Melnorme PC Dialogue Restoration/Alternate Voice Mod (Addon) for UQM/UQM HD/UQM Remix
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Version 1.4UQMA
By Soul Reaver
meet_soul_reaver@hotmail.com


Introduction
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Unfortunately, the Melnorme alien from Starcontrol II had a number of lines in the PC version that were never voiced in the 3DO version, and thus are omitted from 'The Ur-Quan Masters' as well.

Some of these lines are actually significant to the gameplay, so their omission bothered me a lot.

I attempted to imitate and recreate the Melnorme's voice (in a similar way to what I did for the missing Mycon dialogue) but I was unsuccessful.  However, I never really liked the Melnorme voice anyway - I felt it was too flat and unemotional, and lacked comic timing - so I decided to re-record all of his lines, including the ones missing from the 3DO version.  I'm not a professional voice actor or a professional sound editor, but I think the end result is still an improvement.

The goals of this mod were (in order of importance):
1. Restore plot/game-critical information from the PC version (eg, the MetaChron)
2. Ensure dialogue is consistent with in-game lore
3. Keep as many jokes in as possible
4. Restore PC dialogue if it is different from 3DO dialogue


Installation
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IMPORTANT:
- This version of the addon should only be used with The Ur-Quan Masters/The Ur-Quan Masters HD/The Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix!
If using the (recommended) Ur-Quan Masters Megamod (available here http://uqm-mods.sourceforge.net/Releases), download the MMAddon version instead (or just install it automatically using the MegaMod's installer)

Do not unzip/extract the MelnormeVoiceFixUQMAddon.zip file!

Instead, copy MelnormeVoiceFixUQMAddon.zip file into the 'content/addons/' folder in the install directory for The Ur-Quan Masters/The Ur-Quan Masters HD/The Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix

To make use of the addon, start the game using the command line switch --addon MelnormeVoiceFix.

The easiest way to do this is to create a shortcut to the uqm.exe file, edit the shortcut properties and add "--addon MelnormeVoiceFix" to the end of the text in the 'Target' field.


Feedback, bug reports
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If you find any issues with the new dialogue (eg, mistimed text or other problems), please contact me at meet_soul_reaver@hotmail.com with as much detail as possible of the problem and when it occurs.  I'll try to fix the issue if possible.

If you just want to say thanks, I welcome those emails as well!