Difference between revisions of "Voice-Over"

Revision as of 13:00, 16 January 2010

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General information

Custom voiceover is stored as .wav files, PCM 24 kHz 16 bit mono. Either record in this format or convert to it afterwards. If you do not so, the lines cannot be integrated into the module by the toolset and an error message wil be displayed in the log.

The wav file's filename must be of the form "[LineID]_m.wav" with [LineID] replaced by the ID number for the conversation line's string table entry. For example, if a conversation's line ID number is 344169, you'd save the voice over for this line as "344169_m.wav".

If you don't want to record those lines yourself, but dedicated voiceactors, it is nice to produce a script from that dialog, that not only contains the lines themselves but also the LineID so you won't have trouble renaming all files that will be returned to you: Preparing a dialog for recording

Integration into a conversation

Real VO needs to be stored in ~installpath~\Dragon Age\addins\[moduleuid]\module\override\toolsetexport\[LineID]_m.wav - you can dump .wav files anywhere under the toolsetexport directory and they will be picked up; but for organizational purposes you should probably organize it into subfolders grouped by conversation.

Dummy Voiceover

If you do not yet have real voiceover available, you can test your conversation with placeholders.

Select "Tools->Generate VO->Generate VO Local"; the toolset will first check the corresponding \toolsetexport directory for properly named files. Any .wav files that are not present will have Robo VO created, and any that do exist will be used as-is.

A quick way to verify that voice over generation worked after processing: go to My Documents\Dragon Age\packages\core\override\[conversationname].fsb and play it with windows media player. You will hear all of the VO lines for that conversation packaged together with whatever combination of real and robo VO all slapped together in one file.