Everything about a voice pack for Elite Dangerous with William Shatner

Elite Dangerous & William Shatner. Probably our most descriptive video for new users and old.

[@crzzymnn911]

If I had VR and a Voice Pack I don't think I'd ever leave the house.

[@leinardesteves3987]

Don't forget a H.o.t.a.s or a double flight stick!

[@KingKrad]

@@leinardesteves3987 Is it just me, because I don't understand/hear a damn thing of what he's saying. The music is far too loud and the voice far too quiet.

[@leinardesteves3987]

Kenny D'Haese he sounds alright to me, could be your earphones or speakers

[@Calcearius]

Welcome to my world. Got this voice pack at 10pm last night it's now 8am and I don't want to stop!

[@ghostarashide227]

I want a Voice Pack with Gordon Ramsey. "Refuel and Repair" "Oh you don't want that shit food here you Shitter!" xD

[@RobertPayne556]

Fuel Rats, you forgot the lamb fucking sauce. I SAID GIMBALS, YOU VEGAN DONUT!

[@Shadowkey392]

Every time you crash/collide with something: “you *#%^ ^#*%! God!”

[@Antibugget]

Yeah, be like : YOUR UNDER ATTACK U NUMBSKULL!! DO SOMETHING!!, DONT JUST SIT THERE!.. OMG!, YOUR IN DENIAL! Or perhaps a tourettes voice pack xD : UR FUCKING UNDER ATTACK, U GONNA DO SOMETHING U P*SSY!? .. *goes back to normal voice* - Sorry, but you should really do something about that though.. lmao x)

[@specjals]

feature is awsome indeed but.. this tutorial/movie - itself it is one of the best recorded tutorial movies I ever watched!

[@flexyco]

Mr. Kirk, full impulse! Aye aye Commander. What a world we live in.

[@gamerclaycbnsbg]

i want Morgan Freeman, lets start a go fund me

[@RaBa985]

The voice of God would be great to have as companion.

[@EvitoCruor]

Don't much like him but god his voice acting is superb, I'd pay for that.

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

I agree

[@Shadowkey392]

YES!

[@Shadowkey392]

YES!

[@jeroeneelants3566]

Beautiful demonstration. This is how I want my VR experiences in the future to be.

[@John-gz2km]

I have created my own VoiceAttack profile and it’s amazing. You can even make your own responses by using a text to speech program and Audacity to record

[@hcsvoicepacks]

That's absolutely amazing!

[@RobertPayne556]

Incoming BBC Micro Elite voice vids...

[@adejones2340]

I love this shit lol, I'd think Brent Spiner (Commander Data) would suit better as he is a navigator, giving a captain instructions sounds a bit weird. Imagine Jeremy Clarkson as a voice he'd say 'POWER!!' for when you boost lol.

[@RobertPayne556]

HAAAAMMOOOOOND!! Retract the landing gear, you blithering idiot.

[@CMDRunematti]

its an amazing feat, these voice packs, but it would be much better if it could hook into the game, and actually act in accordance of the environment (like exactly knowing it moved 30 meters when it says it did, instead of just timing it)

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Ujvári Mátyás Some of that is in development right now ;)

[@CMDRunematti]

HCS Voice Packs you mean theres going to be an API? i havent played the game since 3 vultures destroyed my ship when it was still buggy so i dont really follow, but that would be an awesome news

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Now done ;)

[@gammamaster1894]

oh god, Brian Blessed, sounds fun ;)

[@BlueBaron3339]

Yeah, I went for THAT one :)

[@RobertPayne556]

FLY FASTER YOU FOOLS! 4 3 2 1 ENGAGE

[@jabbathehut9587]

I started to play Ed after a long break again since i got myself VR :) With VR this is a must !

[@avatar6699]

Ok... this is FUKIN BRILLIANT!!!

[@XJoukov]

wow pretty amazing good job on this + we need this for star citizen too !!

