Talking with no sound

[greg147]

Hi all,

How do you make a units mouth move (as in talking) without him actually saying anything via trigger?
Is it possible?  

Thanks

[Tyger]

you can do

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unit switchMove "EffectStandTalk"
or just make a sound file, use Wav2Lip, and then not put the wav file in your mission folder.

[Dubieman]

Setmimic, use original OFP sound files, make your own .lip files from .wav (like Tyger said).

Setmimic doesn't actaully make the guy talk, but sets a facial expression.

[greg147]

@Tyger

Yeah, I tried that before. Thats my 'if talking doesn't work i'm gunna use this' backup plan   ;D

Thing is, I have a close up conversation, and it looks abit strange without the guys mouths moving.  

@GuiltyRoachKiller

With the making my own sound files, I have a slight problem. I don't have a microphone  
So I can't do that (unless anyone knows another way)

As for setmimic, I might try that. Does that just make the guy smile etc, or does it do something else  

[macguba]

For talking, use switchmoves and wav2lip.   setMimic - which is pretty crap - is better for when the character is listening.

[greg147]

Aha.

OK, so I have a lip file taken from a de-pbo-ed red hammer mission (I don't really care about voices yet)  

How would I put that into one of my missions?  :-\

[macguba]

Read the wav2lip tutorial/documentation.   I suspect you need a sound file, even if its fake.

[Dubieman]

As Mac said, setmimic is crap for talking. And not having a mike, you can only take sounds and covert to .lip.

Then it all goes through the Description.ext  and is called by:

loon12 say "SV0012"

If that's any help, plus read anything and everything on sound. Try the threads in the sound & cutscenes section, there is a good sticky in there.