How to make custom voices in AO

[r4v3n]

Custom Sound Tutorial.

The files for the new voice sounds are stored in the folder below as default.

• C:\Program Files\Funcom\Anarchy Online\cd_image\sound\sfx\player
  

The files are of the format .wma (Window Media Audio).

Each .wma file has a .txt file with it that adds an 'on-screen' comment when the file is played.

And the format of the name of the files relates to the Breed_Sex_Style_Voice_01

Example: When a female solitus charactor uses the '/voice yes' command with the 'your voice' slider set to military (found in OPT-Audio) , AO playes the file solitus_female_military_yes_01.wma & also uses the file solitus_female_military_yes_01.txt to write in-game the msg 'Affirmative!'.




Now for the fun part... to add your own custom sounds you need some .wma files, most of the sound files i wanted to use were .wav files from a collection of sweet clips i've had for ages, so i needed a file converter.


The converter i used is linked here http://www.wma-converter.com/


Just use the converter to convert any .wav file to .wma format & put it into a temp folder on your desktop.

Rename the files to use the Breed_Sex_Style_Voice_01 format so AO can find the file to be used.

Example: hello.wav -----> becomes hello.wma after conversion. Then is renamed solitus_female_military_hello_01.wma.

After this your nearly there... add a .txt file named solitus_female_military_hello_01.txt with the following text in it 'Hello custom sounds!'

Now copy your new sound & txt file to C:\Program Files\Funcom\Anarchy Online\cd_image\sound\sfx\player

Fire up AO... then test your new voice with the command /voice hello ( Remember to be a solitus female with the 'your voice' slider set to military (found in OPT-Audio) if you followed this post like a tutorial ).


Enjoy..

ps. dont try to add new custom sounds while AO is running...

[AkodoReign]

um i find this weird... all my files are wav to start with... didn't have to use any wma files...

[r4v3n]

after checking ... your correct... you can just use the .wav files without converting them...

I stand corrected

[AkodoReign]

so k What i do find interesting is that you can use wma files.. makes me wonder if you can use MP3's... will check when i get home...

[r4v3n]

However if you do convert .wav files to .wma files it saves space on the size of the file... 1.3 meg wav converted to .wma format at 160 KBit/s --- 44,100 Hz --- Stereo saves a 0.37 megs.

So if you put a big compilation together it might be a good plan to convert to save space...

[Dudicas]

Well I made a set and it worked great as .wav then I converted it to .wma so I could post it to my guilds forum. The .wma doesn't work. Or I didn't do it right one. Are you sure you got it to work with .wma file formats? Or did you leave the .wav file in the folder too and It just played that?

[Destractor]

Why would anyone want to change the cool mage voices?

Groovy baby, yeah!

[r4v3n]

I looked into the .wma file playback issue & found only a few .wma files played back in-game... not sure why..

I suggest you just use the .wav file & rename them.. & pop them in a zip file for compression..

Sorry if this has wasted anyones time in big batch conversions

[stromm]

Hmm, i tried renaming sound files in other games to what AO loads up as a script for a sound. for example, in fallout tactics i took the file 'laser1.wav.' I found a custom sound i liked in a different folder, renamed it 'laser1.wav' and then dragged it to the sounds folder. It asked me to overwrite, and i clicked yes, and then ingame any weapon that loads 'laser1.wav' would play my custom sound. So my question is here would that work with AO too? like could i calibrate sounds to certain weapons, certain songs to specific areas by naming another file the same and overwriting it?

[Darumar]

Another question:

WHen using these custom sounds - are you the only one who hears them or will these actually be transmitted over the net to other users so they hear them aswell ?


/D

[r4v3n]

To answer Stromm's question, I'd probably say yes you can just swap .wav files... I havent tried this yet so dont take that as tried & tested.

If you do try it... i would suggest backing up any files you wish to change 'just incase'

To answer Darmar's question - the sounds you create are only on your PC... unless you send them out to friends to hear too.

Maybe someone should make a site for AO custom sounds to upload & download from... so we can all get some Role Play voices that are a lil' bit better than the ones FC added in NW.

Check out the sounds that are already in the sound folders... there are quite a few cool clips in there.... its just a matter of hunting them down

Check out these 2 clasic Yutto songs found in C:\Program Files\Funcom\Anarchy Online\cd_image\sound\sfx\creatures\yottos

Listen to yutto_song_07 & yutto_song_08

I spent several hours on /follow at the yutto camp when i first found it, just for these

[mithrax]

lol. Didnt know yuttos could speak norwegian.....err sing I mean