for more situations, I'd miss out on a lot of voicing.

elminster

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

Awong124

elminster said:

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

But then that wouldn't really work because you still have dialogue options, which assumes you still speak.

elminster

Awong124 said:

elminster said:

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

But then that wouldn't really work because you still have dialogue options, which assumes you still speak.

Good point.

Dee

Awong124 said:

elminster said:

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

But then that wouldn't really work because you still have dialogue options, which assumes you still speak.

...

...Drow sign language, maybe?

I dunno; I'm just tossing around ideas, here.

Awong124

Aosaw said:

Awong124 said:

elminster said:

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

But then that wouldn't really work because you still have dialogue options, which assumes you still speak.

...

...Drow sign language, maybe?

I dunno; I'm just tossing around ideas, here.

Or I suppose you could do this:

ajwz

But charname would need a voice for casting bhaalpowers and spells.

mlnevese

Awong124 said:

elminster said:

You could then play like a silent monk type character. Which would be wicked.

But then that wouldn't really work because you still have dialogue options, which assumes you still speak.

Telepathy? You're a godchild monk. If you don't have mental powers, nobody has them

reedmilfam

Kirkor said:

AND NAME HIM GORDON FREEMAN!Sorry, but that required capslock.

Actually, it should be his brother, John Freeman for Full Life Consequences.

"I shot the Cop using the cop's GUN, by grabing it from his pokets and then doing a backlift , landing back on my motorcycle and shotting the COP, all that in a split second..."

MatteoTurini

Well, I like to hear my characters say something while I poke at them, but I understand the reasoning behind this request, so I think it would be nice to add this feature.

I don't know if it would require a lot more work, but since a half second of silent recording could do the trick and other voicesets are already in use, I think it wouldn't be difficult to implement.