[@hcsvoicepacks]

The soundtrack would be the same. We can do that / are doing I believe.... Otherwise we have released for both

[@YouKlaus1337]

OMG this is the holy grail...

[@AUXiDE1]

I love you guys !!!!

[@JnEricsonx]

The cast on the screen alone. I mean...Brian Blessed! RIP headphone users!

[@plazi4]

I love the HCS voice packs. I already own Astra. I'd like to purchase both the William Shatner and Brent Spiner and possibly other packs. Do you do a multipack discount or will you be running any discount sales over the xmas period in a similar fashion to Steam xmas sales?

[@Tie_Mu]

The voice from the nanosuit from crysis 2 would be so cool

[@AethyrPrime]

Farscape voice pack when? Ben Browder, Gigi Edgley, Claudia Black, Lani Tupu, Anthony Simcoe, Wayne Pygram, Paul Goddard, Virginia Hey, Jonathan Hardy. As my favorite sci-fi show this would be epic.

[@JnEricsonx]

Jonathan Hardy died 8 years ago. :(

[@skegniknak]

i so need this

[@zegamingcuber857]

Now it’s nearly impossible to get to Rigel because of the permit-locked systems.

[@MrDaddynomates]

How about an Ozzy Osborne pack. with the bad language included 😅

[@eatthisvr6]

Chris Ward ready to fuckin jump?

[@MrDaddynomates]

eatthisvr6 Shields offline. "oh fuck, SHARON!

[@veerkillerx]

You can technically take clips of his voice and add them in the Voice Attack program yourself, but it's a bit of work. Worth it, though.

[@DNH17]

Indeed they did one with bad language

[@patricklee8552]

i love it and when the computer gets confused it cries... SHARON!!

[@herbivorethecarnivore8447]

>brian blessed voice pack im buying this game right now

[@JnEricsonx]

Please tell me it's as awesome as it sounds.

[@eatthisvr6]

HOLLY!!!!

[@Shadowkey392]

Ok, this is cool.

[@eatthisvr6]

I'm grinning thinking about brian and Norman responses lol, Brian wouldn't be sensible st night haha

[@RobertPayne556]

Eject EJECT *KABOOM* ... everybody's dead, Dave.

[@DarkestofTimes]

John De Lancie, oh boy. Have Q giving responses.

[@felguard7685]

is there a silent voice pack somewhere ? not into an AI talking back to me :) thanks!

[@lcd8180]

Is there a way we can suggest voice actors?! i'd love to have troy baker or even laura bailey as my ship ai! hell i'll even take a crispin freeman. all very good voice actors.

[@yumpinyiminy963]

Newbie researching before jumping in. I have ED W/Hor, VA and HCS Eden. I have a Thrustmaster T16000M HOTAS. How can I look around smoothly like this video without VR or Track-IR? Is there a key binding I could use to maybe use the small analog joystick on my throttle? Thanks.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Ask that in our Discord channel.

[@sandcobra]

Do we still have to set up our own profile or does it come with everything to just import the file.

[@donatotusi9140]

I don't quite understand. Are the commands pre-made or can I make it say whatever I want? Also, is mapping file included for the HOTAS or do I have to set it up manually? I really wanna give it a go but I'm not really sure lol

[@TairnKA]

It would be fun if there was a holographic cat roaming around to coincide with HCS-VP "Ships Cat", funnier still the other HCS packs don't like the cat in varying degrees, from tolerable to "If I had a body it would be out an airlock" (no , it's solid). ;-)

[@gregoryashton]

A bit late to this so probably won’t get a reply now, but any chance of a Jean Luc Picard pack? Or is he not interested?

[@Nemoticon]

If they approached Natalie Dormer to lend her voice, she'd definitely be up for it. She's a bit of a secret scifi geek... and I would want this sooo had! Lol

[@bedford1941]

Can i change my voice pack as cleo is pi$%^ng me off ...i will buy anyone eles how can i change here

[@superscott9780]

Okay I got it I need it

[@stapleyonline5856]

These voice packs sound amazing! However, is there a way to have a key word to activate the A.I? For example you have to say "ship" or "computer" followed by a command?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Stapley Online Yes. you can easily make a change to do that.

