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**2012 EDIT: This was written in early 2007, so some of the things explained here works differently in our current DCS versions** Hi guys. This text is from my other thread "after effects test clips", and thought that others might benefit from this info, especially if you're interested in making your own movies :) _ _ _ Oh and the "secret" to movie making? Well... First of all.... Think about "what kind of movie do i want to create?". Next, find a good music track (or more) and imagine scenes while listening to it. Just picture something in your head as you're listening to the music. Once you've found something you like, fire up lockon while fraps is loaded (i actually recommend fraps over the in-game .AVI tool if your pc is strong enough). Start LOMAC. Go in the mission editor. Now start making SCENES for the movie. Don't make "missions", as this will NOT be shown in the movie anyway, no matter what you're making. You should build your movie up by creating scenes. Sometimes, i just go random and create the end parts first. But it really doesn't matter what order you make the scenes, as the final result of the movie will be put together in the editing software. So, let's make a simple example here. Let's make a "dogfight" movie, with a beginning - middle - and end. You want a nice intro for the movie with slow scenes and nice music. Time of day should be early dawn, or at sunset (optional, of course). Find a suitable airfield and create lots of jets parked around, some jets flying overhead at low alt (for this, just create 1 waypoint for them, so that when your other jest on the ground are taxiing, these jets will fly overhead at, hopefully, the right time. This just adds "immersion" and makes you think the world is "alive"). Also create some trucks moving around here and there. Don't overdo it though, just make sure that they are there in your scene when recording. This will basically be AI jets, so just hit "FLY", and go into the game and just start recording from good angles, using ZOOM quite often. Just think about how this stuff is shown in the real world, either in movies, or how you've seen it on the discovery channel. Where are the cameras placed? Are they shaking? Are they zoomed in? Are they far away? Are they BENEATH the jets? Are they attached to the jets? Maybe there are helicopters flying high above filming down? Just use your imagination and make the shots look as convincing as possible. And also, for fraps, slow the game down once (ALT-A slows down - CTRL-A speeds up - SHIFT-A returns to normal speed) Fiddle around with the angles and capture as many clips as you can, but make sure you use variation in your clips so we dont see the same thing over and over. This will just bore the viewer. And another important thing, use SMOOTH mouse panning. And let me just say this now, for very slow moving jets taxiing, avoid at all costs to try to follow them with the mouse. Even I have trouble panning when things move so slow. So to avoid this, find the jet you want to "pan after" using F2. Next, when you've found the jet, hit CTRL-F11 to unlock the camera in time and space so you can now move it wherever the heck you want. Find a good spot somewhere a little far away from the jet, place the camera VERY close to the ground. For this to work, you have to make sure that "CameraTerrainRestriction = true" is set to "CameraTerrainRestriction = false". You can find this little line in the "server.lua" file located here: "..Ubisoft\Eagle Dynamics\Lock On\Config\View". Now hit CTRL-F3 and the view should now work as the default Flyby-view for your selected jet. Ok, let's move on. Record some take offs, some flying and so on. If there is time and the music fits, you can also show the same thing for the enemy jets. Now let's move on. Let's go for the dogfight scenes. Let me use my last dogfight movie "SPEED" as an example. After the text "let the fight begin", you see the jets pass by each other REALLY close and fast. Now, how do you achieve this? Simple. In the mission editor, select your time of day, season and weather. Next, place your jets somewhere on the map, maybe not TOO high, as you want to capture the feeling of "speed" and movement, and this is very difficult to achieve at very high altitudes. Create your flight (yes, you have to be one of the jets in this case, at least that's what i recommend). Doesn't matter what jet you're flying, this is up to you. Create your wingmen as well. Now, to get a shot like i had in "SPEED", make the speed of your flight around 900-1000 or so. Create your enemy jets as well, but place them flying DIRECTLY at you, same alt, and very close to your flight. This basically means that when the mission starts, you'll either fly into them crashing, or, if you're lucky (as i was :P ) the jets will fly between you, or right next to you. Also, make your own jet immortal. Now, why would you do this? Well, this is how it works really. You want to entertain your viewers. And for this, using realistic tactics and BWR fighting, and maybe a couple of quick and boring sidewinders kills at close range just wont cut it. Players see this kind of stuff 24/7 in-game. Why show them something they're already used to seeing? You're making a movie now. Not a lesson in dogfighting. But hey, this is just how i see it. Unless you're making a historical and accurate (realistic) movie, this is how you should do it. (*my opinion back in 2007*) Ok, i mentioned that YOU were supposed to be one of the jets. Well, this is kinda optional, but the reason why i want to participate in my own dogfights is because i can do stuff that the AI never does. When you're DIRECTLY behind an enemy jet, dont just fire the missle at it as soon as you get lock. No no, dont do that. Do some crazy manouvers as you're following it. Try maybe to miss with your guns at purpose. Roll your jet and such. He turns right, you do a roll to the left, and stop the roll when you're alligned with his jet, and THEN you start making your turn. And try to roll with your jet at times when firing the sidewinders. It just kinda looks cool seeing your jet do this from the external view.. ;) Now, do these dogfight scenes a couple of times, maybe randomize the number of jets, what weapons you're using and so on and so on. Remember to save these tracks (oh right, for gods sake, before starting any of these dogfights, you HAVE TO HIT CTRL-R, and NOT push the FLY button!) Ok, name your track whatever you want. Next, hit "edit track" or something like that from the pulldown menu in the mission editor. Now, remove the ugly bar at the bottom by pressing "Y" twice. Also, in the options menu, make sure you have turned OFF "subtitles". It kinda ruins the immersion if you see the text "maximum G" pop up now and then. And since your jets will literally pass eachother within the first 2 seconds of the track, slow time down 3 times or so BEFORE YOU UNPAUSE. Now, hit CTRL-F11 and move your camera RIGHT between all the jets, either looking at the enemy jets, or your own jets. Zoom in a little (pretty optional here imo). Now, fire up fraps, and UNPAUSE. Things will move VEEERY slow now, but thats a good thing. You wont miss a single frame at these speeds. :P And after you successfully captured this shot, move on. Unpause EVERY time you're looking for a different shot. Now from here on out, all you need to do is slow the game down 1 time. So, hit SHIFT-A to return the game to normal speed, and now press ALT-A. Your only worries from here on out is coming up with good angles and zooms to make the shots look appealing. Do this a few times and just use your imagination for different scenes. Use real movies as reference as well. ---- Ok, the dogfight part is over. Now the ending. Depending on the music, you have to somehow find a way to make the ending of your movie fit the music theme and mood. So if the music is slow, or sad, show lots of burning wrecks on the ground, maybe some damaged jets returning to base. Maybe the weather has changed, and also time of day? Is it raining now? Just play around with some ideas. There really is no easy way to explain how you should end your movie, but just end it in a way you think is suitable. --- Ok there you have it. You've just created a dogfight movie. Of course, this "movie" is just tons of clips in your FRAPS folder. If you're using VEGAS to edit your movie, import every fraps footage into vegas. Oh and i strongly recommend you use REAL jet sounds. The in-game sounds are so weak that they will kill the immersion by 80% or more. Players already know how the game sounds. So you want to give them something new and fresh in the sound department. I am fortunate enough to have gathered hundreds and hundreds of sound files over the years, either from other games, airshow movies found on the net, or recordings from different movies. But, as you may have noticed, in my last "speed 2 teaser", i didnt include any sound at ALL. This is because the music really fitted better without any sound. Plus, its nice to make a movie now and then that really doesn't have any sound at all, but this really depends on the type of movie that you're making. Now for Vegas editing, things are a little more complicated. But in general: Play around with contrast, and make the colors a little darker. For shots that are "dead still in the air" (as in the CTRL-F11 views), if you're camera is just standing still in mid air, add some movement to it using "crop/pan". Also add blur to the shots that are very fast paced, such as when jets fly by your camera really close as you're panning after them. This adds realism and the feeling of speed. --- Well, i really hope this gives you some insight in how i make my movies. :) There are plenty of others methods to make movies, but this is just a simple example really. So play around with ideas, camera angles, music, sounds, anything. When it all comes together, it might be pretty good. Good luck!

