She might as well be saying "friendship drive garging" or "landing gear retracteted

Nambo · Dec 28, 2014

I actually started a serious thread about my "Friendship Drive" not working.
Its only when a Mod changed the title to Frameshift Drive" and pointed out my error that I realised what I had written, I felt such a fool and wondered what made me call it such a ridiculous name until I next played and realised why "Friendship Drive" was stuck in my brain.

n13L5 · Dec 28, 2014

Borgkube said:
She sounds crystal clear to me. As to the tone of the voice, that is sort of a personal preference. Perhaps you need to adjust your sound system or invest in better speakers/headphones? I'm just saying.

Ahh so, to defend FD's choices, you're saying it must be my THX certified Soundblaster chip and my $300 Sennheisers that suck? Or the active, bi-amped KRK V8 studio monitors (which are used by musicians and sound engineers to mix music) that my computer is hooked up to?

Then how come the previous voice sounded perfectly clear over the same equipment?

You mean to say the over-loud gunshot sound after dropping out of super cruise has busted my speakers and headphones and that explains the difference? I should double check that to be sure...

As for personal preference: sure, some people prefer girls with cold, harsh voices and sketchy pronunciation. Besides masochists, there's probably other groups of people I can't think of right now.

Oethe · Dec 28, 2014

I think it would be awesome to have a choice, like in the option settings of what voice to use. Having a selection will not hurt.

n13L5 · Dec 28, 2014

TUXER said:
it does sound like friendship drive garrling to me as well.

However...I couldnt care less either way.

I am not playing 'computer voice simulator'

You could say that about any number of the small parts of the game that together synthesize into an overall experience.
Out of those, the ship's computer voice is always there, significantly influencing your experience in the direction of the emotion stored up in that voice.

I didn't buy a truck driving simulator either, but I'm forced into doing it, cause you can't make sufficient credits for larger ships with any of the other activities.

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Geers said:
It's a computer. Computers aren't warm and pleasant. They're machines.

Utter nonsense.

Machines have no leaning to warm or cold, pleasant or unpleasant. They simply do what we program them to do, i.e. what voice we record for them.

lakofsth · Dec 28, 2014

My guess is they needed to increase the repertoire of the computer voice, and the original VO star was missing or unavailable. I would pay for a voice pack from the original VO lady (hint, FD? monetize this!).

n13L5 · Dec 28, 2014

Kosmas said:
Here is an idea. They should sell voice packs, just like you can do with Tom toms for car sat Nav. I personally would prefer a red dwarf ship computer. This one feels to business like and way serious, wouldn't take her out in a date, that's for sure...

I think you figured out why they replaced the good computer voice with a bad one: So there be reason to buy voice packs!

I think its a great idea, since ship paint jobs you can't see outside the fitting screen isn't going to keep their business afloat or Amazon's server bills paid.

Let there be:

- voice packs
- custom cockpits
- camera drones (for external views and screen shots)
- space ship sound packs (so we can replace the nasty satanic sounds from the Hauler)
- custom hyper jump animations (ala music visualizer packs, to get rid of 'witch space')

In FD's cash store

lakofsth said:
My guess is they needed to increase the repertoire of the computer voice, and the original VO star was missing or unavailable. I would pay for a voice pack from the original VO lady (hint, FD? monetize this!).

Well, ok, I think your explanation is more plausible, but less catchy ;-)

Armante · Dec 28, 2014

n13L5 said:
Then how come the previous voice sounded perfectly clear over the same equipment?

I started a thread about this in beta. They went from pre-recorded actual human voice to completely computer generated.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62182&referrerid=47032

I would prefer the old voice back - it really was nicer sounding to me. The limitation is that if new voice responses are needed then you have to bring the actor back. Computer generated ones allow them to change, modify and extend them on the fly.

I support the call for voice packs. I would happily support FD with some more money if we could have different voice packs to choose from.

Slickvic · Dec 28, 2014

Kosmas said:
Here is an idea. They should sell voice packs, just like you can do with Tom toms for car sat Nav. I personally would prefer a red dwarf ship computer. This one feels to business like and way serious, wouldn't take her out in a date, that's for sure...

Yes! I want to buy the voicepack of Gilbert Gottfried having a bad day.

Darkflame · Dec 28, 2014

Geers said:
It's a computer. Computers aren't warm and pleasant. They're machines.

racist!

The Law · Dec 28, 2014

I would love for them to add feature in the end that would allow to use our own text to speech voice engines.

Stressfest · Dec 28, 2014

It's a charity event.. It's a friendship drive!

Lasse B. · Dec 28, 2014

I swear, after a couple dozen runs between stations the computer seems to switch to some German accent:

"Docking se cesspool".

TUXER · Dec 28, 2014

Lasse B. said:
I swear, after a couple dozen runs between stations the computer seems to switch to some German accent:

"Docking se cesspool".

yes...one port I was in I didnt understand a single word.

I like the variety

DocMoriarty · Dec 28, 2014

They must have really looked for someone with a slang and totally unclear pronounciation. The first version i heard in Beta wasn't understandable at all for a non-native English speaker. "Laanding gate ploid". At least it was cheap.

Stressfest · Dec 28, 2014

Was obviously recorded inbetween drinks on a Fri night bender

ShadowGar · Dec 28, 2014

n13L5 said:
As for personal preference: sure, some people prefer girls with cold, harsh voices and sketchy pronunciation. Besides masochists, there's probably other groups of people I can't think of right now.

I'm okay with the tone. Makes me feel like my wife is in game with me. ;p

Tubit · Dec 28, 2014

The computer does sound very jolly when it gets to talk about the cargo scoop, though.

n13L5 · Dec 28, 2014

Armante said:
I started a thread about this in beta. They went from pre-recorded actual human voice to completely computer generated.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=62182&referrerid=47032

I would prefer the old voice back - it really was nicer sounding to me. The limitation is that if new voice responses are needed then you have to bring the actor back. Computer generated ones allow them to change, modify and extend them on the fly.

I support the call for voice packs. I would happily support FD with some more money if we could have different voice packs to choose from.

I want the Summer Glau voice pack, with that calm voice, when the life support module dies:

"You're afraid. You're afraid we will all die, gasping for air. But don't worry, that's not going to happen. We'll freeze to death first."

RyanBurnsRed · Dec 28, 2014

Kosmas said:
Here is an idea. They should sell voice packs, just like you can do with Tom toms for car sat Nav. I personally would prefer a red dwarf ship computer. This one feels to business like and way serious, wouldn't take her out in a date, that's for sure...

Bobbleheads first! Then we can talk about voice packs.

Tubit · Dec 28, 2014

I'd like a Guardians of the Galaxy voicepack with Groot voicing the computer. Every feedback from the computer should be "I am Groot" with very subtle changes in tone. Yes? Anyone? Anyone...? Ok, maybe not...