Pre-Battle Speech

[Glycerus]

I have gotten to the point that I no longer listen to the pre-battle speech. Last night however the speech started to run while I was setting up my Ibook to record some TV. This speech was like none other I've heard.

Somehow one of my new family members is crazy. HIs name is Amulius the Mad, really...that's what it says on his scroll. Instead of letting him stay in a city to ruin it, I used him as my conquering general. One of his speeches included the following:

"and for tonights entertainment, Gaul. If you kill them there is enough wine in camp to float a boat, and the womenfolk will be...uh...appreciative."

"...every man who lives through this battle will be my sister..."


I heard this speech twice from him last night. I don't know if there is anyway to record this. By the way, after destroying Gaul, Spain, Brittania, and Germany Amulius the mad is undefeated. He never loses and his men never rout. I have seen hastati fight down to one or two before turning.

[HicRic]

It sounds like your general is both an alcoholic and insane. It's nice how the speeches reflect their personality.

[Krusader]

Many cool speeches, but my favourite is from a Rome:TW Presentation Video. A Julii army VS a Seleucid one. The Julii general said: "Seleucids? PAH, I wipe better from the soles of my boots"

I've heard the "appreciative camp followers" speech many times, especially with Carthage.

[m4rt14n]

I like the hairy speeches lol

[The_678]

My favourite one is still the blood bathing one. Im not sure quite sure how it goes but its something like this: "I want to see blood, I want to bath in their blood, I want to bath in their blood for a week!"

Also what was the trait that gave your speech, Glycerus I really want to hear those insane speeches.

[Oaty]

Anyone know how to take a peek at the speeches? I've searched but could only find intro videos. Since I've heard enedless speeches I just want to hear the ones I've never heard

[Bartman]

Anyone know how to take a peek at the speeches? I've searched but could only find intro videos. Since I've heard enedless speeches I just want to hear the ones I've never heard

You can find the text in:
.../Rome - Total War/Data/prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt

Favorite one I've ever heard was before the final assault in a long campaign:

"Hello. Today we are gathered here to do battle. Regretable, isn't it, but sometimes, you know, life is like that. You have to do something that you don't want to do, just because someone is telling you to do it. I didn't want to be here myself, but then my mother told me that I'd better make a reasonable show of it all, so here we go then... "


My favorite one I found in the file, and am hoping to hear someday:

"Well ride me sideways and whip me with a winkle fork, lads! There's a lot of the bastards, aren't there? Those arseweasels are here to get away from their unfulfilled, shrill wives. Hardly surprising, as they all have tiny little manhoods! Smaller than a flea on a cockroach's bum!"

[Hetman_Koronny]

"Well ride me sideways and whip me with a winkle fork, lads! There's a lot of the bastards, aren't there? Those arseweasels are here to get away from their unfulfilled, shrill wives. Hardly surprising, as they all have tiny little manhoods! Smaller than a flea on a cockroach's bum!"

LOL, I cannot wait to see how it was translated to Polish (I'm playing localized ver). Very good one

[Grand Duke Vytautas]

Funny topic, indeed Now I started playing as Carthage and I like that crazy-carthaginian-arabic accent. Especially: nooooouuuww advaaaaaance, also I'm sure happy I don't hear that scoby-do after the battle "the dayyyyyy is ouuuuuuuuurrs". Cheers, mates How to unlock other crazy speeches?

[Oaty]

.../Rome - Total War/Data/prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt

I got ripped off. Mine does'nt have the speeches in text. When did you buy your copy? I got mine on release day. I tried unzipping the sounds on the cd but the only thing I get is a compiled log. You would'nt mind emailing me that text so I can read them would you.

This is all I see in that log.

Roman_Intro_01_1
Roman_Intro_02_1
Roman_Intro_03_1
Roman_Intro_04_1
Roman_Intro_04_4
Roman_Intro_05_1
Roman_Intro_06_1
Roman_Intro_07_1
Roman_Intro_08_1
Roman_Intro_09_1
Roman_Intro_10_1
Roman_Intro_11_1

It goes on and on but that is just the beginning of it

[Drewman]

A Compilation of my favorite speeches.

