New COVAS voice pack on the store (so new voice packs are going to be store items then)
- Thread starter Alec Turner
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Please step away from the Kool Aid.
Oh, so not just me then. It's not that accents are bad, but I can barely understand Celeste. Sometimes an accent can be too thick and smother the words. At least I could understand Victor, even if I prefer a woman in the cockpit.
Well now that there's been time for the servers to come up and people to fly around with it for a bit, how's the new in-game Celeste COVAS merge/sync/work with the HCS VA Celeste, for those that own both? That's my biggest concern, whether or not the fidelity between the two is close enough that it seems like it's all coming from your ship.
The HCS packs won't currently work with Beyond 3.0, there's a big update due tomorrow (or in the next few days, depending on testing,) so as yet no-one really knows beyond how we remember the HCS Celeste voice....9.30am was so long ago
I love the idea that Celeste (Engineering & Helm for me in the Singularity Beta) can merge with the other facets of AI interaction with my only real worry being how much overlay there may be between the HCS pack voices and FD game voices i.e. two voices both talking at the same time. I assume, with HCS working in partnership, that Sabrina Ruiz also voiced the game version of Celeste...though I don't know this as a fact.
All in all I jumped right in....just a shame Celeste is currently stuck in the server void somewhere between Stream and my AspX.
The HCS packs won't currently work with Beyond 3.0, there's a big update due tomorrow (or in the next few days, depending on testing,) so as yet no-one really knows beyond how we remember the HCS Celeste voice....9.30am was so long ago
I love the idea that Celeste (Engineering & Helm for me in the Singularity Beta) can merge with the other facets of AI interaction with my only real worry being how much overlay there may be between the HCS pack voices and FD game voices i.e. two voices both talking at the same time. I assume, with HCS working in partnership, that Sabrina Ruiz also voiced the game version of Celeste...though I don't know this as a fact.
All in all I jumped right in....just a shame Celeste is currently stuck in the server void somewhere between Stream and my AspX.
Wasn't aware that the Singularity hasn't gone out yet. I only have Verity for HCS (wanted it to jive with the in-game computer, of course!
), and haven't been playing around with VA as much as I should. But I've been stuck at work all day unable to do much more than read the boards. I dunno if it's the videos that I'm watching or what but it sounds like the COVAS version's accent is thicker than the HCS version, based on the vids I'm watching. Was wondering how it played out in game.
Guess I wait and see.
That's a fair point, it's not as if you won't have a locker on your Anaconda that's big enough to hold a four inch tall plastic Christmas tree, a tiny model of David Braben, some fairy lights, eight ping pong balls and a few model spacecraft.
no doubt you've seen this before, but made me chuckle
Aye, one of their best sketches and is exactly like using voice attack - including the "losing it" and going full on Braveheart
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That's a fair point, it's not as if you won't have a locker on your Anaconda that's big enough to hold a four inch tall plastic Christmas tree, a tiny model of David Braben, some fairy lights, eight ping pong balls and a few model spacecraft.
This is true, but how would you manipulate them into place around your console with your holo-me telepresence hands?
Y'know I bought the new ship voice "Celeste" and its made me want the Celeste HCS voicepack to go with it now!
So its done HCS a favour and advertised the voice, I see this as win-win for HCS.
Now if you'll excuse me I seem to be having trouble stopping flying round stars just to hear "Fuels scooping complete!" ... [big grin]
So its done HCS a favour and advertised the voice, I see this as win-win for HCS.
Now if you'll excuse me I seem to be having trouble stopping flying round stars just to hear "Fuels scooping complete!" ... [big grin]
I've never tried a voice pack before (HCS), and I'm curious now. Is it mainly relevant to voice attack commands, or is it worth getting even if I don't use a microphone? In other words, what do I get exactly with it?
Voice Attack + HCS voicepacks let you issue vocal orders to your computer : it can be command activation ("deploy weapons" will deploy hardpoints for instance) or random chat ("what is your name ?" will trigger an audio response, "My name is Celeste").
A voicepack without a microphone sounds kinda useless. You'll need a mic, Voice Attack and a Voice pack to use it properly.
I'll definitely buy one.. when there's a voicepack I like - I bought A.S.T.R.A for my VA.OMG i cant believe people pay extra for that
Everyone places their own monetary value on something to decide if it's worth getting or not.
Some people, for example, are happy to fork over 5 Euro for a bunch of white lights on their cockpit. I'm not.
I'll definitely buy one.. when there's a voicepack I like - I bought A.S.T.R.A for my VA.
Everyone places their own monetary value on something to decide if it's worth getting or not.
Some people, for example, are happy to fork over 5 Euro for a bunch of white lights on their cockpit. I'm not.
Well said sir.
Everyone has their own individual perception of "value". I class the new COVAS as worthwhile, to me personally, for the complete change it makes to the the cockpit ambience. [up] Its also nice that there is a choice in voices now as you can select different ones for your SRV/SLF. I'll also pass on the lights though.
Going to check it out when I get home.
Douglas Rain is alive and well here in Kanuckia.
Douglas Rain is alive and well here in Kanuckia.
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I'm on Xbox and I have the same issue after purchasing Celeste. It is not the same voice or accent as in the Livery sample. I'm not sure if I need to be submitting a ticket or not.