UPDATE: 6-26-2008
VPMAXv1.4 is FINALLY released.. It features 21 new voices (not counting the generic versions of some characters) which include the DC packs available from Sledgehammer before we both were swamped by life. And it's fully functional for FFX 3.2!
Updated: Black Panther, Male Royalty (Generic Black Panther), Blade, Captain America, Colossus MUA, Male Russian Armored (Generic Colossus MUA), Daredevil, Male Stealthy (Generic Daredevil), Deadpool MUA, Male Crazy (Generic Deadpool MUA), Doctor Strange, Male Sorcerer* (Generic Doctor Strange), Elektra, Female Assassin (Generic Elektra), Ghost Rider, Male Spooky (Generic Ghost Rider), Human Torch, Male Firey Hero* (Generic Human Torch), Iceman MUA, Male Teenager (Generic Iceman MUA), Invisible Woman, Female Hero (Generic Invisible Woman), Luke Cage, Male Bodyguard (Generic Bodyguard), Nick Fury, Spider-Man, Male Rookie Hero (Generic Spider-Man), Spider-Woman, Aquaman, Male Atlantian (Generic Aquaman), Batman, Male Intimidating* (Generic Batman), Huntress, Female Muscle (Generic Huntress), Superman, Male Caped Hero (Generic Superman), Wonder Woman, Female Amazon (Generic Wonder Woman).
You can download VPMAX here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/125224374/VPMAXv14.rar.html (http://rapidshare.com/files/125224374/VPMAXv14.rar.html)
Meanwhile, the previous versions are here
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv1.7z (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv1.7z)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv11.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv11.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part1.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part1.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part2.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part2.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part3.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part3.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX13.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX13.rar)
(Thanks to Catwhowalksbyhimself for hosting the files)
Please install them in order from v1 to v1.3 (1.2 is in three parts so winrar would be needed to merge them)
Enjoy!
- CrimsonQuill
Wow, that was fast! Thanks, CrimsonQuill!
You saved the Day Crimson :blink:
BTW havent gotten to do much testing so far... so all I've got to say are good things. I'll try hard to find a fault but in the meantime its so fun!
Great Voices Crimson and Sledge! they really give the game a nice feel, especially hearing the XML voices... can't wait for MUA ;)
hey i have these files however the problem is that when i installed ffx 3.2 i backed up everything but i seem to forget to back up the lang files, like strings and speech txt. i have the .dats backup i believe. Can anyone provide me with those files please? okay thanx
Thanks! I just discovered the voice mods just now, does anyone have links to the other releases?
Quotehey i have these files however the problem is that when i installed ffx 3.2 i backed up everything but i seem to forget to back up the lang files, like strings and speech txt. i have the .dats backup i believe. Can anyone provide me with those files please? okay thanx
Why? You still have them. They are in the installer, and 1.3 is fully 3.2 compatible. Just reinstall it, or install 1.3 if you only have 1.2.
Ok:
So far I've noticed 3 things
1) Some voices are redundant, for example voice of deadpool is the same as voice of merc with a mouth or voice of colossus is the same as voice of russian strong man
2) The voices appear in game as custom characters. Havent messed with that of course but I've seen them listed.
3) Some voices are so low they can barely be heard. Well, I do play and listen to music on super low volume too but that would be some major contrast.
Quote1) Some voices are redundant, for example voice of deadpool is the same as voice of merc with a mouth or voice of colossus is the same as voice of russian strong man
I believe it was set up that way on purpose. The generic version have the character-specific quotes removes so they can be used for other characters. It take up any more space, really, so it makes sense to me.
Quote2) The voices appear in game as custom characters. Havent messed with that of course but I've seen them listed.
Can't be helped. The way the voicepack system works, it has to be set up that way.
Quote from: lugaru on February 02, 2007, 04:02:38 PM
1) Some voices are redundant, for example voice of deadpool is the same as voice of merc with a mouth or voice of colossus is the same as voice of russian strong man
Like Cat said above.. Sledge decided it was easy to create voices so that two versions could be made depending on how you added them to your voice text file - the full character and a generic version for any hero. I chose to use both in my VPMAX system because it just expands the amount of voices that my pack adds and it doesn't take up any more space. The down side is that your "Colossus" character would sound the same as your "The Russian" character.
Quote2) The voices appear in game as custom characters. Havent messed with that of course but I've seen them listed.
Unfortunitly I must create a character in FFEdit called Voice_Of_? as well as a template of the same name. This allows FFvsT3R to recognize the voice and make it available in the Voice pull-down menu in the character creation area. These "false characters" are just something we have to live with and thus why I name them "Voice_Of_?" to avoid confusion with your own character list.
Quote3) Some voices are so low they can barely be heard. Well, I do play and listen to music on super low volume too but that would be some major contrast.
That's kind of a problem with so many voice packs made by different people using various techniques. Sledgehammer gets his samples from converting the actual sound files from the XML games and I'll be doing the same for my samples from MUA. Others made them using a microphone or recording from an external source using DVD/VCR hook-ups to their sound card. Matching the same sound levels for the built-in FFvsT3R voices can be a real nightmare and too many packs have been made for me to "normalize" all of the files at the perfect pitch.
However Sledge and I plan to keep making new voice packs since we can't skin or make meshes.. so we hope to create a rather huge library of material for everyone to choose from as long as the FF community exisits.
- CrimsonQuill
Quote from: lugaru on February 02, 2007, 04:02:38 PM2) The voices appear in game as custom characters. Havent messed with that of course but I've seen them listed.
Having not played with making changes in :ffvstr:, making a template ended up being completely necessary? Does anyone know what change in the game made that a requirement to get a voice available, rather than just an addition in the character.dat? I'm sure this has all been covered in the past, it just continues to surprise me that some of the changes made between the versions are both counter-intuitive and seemingly a step backwards. Is it just me, or does that new engine seem to be less & less elegant as time goes on? (it's probably just me :P)
Templates are necessary in both games. Can't be avoided.
