[1.12.x] Chatterer v.0.9.99 - Keep talking ! [20 Mar 2020]

[MikeO89]

Windows Defender has false positives quite a lot. I just put in an exception in for the entire KSP folder and not worry about it.

[Menecroth]

I don't know if this information is helpful at all but I just thought I should share it. I re-installed Chatterer and it seemed to work fine for a bit, but after a while, the chatter simply stopped. Seems a bit nonsensical.

[Athlonic]

@Menecroth Yep, known issue, I am on it (or at least I am trying to) seems like I have to redo the chatter exchange code because it hangs after a short time since KSP 1.4 for some reasons.

[Menecroth]

@Athlonic : Thanks for the reply! No rush. I understand that you have other things you have to do.

[Hangdog]

I noticed the chat stops too, but just installed for the first time and have only tried it on an airplane flight. The chatter works on the runway, but ends (or is masked by) the engine start. I think the beeping and ambient continues. 

 

I’m on Mac/Steam 1.4.2. 

Edited April 5, 2018 by Hangdog
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[MikeO89]

Yup chatter stopped for me too after upgrading to 1.4.2. Beeps, background noise fine but no chatter.

[Athlonic]

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Changelog:

v0.9.95 [12 Apr 2018]
- Recompiled for KSP v1.4.2.2110
- Switched chatter exchange code to a coroutine method (this didn't fix chatter hang since KSP 1.4.0 issue tho)
- Moved quindar clips to chatter's Audiosource instead of quindar Audiosource (this actually fixed hanging issue)
- Added chatter exchange trigger on SOI change Events
- Added chatter exchange trigger on vessel situation change Events(all but Flight and Landed to avoid the notorious spam on bumps issue)
- Added chatter exchange trigger when CommNet link goes online
- Added a new sound "void noise" which kicks when CommNet link goes offline
- Trigger an exchange on crewed vessel load (just to say hello)
- Some code cleanup
 

Update (chatter exchange HOTFIX kinda) is out.

Hopefully I didn't break more things than I fixed, enjoy.

More to come, soonish(tm)

[kinky_kerbal]

1 hour ago, Athlonic said:

Update (chatter exchange HOTFIX kinda) is out.

Hopefully I didn't break more things than I fixed, enjoy.

More to come, soonish(tm)

Awesome 

[MikeO89]

Mission success! Just did a trip to the Mun and back and my little buddies were vividly chatting away the whole trip. Well done dude!

[RobertJPowell]

Bleeps, bloops and chatter all the way to mun and back make me a happy camper. Nice job fixing it

[viperwolf]

thank you very much!

[MikeO89]

On this version I notice if you add other AAE background sounds, they don't stick when you start the game again (and I've seen it happen during the same game session). Whatever you had set them both at, they change back to the two default sounds even though both your chosen AAE audio choices still show as what you had set them. You have to then re-click both of them again to get them to change back to what you had set them.

Edited April 17, 2018 by MikeO89

[MikeO89]

I'm big on background sounds so have put together a few. You can add these to Kerbal Space Program\GameData\Chatterer\Sounds\AAE\background. Doesn't overwrite anything, just adds to them.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ew7z5qc6yuf9cf3/Sound Effects.rar?dl=0

Edited April 18, 2018 by MikeO89

[Hangdog]

If anyone wants to add more sounds from Star Trek, here's a source:

http://www.trekcore.com/audio/

[MikeO89]

Thanks for that Hangdog. Lots of nice sounds in there. I'm going to have some fun with those.

[Gordon Dry]

@MikeO89 your "background sounds" are more like ambient synthie music and don't really fit to the purpose of Chatterer in the first place.

People might like it, but you should have mentioned that these sounds are no real "background sounds", what would be sounds from the craft itself.

[MikeO89]

Everyone's got an opinion. Those sounds fit perfectly for me. Adds to the experience of the voyage for me. Sorry it didn't live up your personal expectations of what backgrounds are supposed to be.

[Beetlecat]

I haven't listened to them yet -- but what I imagine the context disagreement is whether things are "chatter" (as in communications, or equipment feedback, cabin noise (fans, hiss, etc) versus something that might be more directly suited to Soundtrack Editor (Once it's available for the current KSP...).

I'm all for more and varied noises, and who knows what Jeb or Val might bring up on their MP3 player...

[Hangdog]

Do sounds have to be .ogg to work?

or do mp3s work too?

[Gordon Dry]

@Athlonic Could chatterer avoid randomly playing voice chatters or any signal chatters when there is no actual CommNet connection like when occlusion occurs?

[theonegalen]

15 hours ago, Gordon Dry said:

@Athlonic Could chatterer avoid randomly playing voice chatters or any signal chatters when there is no actual CommNet connection like when occlusion occurs?

I second this. My first instinct would be to add a check whether CommNet is connected before starting a chatter event, but I have a feeling that this might prevent chatter from happening at all on a save that didn't have CommNet enabled.

[Beetlecat]

1 minute ago, theonegalen said:

I second this. My first instinct would be to add a check whether CommNet is connected before starting a chatter event, but I have a feeling that this might prevent chatter from happening at all on a save that didn't have CommNet enabled.

That could be assumed/checked-for, too, yeah? 

As of a recent version, it already plays a "static" noise upon losing connection, so it's watching for that.

[theonegalen]

@Gordon Dry @Beetlecat I was looking through the changelog, and it said that it should already do this. If it's not working in 1.4.x, this is probably going to be a bug report rather than feature request. 

[Gordon Dry]

@Beetlecat @theonegalen @Athlonic I just opened an issue on Github in short words.

[Beetlecat]

1 hour ago, theonegalen said:

@Gordon Dry @Beetlecat I was looking through the changelog, and it said that it should already do this. If it's not working in 1.4.x, this is probably going to be a bug report rather than feature request. 

Makes sense -- I've for sure noticed the signal drop/restore sounds playing, but not whether the actual vocal chatter ceased in between those moments. Obviously some testing is in order!

"Jeb, Bob, fire up the plane!" 

Edited April 30, 2018 by Beetlecat