JimF Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 I think that a major improvement to the CMBB movie playback would be to provide English Language subtitles to the Russian and German dialog on an optional basis. There are reletively few persons in the world who speak both languages, more who speak one or the other, and a great many who speak neither. Consequently, It would add a powerful dimension to the movie playback if we could understand what our pixel proxies were actually saying. I do not think that this would be technically difficult to do. English should be the initial language as it is the most spoken in the world, but other language mods would quickly follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 What about the commercials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 And popcorn. Popcorn with cheese. That would be cool. :cool: Edit: just because [ November 05, 2002, 08:31 PM: Message edited by: JonS ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Dvorak Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by JimF: more who speak one or the other, and a great many who speak neither.I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilDog Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 I do my own voiceovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baetis Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Combat Mission Theater 3000 er... 1941-1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by DevilDog: I do my own voiceovers."yeah baby, come to papa. OH YEAH, who's your daddy? WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Yeah, you like it, yeah." That sort of thing? *shudder* I think I'll stick with popcorn and cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 It's also a great idea for the opening music. Sing-a-long subtitles choreographed with a bouncing doodad. Ah hem, aaahhhhh You mein frund, und you mein frund, und all of us togeeeether... {Curtains then open for the lead in screen shot on MadMatt, explaining the P value of chi squared and how neither he nor the AI cheats, followed then by Steve telling everyone that he is recognized everywhere he goes as the Wargame Teacher, and how they get happy letters ever day...} [ November 05, 2002, 09:30 PM: Message edited by: Bruno Weiss ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 prolly need a karaoke machine somewhere, sing-along to the soviet anthem, complete with subtitles: Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics, Great Russia has welded forever to stand. Created in struggle by will of the people, United and mighty, our Soviet land! Sing to the Motherland, home of the free, Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong. O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people, To Communism's triumph lead us on! Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us, Along the new path where great Lenin did lead. To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples, Inspired them to labor and valorous deed. [Or, the old way: Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us, Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!] Sing to the Motherland, home of the free, Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong. O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people, To Communism's triumph lead us on! In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal, We see the future of our dear land. And to her fluttering scarlet banner, Selflessly true we always shall stand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSword Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 CNN-style reporter commenting the action would be neat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Something like this, perhaps? (In case you're wondering this is an early beta, and she's trying to wrap her lips around one of those tricky German technical words, like aüfhampstergeflickenflügen) [ November 06, 2002, 05:13 AM: Message edited by: JonS ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardosy Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Yeah!!!! And we need some extreme action by John Woo, like in Windtalkers: tactical nuke-hand grenade... Wow! Realism ****! )) And we need an artificial video-noise and black and white filter to styleize our combats to documentary movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacheldraht Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 and she's trying to wrap her lips around one of thoseAh, the imagination reels. You just had to go and get me distracted all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tero Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by JimF: English should be the initial language as it is the most spoken in the world, but other language mods would quickly follow. Actually, if going by the "most spoken in the world" rule all of the texts and voices should be in Chinese. [ November 06, 2002, 06:57 AM: Message edited by: tero ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thin Red Line Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by tero: Actually, if going by the "most spoken in the world" rule all of the texts and voices should be in Chinese. And spanish language mod should follow immediately... Looking at numbers, the sole necessity of a english mod would be subject to debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSword Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Wow !! Where can i get one of those babes ?? Btw. Is it delivered with a plastic repairkit in case of "heavy" use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EightInchArty Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Hmm. I can see it now; Give oders turn and watch CNN report from Pentagon as General this or that gives briefing how operation is going and what goals are achived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mud Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Hm. How do you put coherent subtitles when so many units may be screaming at once all over the screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake the Peg Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by EightInchArty: Hmm. I can see it now; Give oders turn and watch CNN report from Pentagon as General this or that gives briefing how operation is going and what goals are achived.That'd be a **** game. All you'd see of the action is a few grainy bits of footage of something getting blown up and a vague but very professional sounding general at a press conference. If things aren't going your way, you wouldn't be told so, you just wouldn't be told anything at all (you might get to see that grainy footage of something blowing up from a few turns ago a few times though) until your troops meet with their next success, whereupon you'd be regaled in gushing terms about how tough-but-caring your guys are and the grainy footage would be replaced by a new piece of grainy footage, possibly in green and possibly of some blobs moving around near some other blobs which might be mountains or possibly camels. This would require a new Fog of War setting. I would suggest calling it Pentagon Media Blanket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illo Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 Originally posted by JimF: I think that a major improvement to the CMBB movie playback would be to provide English Language subtitles to the Russian and German dialog on an optional basis. There are reletively few persons in the world who speak both languages, more who speak one or the other, and a great many who speak neither. Consequently, It would add a powerful dimension to the movie playback if we could understand what our pixel proxies were actually saying. I do not think that this would be technically difficult to do.You can dub all those sounds for yourself. English should be the initial language as it is the most spoken in the world, but other language mods would quickly follow.I doubt that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 You want subtitles? "Aaaagh! My eyes! My eyes!" Ooops! that wasn't from CMBB but from "Postal". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew H. Posted November 6, 2002 Share Posted November 6, 2002 If it's a movie, are you allowed to watch it yourself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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