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Inspired by Shadow Wolf's Enhanced SitRep Mod, I've embarked on a complete new version of rules.js to add better audio message reporting of game events.

However, there's a number of audio messages hard-coded in to the C++ code which are causing problems because they cause multiple messages to be played for certain game events.

For example, pcv336.ogg ("construction completed") is played when certain buildings are created - I'd like to have custom audio messages based on the type of building but when I do that the hard-coded audio message also gets played resulting in something like "defensive structure completed. construction completed." when a defence gets built ("defensive structure completed" is an audio message from my rules.js).

So, could some of the hard-coded audio messages be removed from the C++ code - the messages would be better put in rules.js where they are more easily/centrally scripted and modded.

The following messages in C++ code are currently causing me pain:

* pcv336.ogg - construction completed (when some buildings constructed)
* pcv367.ogg - production completed (when unit produced)
* pcv344.ogg - power resource (when power resource detected)
* pcv399.ogg - unit under attack (when unit attacked)
* pcv337.ogg - structure under attack (when structure attacked)
* pcv486.ogg - units transferred (when units gifted to ally)

I'll list more here as I find them. I'll be uploading my version of the Enhanced SitMod addon to Shadow Wolf's topic linked above.

I'd like that as well. In fact, could we also move the unit voice-overs to rules.js, and add events (such as, say, eventObjectSelected() or eventObjectOrdered()) for selecting a unit, group, or structure, or giving it certain orders? That would open up a whole bunch of possibilities for different kinds of unique unit-specific voice-overs, such as one for tanks, another for cyborgs, a 3rd for VTOLs, a 4th for artillery units, etc.

Those extra events would also allow better AI scripting too. +1 for that!

Bumped because I just wanted to say that I find it annoying when the adviser constantly blurts out "Production Completed" or "Construction Completed" non-stop. It's quite possible to have enough factories produce lots of units at such a rate that, by the time I hear "Production Complete" finish, 1 or more units were already built. When setting factories that produce units at such high rates to loop production, I couldn't care less about hearing what I already know is going to happen.

You can disable the voices. There's a separate volume setting for them, after all.
I always have that volume to 0 when the voice starts to get annoying.

I fear that it would also disable the other voice messages that I actually find more helpful, like "Structure Under Attack" or "Unit Under Attack". I actually don't mind hearing "Production Completed" or "Construction Completed" every 5-10 seconds, but hearing the same thing over and over non-stop does tend to get annoying fast.

@Saberuneko: The audio settings screen affects all audio - so if you disable voices there it disables all the voices, including those from scripts (specifically it affects playSound() function), so unfortunately it doesn't solve the problem.