Gather Text/ Export | SpeechManager ID assignment query
Hello! It's time to Gather Text and start to think about script recording. Export works great, but I'm wondering about how the ID number is generated when I hit Gather Text?
By the nature of the beast my scripts weave all over the place - with ActionLists run from within ActionLists depending what the player has/ hasn't done. But it seems like the generated csv when I sort IDs so they're in order stays pretty firmly in the order the ActionList was created.
This isn't arguably ideal this end. It'll be a pain to organise, but it might be better if IDs were assigned by the order of the ActionLists as they appear in scene OR when they're called from other ActionLists.
Is there any way to tweak things so that this is possible? Or (fingers crossed) a setting I'm missing?
Thanks!
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Is it specifically speech that you're looking to sort?
Text is assigned an ID based on the order in which it's found, yes, but the ActionList it's found in (in the case of speech text) is assigned to its Description field (if blank).
You can also define Speech tags in the Speech Manager, and assign them to ActionLists in their headers.
When it comes to recording lines, however, the "Create script sheet" export feature is better suited than the raw CSV output. That produces an HTML file that can be filtered by character / scene etc for voice actors.
Yes, I'm looking to sort anything that's speech. Description filling out with the object name is certainly going to be a huge help keeping things organised.
However, I've found a csv will generally work much better in the booth and for the audio engineer to work with? Quick and easy to edit, mark off takes, and re-import with any minor tweaks we get on the day.
Thanks! I'll have a rummage around and see what I can do, now I know there's no way to dictate the ID number