Mod Request - Female voice for more planes

[Flyhighzz]

I love the female voice used for the Yak-1.

Can someone make a mod so every Soviet plane I fly has a female voice while AI Soviet planes keep their male voice. Just like how it is when you have the Yak-1 female pilot selected. 

Thanks would be greatly appreciated!! ^-^

[Feathered_IV]

It might be worth going into the main game directory and locating the data/audio/radio/rus/fem folder.  You could backup the contents of the actor01 folder (male leader voice) then copy-paste the Fem speech files into the actor01 folder.  

[Flyhighzz]

3 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

It might be worth going into the main game directory and locating the data/audio/radio/rus/fem folder.  You could backup the contents of the actor01 folder (male leader voice) then copy-paste the Fem speech files into the actor01 folder.  

I tried that but I think it randomises the male voices and that you're not always using the male actor01. But instead all of them. When I tried it, one of my squad members would have a female voice while I have a male voice. For another mission a different pilot would have a female voice, and eventually when lucky my pilot will have a female voice during another mission.

I don't know, that's what I think.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

On 6/27/2021 at 5:41 PM, Flyhighzz said:

I tried that but I think it randomises the male voices and that you're not always using the male actor01. But instead all of them. When I tried it, one of my squad members would have a female voice while I have a male voice. For another mission a different pilot would have a female voice, and eventually when lucky my pilot will have a female voice during another mission.

I don't know, that's what I think.

I'm not sure if the voices are indeed randomised, but if they are then there's no way to set female voices for just yourself for Soviet planes other than the few that were flown by female pilots historically.

[Nickkyboy99]

On 6/28/2021 at 12:42 PM, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I'm not sure if the voices are indeed randomised, but if they are then there's no way to set female voices for just yourself for Soviet planes other than the few that were flown by female pilots historically.

It's probably possible, gotta like add some new lines of code and not only just mess around with moving the audio files around.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

1 hour ago, I./TG3-Jan_Muller said:

add some new lines of code

... which is not possible.

[Thad]

I've got enough complaining and nagging at home already. I don't need any female wingmen doing the same during my game time. ?

[Nickkyboy99]

3 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

... which is not possible.

But what about those custom mod italian/slovak careers or the extended career modes with extra planes and more squadrons?

 

7 minutes ago, Thad said:

I've got enough complaining and nagging at home already. I don't need any female wingmen doing the same during my game time. ?

Lmao

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, I./TG3-Jan_Muller said:

But what about those custom mod italian/slovak careers or the extended career modes with extra planes and more squadrons?

 

That's not new code - it's just replacing the default German entries with Italian or Slovak ones. 

[ragvard]

8 hours ago, Thad said:

I've got enough complaining and nagging at home already. I don't need any female wingmen doing the same during my game time. ?

And i don't need nagging and complaining from men like you in my spare time  

[Thad]

Humor is lost on some people. ☹️

[Irishratticus72]

1 minute ago, Thad said:

Humor is lost on some people. ☹️

It's like foreign aid relief, not everyone is going to get it. 

[Nickkyboy99]

9 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

That's not new code - it's just replacing the default German entries with Italian or Slovak ones. 

Yeah but what about the extended career mod? Didn't he add more flyable planes in the career mode? Either way he was still able to edit it

[Flyhighzz]

1 hour ago, I./TG3-Jan_Muller said:

Yeah but what about the extended career mod? Didn't he add more flyable planes in the career mode? Either way he was still able to edit it

its ok if its not possible it doesnt matter ill just have an all female squadron instead by replacing all the files with the female voices

 

Thanks for all the help guys! ?

[Varibraun]

2 hours ago, Flyhighzz said:

ill just have an all female squadron instead by replacing all the files with the female voices

 

Well played...you should pick up Lydia in the PWCG Challenge, no one has challenged her yet 

 

 

 

[=RS=rulezcz]

well it obviously is connected to the plane modification "FemCrew".   That modification is specified in info.txt

 

&modifications=
id,    entityId,            group|
1,    yak1s69_ROS82x2,    1|
2,    yak1s69_ROS82x6,    1|
3,    yak1s69_FAB50x2,    1|
4,    yak1s69_FAB100x2,    1|
5,    yak1s69_RPK10,        2|
24,    yak1s69_FemCrew,    9|  

 

the voices themselves are specified in soundengine.cfg. like this:

 

here it says what ogg file to choose
// Actor 01 rus pilot female
sample = "pil_req_taxi101",          1001, "audio/radio/rus/fem/Actor01/const/req_taxi.ogg"

 

here the voices which can say the phrase (actors 1-5 and the female 1001)

// Pilot, single plane request for taxi to runway
template = 101, "tp_sing_req_taxi", "rus", 20, "$RECPTID pil_im $MYID pil_req_taxi", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1001

 

The million dollar question is where between these two files the game finds out to only use 1001 with the mod number 24.  That I would very much like to know. I think there is no sleep for me tonight again. Thank you ?
 

