[VIDEO] HOME - The Beginnings Of An Empire

Jack Hammer · Post by **Jack Hammer** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 20:23

Hey Guys,

I just couldn't resist making a video. It is my 1st attempt so it has lots of room for opportunity.

Hope You Like It!

Home - The Beginnings Of An Empire

Tell me what you think... Including any tips.

John2101 · Post by **John2101** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 20:52

Nice Vid !

Just one point from me, move your curser to the edge of the screen before filming.

Did you use Fraps ? if so what settings you using...
Plus, what editing program you using ??

Skillers · Post by **Skillers** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:00

They actually have a seperate forum for this -Creative Universe.

Anyway, it's taking an abnormally long time to download, i'll give you feedback when it finishes

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Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:06

VERY VERY VERY NICE

I agree with the mouse thingy and try to close the interface next time

(BTW: Do you mind me adding it to XData?

)

Skillers · Post by **Skillers** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:16

Just watched it. I think that's the first unofficial X3 vid, very nice graphical showcase. Aslo some pretty good angles on it. Needs a bit of combat, though

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Oh, and I agree with people about the cursor, you should hide it somewhere ofscreen.

Jack Hammer · Post by **Jack Hammer** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:18

Player. - Feel Free to add this to XData.

John2101 - I used Fraps to capture this footage. Beings my 1st go around, I didn't discover the "No Cursor" Option till I was 1/2 way done with editing.

Fraps Settings: 30 fps w/ Full Size capture.
Roxio Creator 8 is the editing software.
Video Captured to separate hard drive.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:36

Thank you

Tartarus · Post by **Tartarus** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:37

MSN crashes when I try to go to the host site... just my luck.

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 21:40

I think you mean explorer

bladesofdeath · Post by **bladesofdeath** » Sat, 11. Feb 06, 22:09

nice job

EvilInside · Post by **EvilInside** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 02:06

I'd say that's a pretty spiffy vid, chief!

But hearing the weapons fire in the distance usually makes me go, "hmmm, who needs their butt kicked?" Which leads me off chasing the sounds and either mopping up or the classic RLH! (where a Xenon invasion force jumped in leaving me enough time to say "SHI...." before my ship blew up!)

But I'll say this, great player video...you'll only get better with practice!
Now I'll be working on making a combat video.

Jack Hammer · Post by **Jack Hammer** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 02:37

I cant wait to see the combat vids some of you guys will come up with. Feel free to link any of your X3 vids into this thread for everyone to see.

Grassturtle · Post by **Grassturtle** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 03:03

were could a person get this Fraps ?

TerrorTrooper · Post by **TerrorTrooper** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 03:05

verry nice...

you get good record quality too, something im having probs with in X3

to get fraps go to www.fraps.com

Jack Hammer · Post by **Jack Hammer** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 04:03

TerrorTrooper - This may help your quality. (And maybe it wont)

Try running X3 at lowest resolution and turn off AA & AF.
Capture the video w/ Fraps using "Full-Size" Option.
Capture the data to a separate hard drive for to reduce the work load.
Compress the video as a Windows Media(TM) Video file.
This should allow the footage to come through reasonably well.

Any tips from others are welcome.

moggy2 · Post by **moggy2** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 05:13

Skillers wrote:They actually have a seperate forum for this -Creative Universe..

Good point... Stand by for transport...

Relief · Post by **Relief** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 07:40

Okay, so i dont think saying "good job" or " i dont like it" is going to help here, so dont take this wrong, im just attempting to give you input.

FPS was nice, quality was decent. Things to things about when your filming.

First off, the pointer in the middle of a shot is annoying.

Turn as much as the hub off as possible.

A good idea would be set your rez to make and in editing cutting the top and botten along with the sides off to get rid of all the info display (running at a higher rez should allow to still have plenty or screen space to work with)

Also, when putting together a film it might be a good idea to have a story board and an objecting. It seems you just piced together some fotage and added some text. The watcher might feel empty and see no real point other than the movie showing the nice graphics engine.

But thats about all i can say about this, other than that it was not a bad first attempt.

- Relief

General Dave · Post by **General Dave** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 10:44

Nice...

What program did you use to edit the video, as it seems like there are boring pieces missing out of the middle?

I fancy doing a Split assault vid but haven't got the talent

One suggestion, not really a fault as you were filming your 'home' sector I assume (I don't venture out of Split space so I don't know here that is) use a prettier sector (Avalon/Unknown sector) north and east of loomancketsrats legacy..

Player. · Post by **Player.** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 13:09

He used virtuak dub

Jack Hammer · Post by **Jack Hammer** » Sun, 12. Feb 06, 16:58

General Dave wrote:Nice...

What program did you use to edit the video

I used Roxio Creator 8 to edit the video.

Relief wrote:Also, when putting together a film it might be a good idea to have a story board and an objecting. It seems you just piced together some fotage and added some text. The watcher might feel empty and see no real point other than the movie showing the nice graphics engine.

- Relief

I am almost done with my 2nd production and it is quite superior to HOME. It takes alot of what you all have suggested into consideration. I wrote a script to give it more structure and purpose. And the story line should keep people more immersed.

Plus there is more action involved for all of the blood thirsty WARMONGERS.

I will be releasing my next video soon. It is pretty much done, but I would like to wait a bit before it hits the spot light.

It still includes the HUD beings the capture was done before I discovered the "Shift H" Option. For all of you who are unaware, this turns off the HUD.

General Dave wrote:I fancy doing a Split assault vid but haven't got the talent

I have heard many peeps saying they wanted to do their own videos but didn’t feel they had the skills or software to do it.

1st off… All the software needed can be obtained for free and some may even be on you computers and you just don’t know it. Of course there are some options may require registration or have limited functionality. But they are great tools to get started with and to see if you really enjoy video creation. If you don’t like it, don’t upgrade.

“And you can have it today at No Risk to you!” ( Famous TV Quote)

For quite some time I felt compelled by watching player videos and even desired to do it myself, but I didn’t have the knowledge or the software. But I just said “What The Heck” and downloaded some free software and searched a few threads from various game forums looking for tips. A few days later… I had my 1st video posted for people to watch. I asked for feedback and people seemed to like it. Plus they had good advice to offer.

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[VIDEO] HOME - The Beginnings Of An Empire

[VIDEO] HOME - The Beginnings Of An Empire