Maybe I'll fit an ADC now:
Honestly, it was stuff like this that made me look at buying the HCS packs, to give me the feeling of having crew aboard my ship.
Trouble is, I just don't like having to use Voice-Attack so I wish there was a way to get the voice-packs working without it.
If VA released some kind of "bare-bones" version, that only had the functionality to allow the voice-packs to work (somehow), I'd be in there like a rat up a drainpipe.
^This ... I have the HCS packs, but don't have the patience to program VA.
Erm... HCS basically does everything for you. XD^This ... I have the HCS packs, but don't have the patience to program VA.
Very cool. Once.
For me personally, after hearing the same banter 5 times in a row I'd be more inclined to tell them all just to watch and get it done.
Anyway to program some variability into it ? I'd be much more inclined to do this if it wasn't a single line of patter.
Is there something in particular about setting up VA that puts you both off? I came to the conclusion that I’m a spectacular example of a Luddite a long time ago and yet I found it to be very simple and pretty quick to set up.
It wasn't "setting up" VA that put me off.
In no particular order, the reasons I opted against VA are as follows:-
I found it confusing to buy.
I looked at the basic product, looked at the voice packs and saw that some of them require various add-ons, looked at the add-ons - which link to other add-ons, which gets thoroughly confusing... and then realise that, at some point, I've started looking at things that aren't ED-related products at all.
Granted, I probably could figure it all out if I was properly interested.
I don't like using headphones just so I've got a mic'.
I've got a 7.1 Surround system for my PC in my Command Module and I enjoy listening to it.
Again, I could probably get around this by buying a standalone USB mic' if I was more interested - and if the output from my speakers didn't interfere with the mic'.
I don't like, erm, talking to myself.
When I do use headphones it's 'cos I'm on my computer late at night and, in that case, I don't really want to keep everybody awake by talking to my PC.
And I don't want people to think I'm a loony because I talk to my PC.
Lastly, I'm just not keen on the idea of voice-control.
I like tactile stuff - pushing buttons and flipping switches - so that's how my PC controllers are set up, which enhances my immersion.
I suppose it could be argued that voice-control is just as immersive, kind of like talking to a computer in Star Trek or even talking to a member of my crew, but I just don't like it.
So, erm, yeah.
If VA created some kind of "bare-bones" system that allowed the voice-packs to automatically do their thing based purely on what the vanilla game was doing, I'd certainly buy it but the idea of having to set it all up kind of ruins the illusion for me.
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To be clear, I really don't mean to provide a big, long, list of "everything that's wrong with VA".
It seems like a great product.
That's just a big, long, list of why I'm not keen on it.
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I don't like, erm, talking to myself.
When I do use headphones it's 'cos I'm on my computer late at night and, in that case, I don't really want to keep everybody awake by talking to my PC.
And I don't want people to think I'm a loony because I talk to my PC.
Lastly, I'm just not keen on the idea of voice-control.
I like tactile stuff - pushing buttons and flipping switches - so that's how my PC controllers are set up, which enhances my immersion.
I suppose it could be argued that voice-control is just as immersive, kind of like talking to a computer in Star Trek or even talking to a member of my crew, but I just don't like it.
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I don't like using headphones just so I've got a mic'.
I've got a 7.1 Surround system for my PC in my Command Module and I enjoy listening to it.
Again, I could probably get around this by buying a standalone USB mic' if I was more interested - and if the output from my speakers didn't interfere with the mic'.
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O............. Some worked better than others but some were just dreadful and picked up so many other noises that VA was constantly reacting to something other than me........
Repetition on the hcs stuff isn't that bad. You're not actually listening to the lines, when you're kicking it off its about the action that's being performed. Completely different experience than watching a video trying to decide if you'll like it. There is a bit of variation as well, while you get to know them all after a while its more than you expect.
Also pretty sure there is a silent mode as well, ie you talk and it just does it. At least there used to be.
Havent used mine in ages though. Every time you rebuild windows you have to train the voice engine again (hang on i could just update the image couldn't i... doh), and im still scarred from preordering the carina one and it being so horrifically bad. Sounds like its for a sexualty based special interest group without being sold with an appropriate warning.
I have a number of hcs voice packs, installed adc said "number 1 take us out".... nothing.
Any one get this to work ?
You may need to "update" your voicepacks if you haven't yet. The commands are based on the latest version of Singularity v2.2.5.
To update your voicepacks, you need to find your original download links which were embedded in your email receipt and download all of the voicepacks you own.
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