Making Speech Created 18 years ago2005-06-25 14:39:57 UTC by Vallian88

Ok for the end of my level, I figured I'd the gman show up and say "This is just the beginning Dr. Freeman. Until next time..." And then it would just fade out. Simple enough right? Well I recorded the MP3 file and then changed the pitch a bit (my voice is too high for the Gman...) and now I just need to get the Gman to say it. The problem is I can't figure out how to do this. I'm pretty sure I have to script something, but I really have no clue what to do. Can someone help me? All I have so far is the gman NPC, a MP3, and a trigger that wil set off the end.

I'm pretty sure you have to save it as .wav, as all the other sounds in HL2 are .wavs. For the other stuff I've no idea and I'd like to know how to do this as well

It does need to be WAV.

You need to load it up in FacePoser, and set a scene up for that.

Ok, I re-recorded it as a WAV file, but I still dont know what to do with it.

You know Faceposer? You need to set up a new scene, get the g-man model and set up the scene with the .wav file. I dont know the rest but there are tutorials on the sdk site.

My Face Poser just crashes now everytime I open it, damn Steam Update!

Here a couple of documents that should help:

http://www.valve-erc.com/srcsdk/faceposer/faceposer.html
http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Faceposer

Faceposer can be an absolute bitch. Make sure you pick up the Microsoft Speech API 5.1, which is avaliable here. If you need anymore help, just ask: I've had a bit of a play with Faceposer, with success.

Yeah, I spent all morning working with it, and I guess you just need to install MS Speech SDK and it works. I figured it out though and thanks anyway, if I do need anything else, I will ask.

I worked with that, had it running in my map but I couldnt get the npc to face the !player

Oh, thats simple, you just make an event "face actor" have it be !player and then just expand the length of it to fit the ammout of time you need him to face the player. If you want him to look at the player the whole time, you just make the event as long as the whole choreography is.