Quote from: catwhowalksbyhimself on February 03, 2007, 12:01:27 AM
Templates are necessary in both games. Can't be avoided.
I think what Lugaru is talking about is that in the orignal FF, you
only had to make a template, and not a character. So your voice packs didn't show up on your character list in-game. 3rd Reich voice packs need
both a template and a character -- not a huge problem, but kind of annoying.
IIRC, in FF1, you could make a character without making a template; it wouldn't then appear in the in-game lists of characters. However that doesn't work in FFvsTTR; you need to create a template – however you can give it the template attribute 'mock' to prevent it from appearing in-game.
I need your previous paks. I reinstalled FFX 3.1 due to all the bugs in FFX 3.2 and it overwrote the files.
Dreaded, the files with the extension .old in your FFX 3.2 folders are backups of your pre-3.2 install. If you reinstall FFX 3.0/3.1 over 3.2 and replace the default files with your .old ones (language files will need to be regenarated using FFEdit), you should be OK. Do make a backup first, though.
By the way, if someone wants to send me the VPMax files (PM first), I could try to update the FFX installer to make future versions of FFX compatible with it out of the box. Thanks.
Meanwhile, the previous versions are here
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv1.7z
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv11.rar
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part1.rar
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part2.rar
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part3.rar
Quote from: Epimethee on February 03, 2007, 04:46:54 PM
Dreaded, the files with the extension .old in your FFX 3.2 folders are backups of your pre-3.2 install. If you reinstall FFX 3.0/3.1 over 3.2 and replace the default files with your .old ones (language files will need to be regenarated using FFEdit), you should be OK. Do make a backup first, though.
By the way, if someone wants to send me the VPMax files (PM first), I could try to update the FFX installer to make future versions of FFX compatible with it out of the box. Thanks.
Thanks. I'll try that.
I'm uploading the latest version now. It should be up in about five minutes or so here:
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX13.rar
Well, first of all, thanks to Crimson for creating a VPMAX patch that is entirely dedicated to my VPs. Makes you feel rather important... :)
Secondly, thanks for the kind words. Personally, I enjoy creating packs, and I will continue to do so. But it's always good that the community is appreciating your work. It always encourages me to keep doing this.
And about Lugaru's questions, I think Cat and Crimson answered them quite well. Nevertheless, I'll try to clear up some points:
1) I decided to create both specific and generic packs for each individual because the community (or at least, a good part of it) loves generic characters. If Colossus or Deadpool only are provided with a text file that includes direct references to them (for example, Deadpool refers to himself as "the merc with a mouth" in a file), many people won't be able to use the voicepack, even though the voice itself may be useful to them. So, this is some way I think benefits all of us: the Mainstream fans (including me), and the Generic fans.
3) As Crimson said, every VP creator has its style, and the volume of the voicepacks may differ from one creator to another. I am especially obsessive with this subject, as the "polishing" part of the sound files (i.e., normalizing them, adding fade in/out, eliminating useless stuff, correcting minor details) is the one that demands more time. I personally test my packs and I think their volume is quite comparable with the FF originals. I know this was meant as positive and constructive criticism, so I don't want to sound rude or anything... but I guess it's a little less than impossible to normalize all the voicepacks that are available, considering they are from 20+ different creators.
If there is a particular problem with the sound of one of my voicepacks, please, say so (And I'm not speaking only to Lugaru). I'm open to criticism, because that's the only way you can improve your work.
Really enjoying these voices, especially the XML ones.... only one request though... crack into MUA! and if possible Justice League Heroes!
Thanks again guys! I appreciate the hard work.
Quote from: detourne_me on February 04, 2007, 08:44:27 AM
only one request though... crack into MUA! and if possible Justice League Heroes!
One out of two, at least for now. MUA is a great VP source and its extraction is very similar to XML. JLH, on the other hand, not yet. I only can extract sounds from the cutscenes, but I can't open the in-game sound files yet. Once/If that's achieved, they'll be turned into VPs.
Hey Sledge, love your work man. I hope that you can crack open JLH, as they've got Hal Jordan, and he doesn't have more than one line in JLU. Ohh, and CQ, were your voice ID's listed in the master Voice ID list? If not, we might have some conflicts between my packs and yours we need to work out.
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 04, 2007, 10:26:51 AM
Ohh, and CQ, were your voice ID's listed in the master Voice ID list? If not, we might have some conflicts between my packs and yours we need to work out.
Unfortunitly, Sledge's stuff is not listed on the Master List yet... I think all of mine that are done thus far are listed but I changed many voice IDs of existing packs to avoid conflicts (and yet some voices will not work at all once I added them) with all those in previous collections and Mods. Benton, I'll work out the conflict bugs when I add your voices to my VPMAX collection for v2.0 so don't panic about that.. just keep working on your packs and I'll wedge them in.
- CrimsonQuill
Thanks, CQ, but do me a favor and let me know Sledge's IDs so I can fix my new packs ahead of time ;)
Quote from: detourne_me on February 04, 2007, 08:44:27 AM
Really enjoying these voices, especially the XML ones.... only one request though... crack into MUA!
I'm just now starting to convert and sort out my extractions from MUA, so I'll planning on having a special VPMAXv1.4 edition which will add the heroes of that game. Last night I was working on Black Panther until I got too tired to focus. My stuff will be nowhere near Sledge's work but it should allow him to focus on XML without being distracted from tons of requests now that the community knows we both are making packs from MUA.
- CrimsonQuill
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 04, 2007, 12:20:30 PM
Thanks, CQ, but do me a favor and let me know Sledge's IDs so I can fix my new packs ahead of time ;)
Actually, that's easy.. YA to YS are used thus far for his XML files.. and I'll post a whole list of my voice IDs if you want so that everyone can debug their own voice text files if some errors are popping up.
