Salve!

These zips contain the first version of the Italian speech pack. It is the first version because it is being tested in flight and we are trying to improve it.

This speech pack is split into 19 zips:

The ItalyReadme zip contains the 'Readme' instructions and the 'Join-Gradio1m.zip.bat' file.
The Italyspeech1 - 15 zips contain the speech (SND) files.
The 3 GRADIO zips contain the 3 files for assembling the 'Gradio1m.adp' file.


TO INSTALL:

1. First, to be safe, make a backup of all the GE*_*.snd files which are in your EAW folder and of the 'Gradio1m.adp'file.
2. Download ALL of the zips into an empty, working folder (directory) on your PC.
3. Unzip the 'ItalyReadme.zip' and the GRADIOfile1, 2 and 3 zips into the working folder.
4. You will now have a 'Join-Gradio1m.zip.bat' file and the GRADIO1M.000, 001 and 002 files.
5. Double click the 'Join-Gradio1m.zip.bat' file.  This will re-assemble the GRADIO.000, 001 and 002 files into the single, original 'Gradio1m.adp' file' of 2 Meg+ size.
6. Now, you can delete the  'Join-Gradio1m.zip.bat' file,  the GRADIOfile1, 2 and 3 zips and the  GRADIO1M.000, 001 and 002 files from the working folder.  These are no longer needed.
7. You will now have the single 'Gradio1m.adp' file and the Italyspeech1 - 15 zips. 
8. Unzip the Italyspeech1 - 15 zips into your EAW folder (directory).
9. Move the 'Gradio1m.adp' file into your EAW folder (directory).
10. You can now empty or delete the working folder.  None of these files/zips are needed.

That's it.  Fly EAW as German.

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WARNING - COARSE LANGUAGE!!!!

And now some translation of the vivid language of the pack:
It is a bit heavy language but you know we italian guys are quite emotional...and if we can't move our hands while flying and talking on the radio...we need to express ourselves

Minchia : Sicilian for Dick
Cazzo: italian for Prick
Vaffanculo: Fuck off, Fuck you
Coglione: Moron
Deficiente: you Dumb ass
Bastardi: guess.....
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This pack is mostly designed for DAW and Malta campaigns from Emil.

A spanish civil war pack could be done as well.

At the moment the pack includes all the speeches for the Ground control, the bombers, and three fighters.
In addition there is a radio file that you can hear by going to the barracks in the campaign. If you understand italian it will be funny. It is a piece of a tv show from my favourite italian comedian Corrado Guzzanti. The guy is sarcastic as hell, and in this parody he describes the misadventures of a group of odd fascists Black Shirt, who on board of a German Rocket prototype crash on Mars in 1939 and claim it for the King, the Duce and Italy: Mars is Fascist!
I should have probably have asked for permission, but we do not make any money out of it and I am not saying I did this file. It was on the Internet, I just had the idea of adding it to the pack because it is ironic and adds to the atmosphere if you don't know italian. As a Matter of fact Corrado did an incredible job reproducing the Fascist propaganda style and all the retoric. If you did not know otherwise, you would almost believe it is authentic.


Back to the pack, we wanted to release the pack for Christmas, so here it is with only two voices:
Ground control (Ge1): LukyLuke in a fake accent from Naples (ground controller in a lazy mood)
Bomber  (Ge2): Junkersmazzo (accent from the north of Italy) with a lower pitch
Fighter 1(GE3): Junkersmazzo did a great job
Fighter 2 (Ge4): Me with my silly voice, (roman accent)Lolo Kramps added the effects
Fighter3 (Ge5): Me with a fake and exagerated accent from Sicily. 

I did not have the time to convert and add the effects to the file done by Marco Fax. I will finish it and include it in a second version after Christmas.

Thanks to FreddyB for his advices and hints plus the notes on how to do it, LoloKramps for his effects his help in making the pack, Junkersmazzo for the idea of adding some spice to the dialogues translated by me and  MarcoFax for the being patient and making the voice for fighter 3 (to be released) , Mike Sandbagger for the fantastic job and the opportunity to host this, Corrado Guzzanti for the funny 'Fascisti su Marte', and all the EAW community for making this possible.


Note: Gheregheghez...ghez Junkersmazzo found this.
It is the war cry of the Regia Aeronautica Militare (italian for RAF)


Have fun!
LukyLuke
January 2003