[@stapleyonline5856]

Thanks for the reply. I only ask as I have a habit of talking to myself while gaming. haha Could get messy.

[@ThatTinyDude]

Stapley Online i use dark and he pipes up randomly when i say a key word with a long enough pause for him to pick it up. i really need to program a shutup command

[@Lasse_kreikemeier]

quick question ,i have bought the verity pack a few months ago ,but now with fighters bays etc some of the comands dont work anymore ,how can i download an updated version? or do i have to repurchase? thanks in advance

[@hcsvoicepacks]

lasse kreikemeier An update has been released. Oh, and another including new content she recorded (500 new sounds) are out this weekend. Email [e-mail] if you've had issues getting your update email.:)

[@Lasse_kreikemeier]

HCS Voice Packs ahh i found the update email now ...was burried under a mountain of spam >.< thank you very much for the fast reply and awesome work!

[@LiveLNXgaming]

So basically they are premade macros that also play a sound file when you use them. I like it. Simple and immersive. I have never used voice attack so if I were to heavily rebind things would that mess with the macros?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

The Architect Basically, yes. Also they are much more ;)

[@dheibeljr]

The Macros in Voice Attack are very intuitive to construct with their system. All it takes is a little forethought and very little trial and error for timing of key presses to best suit your play style and to ensure key presses aren't occurring longer than necessary and locking out that key(But I believe you can change settings so you can override it if needed). For example request docking(to me) looks like it triggers number "1" then "e" twice to reach contacts and then "s" once and "e" once again and then selected with "space" before reversing the whole sequence to ensure the menu is in the same starting position after each macro. Because if you started the macro with the nav panel on contacts then of course that prev sequence would not end up in your requesting docking. I'm not positive that is how they set this up but that is what It looks like to me from the video. It is how I have set up my Voice attack for a large number of commands before I found out about these packs and such. Another good example is binding keys to shield cell and heat sink then when you tell it to pop a shield cell you can also have it simultaneously deploy a heat sink to prevent overheating thus removing a second task you must initiate with voice or key stroke. You just have to be creating and start at the top of the controls panel and slowly work your way down creating your custom voice commands as you go since jumping around to different commands could cause you to get confused and result in your keyboards bindings being a total mess. I personally did lot of "shift" "1" or "2" etc..to bind many obscure tasks because that way you double the number of keys for your number row (and you don't have to worry about accidentally hitting the key for an obscure thing like jettison cargo as you never use shift+key it is bound to in elite during normal play(Or I don't anyway because elite doesn't auto bind shift+key bindings unless you go in and do it yourself)) and for any key with a secondary function other than caps and this allowed me to bind things I never had bound before in my 3 years of playing. I highly recommend Voice Attack. It only took me about 2 hours to fully set up my own fully custom profile (I didn't know about packs) and that is around 40 or more commands I created and tested in that time frame (plus many duplicates for example "systems power/system power/power systems/power system" all doing the same thing to account for variations in my speech ensuring it will always do what I want even if I say the command slightly different each time. Also at this time Voice Attack is all of $10 USD so I mean come on that is a true bargain in my book and you can use it to control your computer itself and other games, it is not just limited to Elite Dangerous. You can even do dictations with it or use your voice to open programs and browse the internet or any number of other things. Highly recommended 9.8/10

[@allenperez678]

I’m sold. Take my money

[@jorgenbrouwer6460]

Will this be possible on a PS4 too? If so, what do I need to do to make this work?

[@Calcearius]

A pc ;)

[@stijnvanrijswijk2928]

When I bought my voice-pack it was an easy choice, ASTRA was the only available pack :P Getting a new HOTAS today to finally upgrade my thrustmaster hotas-x. I'm so torn on whether or not I want a new voice-pack and which one to get :(!

