Octavian X
is not a pipe.
One of the things I thought was really cool about Civ4 was the narration. Leonard Nimoy is an excellent actor, and it was interesting to watch the intro slideshow and listen to those quotes performed on my first game. Even to this day, I still enjoy watching that introduction
Of course, we have to be honest with ourselves - hearing the same voice yelling about pig iron after getting 100 techs into your third game is quite annoying.
So, why don't we inject our own flavoring into the mix? Since one person re-recording all those quotes is a big task (and since it defeats the purpose of getting a new mix-up of voices), we could, as a community, create the recordings. Given this text-based method of communication, CFCers don't get to listen to each other speak very often. This could be a nice oppertunity to get to know and learn more about those people who inhabit the forums. We could even invite some of the more (in)famous CFCers to pitch in - wanna give us a recording, Chieftess?
- along with perhaps a few Firaxians.
And it's not as though we need to be extremely professional about this - if you've got a basic mike hooked up to your computer, you've got potential as a narrator.
One the most basic level as I see it, this would be a simple replacement mod. The reviewed and contributed recordings (we'd double check for accuracy and appropriateness) would replace those found in the Civilization 4\Assets\Sounds\Tech folder. We could then replace the file that has the quotes (I don't know which one - presumably it's XML) to include the name of the narrator. New quotes could be chosen as well, which also would require a new file.
Anyone interested? Or, better yet, anyone ready to contribute?
Of course, we have to be honest with ourselves - hearing the same voice yelling about pig iron after getting 100 techs into your third game is quite annoying.
So, why don't we inject our own flavoring into the mix? Since one person re-recording all those quotes is a big task (and since it defeats the purpose of getting a new mix-up of voices), we could, as a community, create the recordings. Given this text-based method of communication, CFCers don't get to listen to each other speak very often. This could be a nice oppertunity to get to know and learn more about those people who inhabit the forums. We could even invite some of the more (in)famous CFCers to pitch in - wanna give us a recording, Chieftess?
- along with perhaps a few Firaxians.And it's not as though we need to be extremely professional about this - if you've got a basic mike hooked up to your computer, you've got potential as a narrator.
One the most basic level as I see it, this would be a simple replacement mod. The reviewed and contributed recordings (we'd double check for accuracy and appropriateness) would replace those found in the Civilization 4\Assets\Sounds\Tech folder. We could then replace the file that has the quotes (I don't know which one - presumably it's XML) to include the name of the narrator. New quotes could be chosen as well, which also would require a new file.
Anyone interested? Or, better yet, anyone ready to contribute?
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