{Roman_Intro_05_1}
My brave men! Victory shall be ours, by grace of my inspired leadership. But this means I cannot risk myself in the front line. I must remain safe, guarded by you, my loyal warriors! This is not cowardice, oh no. It is prudence, the handmaiden of victory!

{Roman_Intro_11_1}
I am known as something of a philosopher. Some ask me, 'Why are we here?' The answer is often complicated... but today we are here to kill all those bastards.

{Roman_Extro_05_2}
And take heart men! For we have sharper pointy things than them. Oh yes, much sharper…

{Roman_Extro_05_3}
And any man who comes through this fight mostly unharmed will be my sister! It'll be free frocks and jollies for ever, you'll see!

{Roman_Extro_06_4}
Er, where was I? Oh yes. Attack the elephants, men! Go for those pink trunky beggars! There was... something else…

{Roman_Extro_06_6}
Er, where was I? Oh yes. Attack the men, my elephants! Go for those little pink sods! Err, was there something… pass the wine, there's a good chap!

{Roman_Extro_07_2}
But beware! Beware! The enemy will be merciless, because I ate all their bees! They have not tasted honey for many a moon, and this has made them mad for revenge! To arms, my pretties, to arms!

{Roman_Extro_07_3}
And remember, they may have the Moon People on their side, but we have lovely hats. Those hats will shield us from their fearsome gaze!

{Roman_Comments_05_1}
Now some of you may think that defence isn't quite my strongest skill. Well, be that as it may, you have only to stand here, die and stop the enemy. That is good defence. That is what I expect!

[Drewman]

I got ripped off. Mine does'nt have the speeches in text. When did you buy your copy? I got mine on release day. I tried unzipping the sounds on the cd but the only thing I get is a compiled log. You would'nt mind emailing me that text so I can read them would you.

This is all I see in that log.

Roman_Intro_01_1
Roman_Intro_02_1
Roman_Intro_03_1
Roman_Intro_04_1
Roman_Intro_04_4
Roman_Intro_05_1
Roman_Intro_06_1
Roman_Intro_07_1
Roman_Intro_08_1
Roman_Intro_09_1
Roman_Intro_10_1
Roman_Intro_11_1

It goes on and on but that is just the beginning of it

The original left out a portion of the path. Go into data/TEXT/prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt

[Captain Fishpants]

Glad you're all enjoying the speeches.

The "arseweasels and winkle fork" speech sound file was dropped from the original release at the insistence of the censors and certificators. Apart from anything else, a few people in the system weren't entirely sure what a winkle fork was, and felt that it might be exceptionally, exceptionally rude. I think they were a little disappointed to find out that it's a fork, used for eating winkles. It may - and I stress the *may* - reappear in the patched version.

As you may have realised, this speech was supposed to be added to the mix when a general was "earthy and direct" in his choice of adjectives, adverbs and nouns - OK, when he swore like a trooper. The original version of the speech was unusable and completely filthy.

[Fridge]

So these people don't know what a winkle fork is, but they're fully conversant with arseweasels?

*shudder*

[Red Harvest]

Captain Fishpants,

Any chance of more interesting speeches for non-Roman factions? I've found most of the barbarian speeches to be short and the same. I would think the barbarian speeches would be fertile ground for earthy comments (hey, a pun)...and perhaps some self deprecating ones related to their cultures.

[Mikeus Caesar]

But beware! Beware! The enemy will be merciless, because I ate all their bees! They have not tasted honey for many a moon, and this has made them mad for revenge! To arms, my pretties, to arms!

To arms, my pretties, to arms? He sounds like he's talking to the flying monkeys from wizard of oz....'fly my pretties, fly!!'

And remember, they may have the Moon People on their side, but we have lovely hats. Those hats will shield us from their fearsome gaze!

He's right, you know.....the moon people are everywhere.....wear a hat at all times!!

[asilv]

And not just any hat!
A tinfoil hat is the only one that gives protection against the moon people!