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Stijn van Rijswijk Understood - And with the new Singularity Profile coming soon (One profile fits all / Role calling a crew for departmental tasking) it's going to be a problem for many....A very welcome problem though 😉

[@stijnvanrijswijk2928]

HCS Voice Packs I got Orion and loving it. Going to look up some multicrew profile setups to mix astra in :P

[@stijnvanrijswijk2928]

HCS Voice Packs awesome job with the voice packs btw!!!

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Stijn van Rijswijk Join our Discord - Good bunch in there and there is a multicrew profile you can use that my team can help you set up

[@florbfnarb7099]

I have a ship named Daisy Duke; can you get Catherine Bach to do a voice pack?

[@V0ID_Music]

I wish I could do something like this on xbox

[@iTxip]

Is there a Picard voice???

[@TwstedTV]

I know people love william and many other stars to do the voices. but do you have a serious voice. something with a deep voice a no nonsense serious voice... :D - just curiously asking.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

TwstedTV They all have generic vanilla script. And that can accomplished with most packs. However, a KZbinr called Noobifier is currently recording a very fast efficient pack and we have plans for others. Jazz is pretty serious as is Astra. Alix is probably the most serious along with Verity. And Vega by Brent Spiner is also quite serious. You can change the responses into vanilla only.

[@xXTheDarkOwlXx]

Brain cox please

[@mr.gamenervy7357]

I love VoiceAttck, especially in VR. I would be great if someone would produce a utility to import your keymappings from the game into VoiceAttack though. The requirement to have your keybindings mapped the way VoiceAttack expects them to be mapped is a real pain. Sure, you can adjust the macros in VoiceAttack, but it's quite a minefield.

[@joshcooper719]

I can't speak for other voice packs, but the Astra pack i got comes with a profile for the kb and mouse. That way you don't have to go through EVERY button push, its set for you. He has a video on it and how to apply it. (not the one where he says every command in ED). Its just already set and you paste it into your ED key binding folder.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

CMDR GreenDemon Shortly, this very plug in will be added to our voice pack profiles.

[@mr.gamenervy7357]

Cool, can't wait! Thanks for your hard work with the voicepacks, truly game changing :-)

[@Umbator]

I assume if you have custom key bindings most of the voice pack commands won't work as they will be using the old default key binds?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Use whatever binds you wish - You can set up the keybindings to your liking, then simply ask your Ai "import my control settings" - That's it. Freedom of choice with the keys has now been organised ;)

[@TwstedTV]

wow....... now thats how you gain customers and become a great company....just wow. :D

[@Umbator]

That is fantastic, thank you for answering my question, I will certainly be picking up a voice pack soon, now the hardest part, picking which one to start with ;)

[@lazysloth9060]

Sign up Neil Degrasse Tyson and take my money!!!

[@cdrogers87]

Any reason I should have problems purchasing Voice Attack?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Christopher Rogers No reason. All payment gateways are active for our stores

[@cdrogers87]

Thanks! I have since been able to resolve the issue. I've been having a lot of fun with Orion.

[@hcsvoicepacks]

That's great :)

[@SilentGunner13]

If it would be possible to develop this for the Xbox One version, that's be so awesome!

[@hcsvoicepacks]

Ryan Morrison I agree. And hope it happens sometime

[@robdfar]

I do not see how . and microsoft has been known to be huge pain in the butts when it comes to content they allow to be added to games.

[@TwstedTV]

I agree with Robert. - thats true, microsoft will not allow this, as they previously created voice packs, and when they see ppl are interested in them, microsoft will dust off their voice thingy and the ugliness will start. if microsoft finds out that someone somehow created things like voice packs for their merch, they will immediately stop it and put their own, which then they will ruin the game and the experience.

[@CharlesDSmith-mv7zi]

@@adriantcullysover4640 No.