 

 

 

 

 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

On 6/30/2021 at 4:00 PM, I./TG3-Jan_Muller said:

Yeah but what about the extended career mod? Didn't he add more flyable planes in the career mode? Either way he was still able to edit it

I fail to see how it being possible to mod the career mode says anything about being able to change the game code.

 

On 7/1/2021 at 2:19 PM, =RS=rulezcz said:

well it obviously is connected to the plane modification "FemCrew".   That modification is specified in info.txt

It's actually quite easy to add modifications to the plane files. But alas, those files are locked so the game will crash when it detects you've edited them.

 

Which is a pity, since while I'm vehemently against adding female pilots to all aircraft, there are a couple of additional planes they could be historically added to. The Pe-2 being one, and I believe there's more.

[=RS=rulezcz]

4 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I fail to see how it being possible to mod the career mode says anything about being able to change the game code.

 

It's actually quite easy to add modifications to the plane files. But alas, those files are locked so the game will crash when it detects you've edited them.

 

 

Is there a way to tell which files are locked ? Without having to crash the game ?

[AEthelraedUnraed]

4 hours ago, =RS=rulezcz said:

Is there a way to tell which files are locked ? Without having to crash the game ?

Besides crashing the game, no.

 

In short, the career files are moddable. Skins and textures are too. As are map config files (such as the ones describing which textures to use - see my Arras Autumn mod). Radio clips are not even packed, and moddable too. It's possible to *add* static models to the game, provided you've got a way to convert models to the .mgm format (which no-one has).

 

I've undoubtedly missed one or two things, but beyond what I just mentioned, it's a reasonable assumption that everything's locked.

Edited July 5, 2021 by AEthelraedUnraed

[oc2209]

13 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

 I'm vehemently against adding female pilots to all aircraft

 

Your sexism saddens me. I think female pilots should be optional for all planes!

 

(I really just want to save ~20kg on pilot weight)

[=RS=rulezcz]

9 hours ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

I've undoubtedly missed one or two things, but beyond what I just mentioned, it's a reasonable assumption that everything's locked.

The number of planes in a mission...I tried to simply add more ju52 planes into a mission by increasing the number of planes from 1 to say 3 in the file (i cant remember which one it is now)...that caused the game to behave wierdly...so that could mean that this is locked too ?

 

Thanks for your advice BTW, I didn' t know about the locked files...I just thought I missed some other file that needed change when I had a game crash.

[AEthelraedUnraed]

3 hours ago, =RS=rulezcz said:

The number of planes in a mission...I tried to simply add more ju52 planes into a mission by increasing the number of planes from 1 to say 3 in the file (i cant remember which one it is now)...that caused the game to behave wierdly...so that could mean that this is locked too ?

The normal missions are perfectly editable, as are the free campaigns and the generated career/quick missions. Unless you know what you're doing, you're much better off editing them using the Mission Editor though (\bin\editor\STEditor.exe). There's a great manual available here:

The paid careers are in an encrypted format though. If you tried to binary-edit one of those, I assume that would cause a crash.

 

8 hours ago, oc2209 said:

Your sexism saddens me. I think female pilots should be optional for all planes!

 

(I really just want to save ~20kg on pilot weight)

I know you're just joking, but I thought I'd clarify my post. It's got nothing to do with sexism but with historicity. I'm all for adding female pilots to aircraft they've historically flown in combat (as I said, there's a couple more than is currently the case), or analogously, for adding black-skinned pilots to the P-51 if the Devs choose so. That only widens the possibilities within the historical frame. However, IL2 is a purported historical simulator so should stick to what's historical. For me it would break immersion if I'd suddenly come across female pilots in my P-51 career, or hear a female pilot over the radio in a non-historical context.

 

Which doesn't mean I would be against a mod which does such things (if it were possible to mod...). To each his own, and if someone doesn't care for historical realism thats his/her loss. I can understand that if you're a girl, then it would give just a tad more immersion, but hey, I'm not a russian guy in the early 40s either so everyone has to do at least a bit of "role-playing".

