(Still) need some help for a short test...

[King Kong]

Hi all,

before I'll upload the new patch, I would be very glad if someone could confirm that all sounds are working properly.
Since I have the German M2 version that doesn't include eastern and scottish accents I can't check those sounds myself unfortuntely...

The test would be relatively simple and would just take a few minutes:
FOR THE ENGLISH VERSION
- Download these files
- Extract them into the ".../Medieval II Total War" directory and overwrite existing files.
- Delete the events.dat & events.idx files in Stainless_Steel/data/sounds
- Load up any campaign, then turn off the fog of war and click one character of every different accent one time and see if they speak in the correct accent.
- Load one custom battle with 1. scotland and 2. kievan rus and make a quick test if the units are speaking (i.e "heavy infantry").
- If (almost) everything seems to be fine, pleeease send me the newly created events.idx and events.dat files.


Optional and not so important, but it would be good to know if it also works for people like me that don't have all accents.
FOR A NON-ENGLISH VERSION (that doesn't include eastern and scottish accents, like my german version)
- procede as described above
- after you've extracted the files, you should go into the mods/Stainless_Steel/data folder and delete the descr_sound_accents.txt file and rename "NON-ENGLISH descr_sounds_accents.txt" to descr_sound_accents.txt.
- go into the mods/Stainless_Steel/data/sounds folder and deltet the events.dat & events.idx files and rename NON-ENGLISH events.dat & NON-ENGLISH events.idx to events.dat & events.idx
- test the same thing as described above.

I will be really grateful for everyone who will test with deserved rep!!

[mailor]

Downloading now. Tell me how to turn off fog of war though.

Erm... The files go into the mod/data folder right? not in vanillas folder? EDIT: Nevermind, since the files are in a path...

[King Kong]

Hi mailor,

Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe!

Since you live in Graz, if I remeber correctly, I assume you will test for the non-english version?
I'm not sure how you can open the console in the English version, however you have to type "ö" to open the console in the german version...

[mailor]

I am testing the english version. I know how to open the console, but I don't know how to deactivate fog of war.

[King Kong]

You have to type "toggle_fow" into the console...

[mailor]

Okay thanks. Trying it out right away.

One thing I just tested: in a custom battle, the kievan rus units didn't have any voice commands with your new files

I have fixed them in my export_descr_units_voice.txt though, and they work. Should I send you my file?

[mailor]

Campaign map test shows, that easern accents for characters are not existant. The other factions do have voices.


EDIT: Additional custom battle Test shows, that Irish don't have voices on the battle map too.

[TempestKhan]

gonna give this1 a go 2

[King Kong]

Hi mailor,

Oh no! I can't believe that these annoying sounds still don't work!

But what have you done to fix them? Have you added "accent Easte_European" to the Kievan units in the EDU?
and are the eastern factions under the east european accent in the descr_sound_accents.txt file?

EDIT: Could you please try to delete the events.dat and events.idx files in the sounds directory and then try again?


Hi Tempest Khan,

Thank you very much in advance!
(even if I'm afraid it won't work for you either...)

[mailor]

Hi!

I added "accent East_European" in the EDU

and

" unit Kievan Nobles
event
folder data/sounds/Voice/Human/Localized/Battle_Map
East_European_Heavy_Generic_Knights_1.wav
East_European_Heavy_Generic_Knights_2.wav
end" (for example for the kievan nobles) in the export_descr_sounds_units_voice.txt file

[King Kong]

Actually, the units don't have to use an accent in the EDU in every case, since they should use the eastern european accent automatically, if they are an eastern faction...
And actually I have added i.e the Kievan Nobles to both, mediteranean and eatern european accent in the descr_sounds_units_voice.txt... I don't get it!

But could please try to delte the events.xxx files as mentioned above?

[mailor]

What the hell. I am sure I deleted the idx etc sound files before trying it out. Now I did again, and the kievan rus seem to work in the battle map. ow re chekcing the irish and the campaign map. Sorry I somehow messed up (probably I deleted the soundfiles in the vanilla sound folder, not in stainless steel)..

brb


EDIT1: Sorry King Kong, I seem to be a total moron. It seems that i havent deleted the files, before. It really works now. Campaign accents are present and correct, and battles tested with kievan rus and irish. I only realised, that the irish archers still don't comment when you turn skirmish off, but that is a minor nuisance and a very easy fix. I can fix it in five minutes. Oh, and the galloglaich say "spearmen" when you click them, shouldn't they be heavy infantry? Again, a very minor nuisance and easy fix.


EDIT2: Ich weiss schon was mein Problem war. Ich hab die idx. etc soundfiles geloescht, BEVOR ich deinen Testfolder kopiert habe. D.H. ich habe dann deine idx etc files gehabt... Ich bin ein Trottel

[King Kong]

Thanks for the reporting back so quickly!

Fingers crossed that the other sounds will work now...
I would really be releived if this sound problems could finally be solved.

[TempestKhan]

Hi kk yeah im afraid so the campaign map accents still dont work same results as mailor pointed out. But btw nice new menu backgrund musik
vanilla menu musik sucked just made u wanna kill yourself hehe

[mailor]

Tempestkhan: are you sure, you deleted the files in the \mods\stainless_steel\data\sounds folder? If you havent, it wont work. I just did, and now the accents are ok in my game. Be sure to delete all files there, not the folders though!

[TempestKhan]

i didnt delete anything just overwrited hehe but it works now when u delete the files in sound folder then the problem is solved???

[mailor]

TempestKhan: Yep. try it out! just delete all .idx and .dat files in the folder I told you in the upper post, then start a new game.

[King Kong]

Hi mailor,

Sorry King Kong, I seem to be a total moron. It seems that i havent deleted the files, before. It really works now. Campaign accents are present and correct, and battles tested with kievan rus and irish. I only realised, that the irish archers still don't comment when you turn skirmish off, but that is a minor nuisance and a very easy fix. I can fix it in five minutes. Oh, and the galloglaich say "spearmen" when you click them, shouldn't they be heavy infantry? Again, a very minor nuisance and easy fix.


EDIT: Ich weiss schon was mein Problem war. Ich hab die idx. etc soundfiles geloescht, BEVOR ich deinen Testfolder kopiert habe. D.H. ich habe dann deine idx etc files gehabt... Ich bin ein Trottel

Kann mal passieren

However, this is really great news!!
So, if it works for you now with the newly created events.xxx files I guess it must work for all other English versions, too!
I think my mistake was my assumption that I could create the events.xxx files for the English version (even with missing accents) and I expected that they could work for the English versions... But it seems I was wrong.
A big thanks mailor!
Besides, it does work without the accents in the EDU, or?

Finally, could you upload your new events file for me?
That would be much appreciated!!

[TempestKhan]

nice then people just have to delete the old sound folder when they install the next patch ?

[mailor]

Here it is. Glad to be of help