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Article #220Re: Origin - CD-only forever!
From: th... Tom Hong
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 18:37
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 18:37
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In article <38slhb$m...@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca>, Michael Lewchuk <lew...@cs.ualberta.ca> wrote: > >Gee, you're "talking to" that person without even using his name. Scan the >conversations in Privateer and see how many really don't need name/callsign >put in the conversations. Those could all be digitized voice as well No, when they talk to *you* they do use your name and callsign a lot. >No sounds added. Just a few combat sayings for each opponent. I have a much >better idea: put the speech pack and game all on a CD. That way they won't >have to worry about the 20Mb required to store a reasonable amount of >digitized voice. As a matter of fact, they did. >They could just use depersonalized conversation. It's possible. Although >giving the main character an identity is somewhat realistic. Depends on personal taste. Some people feel more drawn in if they use their own name and callsign. TRH Sends
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