Elite Dangerous COVAS replacement
Project Overview
DISCLAIMER: There is no AI involved in this project. I will not be creating voice models off of the applicants or anything of the sort, AI is just how it is described in-game.
What is this?
This is a personal project for Elite Dangerous to replace the standard voice of the in-game AI spaceship assistant, known as a COVAS. The COVAS controls the nitty-gritty of keeping a spaceship running, taking your orders and translating them into actions across your vessel. That could be activating the frame shift drive, deploying weapons, changing power levels between systems, etc. Through the use of a third-party program called VoiceAttack, you can use your voice to control the game, as well as essentially replace the voice of the COVAS in-game. For a while now, I've had a plan to replace the one singular AI (voice) with three different AI (voices), each one controlling a different portion of the ship as divided up by the in-game power management system, which allows you to allocate power to Systems, which is general mechanisms and life support, Weapons, which is self-explanatory, and Engines, which is both the engines and the frame shift drive. I already have a voice for the Systems AI, and so I just need ones for Weapons and Engines.
The AI in question:
Walter, the Systems AI. A calm, cool, collected man, with a British accent and butler-ish mannerisms.
Prez, the Weapons AI. An assertive, confident military woman.
Jesse, the Engines AI. A cocky and slightly overexcited person.
These voices will be heard on my Twitch streams, which are also locally recorded and uploaded to YouTube. The project is unpaid, but I will happily provide perpetual credit and links to the actors' social media and other such things, both on my Twitch page and in the YouTube descriptions for any VOD that is uploaded.
Requirements
Do you have a microphone that can produce fairly clear recordings? Do you know how to operate an audio recording software such as Audacity? Then congratulations, you've met the requirements!
Notes
This is my first time doing anything of this sort, so please forgive me for missing details or any mistakes. Please feel free to ask me as many questions as you need to, I would be happy to answer them as it also teaches me what information I might need to include next time.
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Replacement for an in-game spaceship AI assistant called a COVAS.
Prez is one of three AI, specifically the AI in charge of the weapons and combat-related functions. She has a confident, semi-brash personality, with military-like speech patterns. Often refers to the pilot as Captain, in addition to his regular title of Commander. She works alongside Walter, the systems AI and Jesse, the engine AI. Has a deeper voice, somewhere along the lines of Beidou from Genshin Impact, to give an example.
- english
- female adult
- video game
- american
(Neutral) Affirmative, Commander.
(Confident) Orders recieved, captain.
(Excited) Whoo! That guy is dead as a doornail! Good job, captain!
Replacement for an in-game spaceship AI assistant called a COVAS.
Jesse is one of three AI, specifically the AI in charge of the engines and related functions. They have a cocky, somewhat over-excited personality. Often refers to the pilot as Mate, in addition to his regular title of Commander. They work alongside Walter, the systems AI and Prez, the weapons AI. No set pronouns, the one who gets the role has the ability to choose the pronouns of the character.
- english
- Any Adult
- australian
- video game
(Neutral) Affirmative, Commander.
(Excited) You got it, mate!
(Slight worry) Ship's runnin' outta fuel, mate. Might wanna make a pit stop.
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