[Scummvm-devel] Dragon History release questions

[Max Horn]

Am 08.12.2009 um 22:05 schrieb Robert Špalek:

> hi Max,
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Max Horn <max at quendi.de> wrote:
>
> > Am 03.12.2009 um 07:45 schrieb Robert =C5=A0palek:
> >
> >> sorry, but I haven't been able to write a new NEWS message yet.    
> I hope=
> I
> >> will get back to it soon, and surely it will be ready in the  
> weekend.  I
> >> will send it for a review and then submit it myself.
> >>
> >
> > Ah yeah, I know how it is ... :)
> >
> >
> I'm painfully aware of myself violating my own deadline.  it's just  
> that I
> know that I will have to be creative with text as opposed to just  
> modifying
> some files, which makes this task more demanding for my energy :))

Fair enough. Not getting around to doing something for a spare-time  
for-fun open source project when other things keep you busy doesn't  
count as "violating a deadline" in my book anyway :).

[...
]
> I wonder whether you still have the "sources" for the game data  
> files --
> > maybe we could start a fan project to remake the english subtitles  
> (and
> > possible subtitles for other languages, maybe even additional  
> languages?)=
> .
> > Maybe some people even would want to work on a dubbing it ;).
> >
> > yes, YES!  I was hoping for that and I have actually already  
> published a
> note on that topic on the ScummVM engine page.
>
> remake of the subtitles is very easy, because they are just normal  
> text
> files, about 40 of them.  1 per person means that it isn't even too  
> long.
> anyone just send me an updated version and that's it.
>
> dubbing is also easy, although time-demanding, because there is one  
> file
> with ~3K sentences to be dubbed.  it's therefore just a question of  
> forming
> a group of interested people, read the dialogs, and then anybody can  
> cut th=
> e
> sentences in a sound editor.


Well, a forum post explaining how to do this (or pointing to the  
relevant Wiki page(s)) might draw some attention then.

Cheers,
Max