- CrimsonQuill
Thanks CQ, I'll stay away from the Y's then. Please do post a list, that way we can work together, and it will save you having to go behind me to make sure there are no conflicts ^_^
Quote from: BentonGrey on February 04, 2007, 01:21:42 PM
Please do post a list, that way we can work together, and it will save you having to go behind me to make sure there are no conflicts ^_^
Ok, Here is a complete list of ALL of my Voice IDs:
[spoiler]
- 1A - Male Necromancer
1B - Male Aussie
1C - Male Sgt
1D - Anthony
1E - Male Big Stupid
1F - Male German Muscle
1G - Male Menacing *
1G - Golem *
1H - Frankenstein's Monster
1I - Magma Man
1J - Male Ghost
1K - Male Highlander
1L - Male Greaseball
1M - Skeleton
1N - Werewolf
1O - Male Hero
1P - Green Lantern
1Q - Male Alien
1R - Shazam
1S - Flash
1T - Dr. Fate
1U - Plasticman
1V - Batman
1W - Male Intimidating
1X - Army Ant
1Y - Male Muscle
1Z - Male German Fencer
2A - Female Thief
2B - Male Russian Muscle
2C - Male Leader
2D - Male Cajun
2E - Male Prankster
2F - Male Armor
4D - Dr. Who (4th)
A1 - Shocker
A2 - Vulture
A3 - Scorpion
A4 - Green Goblin
A5 - Male Robot
A6 - Male Plastidrone
A7 - Male Sorcerer
A8 - Merc With Mouth
A9 - Snakeman
AI - Giger Alien
AJ - Predator
BM - Male Knifer
BN - Female Irish
BR - The Brain
C1 - Clockwork Man
C2 - Carnage
CA - Cate Archer
CP - Male Pirate
CR - Male Crusader
CS - Male Exorcist
DB - Male Godfather
DG - Dragon
DK - Dalek
DR - Doctor Manbot
EH - Male English Hooligan
EQ - Male Esquire
EW - Male Merc
F2 - Female Gruff
F3 - Female British
F4 - Female Jester
F5 - Female Philosopher
F6 - Female Tease
FA - Female Practical
FB - Female Sweedish
FC - Female Psychotic
FD - Female Shifty
FG - Female Gothic
FI - Female Arrogant
FK - Female Adventurer
FL - Female Easygoing
FN - Female Neutral
FP - Female Prim
FV - Female Vampire
FY - Female Mystic
G0 - Male Galactic Devourer
GA - Female Berzerker
GD - Female Russian
GL - Male Ranking Soldier
GN - Female Survivalist
GV - Male Villian Generic
H1 - Male Vampire Hunter
H2 - Male Superhero
HB - Female Warrior
HF - Male Fiery Hero
HU - Hulk
HW - Male Highwayman
I1 - Insane Child
IW - Male Cool Dude
J1 - Monster
JJ - Martain Manhunter
JK - Joker
K1 - Billy Batson
K9 - K-9
KS - Male Biker
LD - Male Living Dead
LR - Male Surfer
M2 - Male British
M3 - Male Druid
M5 - Male Southern
M6 - Male Rogue
M7 - Male Goo
M8 - Male Doc Astounding
M9 - Male Tank Commander
MA - Female Valiant
MD - Male Psycho
MH - Male Hitman
MI - Male Mage *
MI - Male Warrior *
MK - Male Assassin
MN - Male Deadpan
NY - Male New York
NZ - Male Nazi
OB - Male Scottsman
OK - Orcy Voice
PL - Palerider
PU - Canadian Brawler
QD - Male Time Master
QS - Quicksilver Classic
R1 - Robot 3
RF - Male Android *
RF - Female Robotic *
RM - Male Regular
RN - Male Redneck
RR - Male Goon
RT - Robotman
RU - Robot 2 *
RU - Male Russian *
SD - Male Sewer Dweller
SE - Male Deep Voice
SG - Male Scary
SP - Female Cheery
TF - Male Tuff
TT - The Thing
TL - Troll Creature
T1 - Male Thug
V1 - Male Sinister
VE - Male Very Evil
VH - Male Armored Judge
VL - Male Vampire Lord
VM - Venom
YA - Wolverine
YB - Pyro
YC - Scarlet Witch
YD - Cannonball
YE - Professor X
YF - Deadpool
YG - Toad
YH - Cable
YI - X-Man
YJ - Rogue
YK - Cyclops
YL - Storm
YM - Gambit
YN - Juggernaut
YO - Iceman
YP - Nightcrawler
YQ - Colossus
YR - Sabretooth
YS - Iron Man
WC - Wanda Classic
WO - Wolf
WS - Male Knight
ZB - Zombie
ZY - Samual L. Jackson
ZZ - Male Brit Punk
[/spoiler]
And it would figure that as I made the above list I found 8 errors (*) which will be fixed in v1.4. :doh:
- CrimsonQuill
I can add your Voice IDs to my list (and the link to the location), once you've done your corrections...If you'd like me to, CQ.
Dana
Quote from: cmdrkoenig67 on February 08, 2007, 10:17:25 AM
I can add your Voice IDs to my list (and the link to the location), once you've done your corrections...If you'd like me to, CQ.
Sure, If they don't make your list any more complicated or messy... because I tweaked so many IDs around for my pack in one form or another. Plus with the addition of my MUA voices and BentonGrey's stuff some of the older voices (i.e. The Thing and The Joker) will be replaced with the newer versions to save space and multiple IDs of just one character.
Heck, I think you might just force me to create my own ID thread just to avoid the hassle of merging them in. :unsure:
- CrimsonQuill
just posting to let you know how interested i'd be in another VPMax update with benton's or Cmdr Keonig's voices ;)
Hey, thanks DM! I think he's hoping that I'll finish a few more VP's before he releases the next pack.....and so am I :huh:
Arghhh!!! :banghead:
The good news is that I got a new gaming PC that kicks serious butt... the bad news is that while transferring my RAID drives from one PC to the other resulted in all of my old data to become corrupted. Yes, Everything that I had set up for VPMAXv1.4 went poof along with all of the recoded MUA sound files that I had.
