Looks great. Far better demo of the dual pistols feature than some of the others I've seen.
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Be glad we have the demo system at all. David Lewis, the official Paragon Studios videographer, originally was told that they were doing away with it when I-17 and Ultra Mode were to be released. He raised holy hell and told them to keep it in. They apparently did.
Re: the timing problems, I'd have to see your demo files to figure out what's causing the issues.
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Good thing they decided to keep it. That would have been a COLOSSAL mistake on their behalf, because as long as they don't want to put up the coin for serious advertising, they need fan-based material to keep interest going.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Be glad we have the demo system at all. David Lewis, the official Paragon Studios videographer, originally was told that they were doing away with it when I-17 and Ultra Mode were to be released. He raised holy hell and told them to keep it in. They apparently did.
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Hey, I'm not trying to say I'm not thankful. It simply doesn't work to the standard I want to achieve. It used to, back in the day (ca. 2004), but then there were about a bajillion things implemented between now and then.|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Be glad we have the demo system at all. David Lewis, the official Paragon Studios videographer, originally was told that they were doing away with it when I-17 and Ultra Mode were to be released. He raised holy hell and told them to keep it in. They apparently did.
Re: the timing problems, I'd have to see your demo files to figure out what's causing the issues. Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
As for the timing problems, it is primarily small things - the entire timing module "twitches" every so often; a character Walking at a pace of let's say 2mph suddenly speeds up to 5mph for a split second and goes back down again. A character attacking another will begin executing his/her attack before even rotating to face the opponent. Things like that. They can all be adjusted via very careful code manipulations but the fact that they exist in the first place is bothersome.
For most folks this isn't a problem because all they need is for the characters to be "doing stuff" and if they can throw some music over it, it's a show. If I'm going to do better than the corny, junky thing that my first CoX-related video was, however, I need either for the capture system to record what I'm doing to a T, or to spend a whoooole lot of time fine-tuning animations and FX.
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Hmmmmmmm... I'm afraid it's going to have to be the latter to REALLY get it exact. I know that when I film stuff, I spend HOURS messing with the demorecords to get them right (and even then stuff still gets by me coz my eyes start to cross).
Have you looked into Zloth's Demo Editor and Balshor's Demo Editor? Those might help streamline the process for you.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Hmmmmmmm... I'm afraid it's going to have to be the latter to REALLY get it exact. I know that when I film stuff, I spend HOURS messing with the demorecords to get them right (and even then stuff still gets by me coz my eyes start to cross).
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This took about 2 weeks to do from start to finish, including writing, demo recording, voice capture, and video editing. I'm actually starting to think that my issue may have been related to server lag because Virtue's been acting up for me a bit lately.
One of the really big issues, though, is the ragdoll system; it just looks REALLY weird when the enemy in question disappears and then reappears a moment later a few feet away (and usually above) where he/she was standing before.
I actually never used any of the third-party demo editing tools, just Notepad and a whole lot of trial and error. :P Granted, it probably wouldn't take TOO long to smooth out the timing issues (assuming they're not being caused by intermittent server lag) just by adjusting when things happen, but... Blahhh! XD
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As far as the 'disappearing/reappearing' thing, a relatively quick fix would be to make sure that the models are being DEL'd and recreated (hence the vanishing).|
Originally Posted by GhostofMalta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThBz1kfqPyw
This took about 2 weeks to do from start to finish, including writing, demo recording, voice capture, and video editing. I'm actually starting to think that my issue may have been related to server lag because Virtue's been acting up for me a bit lately. One of the really big issues, though, is the ragdoll system; it just looks REALLY weird when the enemy in question disappears and then reappears a moment later a few feet away (and usually above) where he/she was standing before. I actually never used any of the third-party demo editing tools, just Notepad and a whole lot of trial and error. :P Granted, it probably wouldn't take TOO long to smooth out the timing issues (assuming they're not being caused by intermittent server lag) just by adjusting when things happen, but... Blahhh! XD |
Another means of eliminating the ragdoll problem altogether is to use either PvP or AE maps to film on, and use players as your targets. We don't follow the ragdoll code, so you'll only get standard player death animations when our health hits zero. Just a thought.
Michelle
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Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
Heyo!
Got a video I'd like to share with you all. It was originally planned up as a demonstration of the Dual Pistols animations, but then I leveled up a little more slowly than I'd have liked and got busy and all that stuff.
My second motivation in recording it was to try and re-learn the Demo system. I've been wanting to do a remake of my previous COH-based video for some time now because I was only about 20 then and I've a much better sense for all things having to do with film. Originally I couldn't because demos didn't support ragdoll models, but unfortunately even though they appears in the demo playbacks now I think the system needs more tuning before I can start making machinima of high enough quality for what I'm thinking of.
So without further ado, my Lv. 38 DP/En Blaster on Virtue Server blasting a bunch of Council dudes in slow motion to moody music. Hahaha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GZLlVEpdgQ
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