Is Anyone working on the default races?

greghacke · #1 February 16th, 2001, 10:08 PM

I just finished a HUGE Terran and Cue speech file. A bit more indepth than I had originally planned, but they're good.

The Terran is based on WWI/WWII political double-talk from the US and Britian.

The Cue is based on the same period, but uses Communist Russian and Nationalist Japanese speech. Adds some flair to say the least. Heck, some of the Russian is untranslated...

Sinapus · #2 February 16th, 2001, 10:35 PM

How about an extremely alien speech file, where the Messages are unintelligible?

Say, a good imitation of Shadow chittering, Tamaran metaphoric speech, or maybe a bunch of static from the Arachnids (i.e., Bugs) from In Death Ground?

Hmm.... bugs. Wonder if there can be a 'devour population' advanced characteristic for when you invade a planet?
(Penalty: pretty much anyone will try to destroy you.)

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"What do -you- want?" "I'd like to live -just- long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I would look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this..." *waggle* "...can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

Daynarr · #3 February 16th, 2001, 10:38 PM

Nyx - well, I would need Xi'Chung (the bugz buzzing talk) and Norak (very dark-religious talk). I haven't decided on the others yet but will tell you as soon as I do.

greghacke - that is great news.

If you want I will include you files in the mod for these races. You need only tell me and send me your files to daynarr@usa.net. If you do that I will start working on both Terrans and Cue Cappa with the Norak and 2 other (still undecided) races simultaneously right after the patch is out.

pathfinder · #4 February 17th, 2001, 03:46 AM

greghacke: BTW do ya have those speech files available?

ack, If I wasn't so lazy, I would modify the Xenophobe file for the Brachyura

They aren't Xenophobic, just bloodthirsty and mean n nasty

Instar · #5 February 17th, 2001, 05:34 AM

Try writing the sounds out that the Zerglings make. Its a mixture of growls and stuff.
A Firebat race would be awesome
"I love the smell of napalm"

Markavian · #6 February 17th, 2001, 12:31 PM

Trying to make speech files for each of the original races in SE4 is plain insane. They take as much effort and time as the shipsets do IMO.

I'm really proud to have a personallised speech file for the UCE Fleets, when you're playing against them its kinda 'wow' - they are 'different', and it makes it much more fun.

My UCE speech files are also VERY personalied, in the sense that rather than using the %Empirename Expressions, I jsut wrote in 'The United Colours Empire' of just 'The UCE'. So if anyone trys to use them for any other fleet you'll get VERY strange Messages. . .

Sinapus · #7 February 18th, 2001, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by Markavians:
Trying to make speech files for each of the original races in SE4 is plain insane. They take as much effort and time as the shipsets do IMO.

So leave it to fans of the game to do so on their free time and let Aaron focus on improving the game further.

I just wish I had some talent so I could implement some of the ideas I've posted.
I'm okay for minor modifications and tweaks here and there, but I don't think I'm able to make up entire races and such

Okay, the Bugs from Starfire would be easy as a speech file. Just a bunch of garbled text as the message since they appear to not have any form of speech that other races can comprehend.

The Martians from Mars Attacks! OTOH...