r/Fallout2

Who is loving this games? Fallout 1.5 resurrection, Olympus 2207, Fallout Tactics

I usually always join the Wright Family on my play through just to get access to the Sierra Army Depot. But I did the Mordino quest line first up to the point he has you kill Salvatore. I HATE the Salvatore’s, so I usually try to kill them for fun anyways. Well it turns out that if you complete both of their final quests before becoming a made man, you can join the Wrights, then join the Mordinos afterwards.

>**Quick note: this is an accessibility mod that uses the native Windows built-in text-to-speech system.

Hi redditers,

I’ve spent the last few months building a text-to-speech mod for Fallout 2 in my spare time.

It auto reads dialogue, floating barks, combat log messages, and a fair bit of the general text using whatever Windows voices you have installed.

It does NOT replace the original Fallout 2 voice acting. The talking-head scenes still play without problems. The mod is most useful for all the other text in the game.

What I have currently implemented:

• Reads NPC dialogue in a variety of voices
• Detects male/female NPC voices where possible
• Reads floating barks, including combat taunts and ambient chatter
• Narrator voice reads the message log during combat and exploration
• Reads dialogue choices when you hover over them
• Gives companions their own voice profiles
• Has an in-game settings menu from the ESC screen
• All settings can be enabled and disabled in the Settings Menu

The challenges I faced:

The main hairy parts were:

• Keeping dialogue, companion speech, and background barks on separate audio lanes
• Making less important chatter duck under the players main dialogue
• Adding distance-based audio levels, so NPCs farther away sound farther away
• Getting it to work with modern Microsoft voices through NaturalVoiceSAPIAdapter, for anyone who wants something better than a 2000s sat nav.

Why the heck I'm making this

The honest answer is accessibility.

Fallout 2 is one of my favourite games, but it is also a wall of text with a combat system attached. That is part of the charm, but it can be rough for people with dyslexia, reading fatigue, eye strain, or anyone who jsut wants to play without reading every single line manually.

Current state

This is still a late-stage demo. But it will be released in a few days.

I’m polishing it now and deciding whether to run a small public beta first or just put it on Nexus and polish it more from player feedback.

I'm Happy to answer any technical questions.

Thanks folks

-VaultDoc