They do not have to judge the quality of foreign VO (it would be impossible for them). They should just hire and pay a good studio, as many developers and publishers do, with good voice actors and actresses. That's it. This sounds just like a guise, really.
I’m sure they would do this if there was profit to be made. It would be nice if Beamdog could use crowdfunding for things like this. Maybe if they ever develop an original IP.
They do not have to judge the quality of foreign VO (it would be impossible for them). They should just hire and pay a good studio, as many developers and publishers do, with good voice actors and actresses. That's it. This sounds just like a guise, really.
I’m sure they would do this if there was profit to be made. It would be nice if Beamdog could use crowdfunding for things like this. Maybe if they ever develop an original IP.
I actually agree with @bleusteel here. It's a perfect way to test crowdfunding approach by Beamdog. @TrentOster mentioned couple of times during weekly Twitch sessions, he's not a fan of crowdfunding campaigns, but this could be a safe way to see how it goes. Firstly it would not impact any release (games were already released, after all). Secondly, Beamdog would have a chance to realize how important voice acting is for a non-English players. There is a reason why EE's and SoD is not as popular in Poland as they could be. Details like no VO for new content matters. The translations were already done by volunteers, so the overall cost would be only for recording VO's. Beamdog could start small and begin crowdfunding campaign for recording new VO's only for BGEE and BG2EE. In case of success they could go with SoD too (but in this case translations would also be required).
Wasn’t Hasbro completely against crowdfunding any of their IPs? Or has that changed?
Yes, I believe that is still the case unfortunately. Maybe the fans could do crowdfunding without official Beamdog involvement and produce it as a mod. Once it’s complete Beamdog could then incorporate it into the game.
About VO, please, try it to make it optional. I was playing this game (original and EE) with original voices and spanish text almost 15 years, because spanish VO doesnt fit to me. Forced to play with spanish VO will be a great nuisance for me. Thanks!
About VO, please, try it to make it optional. I was playing this game (original and EE) with original voices and spanish text almost 15 years, because spanish VO doesnt fit to me. Forced to play with spanish VO will be a great nuisance for me. Thanks!
Every Point-Click adventure has two options for audio and text. It shouldn't be difficult to put them in a second time but now the release of VO is more important.
About VO, please, try it to make it optional. I was playing this game (original and EE) with original voices and spanish text almost 15 years, because spanish VO doesnt fit to me. Forced to play with spanish VO will be a great nuisance for me. Thanks!
Every Point-Click adventure has two options for audio and text. It shouldn't be difficult to put them in a second time but now the release of VO is more important.
Why no both? I mean, hard part is the VO restoration. After that, an option to choose the route of audio files is not hard. For example, in Icewind Dale EE, spanish VO is forced, but you can swap dialog.tlk from folders and do the trick. I'm almost sure this gonna work too in BG, but looks better and easier for people make it as option ingame.
People who play Baldurs for their first time as EE version, never listened spanish VO, and 6 years after release, maybe be a bit shocking for the change.
Dont get me wrong, spanish VO is really nice. It's about got used to after many years.
So, I decided to roll up a new priest of tempus in the patch. The kit is called "placeholder", the kit description says "placeholder" and the name of it's special ability in-game is "placeholder". I saved Branwen from being a bird-feeder, she is no longer a cleric, she is now a "placeholder". Lol, do you even test these patches before you roll them out?
So, I decided to roll up a new priest of tempus in the patch. The kit is called "placeholder", the kit description says "placeholder" and the name of it's special ability in-game is "placeholder". I saved Branwen from being a bird-feeder, she is no longer a cleric, she is now a "placeholder". Lol, do you even test these patches before you roll them out?
The patch is called beta for a reason dude. When you play a beta patch you are volunteering to test it. If you are affronted by that then wait for the final release.
So, I decided to roll up a new priest of tempus in the patch. The kit is called "placeholder", the kit description says "placeholder" and the name of it's special ability in-game is "placeholder". I saved Branwen from being a bird-feeder, she is no longer a cleric, she is now a "placeholder". Lol, do you even test these patches before you roll them out?
On which platform do you play (Beamdog or Steam) and in which language?
