Recording more then 1 voice file for a new quest

Post » Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:01 pm

Hey everyone, I'm working on a quest and I'm having some serious trouble when it comes to the voice acting. Let me list the things I'm doing and then explain where / why I'm having trouble:


1. Unique Actor created, spawned in world - no problem
2. Dialogue Branches all completely filled out - no problem.
3. Record voice, save for that dialogue topic - no problem.


Now, this is where I'm frustrated because I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. After I record the voice for my first dialogue topic, and I want to record the voice for my next topic... the first topic gets overwritten by the second. The box that gives the filename to save the voice file is greyed out, so I can't change the name (meaning I can't record more then 1 voice file)...

I'm at a loss here. The tutorial is very vague on information with voice recording, and even in the tutorial it says to simply record empty sound and you're all set... WHAT IF I WANT TO ACTUALLY VOICE MY QUEST? There is no information on the Wiki about recording multiple voice files for new actors... so I'm completely at a loss here.

If anyone has made a quest with voice actors, can you please help me by pointing out what I'm doing wrong? I know there MUST be something I'm missing but I just can't seem to figure it out...

Thanks!!!
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Jade MacSpade
 
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Post » Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:10 pm

NVM found the problem... for whatever reason i simply overlooked the filename where it says blablablabla_9823476983_1 next file is blablabla_687236432_1

i was only looking at the _1 part of the filename. however, when you click "Preview" to listen to the sound... no matter which dialogue topic you are currently viewing, it plays the most recent recorded sound (pretty stupid, i know) so I was getting confused thinking it was only saving 1 sound.

after testing it ingame, the voice files ARE saving correctly.


sorry for the confusion. Bethesda, you might want to address this as a possible bug / concern as it is VERY confusing to click preview then hear the voice of a completely different topic.
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