This could be a GREAT addition/alteration for BF2!!

2007-01-06 01:23:16

#1

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

I think it was a great idea for Dice to have the 'English Voice Overs' in this game. I find listening to the MEC in Arabic very annoying (Sorry my Muslim friends) And don't you always have to look up and read what they are saying? Half the time I ignore it.

But what the hell is wrong with DICE? All the English voice overs for MEC and PLA sound JUST like all the USA voices. THIS is what really bugs me. They should have put some damn effort into making the MEC/PLA have Arabic/Chinese accents at least wouldn't you agree?

So this is what I am proposing:

*If its possible to change these voice overs somewhere in the folders of Battlefield 2, I think we should do this.

Everybody or anybody, should make notes on all that can be said in the game. We could even divide it up to who gets to record what. Or just everybody contribute, and record whatever ones they want. Then record themselves saying one of the following lines (Enemy Boat spotted, Hostiles on the ground, enemy slick in bound etc. etc...) In an Arabic/Chinese accent. You could do it for fun, or make it sound serious.

We could even get creative, and just record new ones, as long as it refers to the proper thing, and sounds Arabic/Chinese.

So can this be done? Any of you techies know if its possible? Anybody good with impersonations? I could put all the recordings together in a compressed folder. I can make sure we have all the ones we need. I can post back on here to let people know which ones are still missing even...I would just ask for someone to tell everybody where the folder should be put, and what to modify, then they could post back here on how to do it....

What do y'all think? Is it possible?

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2007-01-06 01:27:30

#2

unholypoo: unholy what?; +10|6655

Wow, I didn't even know that was possible. I think this is a great idea.

2007-01-06 01:29:19

#3

xtrem3_4c3: Australian Field Operative; +29|6762|Australia. Land of ZeR0 pr0N

It's a good idea but if DICE do that who knows what else they might screw up.

2007-01-06 01:34:01

#4

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6712|King Of The Islands

Its been asked, It can't be done.

first the whole Modified Content thing.
second the Political Correctness thing.

Would be good though... damn yanks everywhere here, variety would be nice.

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2007-01-06 02:13:01

#5

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

So its certain that its impossible? I never said we should have DICE do it, screw them. I think we should all record new voice overs for MEC and PLA with the proper accents. And put them in the proper folders to replace the English voices for MEC and PLA...Come on, people can change just about ANYTHING, they can MOD a whole game so its different, there has to be a way?!!

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2007-01-06 02:23:02

#6

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6644|Pittsburgh, PA USA

People can mod BF2 into a whole different game & the pro leagues can mod the guns to remove crosshairs & be more accurate but they can't play with those files on a normal BF2 server

It sounds like it could be done but if someone knowledgeable says it can't then I believe them because I know dick about modding & coding & stuff like that.

I've always hated that too, the only way I know if one of my teamates is throwing a grenade at an enemy or if an enemy is throwing a grenade at me is by the language so I leave all voices on now but on my last machine I left it at "Englich VO Only" because I needed every performance/speed boost I could get.

2007-01-06 02:24:16

#7

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6927

options > audio > english vo only

have fun now

2007-01-06 02:25:58

#8

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6854|the dank(super) side of Oregon

wow, what a shitty idea. If you can't deal with listening to the arabic and chinese you don't get the bonus of hearing enemy voices.

2007-01-06 02:29:36

#9

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

Sarge, I respect you a lot, as you have contributed to the forums with guides and your knowledge, but you aren't paying attention to what I'm getting at. The fact that for ALL sides, the voices are ALL in an English accent with the English Voice Over Only on. Since when did a Muslim who spoke english sound like an American? They always have a home country accent. Do Chinese sound American at all? No, they always have their Chinese accent when they speak English. Sarge you follow?

Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.

2007-01-06 02:30:57

#10

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6712|King Of The Islands

MagikTrik wrote:
It sounds like it could be done but if someone knowledgeable says it can't then I believe them because I know dick about modding & coding & stuff like that.

I never said it can not be done no-way-no-how, its just a lot of effort for not too much benefit, and any changes made would render it unranked-only. The PC bullet was why Dice would never have done it.

There is absolutely no dicking around with code, its really quite simple. Just a matter of unzipping common_client.zip and recording new .ogg files (in a new mod folder obviously)

My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.

2007-01-06 02:35:48

#11

Todd_Angelo: Leukocyte; +336|6901|Warlord

LOL great idea, shame it won't work.

Im_Dooomed wrote:
Anybody good with impersonations?

It's a damned shame there's no German side in this game.

SargeV1.4 wrote:
options > audio > english vo only

have fun now

Read the whole post.

Reciprocity wrote:
If you can't deal with listening to the arabic and chinese you don't get the bonus of hearing enemy voices.

This is true, can't list the number of times this has saved my ass.

But read the post: what he's proposing isn't the same as having English-only voices, since the accents would tell you what you needed to know... and in the case of Rebels v. Spetz two different voices presumably.

