Half-Life 1 Talking Clock
Modified version from calomel.org This updated script is not able to play hours 21-23 using 24 hour time format. If you dont wish to use 24 hr time format. uncomment 12 hr format and comment the 24 hr one.
The setup is very simple:
Download the wavs.rar and pearl scrip files. cd into the script directory, "cd half_life_talking_clock" execute the script "./half-life_clock.pl" to hear the current time.
NOTE: you will need the binary "play" for the script to play the wav files. On Ubuntu install the sox package using "sudo apt-get install sox". On OpenBSD 5.1 use "pkg_add -i sox-14.3.2.tgz". The FreeBSD install of sox should be similar.
Just replace the files in the wavs directory with the sound files with say the proper numbers. The script does not care as long as "play" can play the sound file format.
We loved the original Half-Life 1998 game and thought it would be great to hear the HEV speak the time every hour at home. The sounds were freely available on the game disk and online. From the last google search (136 million results found) you can find all the sound files anywhere online.
To Valve, please don't send us any nasty-grams. We made this for the love of the game!
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