posted 01-22- 01:39 PM               

This thread is for people working on Projects Russian, Japanese and/or Italian Nation to post updates on progress. If you have questions about these projects, please either email me or read the following threads:

Project Russian Nation: http://www.fightersquadron.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000193.html

Project Italian/Japanese Nations: http://www.fightersquadron.com/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000217.html

...and now for the news:

Tailslide has sent his friend the calls script and posted it at a few russian messsage boards.

Gterl is in charge of making the Italian-language calls. One Mr. Holmes has offered to do this as well, so should gterl be unable to make the calls, we have a back up. In the meantime I have asked Mr. Holmes to make the calls in english with an Italian accent.

Siggi is in charge of making the Japanese-language calls. He has run into some difficulty with his recording software, so if anyone knows where you can get a free app online, please email him. There have been no other offers for Japan to date.

Jeeves is assisting in project coordination and is also preparing squadrons so that once the radio calls are finished they can be combined with his squads to form a complete 'nations' package.

posted 01-23- 05:03 PM               

One solution would be to select the language file you'd like to use for any particular country.

Another way (much better IMHO) is to record the same sayings by a Russian (Italian etc.) speaking speaking English. This is what they did for the Polish Airborne in Close Combat, and it worked very well.

So, any chance you could get those words at the same time?

posted 01-23- 05:27 PM               

I had the same idea, I've already asked for both a russian version and an english version with russian accent. Cross your fingers.

posted 01-24- 11:07 PM               

UPDATE - The Folder war continues, and General Jeeves is struggling gallantly to make it all work, so the next time you come across him in the forum --> SALUTE!

Werner

posted 01-26- 12:50 AM               

Great work Gterl!!

Werner

posted 01-26- 04:52 AM               

UPDATE: The Soviet folder is pretty much in the hands of Zoy now (I think)- I sent him squadrons, medals, and am about to send him ranks (in case he doesn't have them already).

posted 01-27- 09:07 AM               

I think Werner or Jeeves were going to work on this when the other countries were complete ....but anyway I couldn't wait so I've started.

I have created an Australia country - pretty easy to do as the ranks and medals are the same as the poms (and a big thanks to Lector - his instructions are very good). I have also created some squadrons (1,2 and 460 Sqn's so far) and intend to do another 4 (3,5,25 and 75 Sqn's).

Ribbons ? to be done but that shouldn't be hard ... should have results soon.

Sound ? well, I have no recording equipment so somebody else will have to take care of that.

Aircraft ? there are already a few Aust Spit skins around and a Mosq. I have just finished a skin for an Aust P51d and 95% completed a Lanc (G for George - 460 Sqn). We'll have to wait for the results of the contest for others.

I'm looking forward to the Pacific theatre very much. I hope my contributions will help bring it ahead.... even if just a tad.

If there's a central coord person for this, please contact me and I'll forward my work when appropriate.

I love this program !!

Cheers,

AGAS 5

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posted 01-27- 01:27 PM               

Jeeves deserves (a medal) and a break after all the work he's done on these three countries, so AGAS, it looks like I'll be coordinating Australia with you pretty soon here. It sounds like you've got the matter well in hand, but when it comes to the final packaging and release of the files, Poodle and I have come up with a way that will reduce the number and size of user downloads to an optimal level, so that part of this project will need to be done as a group effort.

Keep up the great work everybody!

Werner

posted 01-27- 03:16 PM               

sigh. Almost done.

Werner

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posted 01-27- 07:09 PM               

Also, I'll be having an Economics exam on monday, so I won't be around much till then.

Cu,
Poodle

posted 01-27- 07:41 PM               

Werner

posted 01-29- 01:28 AM               

Big news tomorrow, though...

Werner

posted 01-29- 01:55 AM               

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posted 01-29- 01:57 AM               

TS

posted 01-29- 07:45 AM               

I thought I'd make a list of how you say each nation in the 4 SDOE languages. I thought ahead and did some more too.

I'll put them in this order:

English, French, German, Italian:

Japan, (Le) Japon, Japan, Giappone

Italy, Italie, Italien, Italia

Russia, (La) Russie, Rußland, (La) Russia

Canada, Canada, Kanada, Canada

Australia, Australie, Australien, Australia

France, (La) France, Frankreich, Francia

Holland, Hollande, Holland, Olanda

Soviet Union, Union soviétique, (Die) Sowjetunion, (L')Unione Sovietica

USSR, URSS, UDSSR, URSS

I'll be adding Italy and Russia, but tell me if it'll be Russia, Soviet Union or USSR.

Cu,
Poodle

posted 01-29- 07:59 AM               

Zoy- That's good to hear...I'm very excited about this one! This is a real fun project- I might be crazy enough to do France next- if I can figure how to do the voice files

posted 01-29- 08:20 AM               

Ok, Soviet Union it will be then, unless Werner will correct us.

I still got a PSP 5 template of the Japanese medals, so you can send them over and I'll paste the new medals on.

For Italy it'll just be the Italian flag on the background right? And with the Russians it would be that red flag with the tools on it.

posted 01-29- 09:07 AM               

ok folks just a quick note:
- I'm lying in my bed with influenza (fever, etc, etc)
- I will re-record all the italian radio calls to sound more with "action" (now this has to wait a few days because when I'm talking it sounds more like an old rusty door!)
- Poodle: Please check-> the italian flag was not just green/white/red, but in the white section it had the sign of the savoia (I will send an example to Werner)

cheers

posted 01-29- 01:35 PM               

I'll keep you posted on the progress of the Japan release.

Werner

posted 01-29- 02:33 PM               

strSovietUnion "Soviet Union"

Do the same thing to the French, German and Italian part. Get the spaces out of the str bit, but add the spaces at the "..." bit.

