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Off-Topic Discussion => Arts & Talents => Topic started by: Tiara on July 13, 2003, 02:37:56 pm

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 13, 2003, 02:37:56 pm

Before anyone starts, this is not campaign/mission/mod related so IMO it does not belong in the FS mod forum.

Ok, I have attempted to build an ani of a battle. Now, I need some help. After you have seen the ani you see that in the end you are shaken by the blast. Does anyone know how to avoid that?

D/l the ani here (http://www.swooh.com/peon/Tiara/Freespace/Anis/Ani-DS.rar)

Its cause I hate the abrupt ending here...

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Rictor on July 13, 2003, 02:51:59 pm

Looks good. It looks a bit too static (since the viewpoint stays stationary) but I guess thats kinda hard to fix. 40 seconds is a bit too long, try shortening it down to 25 or 30. Is it just my imagination or is that Deimos (bottom right) moving backwards?

Overall, it looks very presentable. You should do some for a campaign, it would really add to the experience..

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2003, 02:12:16 am

Anyone?

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: karajorma on July 14, 2003, 02:43:38 am

Looks good. If you're planning to refilm the battle maybe you could stop the shaking by opening up the fighters model in PCS and increasing the mass a lot. Not certain if that would have any other knock-on effects though.

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Bobboau on July 14, 2003, 03:28:02 am

remove the blast feild in the weapon's table entry

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2003, 03:33:45 am

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Originally posted by Bobboau
remove the blast feild in the weapon's table entry

eh... I knew that :nervous:

Thanks Bobboau :yes:

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: karajorma on July 14, 2003, 06:37:53 am

Or simply set both ships to have a special explosion in FRED with a very low blast.

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 14, 2003, 06:44:14 am

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Originally posted by karajorma
Or simply set both ships to have a special explosion in FRED with a very low blast.

:rolleyes: I need to look before I ask lol

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Krackers87 on July 20, 2003, 10:02:42 am

what progs can you use to do video capture while playing FS2?

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: FreeTerran on July 20, 2003, 10:04:42 am

Fraps www.fraps.com

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Ashrak on July 20, 2003, 10:51:15 am

well dumb question how do you plan to scale it down to 440x200? :p

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Unknown Target on July 20, 2003, 12:02:37 pm

Looks good. The pacing is a little slow, tho. Although, I DO like the camera shake the way it is.

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 20, 2003, 12:16:23 pm

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Originally posted by Ashrak
well dumb question how do you plan to scale it down to 440x200? :p

InfranView :)

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Ashrak on July 20, 2003, 02:12:23 pm

uhm thats like a thousand frames..... and if you resize it gets squashed and stuff......

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 20, 2003, 02:18:56 pm

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Originally posted by Ashrak
uhm thats like a thousand frames..... and if you resize it gets squashed and stuff......

440x200 = proportional to 640x480 so it stays good.

Anyway: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,15726.0.html

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Krackers87 on July 20, 2003, 04:12:57 pm

2 questions bout fraps.

How do you change video capture res?

I cant seem to get that thing to go over 5 fps (i have full version of latest) How can i get it higher?

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Tiara on July 20, 2003, 04:21:45 pm

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Originally posted by Krackers87
2 questions bout fraps.

How do you change video capture res?

I cant seem to get that thing to go over 5 fps (i have full version of latest) How can i get it higher?

1). You can't, thats done with InfranView
2). Go to the FRAPS option screen and check the 15FPS box for good capture.

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Krackers87 on July 20, 2003, 04:25:49 pm

the red number wont go over 5 in the game while capturing no matter what i do.

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Krackers87 on July 20, 2003, 04:36:53 pm

im trying to vid cap a sobek fighting an aeolus and deimos with fraps. There are a few weapons mods installed but not much else.

i had the detail so low the sobek was a damn 6 pixel triangle and it still wouldnt go over 5 fps!!!!

Title: An ani attempt
Post by: Krackers87 on July 20, 2003, 09:23:28 pm

nm got it 2 work