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Offline Singh

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I've been holding on to this for a while, and since i'm not working any more on it, Might as well put it out here.

Right Click and Save as only please, no streaming.

Bit of random combat with all the SCP stuff turned on. Its crappy and staggering, but at least its something ;)
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Offline Corsair

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*downloads*

ohhhhhhhhhhhh....pretty. Stuff!
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Offline TopAce

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Not at my comp now, but I promise I will download it, and see what it is. :)
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Offline Shinobi

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Very nice. Some of theh shots are excellent, the Hecate warping in in particular.

You should read this tutorial on how to record the in-game sounds as well

Click Me.

Hope it helps :)

Twisted Infinities-P1mp!
[Sectorgame] - Lurker
[Freespace 2 Sector]  - Lurker


Rawhide! - Hilarious Vasudan Comedy from ZylonBane
Freespace Flash! - Mindless Flash Action Goodness from Carl

 
Wow! This gives me an idea :D

 

Offline Lightspeed

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Okay, some comments:

1.

This is a very very good idea. We should create an excellent composition with sounds, and use that as a kind  of "SCP" trailer to get people to FS2 SCP. This is probably the most awe inspiring way to show our progress.

2.

There's some really good scenes in your video, however, theres some rather nasty things in there too:

a) The messy white beams that seem to stay solid forever - they look like some odd lines

b) the close up of the thruster effects when the capital ship jumps out

c) the 3D shockwave is just ugly

d) The odd textures on the Hecate

e) The framerate is a bit low

f) You use the stock sun, which looks a bit low res

g) The shot on the hangar - i would rather stick the camara inside the fighterbay, so you see the ships leave from behind you - they look a bit odd coming out of that 'black line' (as the fighterbay shows from this perspective)

3.

If you could fix the issues mentioned in 2. this probably would be the most amazing FS2-related movie I have ever seen. Please, try to fix them (or explain us how you made it :-) ) - *this* is the kind of publicity the SCP needs to grow and expand.

:yes: :yes:
« Last Edit: May 02, 2004, 07:07:42 am by 1317 »
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Offline Singh

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I made the entire thing, from beggining to end, in FRED.

If you want the mission, I can provide that as well, so you can fiddle around with it.

To address some of the points you mentioned:

2.

There's some really good scenes in your video, however, theres some rather nasty things in there too:

a) The messy white beams that seem to stay solid forever - they look like some odd lines

An experimental beam, the NBeam (one of my creations). That can be changed now that I have an nice new texture :)

b) the close up of the thruster effects when the capital ship jumps out

huh? Timing issue, no worry about that.

c) the 3D shockwave is just ugly

What 3D shockwave? where?

d) The odd textures on the Hecate

Again, my fault. Those are my experimental textures.....rather ugly, I know lol ;)

e) The framerate is a bit low

An issue with my PC mostly. This is fixed however, with Kazan's new build with the time compression :D

f) You use the stock sun, which looks a bit low res

Not much of a problem. I can use the new suns out, if I can find the proper thread...

g) The shot on the hangar - i would rather stick the camara inside the fighterbay, so you see the ships leave from behind you - they look a bit odd coming out of that 'black line' (as the fighterbay shows from this perspective)

hmmmmmm.........interesting....i'll try it...

3.  If you could fix the issues mentioned in 2. this probably would be the most amazing FS2-related movie I have ever seen. Please, try to fix them (or explain us how you made it :-) ) - *this* is the kind of publicity the SCP needs to grow and expand.

Hmm.....sorry, I cant work on this, since im working on something similar elsewhere.

Edit: never mind. Im going to try running this again with some of the suggestions given so far. With the new Kazan build, i'll see if i cant get some better framerates..
« Last Edit: May 02, 2004, 08:10:05 am by 1259 »
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Raaah! 97 % finished, then it tells me that a link with the server cant be established! :(

EDIT: nevermind, back up. nice trailer thingy   :yes:

EDIT2: Woooo!    :D
« Last Edit: May 02, 2004, 10:25:38 am by 1802 »
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Offline Taristin

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Offline Singh

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Oh yes, if anyone wants to modify or do a better recording than what I had done, or simply just wants to watch without downloading the entire video, then may want to try this

Prerequisites include LS's nebulas, Lt.Cannonfodder's new planets, just about every feature to be turned on (just for show) and an ub3r machine.

If someone can get a much better recording with some sound and music and puts it up, it would be deeply appreciated :D :)
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Offline Lightspeed

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What did you use to record it?
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Offline Taristin

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I don't know what he used, but alot of people use FRAPS.
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Offline Singh

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FRAPS for the video :)

I used Flickerfree for the compression though - its a lot better than that virtualdub (which i only use to cut frames).

No audio ripping software however, since all this slows down the system quite a lot as it is :/
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"Cursed be the FREDder that trusts FRED2_Open."
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Offline Lightspeed

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Hmm what codec does FRAPS use? I can't seem to view/open any file it creates.
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Offline Kosh

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This is what AVI Codec said about the video:

Intel Indeo R5.1
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
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Offline Singh

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FRAPS uses a different Codec. The Indeo one is what I converted it to using flickerfree.

Give me a sec and i'll get the info for you.
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Offline Singh

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Just remembered.

FRAPS doesnt use a Codec or compression. It copies the image frame-by-frame into a .avi, which can lead to large sizes. I have troubles sometimes opening the videos, as the program crashes. This may be attributed to the video size - you may to try and reduce a few options to reduce it.
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Offline Bobboau

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what codec is that video in, I can't open it
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Offline J3Vr6

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downloading now...



EDIT:  Argh!  I couldn't see it because I need an indeo codec.  You go to the indeo website and they charge you 14.95 for the codec.

Sorry, Singh, you're not worth it :p
« Last Edit: May 04, 2004, 08:09:37 am by 1046 »
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Offline Singh

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"Blessed be the FREDder that knows his sexps."
"Cursed be the FREDder that trusts FRED2_Open."
Dreamed of much, accomplished little. :(