Thankfully I had backed up most of my FF stuff onto DVD-Rom before this mess happened.. but I not gotten around to the files I created before my kidney stone mess. :( Oh, well.. I can start over and do a better job but it's gonna delay things a bit longer then I hoped.
And hopefully Sledge and BentonGrey are not going to pummel me with rocks for this either.. :unsure:
- CrimsonQuill
LOL....well....not rocks, pebbels maybe ;) I'm really sorry to hear about that man, it's happened to me before, so I know how terrible it feels! Anyway, don't worry about it, we'll still get everything together eventually.
Hey at least you got a kickazz new Comp :blink:
Bummer that you lost all that work. On the plus side you have a new computer, and now I have more time to work on my MUA minion VPs. :P
Do these need to be installed in order? Because I installed the latest one first and then tried to go back and install the first pack. Dead silence on the majority of the voice packs.
Yes, You need to install them in order from v1 to v1.3... but it shouldn't matter if you overwrite the data files you installed from the latest version to do so. Plus you need to make sure you install your voice packs in the FFX folder as well as the Data folder in the main FFvsT3R file - because those are where the dats in my pack look for the voices.
If you have any more problems then just wait for my release of VPMAXv2 because it self installs everything and should avoid a lot of the confusion you seem to be having manually installing them yourself.
- CrimsonQuill
Yeah, I'm sure you folks have been holding your breath for news on anything VPMAX related... especially since I was forced to put things on hold until some family stuff and work load was caught up with.
The good news is that I've returned to working on converting voices from MUA once again so that I can finally release my v1.4 update pack. I'm only 6 voices in thus far (Blade, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Black Panther, Daredevil, Deadpool, and Colossus) so it should be a few weeks more before I'm finished and then I have figured out how to assemble the villians - so they should follow suite.
Sledgehammer has gone MIA with real life issues and my e-mails have gone unanswered since his last post in my thread here so I'm probably going solo again until I hear otherwise. The bad news is that he never passed the knowledge or voice files from his X-Men Legends 1 breakthru so that I could make voice packs of Jubilee, Magma, Havok, Blob, or Beast in his absence. :(
I'll try again at the beginning of next month to see if I can reach him again.
Anyway, the big news is that I'm back working on VPMAX again for the summer.
- CrimsonQuill
Hey CQ, great news! We'll have to talk about that DC pack when you get a chance. Good luck man!
I just installed all these from Cat's link,in order. Excellent job to everybody inviolved, these VP's enhance the game play to no end!
There are a few sound folders that come up empty after the install.. Joker, Dr Manbot, Female Survivalist... and a random smattering of others. Did I miss one of the install files along the way, or is there someplace those files can be found?
Female Survivalist was a Zetor pack, and can be found on Cmdrkoenig's Yahoo Groups (don't know which one specifically). The Doc Manbot one may still be available on the old Doc Manbot site (not sure). Before I ask you for a list of which ones ended up missing & offer to send what I have to you, I'll let some others answer that are more familiar with VPMAX, in case it's an easier fix than that.
Quote from: Revenant on June 18, 2007, 10:38:08 PM
I just installed all these from Cat's link,in order. Excellent job to everybody inviolved, these VP's enhance the game play to no end!
There are a few sound folders that come up empty after the install.. Joker, Dr Manbot, Female Survivalist... and a random smattering of others. Did I miss one of the install files along the way, or is there someplace those files can be found?
Glad you like VPMAX, I'm working hard to get the newest update done as fast as I can since it finishes off Sledge's X-Men Legends 2 work and all of the heroes from Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Anyway, the install order should be...
VPMAXv1
VPMAXv11
VPMAXv12 (3 parts & need to be united using winrar)
VPMAXv13
If all of the them are installed you should not be missing any voice clips at all... there are a few voices that I've still not gotten to work properly (male_armored_judge, male_newyork, etc) and still request folks to speak up on any errors they mind find. Once v1.4 is finished - I'm going to make a v2 edition which will compile all of the packs thus far into a single installer which should eliminate most headaches.
- CrimsonQuill
Ok.. got em all now! I think I just mis-clicked while moving them into my FFX folder. Thanks CrimsonQuill... :thumbup:
Quote from: crimsonquill on June 08, 2007, 02:37:28 AM
Sledgehammer has gone MIA with real life issues and my e-mails have gone unanswered since his last post in my thread here so I'm probably going solo again until I hear otherwise. The bad news is that he never passed the knowledge or voice files from his X-Men Legends 1 breakthru so that I could make voice packs of Jubilee, Magma, Havok, Blob, or Beast in his absence. :(
Sorry for that, Crimson. But it matters none, because I'm ready to help this cause! If you want, of course... :D.
I don't want to anticipate much, but maybe some XML I stuff will be released during this weekend. Certainly, one VP, and probably two... A male, and a female. Out of those 5 characters mentioned by Crimson, one that I have in mind is there. The other one, isn't.
Just a little update here since I already sent Sledge a private welcome back message...
I just finished adding all of his recent VPs from XML1 & XML2 to my VPMAXv1.4 Update so that should relieve the pressure on him just a bit. And thanks again, Sledge, for Sunfire, Beast, and Jubilee being among the newest packs you completed I've been dying to hear those in game for awhile now.
I'm currently sorting thru all of my hero samples taken from Marvel Ultimate Alliance but to solve some of the Voice ID conflicts I'm alphabetizing my speech.txt file so future additions will not make me pull my hair out as I search all of these bloody post-it notes stuck to my monitor. That should probably take me until tomarrow evening to finish that part at least. Then I have a few new additions from Bad Day In LA along with updated packs of Anthony and The Living Dead :banghead:
I'm taking a guess that VPMAXv1.4 should be out in early September at best. :thumbup:
- CrimsonQuill
Excellent news!
i've just wiped my FFVTTR files and am building em back up again, and it would be primo to get a neww version of VPMax
Oy, I'm working as fast as I can.. but RL isn't giving me much work time unless I sacrifice some sleep now and again. I'm suprised to find that more then a few characters have completely generic lines in MUA so while they will referred to under their proper names it can easily be used for any character that fits the personality type.