And yes fortyseven, I know it's a beta patch. But that doesn't excuse something this obvious from being rolled out. If say there was a memory leak related to equipping a certain companion with a certain weapon in a certain area then I would understand it, that would be hard to catch. They should have been able to catch this by simply attempting to create a priest of tempus, which is incredibly easy and incredibly obvious.
And yes fortyseven, I know it's a beta patch. But that doesn't excuse something this obvious from being rolled out. If say there was a memory leak related to equipping a certain companion with a certain weapon in a certain area then I would understand it, that would be hard to catch. They should have been able to catch this by simply attempting to create a priest of tempus, which is incredibly easy and incredibly obvious.
I play on Steam too, at least both in English and Chinese goes well, no placeholder there. Maybe you can try to verify your game.
I did verify my game. Problem persists. Did a complete reinstall, same thing happens with a fresh copy. No mods, nothing in the override folder, completely clean. Just another buggy Beamdog product, still waiting for fixes to Siege of Dragonspear two years after release...
I did verify my game. Problem persists. Did a complete reinstall, same thing happens with a fresh copy. No mods, nothing in the override folder, completely clean. Just another buggy Beamdog product, still waiting for fixes to Siege of Dragonspear two years after release...
You have to uninstall Siege of Dragonspear on Steam. The beta doesn't really go well with SoD installed as the versions do not have parity yet. Just tested it myself, after removing SoD the 'placeholder' is not visible anymore but shows 'Priest of Tempus'.
Yes, because SoD has not been a part of the beta. This beta has been for BG:EE only.
And as for testing, - yeah, there was SO MUCH testing of it internally.
Interesting that you should say that Julius, because after I finally disabled SoD and things appeared to be working I decided to roll another character to do some testing, and I opted to create two characters using the "create party" button when you start a new game. Interestingly when I did so my main character started with a bunch of magic items including the helm of balduran, boots of speed, a girdle of hill giant strength, a ring of regeneration among other things. And a bag of holding filled with invalid items. By the looks of it, I would say it's running a new game script from Throne of Bhaal. This only happens if you create a party though, not if you just make one character.
So when you said SO MUCH "testing", you meant cocaine right?
Interesting that you should say that Julius, because after I finally disabled SoD and things appeared to be working I decided to roll another character to do some testing, and I opted to create two characters using the "create party" button when you start a new game. Interestingly when I did so my main character started with a bunch of magic items including the helm of balduran, boots of speed, a girdle of hill giant strength, a ring of regeneration among other things. And a bag of holding filled with invalid items. By the looks of it, I would say it's running a new game script from Throne of Bhaal. This only happens if you create a party though, not if you just make one character.
No, these are new lines completely. Don't know how it will work with the UB, though.
@JuliusBorisov@CamDawg - Cool that these fixes are coming to the base game. Some of these may supercede components of BG1UB. Any suggestions on a FILE_EXISTS check for differentiating BGEE 2.5 from earlier versions?
No, these are new lines completely. Don't know how it will work with the UB, though.
@JuliusBorisov@CamDawg - Cool that these fixes are coming to the base game. Some of these may supercede components of BG1UB. Any suggestions on a FILE_EXISTS check for differentiating BGEE 2.5 from earlier versions?
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Forced to play with spanish VO will be a great nuisance for me.
Thanks!
For example, in Icewind Dale EE, spanish VO is forced, but you can swap dialog.tlk from folders and do the trick.
I'm almost sure this gonna work too in BG, but looks better and easier for people make it as option ingame.
People who play Baldurs for their first time as EE version, never listened spanish VO, and 6 years after release, maybe be a bit shocking for the change.
Dont get me wrong, spanish VO is really nice. It's about got used to after many years.
Thanks for your patience.
Is it from BG1 Unfinished Business? If no, how does it interact with it?
It's working for me:
And yes fortyseven, I know it's a beta patch. But that doesn't excuse something this obvious from being rolled out. If say there was a memory leak related to equipping a certain companion with a certain weapon in a certain area then I would understand it, that would be hard to catch. They should have been able to catch this by simply attempting to create a priest of tempus, which is incredibly easy and incredibly obvious.
And as for testing, - yeah, there was SO MUCH testing of it internally.
So when you said SO MUCH "testing", you meant cocaine right?