And gterl, I received the right flag. I'll use that one. Also thanks for the RIA insignia and the link to the page with all the Italian squads. Which ones have you added Jeeves? I think we should look at what Italian planes we'll get and add the squads which flew these planes.

posted 01-29- 03:10 PM               

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posted 01-29- 03:23 PM               

While there are still some minor bugs to be worked out, the guts of the release zip have been finished, and I'm thrilled to announce that the parfile containing Siggis sounds has been succesfully compiled, and works in the game!!!!

As soon as I hear back from Jeeves I'll try and squash the few remaining vermin and we'll have ourselves a new nation!

Werner

posted 01-29- 04:15 PM               

Poodle- I have three Italian Squadrons done:

151st Squadriglia- flew Macchi MC. 202's

20th Fighter Squadron- flew Fiat G. 50 Freccia's (with Daimler-Benz engines )

6th Independent Fighter Squadron- which also flew Macchi's...200's and 202's.

I picked these as they seemed to be the best planes the Italians had...most were completely outclassed.

posted 01-30- 12:47 AM               

Squadrons. Looking good, I think you will be impressed. Looking into adding either 79, 452 or 457 Sqn's as I haven't got any spits in there yet (a crime not to do !).

Ribbons (Campaign Medals). Also looking good. Aust didn't hand out many Campaign Medals back then. Have ten completed though. Perhaps we should just use the pommy ones and save these for the Pacific theatre missions - what do ya think ?

Medals (Decorations). Big problem here. Originaly I was going to just use the pommy ones (because our decorations were the same) but after taking another look I decided that the old Union Jack sitting next to the decoration just wouldn't do. I'm finding it difficult to say the least trying to replicate these with an Aust flag. Anyone have any ideas....I use Gimp for my graphics.

Scramble Missions. Not started yet. Last job on the list. No difficulties expected. Probably will do: a)Spit V's Zero b)P51d V's Zero c)Mosq V's Zero d)some various Europe/Africa Theatre missions.

Sounds. As per my previous comments someone else will have to takle this. Any other Aussies out there want to help with the voice sounds ? I'd like to see the accent done right ! If so please drop Werner a line. (If this cannot be done we will just have to have the pommy voices by default......)

Cheers,

AGAS 5

posted 01-30- 06:45 PM               

The "Soviet Union" files,folders and art are done. Now when the sounds are complete I can easily add these. After that we need some planes!!

Poodle,
Its just "Soviet Union" not "The Soviet Union" The "The" in the above post was just the start of the sentence.

Agas,
What I did for the flag was this:
First I wasnt happy with any I found on the net, so I made my own.

After doing this I made a template using the background (tan) color of an exsisting medal bmp. On top of this I placed my new flag.

Next I used the eraser, set to 50% and removed the amount of color I wanted.

After doing this I then set the oppacity of this layer to 75% and Viola! Its a medal template

Now you can just add your medals using this template.

Here is a pic of the finished product.

Cool huh?

A big thanks goes to Jeeves for his work on the squads and research. Also to Tail and Werner. Thanks guys!

After doing this project, I realized that someone will have to get everyones "String Table" ppf's and create a master ppf containing all the new nations in one file. If not, all the different versions will overwrite the last. Also this may have an impact on other projects aswell. Just something to think about.

Tailslide,
Do you want to get together to do a "White Rose of Stalingrad" pilot model?

Guess thats it till the sounds are complete.

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posted 01-30- 10:57 PM               

As for the string table .ppf's - I believe that's one of the reasons why Werner wants all the countries - so they come in one complete package.

Cheers,

posted 01-30- 11:31 PM               

AGAS - Here's the deal on the stringtable.ppf: Originally I thought that we could add all the countries we planned on adding to the st.ppf file, and then as we completed a country it would show up in the game. Not so. Right now two versions of this file are floating around between Poodle, Jeeves and myself - one with Japan added and one with Japan, Soviet Union and Italy added (Jeeves, I hope I sent you the right one in that big package tonight - if it isn't, don't worry: those three countries will be done soon enough). Anyhow, that whole deadline thing on the main forum is now pointless, since Poodle and I have agreed to adopt a "one new nation, one new stringtable.ppf" policy (for lack of a better term).

To everyone in this project: You guys are doing fantastic work, keep it up. Please refrain, however, from releasing betas online. As was demonstrated by Pete's Zeppelin incident, these files are best beta tested within our team before being released once 100% complete and bug-free. This is important because with a number of people running projects parallel to each other, we have to be careful that the .ppf files of one group do not overwrite the .ppf of another group on an end user's HD. If that were to happen, then at least one of us would have to shift from development to damage control, and I really don't think that's what we need or want. Poodle, Jeeves and I are the main project coordinators on this, so once you have files you would like added to the main release file, please email them to Poodle, Jeeves and myself. I'm not trying to put a crimp in anyone's style, or become some kind of Machiavellian tyrant, but I felt after a few days of internal deliberations that this was worth posting before any 'accident' should occur. This really shouldn't even affect the work you guys are doing, it's just a request from the project leads to follow a procedure that will ensure the highest quality and user friendliness of our end product.

Werner Molders

P.S. If you are working on a nations project, please make sure you either let me know by email or have posted on this thread, because the Japan release, once complete (only a couple days now) will be sent to you guys as a thank-you for your hard work a few days before it is publicly released.

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posted 01-31- 02:28 AM               

Werner you may do what ever you want with the above pic

Other than I think 3 ppfs, theres not much in the way of getting stuff mixed up. All the nations and their files and folders dont share anything other thant a few ppfs. These will all have to be edited, as the new nations are added. But just incase, I have backed up the Soviet stuff, just to be safe

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