2007-01-06 02:36:00

#12

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6905|Finland

Off/side-topic: Anyone want to modify my car GPS soundfiles to sound like Arnold? "Turn left. NOW GODDAMIT, NOW!" or "You have arrived at your destination, It's not a tumor."

Anyone?

I have that machine speaking Cantonese now, I feel like PLA everytime I have to turn somewhere.

Last edited by DonFck (2007-01-06 02:43:33)

I need around tree fiddy.

2007-01-06 02:44:36

#13

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

Reciprocity wrote:
wow, what a shitty idea. If you can't deal with listening to the Arabic and Chinese you don't get the bonus of hearing enemy voices.

That is exactly why I want to change the English VO's for MEC and PLA! So you CAN get the bonus of knowing friendly voice, from hostile voices. But I think the english VO's for those two armies should atleast SOUND like Chinese, and Arabic people, not American.

If we did end up changing the MEC/PLA English voice overs to something more realistically accented....you would still be able to distinguish between enemy and friendly voices, but it would all be in english, so you can understand what is said quickly, and easily.

Nature is a powerful force. Those who seek to subdue nature, never do so permanently.

2007-01-06 02:48:27

#14

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

Hmmm, man I post really freaking slow. Well I guess if it renders a game to be unranked, it aint worth it, I guess the next step is to learn Arabic.

Edit- I had to add this: Damnit I hate DICE those lazy taintstains!

Last edited by Im_Dooomed (2007-01-06 02:49:15)

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2007-01-06 02:49:08

#15

psH: Banned; +217|6657|Sydney

SargeV1.4 wrote:
options > audio > english vo only

have fun now

You took the words right out of my mouth. Mods/admins please delete this.

DonFck wrote:
Off/side-topic: Anyone want to modify my car GPS soundfiles to sound like Arnold? "Turn left. NOW GODDAMIT, NOW!" or "You have arrived at your destination, It's not a tumor."

Anyone?

I have that machine speaking Cantonese now, I feel like PLA everytime I have to turn somewhere.

GET DOWN! eveybody GET DOWN!......speed camera in 100 meters.

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2007-01-06 03:01:28

#16

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6854|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Im_Dooomed wrote:
If we did end up changing the MEC/PLA English voice overs to something more realistically accented....you would still be able to distinguish between enemy and friendly voices, but it would all be in english, so you can understand what is said quickly, and easily.

The realistic accent is the chinese speaking chinese and arabs speaking arabic. I'm not a fanatic for realism, but come on, do you think Insurgents listening to American soldiers hear Arabic with an american accent?

this is how balance is maintained, as a marine you can understand what your teammates are saying without reading the text or memorizing the sounds. but you have no idea what the bad guys are saying. As MEC or PLA you have to read what your teammates say or memorize sounds, but you understand what the enemy around the corner is saying.

Last edited by Reciprocity (2007-01-06 03:03:04)

2007-01-06 03:29:34

#17

Todd_Angelo: Leukocyte; +336|6901|Warlord

DonFck wrote:
I have that machine speaking Cantonese now, I feel like PLA everytime I have to turn somewhere.

PLA voices are in Mandarin

Doms wrote:
SargeV1.4 wrote:
options > audio > english vo only

have fun now
You took the words right out of my mouth. Mods/admins please delete this.

Get over yourself. His suggestion, although it won't work, would give the player the best of both worlds: English-language voices but accents to tell you who's saying what... what part of that was hard to grasp from the opening post?

Reciprocity wrote:
The realistic accent is the chinese speaking chinese and arabs speaking arabic. I'm not a fanatic for realism, but come on, do you think Insurgents listening to American soldiers hear Arabic with an american accent?

True, true; but on the other hand some people don't like foreign-language films with subtitles.

I like the game as it is, and having to learn to what the important Arabic/Mandarin/Russian phrases mean adds depth, but at least Im_Dooomed was trying to think of something positive.

2007-01-06 06:27:51

#18

xstax981: Community Modder; +93|6950

I get what you're saying, but even if you end up doing this, it won't work.

1. Modified Content errors
2. The engine uses the USMC voiceovers if you select English VO Only. So if you do end up changing them, the USMC are going to then sound Arabic/Chinese.

2007-01-06 06:40:38

#19

Todd_Angelo: Leukocyte; +336|6901|Warlord

xstax981 wrote:
2. The engine uses the USMC voiceovers if you select English VO Only. So if you do end up changing them, the USMC are going to then sound Arabic/Chinese.

He suggested replacement for the other language files, so you wouldn't use that option. So instead of Arabic we'd get middle-eastern-sounding English, instead of Mandarin we'd have Chinese-sounding English etc.

2007-01-06 07:13:30

#20

xstax981: Community Modder; +93|6950

Whoops, my bad. I'd guess it may work, except for the modded content errors

2007-01-06 08:09:42

#21

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6601

Damnit, well none of us need anymore errors with this game.

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