[P] Synchronized text appearing and speaking sound

[Sligneris]

I noticed speaking sound is playing all the time during speaking. Wouldn't it be better if one sound would match one letter? It would more effective in slow speaking. Also, signs like . , ? ! and spaces should be silent.

[Mick]

This is a good idea, because it sounds really strange if you set the text-timer to 0.1.
But how should this be done? I think, the individual text-sound is one continuing sound, it's not divided. (I hope, you know, what I mean )
Could this be done with programming or is a sound program needed for that?

[Meph]

This has been discussed before, but, yeah, it's an issue. Has anyone given a proper analysis into when each bleep sound is played?

[Blackrune]

I suppose the ability to set custom blip sounds could help with that. You'd just manually implement a slower version if needed...of course perfectly synching it with very slow letter would still be a difficult issue.
...It'd probably also be possible to create some other hilarious effects. xD
Of course, this would only help with slow speaking, not with ignoring voiceless symbols.

[drthingums]

This has been discussed before, but, yeah, it's an issue. Has anyone given a proper analysis into when each bleep sound is played?

The trial player sets the ticker sound to loop before it starts adding letters to the message box. When the entire message is onscreen, it stops the sound. Why was it done that way again?

[Meph]

Sorry. I meant an analysis of how it is done in the official AA games.

But the reason why it was done this way is to improve performance. These days, it may not be much of a problem with HTML5 audio and whatnot.

[morganwk]

I second the motion of custom blip sounds. Now, Karma can have the super deep voice he deserves!

[Bad Player]

Couldn't you just try something like one blip to a character to see how it sounds, without an in-depth analysis of how it's done in the actual games? >_>

[AABattery]

I've done a blip per character in my RPG Maker game (I'm using the male blip for it). It sounds much better that way.

[Meph]

Couldn't you just try something like one blip to a character to see how it sounds, without an in-depth analysis of how it's done in the actual games? >_>

Yeah, but we might as well see how it's done in the games. Surely someone who's hacked into the ROMs has seen how it's done?

[Unas]

I've done a blip per character in my RPG Maker game (I'm using the male blip for it). It sounds much better that way.

Unfortunately, performance of a native app built with RPG Maker is on a completely different from the performance given by a sound player in Flash.
When using Flash to read a sound, you inevitably get a small delay before the sound starts playing, making it very difficult to properly synchronise.

I might see about that in V6 since the lib I'm using supports HTML5 audio, which should in theory offer better performance, but to be honest it's not a priority for me.

[Bad Player]

Couldn't you just try something like one blip to a character to see how it sounds, without an in-depth analysis of how it's done in the actual games? >_>

Yeah, but we might as well see how it's done in the games. Surely someone who's hacked into the ROMs has seen how it's done?

Well, when you hack a ROM for sounds/graphics, I'm not sure you're going to find out how they do the blips >_>

Just ask henke/wait for him to come in here and comment... If he doesn't know, I doubt anyone does

[Meph]

Well, when you hack a ROM for sounds/graphics, I'm not sure you're going to find out how they do the blips >_>

I mean really hack it. Reverse-engineer it to find the bleeping algorithm. Still, you could probably find out just by observing the game and playing it in slow motion.

[morganwk]

Isn't it just every syllable?

[Kroki]

You could try to hack the game and have it type "Nietzche".