Having finished my Master's Thesis and the Italian Chatter for CFS2, I now find I have more time for hobby projects. So, I started thinking about something my Italian collaborator Dandolo513 wrote to me when we finished the Italian Chatter project.
"I hope this will be the beginning of a huge Italian partecipation to CFS2 with new missions and campaign."
It seems reasonable that those of us who have come to love this simulator would want to keep it alive and perhaps Dandolo is right. Maybe adding chatter in other languages is a good way to do this.
Chatter packages for various languages are most desirable when you are flying for another country. So I got to thinking, what flags do I fly under most of the time and what language would the pilot speak? I came up with a list of countries ranked in the order that I think I fly with most often:
1. USA
2. Britain
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. Italy
6. Spain
7. France
8. Russia
9. Finland
10. Canada
I also began to think about some suggestions given before I began the Italian project regarding chatter packs that use different dialects of languages already represented in CFS2. I came up with another list but this one is in no certain order:
1. Rural American English (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas)
2. Southern American English (probably Texas if I do the recording)
3. USA Marine English (very gruff)
4. Canadian
The above list is all English but I am certainly open to other suggestions. Which brings me to my point. I feel that before I start a new project I should make sure it is what the CFS2 community really wants. I can tell you right now finding someone to make recordings for the last list will be easy. The first list can be condensed by deleting countries for whom chatter packs have already been done. I will also delete Canada since English packs are already done. This leaves us the following list:
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Finland
I would like to make doing a language pack for one of these countries a priority; however, finding someone to make the recordings could be more difficult. I do have some knowledge of Spanish and a lot of exposure to the Mexican dialect. However, I think my tendency to use the Mexican dialect would be inappropriate for the Spanish Civil War so I would need a collaborator.
I think the thing to do is create a survey asking what the community wants from the following list:
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Finland
5. Rural American English (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas)
6. Southern American English (probably Texas if I do the recording)
7. USA Marine English (very gruff)
8. Canadian
I KNOW I AM LEAVING SOME COUNTRIES AND DIALECTS OUT. That is the purpose of this post. Before I post the survey I want everyone to tell me WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE INCLUDED?
While I am on the subject, I must again ask for people to volunteer to make the raw recordings that I will edit and place into the gvr format that CFS2 uses. If you speak a language not currently represented in CFS2 please send me a PERSONAL MESSAGE (PM) by clicking on my name at the top of this post and then choose send a private message to erufle. I cannot make any new language packs unless I find someone willing to collaborate with me.
Many thanks,
erufle
"I hope this will be the beginning of a huge Italian partecipation to CFS2 with new missions and campaign."
It seems reasonable that those of us who have come to love this simulator would want to keep it alive and perhaps Dandolo is right. Maybe adding chatter in other languages is a good way to do this.
Chatter packages for various languages are most desirable when you are flying for another country. So I got to thinking, what flags do I fly under most of the time and what language would the pilot speak? I came up with a list of countries ranked in the order that I think I fly with most often:
1. USA
2. Britain
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. Italy
6. Spain
7. France
8. Russia
9. Finland
10. Canada
I also began to think about some suggestions given before I began the Italian project regarding chatter packs that use different dialects of languages already represented in CFS2. I came up with another list but this one is in no certain order:
1. Rural American English (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas)
2. Southern American English (probably Texas if I do the recording)
3. USA Marine English (very gruff)
4. Canadian
The above list is all English but I am certainly open to other suggestions. Which brings me to my point. I feel that before I start a new project I should make sure it is what the CFS2 community really wants. I can tell you right now finding someone to make recordings for the last list will be easy. The first list can be condensed by deleting countries for whom chatter packs have already been done. I will also delete Canada since English packs are already done. This leaves us the following list:
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Finland
I would like to make doing a language pack for one of these countries a priority; however, finding someone to make the recordings could be more difficult. I do have some knowledge of Spanish and a lot of exposure to the Mexican dialect. However, I think my tendency to use the Mexican dialect would be inappropriate for the Spanish Civil War so I would need a collaborator.
I think the thing to do is create a survey asking what the community wants from the following list:
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Finland
5. Rural American English (Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas)
6. Southern American English (probably Texas if I do the recording)
7. USA Marine English (very gruff)
8. Canadian
I KNOW I AM LEAVING SOME COUNTRIES AND DIALECTS OUT. That is the purpose of this post. Before I post the survey I want everyone to tell me WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE INCLUDED?
While I am on the subject, I must again ask for people to volunteer to make the raw recordings that I will edit and place into the gvr format that CFS2 uses. If you speak a language not currently represented in CFS2 please send me a PERSONAL MESSAGE (PM) by clicking on my name at the top of this post and then choose send a private message to erufle. I cannot make any new language packs unless I find someone willing to collaborate with me.
Many thanks,
erufle