Voice Artists

posted on September 30th, 2013, 3:47 pm

With regard to Klingons in the series - from what I recall, the voices were heavily modified post recording to give that even 'deeper' tone - such as is the case with Worf in TNG.

I just checked Memory Alpha and it looks like the voices were only altered in post production for Nemesis for Worf and the remans. The shows and the other movies actually use their actor's voices as recorded.

posted on October 5th, 2013, 2:53 pm

beautifull , you make me very happy.

pleases , include some Famouse quotes from Star trek universe...

like:
klingons : Perhaps today is good day to die !
Klingon singing from DS 9, episode where K`or heroicaly dies....(this would be awesome)
More bloodwine ! some harsh klingon language.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBZ2MEBTYJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTuD6xf-ync
federation : All hands to battle stations....
All hands abandon ship ! aaagh ! (from bridge comander) to exploding ship
romulan: I serve the Empire.
Dont interupt my reserch.
We lay in shadows....
who dares to chalenge us ?!

and many more.... for example many such quotes are in forum tread Achievments.
use imagination...

i hope , when i hear some , i will drop from my chair to floor , laughing !

I can say that you'll be stumbling over quite some surprises in V4. Even more than just quotes from the shows. It's truely amazing what's going on behind the scenes.

Will there also be voices of ships you haven't selected? Like in new strategy games, where the units shout things when they are in battle and so on.
I also liked the approach of the Dawn of War series, where you got a race related comment when you first met the enemy. Is something like that planned as well?

Edit: The examples above don't work for me

That's a reasonable question. Optec, is this possible with the current scripting in Fleet Ops in general? And if so...do you guys have that in mind... I don't know if this would suit your imagination of the game experience?

posted on October 5th, 2013, 5:37 pm

With your quote suggestions, how could you forgot to mention this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyDbfCbQnH8


I really dig the new Borg sound, finally they sound quite creepy.

posted on October 9th, 2013, 7:12 pm

Good job! Please put extra effort on the dominion. I like them, but their old voices are terrible. They sound like they are talking from their neck.

posted on October 28th, 2013, 11:35 am

I loved the voice acting and i am sure the new ones will be great as well.
There are so many great lines in there right now, but i guess my favourite is "The Dominion is at war!"

posted on November 13th, 2013, 10:10 pm

Contextual voices are a great idea. As I listened to them, I felt as though something was missing.......Background noise. If you select a unit that is taking fire, perhaps in addition to a voice response, we should hear a red alert klaxon in the background, along with explosions, shield impacts, subspace chatter, panel readout noises, bridge crew yelling battle reports peppered with a bit of panic in their voices.

Also, the unit captain who is "answering your hail" so to speak, might benefit by having a bit more emotion in his/her voice if in a battle situation (except for Vulcan's of course).

posted on November 14th, 2013, 5:48 pm

Can you re-use audio from Armada, or at least the lines?

I am thinking of a few that I liked, such as "Gre'thor will be paved with their ashes!" or "To the gates of Sto Vo'Kor!"

posted on November 18th, 2013, 8:33 pm

Apparently this has already been done. My mistake.

posted on November 19th, 2013, 9:17 am

Contextual voices are a great idea. As I listened to them, I felt as though something was missing.......Background noise. If you select a unit that is taking fire, perhaps in addition to a voice response, we should hear a red alert klaxon in the background, along with explosions, shield impacts, subspace chatter, panel readout noises, bridge crew yelling battle reports peppered with a bit of panic in their voices.

Also, the unit captain who is "answering your hail" so to speak, might benefit by having a bit more emotion in his/her voice if in a battle situation (except for Vulcan's of course).

Interesting idea. It could strengthen immersion. But it's a hell of a job to go through all of them and implement back ground noise that is not repetitive. After a while playing you recognize it and it starts to annoy. But in general I'd be interested to implement a test vessel and see how it feels.

posted on November 19th, 2013, 6:57 pm

(except for Vulcan's of course)

Actually, I'd have some feeling in a few of theirs as well. They may be great at control, but even they have limits. Losing battles and great stress can break them just like anyone else.

If a vulcan can become a murderer from 'severe emotional problems' after losing his ship and friends, then letting a little frustration into their voice is quite mild.