Concerning the "firaxian" speech in the game.

[GIJoe]

NOTE: mods if this should be in the modding section please do move it.

I notice there are simple .wav files for the speech in the game. They are named for when they are used, for example when a governor congratulates you the file is named;

`GovCongrats1-000`.Wav
`GovCongrats1-001`.Wav
`GovCongrats1-002`.Wav
`GovCongrats1-003`.Wav

One for each language/nationality and of course there are variations/ different levels, I suppose to convey a feeling with the message;

`GovCongrats2-000`.Wav
`GovCongrats2-001`.Wav
`GovCongrats2-002`.Wav
`GovCongrats2-003`.Wav

My point is, since they are simple .wav files I see no reason why we could not record whatever language/sound we wanted and simply rename it to the exact same thing the current files are named. For example I could record a .wav file that says, "Congratulations on a successful voyage" and just name it;

`GovCongrats1-000`.Wav

I could rename the original file.bak so I could still convert back if I wanted to. As far as the game is concerned it only looks for the name of the correct file, yes?

Is this feasible? Someone who is wayyyy smarter than me, (meaning basically everyone),please comment on this. Slap me down if need be. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/slap.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":slap" border="0" alt="slap.gif" />

 

[Fred Bob]

Aye, some enterprisin' an' creative person could make a Real Language mod for English or German or whatever, but it would prolly be quite a lot o' werk tew do it well! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[Officerpuppy]

Too bad POTC *unmodded* or maybe even Sea Dogs *anyone can confirm this?* Does really have alot of dialog, or at least actual speaking and not "friaxian" otherwise they would of been great sources.

Though, I remember in the POTC builds there were voice files for loading the cannons such as chain, etc, also one or two sounds for sailing. If you asked permission to whomever was in charge of using those sound effects, maybe you can start a mod from there. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bounce.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":b:" border="0" alt="bounce.gif" />

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Joe, yes, I'm sure it can be done, just as you suggest... It would actually be nice to have the people sound like they are French or Spanish or Dutch or English... But as Fred Bob suggests, it would be a lot of work...

In PotC there are different "governor" voices, but they don't really fit what you would need in SMP, so you'd have to record your own or find them somewhere... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/keith.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="keith.gif" />

 

[GIJoe]

Well, I would only do the English anyway, as thats all I would care to hear. The rest would still be gibberish to my untrained ear. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> I think I will embark on this, change all the English .wav's to whatever I want them to say. I have the time. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" />

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

You might check the SMP Modding forum, perhaps someone is already working on that... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" /> I haven't been in there, myself... Too much to do, too little time, and I *KNOW* that forum will take up a LOT of my time if I get "sucked in"! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />

 

[GIJoe]

I have avoided going in there, cause it would be like a sheep in a lions den. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whippa.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="whippa.gif" />

 

[Officerpuppy]

I wonder if the international versions of this game have French or Spanish "friaxish" <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" />

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Oh nooo, ya won't be whipped, but they may relieve you of your rum, if you've got any! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guns.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":2guns" border="0" alt="guns.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/buds.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="buds.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

 

[Leone]

They used wav files lol! Lordy...CD quality Firaxian! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_eek.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="icon_eek.gif" /> <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/diomed.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":dio" border="0" alt="diomed.gif" />

 

[TheTurnipKing]

Best thing to do would be to sift through the speech and create a list of the lines of dialogue you need in each language, then solcit donations of Dutch, Spanish and French lines from the forum, specifically the Pirates Around The World forum.

Also, while I'm not sure about this, lines of dialogue placed in the custom folder should override the ones in the assets folder, so no renaming should be nessesary. You'll want to test that to be sure, but it's how Firaxis changed some of the game music for their DVD special edition mod, so it should work. Assuming it does, you could even bundle each real language replacement up into it's own little FPK.