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Wrt monsters and undead, I created *_monster barks for all humans. For example: snd_to_combat - original bark set snd_to_combat_monster - a copy of snd_to_combat minus references to humans, thiefs, etc. The additions were extensive, and might provide what this issue needed. Many of the bark sets didn't need changes, because they included no human-specific references. Just look for any barks that end in *_monster. I added code to differentiate between human and monster opponents and play the correct bark. See issue 0003343. |
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Maybe it would make sense to use the snd_to_combat_monster bark for any non-player adversary? |
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I assume you're suggesting the same for all the "_monster" barks. The downside of the suggestion is that we'd lose any human-to-human barks when the AIs talk to each other. I omitted more than just the "thief" references. For example, "He's got a weapon!" is fine for a human opponent and the player, but not for monsters. If we use the _monster barks for human AI to human AI, we'd lose that bark and a number of others. I'm not sure what we'd gain. |
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My thinking was that AI vs AI combat is fairly rare (how often does it happen in the 60+ missions we already have?) so re-using the monster set, even at the cost of a few barks, might be more efficient than making yet another set. |
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So what we'd need to do would be: 1 - rename "*_monster" to "*_AI" 2 - have the code use "*_AI" when dealing with an AI (monster or human) 3 - use the original sounds only when dealing with the player The original sounds that I had made "*_monster" sets from are: snd_raise_alarm snd_to_combat snd_to_combat_company snd_combat_ranged snd_killed |
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Eh...you know what, it probably is better to leave monsters separate; that way I could work monster-specific barks into future scripts. Ok, so I'll create *_human versions for the five you listed above; first I'll just copy the vocals you've already used for the monsters, and if I get time before 2.0 I can go through and add any appropriate barks that were left out. Does that make sense? |
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Sounds good. Just let me know when you need code support. |
- Anonymous
