Syreen PC Dialogue Restoration/Alternate Voice Mod (Standalone) for UQM/UQM HD/UQM Remix
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Version 1.1UQMS
By Soul Reaver
meet_soul_reaver@hotmail.com


Introduction
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Unfortunately, the Syreen 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 crucial to finishing the game without random exploration, so their omission bothered me a lot.

To fix this, all of the Syreen's lines have been re-recorded by Katie Otten, including lines missing from the 3DO version, which I subsequently edited and put into the mod.  I want to thank Katie profusely for generously donating her time and effort for this project.

Serosis, the author of the MegaMod, made further changes to the core MegaMod code to make it possible to re-implement some of the comms logic from the PC vesion to be reinstated, allowing further missing dialogue to be re-enabled.  That makes the MegaMod version the definitive and preferred version of this mod.  However, I am still offering this version of the mod (which retains the 3DO conversation logic) for players of the older versions of the game.

The goals of this mod were (in order of importance):
1. Restore plot/game-critical information from the PC version (eg, the location of Syra)
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:
- Due to the inability to mod the conversation logic of the 0.8.0 Ur-Quan Masters Source Code without compiling a completely new version of the game, this version of the mod excludes some of the PC dialogue that is included with the MegaMod version.  As a result, the MegaMod version is the recommended version!

- 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)

- 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)

Installation of the mod varies depending of if you are installing it for original 'The Ur-Quan Masters', the HD version, or the HD Remix version.  If you are concerned with following the below instructions, be sure to back up any of the files before modifying them:

The Ur-Quan Masters (0.8.0):
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters, to content/packages/
- Rename uqm-0.8.0-content.uqm to uqm-0.8.0-content.zip
- Extract the contents of this .zip to a folder somewhere (let's call this uqmcontent).  You can delete uqm-0.8.0-content.zip at this point.
- In uqmcontent, navigate to base/comm/syreen.  Replace the syreen.txt file there with the one included in this package.
- Recompress the contents of uqmcontent into a .zip file
- Rename this zip file to uqm-0.8.0-content.uqm.  Put this file back into the content/packages folder in your The Ur-Quan Masters install directory.
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters, to content/addons/
- Rename uqm-0.8.0-voice.uqm to uqm-0.8.0-voice.zip
- Extract the contents of this .zip to a folder somewhere (let's call this uqmvoice).  You can delete uqm-0.8.0-voice.zip at this point.
- In uqmvoice, navigate to 3dovoice.  Delete the syreen folder, then replace it with the syreen folder included in this package.
- Recompress the contents of uqmvoice into a .zip file
- Rename this zip file to uqm-0.8.0-voice.uqm
- Put this file back into the content/addons folder in your The Ur-Quan Masters install directory.


The Ur-Quan Masters HD:
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters HD, to content/base/comm/syreen.  Replace the syreen.txt file there with the one included in this package.
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters HD, to content/addons/
- Extract the contents of 3dovoice.zip to a folder somewhere (let's call this uqmvoice).  You can delete 3dovoice.zip at this point.
- In uqmvoice, delete the syreen folder, then replace it with the syreen folder included in this package.
- Recompress the contents of uqmvoice into a .zip file.  Name this file 3dovoice.zip
- Put this 3dovoice.zip folder back into the content/addons folder in your The Ur-Quan Masters HD install directory.

The Ur-Quan Masters HD "Remix" version:
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix, to content/packages/
- Rename uqm-content.uqm to uqm-content.zip
- Extract the contents of this .zip to a folder somewhere (let's call this uqmcontent).  You can delete uqm-content.zip at this point.
- In uqmcontent, navigate to base/comm/syreen.  Replace the syreen.txt file there with the one included in this package.
- Recompress the contents of uqmcontent into a .zip file
- Rename this zip file to uqm-content.uqm.  Put this file back into the content/packages folder in your The Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix install directory.
- Navigate to where you have installed the Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix, to content/addons/
- Rename 3dovoice.uqm to 3dovoice.zip
- Extract the contents of this .zip to a folder somewhere (let's call this uqmvoice).  You can delete 3dovoice.zip at this point.
- In uqmvoice, navigate to 3dovoice.  Delete the syreen folder, then replace it with the syreen folder included in this package.
- Recompress the contents of uqmvoice into a .zip file
- Rename this zip file to 3dovoice.uqm
- Put this file back into the content/addons folder in your The Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix install directory.


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!


Credits
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Project Lead, Sound Editing/Sync/Modding:
Soul Reaver
www.warpstormstudios.com/uqmmod/

Voice of Starbase Commander Talana:
Katie Otten
Website: www.katieotten.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/katieotten13
Instgram/Twitter: @katieotten13