Author Topic: Help wanted: sorting out the best AI taunts from multiple takes and into folders  (Read 3032 times)

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Hi there!

So, we have a load of AI taunts that are mostly sitting here now: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QigrOFN9S1h5pUknuI_8Om7kKsC4xk9V <==== Edit: Use the copy from my post below where the taunts are sorted by category

They came from this originally: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uWSvy3fucyhGpvx10jG5eK2STY1944-yBAB22GT7wHM/edit#

There are 3+ takes of a lot of these taunts, and we don't really need more than one take per line in my opinion.  We also need to get each taunt sorted into a folder for the category that it is for (as shown on the document).

All the files are split up and processed by Pablo, but I could really use a hand going through them because there are a LOT of these (almost 600).  I'd rather this not be something that burn a bunch of Badger's time, even though I know he's really excited about this, because he's one of the few of us also able to do bugfixes and other tweaks.  So if anyone else around on the forums wants to lend a hand sifting through this stuff for the best, that would be appreciated.

There are some files that just plain need to be discarded, because they're just "chapter headings," per se.  Not an actual taunt.
« Last Edit: October 11, 2019, 06:18:36 pm by BadgerBadger »
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How hard is it to add things in piecemeal? Could you throw just a line or two into the game so I can start testing the voice hooks?

Edit: I can look at the .zip file in google drive, but I can't move files around there, I'd have to download it, sort some of the files, then upload a new copy of it?

Edit Edit: Here's a new zip file on google drive with all the taunts sorted by category: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-sL54l7DpVJFZN8K6s0005MLvl8HJnlp
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I could throw in a line or two, but it would be easier to get these things sorted first, to be honest.  I could try to find a single item from each group to start with, though.

As far as doing the sorting in the zip file, honestly I'd be hoping to cut it down to a third or so of the files that are really there right now.  Finding the one or maybe two favorite takes on each line so that no takes oversaturate the player with repetition with slight differences in inflection.  Then getting those integrated.

I probably can't do that this weekend, in terms of getting the hooks in; I'm in the middle of a thing with control groups at the moment.
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I'm going to sort everything into folders (ie all the takes of Golem related taunts will go into that folder) for starters; that will make it easier. Edit: Here https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-sL54l7DpVJFZN8K6s0005MLvl8HJnlp
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Okay. I sorted things. Puffin found his favourite takes. I made some further tweaks, and here you go. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WmU5uSasOZbQup6NqG5BRI7PSd--YF78