Let's just cover which characters I've adapted so far....
Blade (or Swordsman) "It's been a slice" (1 voicepack)
Captain America (or Supersoldier) "Huh, I guess I am a Supersoldier." (1 voicepack)
Colossus3 (or Russian Brute) "You will not last 5 seconds against me." (2 voicepacks)
Elektra (or Female Martial Artist) "This should make for a nice workout." (1 voicepack)
Spider-Woman (or Female Seductrice) "Well, This is a first... I've never been ignored before." (1 voicepack)
Doctor Strange (or Sorcerer Supreme) "Prepare to face my mystic powers." (2 voicepacks)
Ghost Rider (or Supernatural Warrior) "Here, I'll make you a ghost." (1 voicepack)
Deadpool2 (or Wisecracking Assassin) "Hey! That guy owes me money." (1 voicepack)
Black Panther (or Royality) "I am a King you know... and Kings do not like to be bored." (2 voicepacks)
Daredevil (or Man Without Fear) "I believe this round goes to me." (1 voicepack)
Nick Fury (or Commander) "Don't worry. You don't have to salute." (1 voicepack)
And I'm still working on my samples from Bad Day in LA & Dead Hunters (a pinball game).
- CrimsonQuill
Can't wait to get the new Pack :blink:
Good stuff. Looking forward to hearing any updates.
Quote from: yell0w_lantern on October 14, 2007, 10:12:59 AM
Good stuff. Looking forward to hearing any updates.
Due to offline issues I had to put VPMAX on the back burner for awhile until things slowed down enough for me to sit at my PC for long periods of time again. Thankfully that time starts this week as of Monday and I should be able to make some significant progress before Halloween gets here at any rate. *crosses fingers*
- CrimsonQuill
Well, I'm really looking forward to it. I know sound often gets overlooked but it really does so much to set the tone that it's quite indispensable.
Quote from: ips on October 15, 2007, 07:28:37 PM
monday? what about heroes?!!! - where are your priorities?!
I usually work on my sounds during the day when everyone else is out of the house and I can work in peace. Plus I always make sure to tape Heroes in case I miss something by interruption or being distracted by something I'm fiddling with. Mondays ("The Big Bang Theory" & "Heroes"), Tuesdays ("NCIS"), Wensdays ("Back To You" & "Kitchen Nightmares"), and Thursdays ("Smallville", "Supernatural") are the days I'm usually watching TV above anything else during the prime time hours.
- CrimsonQuill
How do you adjust the volume for the voices in the pack? some of them aren't loud enough and some doesn't even have sound
Quote from: Hiroki8 on October 19, 2007, 11:56:08 PM
How do you adjust the volume for the voices in the pack? some of them aren't loud enough and some doesn't even have sound
I can't help the volume level since that is established during the recording of said voice pack and a sound editor can only "normalize" it with a louder pack which often makes the lower volume pack sound horribly distorted. Sorry. :( The best option is to lower the volume for your "in game music" so that all the voices can be heard clearly. It sucks but making good custom voices without professional studio equipment is a major pain.
A very small handful of voice packs in VPMAX will not work at all for some reason (Male_Italian_Hitman for example) and others I've managed to fix for v1.4 by alphabetizing my Voice IDs in the speech.txt plus it helps avoid reusing the same IDs in later additions.
VPMAX is a work in progress and it can only get better as I work out the bugs and add better quality voices from newer sources.
- CrimsonQuill
Try mp3 gain. It's a free program. Iirc, set the normalization for 102.3 and that should get them closer to the game's loudness.
OK can't wait for the next one :thumbup:
Quote from: crimsonquill on January 30, 2007, 09:30:54 PM
UPDATE:
You can download VPMAX here:
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX13.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX13.rar)
Meanwhile, the previous versions are here
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv1.7z (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv1.7z)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv11.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/vpmaxv11.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part1.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part1.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part2.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part2.rar)
http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part3.rar (http://libertybay.freedomforceforever.com/VPMAX12.part3.rar)
(Thanks to Catwhowalksbyhimself for hosting the files)
Please install them in order from v1 to v1.3 (1.2 is in three parts so winrar would be needed to merge them)
Enjoy!
- CrimsonQuill
What format is the first version in? Zip, rar, ace, arc, cbr, whatever, my computer says it's broke.
(Edit 10/31/07)
Nevermind... I found it.
Quote from: crimsonquill on September 07, 2007, 01:58:35 PM
Oy, I'm working as fast as I can.. but RL isn't giving me much work time unless I sacrifice some sleep now and again. I'm suprised to find that more then a few characters have completely generic lines in MUA so while they will referred to under their proper names it can easily be used for any character that fits the personality type.
Let's just cover which characters I've adapted so far....
Blade (or Swordsman) "It's been a slice" (1 voicepack)
Captain America (or Supersoldier) "Huh, I guess I am a Supersoldier." (1 voicepack)
Colossus3 (or Russian Brute) "You will not last 5 seconds against me." (2 voicepacks)
Elektra (or Female Martial Artist) "This should make for a nice workout." (1 voicepack)
Spider-Woman (or Female Seductrice) "Well, This is a first... I've never been ignored before." (1 voicepack)
Doctor Strange (or Sorcerer Supreme) "Prepare to face my mystic powers." (2 voicepacks)
Ghost Rider (or Supernatural Warrior) "Here, I'll make you a ghost." (1 voicepack)
Deadpool2 (or Wisecracking Assassin) "Hey! That guy owes me money." (1 voicepack)
Black Panther (or Royality) "I am a King you know... and Kings do not like to be bored." (2 voicepacks)
Daredevil (or Man Without Fear) "I believe this round goes to me." (1 voicepack)
Nick Fury (or Commander) "Don't worry. You don't have to salute." (1 voicepack)
And I'm still working on my samples from Bad Day in LA & Dead Hunters (a pinball game).
