Unused sound files?

Fenor · Post by **Fenor** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:57 am

I've been going through the sound files for characters in the game, and i've heard many sound clips from characters that say something like "Here", "Take this", "I'll send you an email about it". The sound files below are phrases I have never heard the characters say, nor does the walkthrough make mention of such interaction with any of the characters mentioned below.

Take a look at....

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\santa monica\carson (line103_col_e through line105_col_e)

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\santa monica\stan_gimble (line273_col_e through line275_col_e)

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\chinatown\barabus (line101_col_e and line102_col_e)

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\chinatown\wongho (line684_col_e through line686_col_e)

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\hollywood\flynn (line493_col_e through line495_col_e

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\hollywood\slater (line229_col_e and line230_col_e)

[*]Vampire\sound\character\dlg\hollywood\isaac (line990_col through line992_col)

Anyone actually hear these ingame? ...I suppose it's possible I had no such encounters because of my clan/attributes(or lack thereof).

Jandau · Post by **Jandau** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:14 am

As is the case with most complex RPGs, there is a bunch of junk that never quite made it into the game. Baldur's Gate, Fallout 2,... They all had stuff that didn't get in and was eventually found by people snooping around the game's files. Usually, it's unfinished quests and dialogues, but I guess that sound files are also an option...

Maxinion · Post by **Maxinion** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 3:37 pm

I know there were a few unused sound files in games like KoTOR as well, since all dialogue was voiced in that game as well. Maybe people will be able to use these audio files to spice up custom quests, or re-activate these hidden ones, with time.

Crenshinibon · Post by **Crenshinibon** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:08 pm

I posted in the wrong thread, my apologies. This post may be deleted.

Jhereg · Post by **Jhereg** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:46 pm

Voice Files

With voice files, the problem may not necessarily be that they were intended for something that got left out. Good voice actors are a very expensive and short-term resource in any project. Naturally, there are specific known dialogs that they are to record, but it is fairly common to chew up any excess time left on the contract by having them record a bunch of general-purpose words and phrases that may have never had an intended purpose, but were simply gathered at the time "just in case", since by contract the time was already paid for. Given the types of files located, I suspect that they were just that - filler. Just in case.

Wesp5 · Post by **Wesp5** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:10 am

Jhereg wrote:Given the types of files located, I suspect that they were just that - filler. Just in case.

Exactly. Several of the characters have simple all-round lines like that at the end of their dialogue files. While I restored all unique lines that I could into the unofficial patch, I never cared much about those because they sound too generic.