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One step forward, two steps back. The last set, about 3 weeks ago, had clipping, and wasn't worth posting here. I'm waiting on more retakes. Where exactly is the UK studio? It might be more convenient for her to record them there.

This doesn't matter to me, since I'm accustomed to the telekinetic handling of lifting objects, opening doors, and picking locks without visible hands out in front of me doing it, but Morrowind handled lockpicking with a visible arm. When you equipped a lockpick, you'd see your arm holding it out in front of you, and if you were close enough to a door to use it, your arm would just sort of sweep forward in a vague gesture at the door and play either the success or failure lockpick sound. Very abstract. Not much different than the telekinetic approach.

I didn't feed the homeless guy. I was looking for some special food that would go into my inventory. I didn't think I'd have to pick up some food and carry it out in front of me, back to him...

The mission should end when you get to that invisible wall. I don't think there's really anything on the other side. The next mission begins on the other side of that little corridor. Are there any other required mission objectives that haven't been met? If not, then I'd say just consider yourself to have finished the mission.

The pub is The people inside aren't hostile toward you. There are a couple of secrets in but one of them is locked with a key I couldn't find.

If you're hitting the invisible wall, then I'm guessing you

Two warning sounds that come to mind that would fit the tech level are fog horns and steam whistles. Then there's the air raid siren or the submarine diving alarm, both of which are motor driving vibratory horns that could be hand-cranked or driven by steam as well. (Example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Alarm_-_Diving_-_H8.ogg)

I'll let her know. As for a conversion to OGG, BeSweet can do that. It might also have the option to normalise the volume. http://besweet.notrace.dk/ I checked and found that the latest version of WinFF supports batch conversion of MP3 to OGG, and it's much more user-friendly than BeSweet. Also, I confirmed that you can amplify the audio with it at the same time. Just add "-vol 5000" under the "Options>Additional Command Line Parameters" tab. (5000 may still be a little too quiet. Try maybe up to 6000?) Anyway, here's WinFF: http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php?view.1093

Here we are with a first batch. She apologises for the delay, and promises another batch shortly. Unexpectedly, she actually broke the vocals up into separate files based on the samples I sent her. Unfortunately, I notice the lines are very quiet and need amplifying. Do you have a batch utility to do that? Here's the file as they are: http://www.sendspace.com/file/oa9haj

No, you have to find a way to get back up to the rafters and out the window like you came in. Can't remember how I did it, but I did. The governor's place is

Or, for a hint on how to get up there... As for the letter, someone on here said that the wrong side of the paper is facing up, and that's why it's blank. If you rotate the paper to the other side, can you read it?

I have seen complaints about it before, on this forum.

It is, but people are still using it! The papers are called "readables", but this font is anything but.

The actress has the script, all the feedback, and sample lines to listen to from the other sets, but I don't know if she's plowed through them all yet.

Don't forget to use Diego's salt arrows and pepper arrows in that soup!

Alchemist should be next on my to-play list. My workaround will be to remove the keybinding for the sword.

I am highly in favour of droppable keys. I don't think we need handholding in cases of accidental or thoughtless dropping of keys that are needed later. I'd also like the possibility to drop weapons. I never use the sword, and prefer to remove it from my inventory whenever an FM allows it (sometimes it's allowed to drop in the buyout menu, other times the drop button just doesn't work), or for missions where you have to pick up your equipment as you go, I never pick up the sword. If I end up in a situation that requires swordfighting, I've done something wrong and need to reload, according to my play style.

3rd time now, in her natural accent: http://www.sendspace.com/file/sbsue6 She recorded these before I got the list of what lines to focus on, but in any case I still need to send her the lines from other parts as reference. How's the accent?

@aidakeeley: Things seem to be making progress to me. @Springheel: Okay, that is useful. I can offer all of those roles to prospective actresses, unless there's any reason not to have the sound sets available for use before the models are ready. If nothing else, finding a voice you like may drive which model(s) to give higher priority. You don't even necessarily need to make up new audition lines. Just put an asterisk next to lines you really want to hear in the noblewoman script, and I'll make up some character-based variations myself based on the sound sets for the existing characters.

@Orbweaver: I was talking about your "I have to agree with others" comment, but never mind. @Springheel: I know you said only the noblewoman is ready, but this all started because you said there was a different female model that you would only start rigging if voices were available. What I'm asking is: what characters/models currently exist and are not available to use yet for these reasons? I've seen the mute noblewoman in the Heart of Lone Salvation, as well as the sleeping pagan woman, and the zombie(?) woman in the same FM, so that's 3. Anyway, if you're providing some lines, then I'll wait before asking her to record again.

Judging from the responses from others, I think you may have misinterpreted what they said, or mistook which actress they were talking about, but at any rate I'll ask her to perform some lines in her native (still-British) accent. I suggest a brief audition script for us (whoever else is working on getting voice actresses) to use ahead of time, containing a few lines you consider most important to make a determination. Among the actors I've worked with it's standard practise to provide audition lines for the different characters that are available, and the actors can try out for various roles. I still don't even know how many roles are available, unless the two you've mentioned are the only ones, noble and townswoman/barmaid. I could probably recruit a wider range of prospects with that.

I can get her to the recording studio to record on non-hissy equipment as long as people find it worth the trouble. The only script I have is "noblewoman", which is why her lines were read from that even though I didn't intend to present her as that particular role. But I can just have her perform more or less the same lines as the male counterparts for the non-noble characters (again, assuming it's not just a waste of our time).

No, I offered to unpack some of the existing sets for her to use as reference, but she did these without reference. I'll have her do some more after everyone's had their say about the current ones.

Here's a second actress, a Brit, possibility for the noblewoman. I asked her to do a sampling of lines to see what you think. No hiss on this mic, though I notice on the louder lines there's a bit of room noise as if she's too far away from the mic. http://www.sendspace.com/file/dyr8i4

Ah, right, I forgot. Gauls, and such.