[Axeknight]

Please, oh please put it on the patch Captain. Or else it'll be on the petition.

#7 fix wall paving errors
#8 reduce friendly fire casualties
#9 include arseweasels

Or have them as an easter egg - the Yubtseb elephants can only be countered by the incendiary arseweasels

[anti_strunt]

The speaches are one of the coolest features of RTW IMO. Too bad everyone but the Romans get really short ones, or maybe I've just been unlucky?

[aw89]

{Roman_Extro_05_2}
And take heart men! For we have sharper pointy things than them. Oh yes, much sharper…

Lesson 1, put the pointy end in the other person.

[Oaty]

The original left out a portion of the path. Go into data/TEXT/prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt

Thanks Drewman now I can see the speeches I missed out on

They look fierce, don't they? All an act! That's all! They have tiny manhoods!


Edit

The enemy? Only goats and weaklings fear them - for very different reasons!

ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bartman]

The original left out a portion of the path. Go into data/TEXT/prebattle_speeches_subtitles.txt

Ooops. Sorry 'bout that. I was browsing all the data files looking for interesting stuff, and copied that one to my desktop so I wouldn't have to dig for it....

[Kraxis]

Oh Captain Fishpants, wasn't there a a little story about the speech made by a commander with the vice Feck?

[master of the puppets]

i tried a campaign as parthia 2 days later i shut down the game in disgust i hte them, k but the real story hear is my favorite little crazy guy yasiv somethin well anyway i had no clue how to fight well with these guys so one day i march yasiv ....... out with a full stack into selucid land to take some land for two turns he walked and when he stoped on the second turn a full stack of selucids attack me i fight lose half the stack and the battle retreat i am attacked again same turn fight and lose sent back into the city again.next turn i givehimcommand of another large army by now his traits are something like "Quick to temper", "mad", "seless assesor" "weakling" "coward" so after i send him out loses three consecutive battles on auto battle cause i got sick of his little girl screams. but on the forth battle i fought against selucia his speach was something like

"run away they come to kill us drop your sword and spur your horse my friends my underlings shall die for there great leader"

honest to god that sissy bastart said this and when the battle started he routed after one [B][I][U]SUCCESFUL charge

[Fridge]

Please, oh please put it on the patch Captain. Or else it'll be on the petition.

#7 fix wall paving errors
#8 reduce friendly fire casualties
#9 include arseweasels

Or have them as an easter egg - the Yubtseb elephants can only be countered by the incendiary arseweasels

Which in turn are particularly vulnerable to a phalanx of winkle fork weilding hoplites.

[Lazul]

Most of the times i think the speechs sounds lame, and weak.

If im a barbarian as i usually play, I want my General to scream about eating the hearts of the enemy or build a wall of severed heads... but thats just me

[Captain Fishpants]

So these people don't know what a winkle fork is, but they're fully conversant with arseweasels?

*shudder*

Ooops. My fault there.

I should have pointed out that the close proximity of the words "arse" and "weasel" were seen as being particularly appalling too, and hardly worthy of any further comment by Powers That Be. Although some of the original rude word + animal combos were much naughtier, and caused conniptions!

[Byzantine Prince]

I don't understand!! Why don't I get any of these speeches when I play? I usually just get the same ones over and over again. And they are onyl 3 or 4. Also where can I hear these speaches? Where is the file that has them(not in text, in sound)?

[Tyrac]

unusual speeches come from unusual generals. If all our generals are the standard "battle winner" style then you will hear the same speech over and over. Use generals with different traits to hear different speeches.

[Bartman]

Also where can I hear these speaches? Where is the file that has them(not in text, in sound)?

The speeches are contained in the file "Rome - Total War\data\sounds\voice3.dat"
But, the file is packed with lots of different sounds, and can't be navigated with standard audio software. The file voice3.idx has an index into the file you can read with a hex editor. If I get bored this weekend, mabye I'll write a quick program to unpack all the voice data..... On the other hand, I seem to recall someone writing a similar program for MTW. If there's a MTW one, it could possibly work with RTW as well.