Motivated by the Anki Warrior (http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6521), I figured I'd also make a plugin to spice up reviews in Anki.

The plugin is available on the shared plugins list under 'Unreal' and provides unreal tournament announcer sounds (male and female) for "killing sprees" of correct reviews.

Right now you have to edit unreal.py to change the interval or voice type, but if there's interest I could try adding a way to configure it through the gui.

Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions, or complaints.

q3 sounds are wayyyyyyyyyyy cooler

M-M-M-M-Monster Kill!

liosama Wrote:q3 sounds are wayyyyyyyyyyy cooler

I thought about that so I tried to make it pretty easy to modify yourself without any real programming experience. If you want to add your own custom sounds you can do this:

Line11: add a directory with sound files to the list (and change the index appropriately)
Line12: choose the right file extension, add one to the list if needed (and index it appropriately)

Name the sound files in the same way as the unreal ones or simply change:
Line 15/16 to the filenames (without extension) of the sounds. Note the list goes in order and the last is repeated ad infinitum.

Example:

Code:

# User config
N = 3   # killing spree spacing
# index these to 0 for male voice and 1 for female voice
voice = ['badassMale','sexyFemale','q3sounds'][2]
soundFileExt = ['.ogg','.wav','.mp3','.flac'][2]

# Sounds
ks = ['one kill', 'two kills', 'three in a row']
firstBlood = 'First Blood'

# Globals

"Hooollllly Shiiit!"

My favourite one from Quake 3 - Said in capture the flag when you killed someone within a few feet of the flag to stop them scoring a point. I nearly fell from my chair when I first heard it.

Can't think where it would fit into Anki reviews though... hmmm.

I like a lot Unreal Tournament, but for some reason the plugin isn't working for me. =/

Sebastian Wrote:I like a lot Unreal Tournament, but for some reason the plugin isn't working for me. =/

How so?

Nothing happens.

Sebastian Wrote:Nothing happens.

Can you check that there is an unrealSounds directory in your plugin directory and that the sound files inside it play correctly in a standalone media player?

Note: no sounds play until you get your first kill or get a killing spree (which isn't displayed anywhere on the gui). Also, if you run anki from the command line it prints some debugging information like saying that it's going to play sound file X, etc, so you could check that.

The files are there and play without problems from my multimedia player.

I've tested several times, even opening a deck and answering everything pressing "4" only, and after several (like more than 15) cards there is no sound.

I thought that probably the sound from my cards could be messing with the sound from the plugin, so tried with a deck without sound and the result is the same.

I'm using Win 7.

Thanks for your patience.

I seem to be having the same problem as Sebastian.

Sebastian Wrote:The files are there and play without problems from my multimedia player.

I've tested several times, even opening a deck and answering everything pressing "4" only, and after several (like more than 15) cards there is no sound.

I thought that probably the sound from my cards could be messing with the sound from the plugin, so tried with a deck without sound and the result is the same.

I'm using Win 7.

Thanks for your patience.

After testing it on a windows machine, it appears to be a bug on my/anki's end (anki.sound.play seems to require escaping the path on windows? That's not expected and there's no documentation...).

I've updated the plugin to adjust for this and tested against Linux and Windows.

Thanks for bringing the issue to my attention.

Now it works perfect, thanks!

Probably it could be better to set the male voice as the default, since the female voice is a bit too NSFW.

hmm might try this later, seems fun.

ta12121 Wrote:hmm might try this later, seems fun.

That's the idea. It made my 300 reviews yesterday a bit more entertaining, especially once I had 50+ streak going.

It seems like there isn't any wav versions of the male voice? I had to change the file type index to 0 for it to play the ogg files instead.

Okay, am I the only one who'd like to hear the sound of gunfire (or Plasma rifles.. a little variation never hurts) every time you answer correctly?

Well, this is certainly making me laugh whilst I do my reviews. I didn't realise there were anki plugins like this!

Great idea, overture!
Glad to see my post inspired you to make a cool plugin. I'll probably include sounds in my next version when a new level is reached (going to take a look into your plugin how you used sounds ;-) ). I guess our plugins will work good in conjunction. I'm planning to release my first "real" version within a week.

Proxx Wrote:Great idea, overture!
Glad to see my post inspired you to make a cool plugin. I'll probably include sounds in my next version when a new level is reached (going to take a look into your plugin how you used sounds ;-) ). I guess our plugins will work good in conjunction. I'm planning to release my first "real" version within a week.

In fact, I was originally just going to post the suggestion in your thread but then realized that they could probably work in conjunction and thus decided to make it separate (also I'd like to see the conquering cities thing implemented and didn't want to distract you).

It's too bad that Starcraft sounds aren't really appropriate. I don't need someone telling me to build more pylons just because I missed too many cards in a row. En Taro Adun, Anki.

@Tzadeck - that needs to be done. Definitely.

Thanks a lot overture2112, your plugin has been a very nice addition to my daily reviews. Actually, it has been even more fun and motivating than I expected at the beginning.

There is a tiny bug though, where sometimes Anki stops playing the "Unreal" sounds before the audio ends, to play next card's sound instead. No big deal and it only happens sometimes, but since your plugin has proven effective for my, I actually miss listening the full track when I'm in a Killing Spree. =)

BTE, would it be possible to add a sound that plays every time you end a session (for people who use Anki's timeboxing options, i.e. limit their sessions by number of repetitions or time)? For example, if you have less than 50% of correct answers it would play the "Humiliating defeat" track, or the "Flawless victory" one if you're over 90%.

Sebastian Wrote:Thanks a lot overture2112, your plugin has been a very nice addition to my daily reviews. Actually, it has been even more fun and motivating than I expected at the beginning.

Thanks

Sebastian Wrote:There is a tiny bug though, where sometimes Anki stops playing the "Unreal" sounds before the audio ends, to play next card's sound instead. No big deal and it only happens sometimes, but since your plugin has proven effective for my, I actually miss listening the full track when I'm in a Killing Spree. =)

You must review much faster than I do
I'll dig to see if there's an easy fix, but I *think* Anki has more of a fire-and-forget policy with the way it utilizes mplayer.

Sebastian Wrote:BTE, would it be possible to add a sound that plays every time you end a session (for people who use Anki's timeboxing options, i.e. limit their sessions by number of repetitions or time)? For example, if you have less than 50% of correct answers it would play the "Humiliating defeat" track, or the "Flawless victory" one if you're over 90%.

I was originally going to do this. I prepared the audio tracks for it, but I didn't finish up the logic for it as I noticed it was late and I hadn't added new cards for the day.

I was curious if anyone had suggestions on things to add, particularly for the following sounds (some suggestions by me or others provided):

Headshot
* eg, answering new card correctly? might be too common/irritating for those who don't spread out new cards or only add to Anki after learning thoroughly

Double Kill (and Triple / Multi)
* eg, answering correctly in < N seconds since last answer

30 Seconds Left (and One Minute Remains)
* eg, before your session is about to max out it's timebox duration

Humiliating Defeat
* eg, failed mature card, failed N in a row, less than X% accuracy at session end?

Bottom Feeder
* eg, marking more than N in a row as "hard"?
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