by Domino » 10. May 2010, 11:13
Hello everybody, who is still reading this forum. I am so terribly sorry about the delay of the English voices. I am in charge of the English speech pack, so I think it is my fault that it's delayed. Even though the voices have been recorded for quite a while now, they need to be cut into hundreds of samples, according to the script and the scripting of the game. This cutting part is taking pretty long. Our sound guy couldn't help us with the cutting, so we (some other members) split the recordings into several parts and tried cutting them ourselves. It always seems that you will finish some real-life work soon and find the needed time for a personal project. But when you do finish the work, something else comes up.. What is more, after releasing the German version, this personal project no longer has the highest priority for most of the members, so it's even harder to find the needed time.. This (pretty usual) miscalculation lead to the promise to release the translation sometime in February, it also had lead us to all the promises to release the whole game earlier (you might remember that there were several release dates over the years and only the last one was ALMOST correct). Unfortunately, this miscalculation also leads to being late.. It's not because we want to tease our fans or make them angry, it's because we always want the best for you, but the best is not always possible. And, unfortunately, our work and our spare time is too unpredictable.
So, all in all, I don't want to make any more promises about the dates, but I can still promise that the English voices WILL BE DONE. I can also say that most of the parts are already cut now and that we are still working on them. This doesn't necessarily mean a very soon finish, but it means that we truly care and think about you.
I really hope you can forgive us. And I also want to thank you all for being with us all this time! :)
P.S. We will announce the release date when we know it. And this time I promise you the real release date :)
Hello everybody, who is still reading this forum. I am so terribly sorry about the delay of the English voices. I am in charge of the English speech pack, so I think it is my fault that it's delayed. Even though the voices have been recorded for quite a while now, they need to be cut into hundreds of samples, according to the script and the scripting of the game. This cutting part is taking pretty long. Our sound guy couldn't help us with the cutting, so we (some other members) split the recordings into several parts and tried cutting them ourselves. It always seems that you will finish some real-life work soon and find the needed time for a personal project. But when you do finish the work, something else comes up.. What is more, after releasing the German version, this personal project no longer has the highest priority for most of the members, so it's even harder to find the needed time.. This (pretty usual) miscalculation lead to the promise to release the translation sometime in February, it also had lead us to all the promises to release the whole game earlier (you might remember that there were several release dates over the years and only the last one was ALMOST correct). Unfortunately, this miscalculation also leads to being late.. It's not because we want to tease our fans or make them angry, it's because we always want the best for you, but the best is not always possible. And, unfortunately, our work and our spare time is too unpredictable.
So, all in all, I don't want to make any more promises about the dates, but I can still promise that the English voices WILL BE DONE. I can also say that most of the parts are already cut now and that we are still working on them. This doesn't necessarily mean a very soon finish, but it means that we truly care and think about you.
I really hope you can forgive us. And I also want to thank you all for being with us all this time! :)
P.S. We will announce the release date when we know it. And this time I promise you the real release date :)
