LogicDeLuxe Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 One thing I'm almost tempted to do is to take all the voice files and convert them to a much lower bitrate so they sound all compressed, just to make it feel like they were recorded back in 1990 when the game first came out. I don't know why. Maybe I'm just crazy like that.It's not the compression which makes it sound 1990 like. In fact, compression were rarely used at all, since it uses up much CPU time, usually too much for the time. What it would make it sound 1990 like is resampling and requantization. Fate of Atlantis is 11025 Hz, 8 bit, mono. DOTT and Sam & Max use 22050 Hz, 8 bit, mono for voice files. In order to keep a tolerable signal to noise ratio, most games have also quite a lot of dynamic compression and a limiter applied. Which results in a steady level well above the quantization noise, but this practice also tends to sound lifeless.
daltysmilth Posted November 22, 2009 Posted November 22, 2009 Okay, I've found a bug. The game keeps crashing during the wedding after the part where Guybrush asks Elaine how she managed to escape. And I've tried clicking on the other two dialogue options and it does the same thing. Thoughts?
Lagomorph01 Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 Allright, I got it working on my Wii! Which is great 'cause now I can play it from my couch! I just think that the voices are played a bit fragmental, so I tried upping the subtitle speed, but that just makes the voices disappear. Any idea how to fix this?
Laserschwert Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 With everyone talking about the installer, I understand that all spoken lines are now correctly assigned to the text-lines in game? No more mismatches?
whaleyland Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 With everyone talking about the installer, I understand that all spoken lines are now correctly assigned to the text-lines in game? No more mismatches? They are not all fixed. I got it installed correctly but all simultaneous speech either doesn't work or cuts off and a few lines here and there don't work. I wrote up a list earlier but no one commented on it or offered to help.
Admonisher Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 They are not all fixed. I got it installed correctly but all simultaneous speech either doesn't work or cuts off and a few lines here and there don't work. I wrote up a list earlier but no one commented on it or offered to help. And the installer doesn't work AT ALL for some of us, for reasons also unknown.
Threepwood42 Posted November 25, 2009 Posted November 25, 2009 You're working on XP, Vista, 7? I'm on Vista
whaleyland Posted November 26, 2009 Posted November 26, 2009 I'm on XP, but I have tested the Talkie version on XP and Snow Leopard. Same problems on both.
Silvor Posted December 12, 2009 Posted December 12, 2009 It's a real shame this project never got finished I wonder if it perhaps would be easier to hack the Special edition to enable the voices with the old art? I'm no programmer, just a suggestion.
Lagomorph01 Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 It's a real shame this project never got finished I wonder if it perhaps would be easier to hack the Special edition to enable the voices with the old art? I'm no programmer, just a suggestion. You haven't really been paying attention to the forum, have you?
Silvor Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 What do you mean? Has there been any other progress than whats stated in this thread then?
Lagomorph01 Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Just download the installer on top of this page and you can PLAY the original CD version with the SMI:SE voices.
Silvor Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 According to the last replies on this thread it still doesn't work well. Missing speech, cut off speech and the like. Hence why I said it was sad this project wasn't finished. I never said it wasn't released in beta form.
Lagomorph01 Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Oops, my fault. I thought you were still talking about the speech project for MI1. My bad. I haven't played this version that much though, the voices are a suprisingly bad addition to the original game. They just don't fit.
whaleyland Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 I agree with Silvor. The project still hasn't left Beta yet no one seems to care. There are still major problems and no one ever notes them or tries to fix them. Simultaneous speech doesn't work and there are still lines that don't speak as early as 1 minute into the game. The game isn't finished, just as Silvor said.
Silvor Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Maybe it just got too complicated. Which is why I'm wondering if it perhaps would be easier to hack the Special edition game so that the voices don't disappear when you switch to the old art.
whaleyland Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 I'm pretty sure the technique to do that, though, would be the same. And I'm not sure how you would get the voices to continue when you switch versions.
LordTrilobite Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 As far as I know the SE stuff loads even when you play classic. So shouldn't it be something as simple as unhiding it?
Silvor Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 As far as I know the SE stuff loads even when you play classic. So shouldn't it be something as simple as unhiding it? That's sort of along the lines of what I was thinking. If only I'd had the know how I'd check it out myself, but alas.
Laserschwert Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Didn't someone suggest swapping all SE-graphics with complete transparent images, to reveal the classic version underneath? And is that how the SE works anyway?
Silvor Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Didn't someone suggest swapping all SE-graphics with complete transparent images, to reveal the classic version underneath? And is that how the SE works anyway? Not sure that would work, I'm don't think the new and old graphics are completely aligned, the new art is also widescreen.
Laserschwert Posted December 15, 2009 Posted December 15, 2009 Not sure that would work, I'm don't think the new and old graphics are completely aligned, the new art is also widescreen.Ah right... that's why the image zooms out when you switch modes... so even IF it worked, you wouldn't be able to see your verbs and inventory.
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