Units From Wyrmshadow
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& a most perfect soundtrack. So, when are you going pro? - Yeah, it's 20 years ago, but direct comparisons are tough, and it beats the [fill in the blank] out of ST:TNG opening credits.Best,
Oz
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
Nice video, Wyrmshadow! What's the music?
Wyrmshadow
Deity
I wrote it in the credits, you just didn't watch it until the end.
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
Oh. I stopped watching at the credits because my cat was doing something impolite on one of my work shirts.
EDIT: OH. From the Planets Suite. Okay. Duh. I'm a dummy.
EDIT: OH. From the Planets Suite. Okay. Duh. I'm a dummy.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Thanks. That's what 50 hours of work looks like.
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
The video reminds me of an old text based game I played on AoL over 15 years ago when I was a snot-nosed kid (opposed to a snot nosed adult, which I am now) called Federation where you could visit many of Jupiter's moons. I don't think they were terraformed, though- they simply had pressurized structures on them/drilled into them, I think. That's a fun video, Wyrm- I thumbed it up and favorited it.
tom2050
Deity
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50 hours doesn't seem bad for that. It would probably take me 200 hours to do one that looks half as good!
Wyrmshadow
Deity
50 hours doesn't seem bad for that. It would probably take me 200 hours to do one that looks half as good!
Well to be honest, 36 of it was just rendering the 12 gigs of raw and uncompressed AVI video at 1080p resolution. 3 hours (twice) for Adobe premier to render the entire movie. And the rest was actual setup, and learning how to do things in Adobe Premier for the first time, then doing them again because the program crashed too many times for me to count. If you count all the artwork and textures then add another day to the work, but all that I had done previously, minus the little computer target displays. Those I did just for this little project.
Why did I make it? Why not? It's something I've just wanted to do and it came out ALMOST exactly how I wanted it. The camera work is still shaky and in places not satisfactory, the panning is too jerky. But I managed to hide most of that in post-production. Each time I do one of these things I'm surprised at how well it turned out.
This was my 1st attempt at making the video.. not that great.
BTW.. I'm amazed that you even know how to use 3dsmax. I won't even touch that thing except to convert models.
tom2050
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It's often the little things that really seem to add to the overall feel and immersion of something like this. For instance, when the camera passes a planet, the atmosphere on the one side of the planet brightens (glows) when the sun behind it reflects off of it. I don't even know how to do something like that. What's tougher is animating and lighting it to come out right I would imagine.
It's not that bad; it brings lots of great things into my life! Anxiety, Stress, Discomfort, Apprehension, and Tension to name a few.
It's not that bad; it brings lots of great things into my life! Anxiety, Stress, Discomfort, Apprehension, and Tension to name a few.
Wyrmshadow
Deity
next one up
Also, I'm doing another space video... at present pace it's taking 12+ hours per 30 seconds of film, and it's not even the same high resolution as the last one.
Also, I'm doing another space video... at present pace it's taking 12+ hours per 30 seconds of film, and it's not even the same high resolution as the last one.
W.i.n.t.e.r
Frozen!
Damn, I am slowly but steadily falling in love with these new rocket lighting effects. Looked great on the Katyusha preview and its smokin hot on this one here!
wolf_66
Lone Civer
Last one looks like BM-27 (9P140) Uragan.
Am I right ?
This is a good successor for BM-21 Grad in Soviet/Russian equipped armies
Your "standard" quality level is just awesome
Am I right ?
This is a good successor for BM-21 Grad in Soviet/Russian equipped armies
Your "standard" quality level is just awesome
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
When I don't know what the vehicle Wyrm posted a preview of is, I right click the preview and look at the file name. 
wolf_66
Lone Civer
When I don't know what the vehicle Wyrm posted a preview of is, I right click the preview and look at the file name.
good point!
Wyrmshadow
Deity
Look closely
Also, my computer just spent 25 hours to do 30 seconds of animation.
Also, my computer just spent 25 hours to do 30 seconds of animation.
Wolfshade
Little Winger
Beautiful! Thank you very much!
My uncle was a driver of this vehicle when he was in army.
Thank you very much! My uncle was a driver of this vehicle when he was in army.
Goldflash
Civ III Modder, Civ VII Player
Your lighting effects are great, Wyrm. I also like how the trucks are shaken by the launch.