- CrimsonQuill
has the captain america vp been released?
Quote from: Thor Reborn on November 04, 2007, 07:30:38 AM
has the captain america vp been released?
It's in my v1.4 update and will be released sometime early this month if no more delays occur... it should have ALL of the heroes from Ultimate Alliance and the few Sledgehammer has released for Justice League Heroes and a few others from other games.
- CrimsonQuill
any updates on this? :)
I'm still tinkering with VPMAXv1.4 but offline issues and the holidays have slowed my progress to a snail-like crawl.. I'm hoping to get the update done before Christmas but who knows how my schedule will turn out. But rest assured that VPMAX is always being worked on one way or another... because I'm always finding games and cartoons that might make worthy items to sample voices from.
- CrimsonQuill
just a friendly nudge :thumbup: :thumbup:
Yeah, I'm still alive... kinda... sorta....
I've been running amok with offline stuff and when I finally think I get some time to work on my voices something pulls me away from my desk again. In fact I don't think I've had a weekend home until just after Halloween and this weekend looks like more of the same since my wife planned my weekend for me before leaving on a road trip this week. :faint
I really am planning on releasing my update eventually but it looks closer to being released around Feburary/March at this rate (and hopefully before my Birthday).
- CrimsonQuill
so what way does this work do i have to download multiple packs or are they all in one pack
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on February 06, 2008, 07:19:48 AM
so what way does this work do i have to download multiple packs or are they all in one pack
It's in multiple packs.. you just need to put all of the voices in each pack into the ffx3/sounds/speech/english folder (which you have to make btw) and then use the latest packs .Dats and files to merge using FFEdit in the ffx3 folder. My instructions should be pretty simple.. once that is done then you should have voice_of_???? appear as selections in your character builder in game.
I'm still hammering away at v1.4.. and hopefully still on schedule for a March release.
- CrimsonQuill
March sounds great - Good Luck finishing it :blink:
ok was just a bit confused that the links went from 1.2 to 1.7 then 1.3. voice packs always messed with my head
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on February 07, 2008, 08:09:11 AM
ok was just a bit confused that the links went from 1.2 to 1.7 then 1.3. voice packs always messed with my head
Well, that was a mistake on my part for making v1 and then making the next update v1.1 but having the file read "VPMaxv11" because I wasn't sure if the period would throw off the .zip/.rar archieve (i.e. "VPMaxv1.5.rar.01") if it got too big. Thus you look at the files in a pile with numbering that looked rather odd.. v1, v11, v12, v13. :wacko:
My idiot numbering system should be fixed with v2 when I figure out how to make a self install file so that it's a simple point and click action.
- CrimsonQuill
Awesome, new VPMAX is always good!
Quote from: crimsonquill on February 07, 2008, 01:21:13 PM
My idiot numbering system should be fixed with v2 when I figure out how to make a self install file so that it's a simple point and click action.
The ClickTeam installer might be good enough for your needs. If you need something more powerful (and thus, more complicated) Inno Setup might fit the bill well, especially with the GUI add-on; FWIW, the FFX 3.2 main folder includes the ffx3setup.iss source code of the Inno Stup installer.
any chance you could release some of the completed voices individually
I could really use that cap and nick
Quote from: Thor Reborn on March 22, 2008, 09:09:47 PM
any chance you could release some of the completed voices individually
I could really use that cap and nick
Mmmmm.. I should be able to send those two via e-mail when I can... Nick is next on my to-do list.
My apologies to everyone waiting for my next VPMAX update as March has nearly passed and I'm still only slighty farther along on my character list then I should be. :( It's the typical reason of offline life grabbing me by the ear and not letting go until family stuff was delt with and sitting at the computer messing with my sounds could be a priority again.
Plus I'm hoping that Sledgehammer contacts me soon about the status of his X-Men/Justice League voices too... I want to add a few more before my update is released if possible.
- CrimsonQuill
any updates?
Quote from: Mystik on June 23, 2008, 02:07:16 PM
any updates?
My apologies Mystik and others who have been waiting so patiently...Due to offline family issues (a few funerals, a family reunion, and a wedding - all far away from home) I've been slowed to a crawl on my VPMAX progress as I started catching up since my last post but I'm still moving forward so don't panic quite yet... and the loss of contact with Sledgehammer also has me worried a bit.
However I'm starting to rethink my releasing of a whole VPMAX MUA update since Electro has gone ahead to releasing hero voice packs when he agreed with me that he would focus on villians since he figured out their file naming structure. <_< By the time I get my whole "MUA Heroes" update done and perfected he will have just enough packs released to make my work pointless.. but I degress.
Since my summer is slowly allowing for more free time I should be playing catch up in the next few weeks.... and I need to take a look at what packs that I have already done and see what can be released as soon as possible.
- CrimsonQuill
Time wasted is doubtfull Crimson - once your pack comes out I'll switch over to it - Till then I am just releasing a quick fix - The Villains are still comming & feel free to change the ID's of my voices for your pack :blink:
Quote from: electro on June 23, 2008, 02:50:12 PM
Time wasted is doubtfull Crimson - once your pack comes out I'll switch over to it - Till then I am just releasing a quick fix - The Villains are still comming & feel free to change the ID's of my voices for your pack :blink:
Ok, Just checking to make sure that you were not jumping ahead of me during my absence.. :P
I was getting worried for a moment there..
Anyway, I just went thru my "finished voice pack" folder and counted 19 hero voice packs that I have ready for release... SO tonight and tomarrow I'm going to prepare a VPMAX update just for them and push the unfinished ones to the next update - I've just abused you folks too much already.