[@lappinzswizzy]

Will Archer ever get fun facts about space, i like Archer he reminds me of Jarvis. i wish he taught me thinks like William and Verity do :)

[@hcsvoicepacks]

He does have galaxapedia and constellations

[@lappinzswizzy]

@@hcsvoicepacks i realised going through the customiser settings, my bad. Impressive

[@AsH-fp3fx]

Does Astra have the same features?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

She does

[@greywolf1708]

Has Astra been updated for 2.2 yet?

[@Fireytoad]

Yes she has, you can use your download link to get the update.

[@ne1up]

Are these still being supported and used? I'm really thinking about buying Elite just because of this voice pack.

[@brandonlbartlett]

Sure are

[@SlashmanSG]

Wait, Verity comes with Orion? So buying Orion gets you both, or just select parts of Verity?

[@hcsvoicepacks]

You get Verity for the educational elements - about 500 responses for galaxy facts and all 88 constellations :) - Not the rest of her pack

[@ArtemisTGM]

How can I get these for my Ps4?

[@zegamingcuber857]

Mike Collingwood you can’t.

[@RobertPayne556]

We did.

[@cbcbcbcc]

Make a japanese voice pack please

[@ivanbluetarski9071]

should have been scotty's voice , it just seems a bit odd giving commands to captain james t kirk or maybe holly from red dwarf ? now that could be amusing lol

[@hcsvoicepacks]

It doesn't feel odd - And this is something that was carefully considered when recording his pack. If you listen carefully to Orion, he's almost humouring you with his responses. You can either make him a serious Ai, or adjust your options in the customiser to make him a little flippant. It works.

[@ivanbluetarski9071]

@@hcsvoicepacks oh it wasnt a critisism of your excellent work , far from it . just my personal take on it . having grown up with Kirk in command i just find it a little disconcerting to give commands to a child hood hero . but i do have to agree his flippent and some what slightly sarcastic tone is an excellent addition and very well thought out and implimented from what i have seen / heard so far . unlike my origanal post lol now i have read it it is not in the spirit i intended it to be ,and therefore appologize for it . i guess in the excitment of discovering this awsome feature /product , i may have thrown caution and etiquette to the solar winds in wreckless abondonment ! but i would still rather trust the engineering department to Scotty lol

[@badeiser]

Lance Henriksen

[@badeiser]

And Edward James Olmos

[@mollygrubber]

H Jon Benjamin. That is all.

[@KujoTV]

It wasn't answered the one time it was asked.....so......PS4?

[@KujoTV]

Also have you thought of mixed packs? Like Shatner only responding to questions about space and giving me warnings when I'm messing up, then someone who played a navigator dealing with those commands and responses, same for maneuvering...etc. Baker could replace the computer for all the extra knowledge.

[@CharlesDSmith-mv7zi]

No, PC only

[@giausjulius4]

How the hell did your shields return so quickly?

[@SpoonLoeffel]

they are 3B shields (assuming outfitting hasnt been changed) and shields recharge at double speed in supercruise.

[@giausjulius4]

Ah I see. I had thought he may have been using Bi-Weaves but if that was only a 3B and they recharge twice as fast in supercruise that makes a lot of sense as his shields dropped very fast.

[@insultobot]

See, I like this, but I don't like the sassiness of the AI that I hear in all the trailers. I just want a simple response, no sarcasm, no ominous warnings, just an AI that does what I ask

[@hcsvoicepacks]

insultobot Verity is precisely that. The profiles for her are as stoic as you can get.

[@ethoman04]

that's no fun

[@sirenia755]

you might as well stay at a station and let your ship fly it self, the fun is to fly and control your ship, yourself, not let a Voice Pack do it for you.

[@mikerose2504]

Im going to ad the Hitler “Nein Nein Nein” as a response

[@sirenia755]

Voice Pack are just novelty item for lazy people that cant be bothered to fly there ship or use the keyboard themselves.