Edited July 6, 2021 by AEthelraedUnraed

[-47-Uncle_Bob]

On 6/30/2021 at 3:16 PM, Thad said:

Humor is lost on some people. ☹️

A lot has been lost over the last couple of decades and humor is one of them. Comedy is as dead as journalism.

On 6/30/2021 at 5:23 PM, Flyhighzz said:

its ok if its not possible it doesnt matter ill just have an all female squadron instead by replacing all the files with the female voices

 

Thanks for all the help guys! ?

Lmao          comedy isnt dead after all........The amazons are coming. If it was a hollywood movie they would kick asss and kill the male pilots easy.

Edited September 21, 2021 by -47-Uncle_Bob

[Hoots]

47 minutes ago, -47-Uncle_Bob said:

A lot has been lost over the last couple of decades and humor is one of them. Comedy is as dead as journalism.

Lmao          comedy isnt dead after all........The amazons are coming. If it was a hollywood movie they would kick asss and kill the male pilots easy.

 

I think perhaps you're just a bit cross because a brand of humour you personally thought was hilarious was called out as simply being rude to half of the people on the planet. Comedy is alive and doing very well, just perhaps not your version of comedy that liked to punch downwards, not upwards.

[-47-Uncle_Bob]

4 hours ago, Hoots said:

 

I think perhaps you're just a bit cross because a brand of humour you personally thought was hilarious was called out as simply being rude to half of the people on the planet. Comedy is alive and doing very well, just perhaps not your version of comedy that liked to punch downwards, not upwards.

aawwww, the woke police. Im sure you hit the mark, l m f a o

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, -47-Uncle_Bob said:

aawwww, the woke police. Im sure you hit the mark, l m f a o

 

There we go...

[-47-Uncle_Bob]

2 hours ago, Hoots said:

 

There we go...

You come charging in on your rightous white horse, condescending your elitist judgement of me. I meant nothing mean with my response to the female squadron. I thought it was a hilarious idea and I think that was intended too. Your a funny guy.

[Hoots]

43 minutes ago, -47-Uncle_Bob said:

You come charging in on your rightous white horse, condescending your elitist judgement of me. I meant nothing mean with my response to the female squadron. I thought it was a hilarious idea and I think that was intended too. Your a funny guy.

1. You’re 

2. I’m sure you did think it was funny and nothing mean. Doesn’t alter the fact that 50% of the population might consider otherwise and hence why you think your comedy is being lost. 
3. Woke isn’t an insult. 
4. I know change is hard, but it is necessary. 

[Charlo-VRde]

(Hoots beat me to it)

Edited September 21, 2021 by Charlo-VR

[-47-Uncle_Bob]

12 hours ago, Hoots said:

1. You’re 

2. I’m sure you did think it was funny and nothing mean. Doesn’t alter the fact that 50% of the population might consider otherwise and hence why you think your comedy is being lost. 
3. Woke isn’t an insult. 
4. I know change is hard, but it is necessary. 

Already at nr 1. you show your arrogant condescending attitude. Im not english and I speak english better than you speak my language. Grammarnazi you....

You think that founder under your name is a "von" and gives you special priveliges to stump on people?

Nr 4. By change you should say "brainwash."

L M F A O

 

 

 

PS. Woke is an insult.

12 hours ago, Charlo-VR said:

(Hoots beat me to it)

Los Angeles, yeah I understand....nuff said  ?

[Hoots]

1 hour ago, -47-Uncle_Bob said:

Already at nr 1. you show your arrogant condescending attitude. Im not english and I speak english better than you speak my language. Grammarnazi you....

You think that founder under your name is a "von" and gives you special priveliges to stump on people?

Nr 4. By change you should say "brainwash."

L M F A O

 

 

 

PS. Woke is an insult.

Los Angeles, yeah I understand....nuff said  ?

Well done for learning English I’ll always applaud anyone speaking another language, maybe I don’t speak yours but I do speak others. Consider the comment on usage as a pointer to getting better rather than having a tantrum. Regarding arrogance and brainwashing, you show your arrogance by your refusal to consider the feelings of those your “jokes” demean. Learning how to be a better human being isn’t brainwashing, it’s called maturing, or growing up. 
 

woke

(woʊk)

1. 

Woke is the past tense of wake.

2. ADJECTIVE

Someone who is woke is very aware of social and political unfairness.

 

doesn’t sound like an insult to me, anti-woke ie the opposite of the above definition? Well, that sure does. 
 

cheerio.