- CrimsonQuill
Sounds Good :blink:
After a Loooooooooooong delay.. I can finally say... VPMAXv1.4 IS FINALLY RELEASED! *snoopy dance*
It features 21 new voices (not counting the generic versions of some characters) which include the DC packs available from Sledgehammer before we both were swamped by life. And it's fully functional for FFX 3.2!
Updated: Black Panther, Male Royalty (Generic Black Panther), Blade, Captain America, Colossus MUA, Male Russian Armored (Generic Colossus MUA), Daredevil, Male Stealthy (Generic Daredevil), Deadpool MUA, Male Crazy (Generic Deadpool MUA), Doctor Strange, Male Sorcerer* (Generic Doctor Strange), Elektra, Female Assassin (Generic Elektra), Ghost Rider, Male Spooky (Generic Ghost Rider), Human Torch, Male Firey Hero* (Generic Human Torch), Iceman MUA, Male Teenager (Generic Iceman MUA), Invisible Woman, Female Hero (Generic Invisible Woman), Luke Cage, Male Bodyguard (Generic Luke Cage), Nick Fury, Spider-Man, Male Rookie Hero (Generic Spider-Man), Spider-Woman, Aquaman, Male Atlantian (Generic Aquaman), Batman, Male Intimidating* (Generic Batman), Huntress, Female Muscle (Generic Huntress), Superman, Male Caped Hero (Generic Superman), Wonder Woman, Female Amazon (Generic Wonder Woman).
You can download VPMAX here:
Edit: (now available here)
http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXv14.rar (http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXv14.rar)
- CrimsonQuill
Having a blast with the voices, thank you to the team behind it and i hope you guys keep it up.
Cheers :thumbup:.
Mmmmkay.... Apparently I entered a time warp vortex while on my weekend trip and lost my last post here... okay... Let's see if I can remember what I typed and rewind time for those who didn't see it 8 hours before the board jumped in time.
*rewinding sound*
Awww.. Fudge! :banghead:
Apparently I made a major error because while I was putting all of the completed MUA voice packs in a folder for my last update.. I complete missed all of the X-Men Legends ones that I had in another folder. So while the .dat files may say that some voices are available.. unless you manually installed them from Sledge's site they will not work at all. Soooooo... It looks like my v1.5 update will be much larger then I planned on. Plus I discovered during in-game play just before I left that my MUA packs volume levels are far lower then I thought they were and result in them getting overwelmed by background sound effects.
So look forward to Jubilee, Beast, Jean Grey, Dark Phoenix, Magma, Emma Frost, and a few others appearing in my next update... along with 5 additional shell-tastic voice packs thanks to Alphanaut for sending me files from one of the video games based on the 2003 Animated Series of TMNT. And if you add on the generic versions of the above characters then you really see how large the next update might be and it should be released as soon as I finish the last 9 MUA hero characters and complete the few that I bumped from the v1.4 update.
- CrimsonQuill
This is how i did ips:
Download all the packs, extract all the voices into the \Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\Data\Sounds\speech (had to create speech folder).
Then copy the speech.txt and speech.dat FROM THE LAST PACK 1.4 to \Irrational Games\Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich\ffx3\Lang\English.
Then we just need to merge two .dat files to FFX3 .dats FROM THE LAST PACK 1.4 (objects.dat and characters.dat)
Hope it helps :).
Quote from: ips on July 08, 2008, 12:31:50 PM
thanks man. i finally got it going with that advice.
i did notice that some of the voicepacks are setup in the system but the files are not present in the packs. is this something everyone is aware of? or should i keep track and report the ones missing?
Yeah in Crimsonquill last post he says he forgot to add some voice packs, but you can download them at Sledgehammers site http://geocities.com/sledgehammer_ff/ffvc.html (http://geocities.com/sledgehammer_ff/ffvc.html)
The good news is that I'm only 3 voice packs away from starting adding the coding to the voices.dats and making my final game tests to make sure everything plays smoothly this time for v1.5... and then shortly afterwards will be a simple v1.6 update which will just be fixed MUA voice packs with upped volume levels to fix my sound goof in the first part of my MUA packs (there will be no .dats or updated files other then just the fixed voice files).
And then I'm going to dig full time into finishing my Destroy All Humans voice packs.. hopefully for part 1, 2, and 3 (if my Wii is cooperative)..
- CrimsonQuill
I'm working on the hosting for this. I'm going to give him full ftp access so he can throw updates up at will. Should be done tomorrow.
I have a real stupid question, are these Voice Packs like the original one for :ff: in which it automaticly installed the voices and everything in the right spot?
Quote from: style on July 09, 2008, 07:20:46 AM
I have a real stupid question, are these Voice Packs like the original one for :ff: in which it automaticly installed the voices and everything in the right spot?
The simple answer is no unfortunitly.. no auto-installer YET but once I figure out how to make an installer program like that auto-merge .dat files then I might attempt it. But I do hope that I provide enough install details in my readme to make it easy enough... :unsure:
- CrimsonQuill
I don't think any of the auto-installers to date (at least for :ff:) have ever done a .dat merge. I'm sure there's a way it can be done, but you'd probably have to include the tool that does the merging in the installer, which I'm sure would either be too much bloat in the file size, or too much work, to really pay off.
Sure, gamers are watching E3 coverage on G4TV or elsewhere for game news this week.. but I have another update to make...
Yup, Another update for VPMAX is ready.. and it finishes off my heroes for MUA and the missing XML2 voices from v1.4.
What's new? Added Beast, Male Scientist (Generic Beast), Dark Phoenix, Female Evil (Generic Dark Phoenix), Emma Frost, Female Queen (Generic Emma Frost), Jean Grey, Female Resolute (Generic Jean Grey), Jubilee, Female Sidekick (Generic Jubilee), Magma, Female Teen (Generic Magma), Colossus XML2, Male Russian Soldier (Generic Colossus XML2), Iceman XML2, Male Teen (Generic Iceman XML2), Rogue XML2, Female Southern (Generic Rogue XML2), Storm XML2, Female African (Generic Storm XML2), Magneto, Male Megalomaniac (Generic Magneto), Psylocke, Female British (Generic Psylocke), Sunfire, Male Japanese (Generic Sunfire), Bishop, Male Timecop (Generic Bishop), Warbird, Female Soldier (Generic Warbird), Moon Knight, Male Nocturnal (Generic Moon Knight), Iron Man MUA, Male Armor2 (Generic Male Armor2), Silver Surfer, Male Otherworldly (Generic Silver Surfer), The Thing MUA, Thor, Wolverine MUA, Mister Fantastic, Living Dead (updated), Anthony from Bad Day in LA (updated), Sam (from the Dead Hunters Pinball Game), Casey Jones, and TMNT (Don, Mike, Leo, and Raph).
So, that makes 28 new characters (not including the generic versions) this update.. not too bad.
Where do you get it? Here: http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXv15.rar (http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXv15.rar)
- CrimsonQuill
Thanks for this Crim, its nice to have beautifull skins but this is what gives them the personality touch. :cool:
Thanks again to you and Sledge for a great job with these. :thumbup:
:thumbup: , great work guys gonna try this rite now!
Quote from: crimsonquill on June 29, 2008, 10:03:15 PM
Apparently I made a major error because while I was putting all of the completed MUA voice packs in a folder for my last update.. I complete missed all of the X-Men Legends ones that I had in another folder. So while the .dat files may say that some voices are available.. unless you manually installed them from Sledge's site they will not work at all. Soooooo... It looks like my v1.5 update will be much larger then I planned on. Plus I discovered during in-game play just before I left that my MUA packs volume levels are far lower then I thought they were and result in them getting overwelmed by background sound effects.l
It's time to release my bonus update to fix my first MUA voice packs.. it's called VPMAXFix or VPMAXv1.5b..
Click here: http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXFix.rar (http://freedomforceforever.com/cqprod/vpmax/VPMAXFix.rar)
I adjusted the sound levels on my first batch of MUA characters so they can be heard over the games background noises... so there is no additional files but sound packs in this update. Just install the voices into the correct directory and go play!
- CrimsonQuill
Apparently the gaming gods smiled upon me because I found someone who passed me files to some characters I missed...
Who are they? MUA has some bonus characters for the PSP version.. and so VPMAXv1.6 will now include Black Widow, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, and Ronin among my Destroy All Humans files..
- CrimsonQuill
:D Great news! More voices = win!
As I've been looking for the missing voices from the MUA game.. I realize that some of the characters from the X-Box 360 Gold Edition of the game will probably take awhile to become available (Hulk, Venom, and Doctor Doom) since they need to be extracted from the archieve files they are stored in.
Anyway, I have ALL of the '90s Incredible Hulk cartoons on DVD and was wondering if you folks would like me to sample Lou Ferrigno's voice from this series and use it for my Hulk voice pack instead. After all the fans wanted Lou to return as the voice of Hulk and he stepped forward to do so for the new movie - so why not hear him in FF too.
- CrimsonQuill
The problem IMHO with voice packs from TV and/or films is that there is almost always background music or sound effects that mar the voice itself.
Could somebody please tell me how to install these voicepacks in noobspeak please? I tried reading the other posts to figure out how to install them but I'm totally lost with the terms used. I would really apprecitate it.
Fantastic work, guys. Thanks for these great additions. They really make a big difference in the game. :thumbup:
EDIT: I've run into a bizarre problem.
I downloaded all the Voice Maps and they all work well. (Except, of course, the ones that don't have the sound files like Cable and female_shifty)
So I go through my custom characters to add the voices. I noticed some of my characters can attach the voices with no problem, which is great. However, I have other characters, like my Aquaman or Batman for example, that don't allow ANY voice to attach to it (either the ones from the voice map OR the ones that come with the game). I can hear the sound of the voice when I click on it, but the selection remains blank. What could I have done wrong? I installed all the sound files, in order, into the correct Data file and then merged the appropriate dat files..but like I said, I can hear the sound files..and with other characters, they are fine. I ran the FFXedit program, to make sure I 'branded' the custom characters, but to no avail.
Quote from: laughing paradox on September 08, 2008, 01:11:08 PM
Fantastic work, guys. Thanks for these great additions. They really make a big difference in the game. :thumbup:
EDIT: I've run into a bizarre problem.
I downloaded all the Voice Maps and they all work well. (Except, of course, the ones that don't have the sound files like Cable and female_shifty)
So I go through my custom characters to add the voices. I noticed some of my characters can attach the voices with no problem, which is great. However, I have other characters, like my Aquaman or Batman for example, that don't allow ANY voice to attach to it (either the ones from the voice map OR the ones that come with the game). I can hear the sound of the voice when I click on it, but the selection remains blank. What could I have done wrong? I installed all the sound files, in order, into the correct Data file and then merged the appropriate dat files..but like I said, I can hear the sound files..and with other characters, they are fine. I ran the FFXedit program, to make sure I 'branded' the custom characters, but to no avail.
I have this problem sometimes but its an easy fix: open Alex hero tool select any voice from there and save the file, then ingame all is normal and you can choose the voice one you want.
Its a late post but hope it helps someone :).
Quote from: ips on December 08, 2008, 03:26:59 PM
does anyone know what steps i would take to add the voicepacks back into the ffx3.3 dats? does anyone have a list of the speech entries and stuff that were added for example? or do we have to wait for CQ to release a new version that works with ffx3.3?
I'm not quite sure if I can throw together the text changes you would need in a reasonable amount of time.. It might be easier to just Zip up copies of my own .Dats and Lang files that I merged when updating to FFX3.3 myself.. I'll see what I can whip together in the next few days and post a link to it here.
- CQ