just a dream!!

This is a screenshot from Glowing Amraam's EDGE film... How do I get the same clouds in Black Shark? I am a capable graphic designer so I could make a similar mod but I need to know what file to edit... Any help would be much appreciated... Thanks, Toby

Доброго времени суток, уважаемые вирпилы! Представляю вашему вниманию миссию, в которой вам предстоит опробовать Ка-50 в совершенно новом для него амплуа. Придётся погонять на вертолёте как на летающем болиде Формулы 1. Немного о миссии. Вы взлетаете с вертолётной площадки, прямо перед вами "входные ворота" из двух телевышек и коридор из грузовых контейнеров, которые обозначают границы трассы. Каждый поворот является чекпоинтом и отмечен двумя антенными вышками. Финиш отмечен двумя телевышками подобно входу на трассу. Необходимо пройти три круга по трассе и сделать это как можно быстрее. Границы трассы довольно условные, главное правильно облетать антенные вышки (как колышки в слаломе). Если на каждом повороте высвечивается сообщение "Такой-то поворот", а при пересечении финишной линии - "Такой-то круг пройден", то вы всё делаете правильно. Очки за миссию начисляются согласно затраченному времени с начала миссии. Жду вашей критики, отзывов и результатов, чтобы можно было скорректировать распределение очков. Спасибо за внимание. Гонка.miz

John X what problems have you experienced? Both me and GG have speak with many people who work with these systems in real life. These include Pilots, avionics and aircraft engineers. It is up to you if you want to believe us or not, but these people wont go out in public here and prove every feature is real for many reasons. Some LRM features are chosen so to encourage more realistic approach, while some are 1:1 accurate in terms of avionics represenation.

what did you do yoda!!!! you destroyed the fun of the game with this mod.you changed settings and radar doesnt work like it did before. everything was cool before this bad mod started to be adopted by every server i know... listen to this, and take account of players opinion if you dont want to lose some of them...i am rude know but im very nervious after 3 hours of bad action. WHEN THE ENEMY I LOCKED ON TURNS HARD EVEN AT 5 KM IN FRONT OF ME, MY RADAR LOOSES HIM FOREVER AND HE CAN SHOOT ME DOWN WITH NO WORRiES! is it normal? why do you think the developers of this game established some common-senced settings, to be changed by you? how much of an expert are you, because if you are an engineer i retract my words...

Ah that summarize pretty well how these issues, diagnostic data and results are tied together. Thank you once again :) No worries - well be greeting the experimental support with open arms whenever it appears for download and testing. On a related note - is there a way for me to sign up for testing this / beta? Sign an NDA? Or perhaps it's for developer and partners only?

Enjoy guys http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/5/19/1919936/VJG73%20Cloudsmod.zip All credits to ViperVJG73 edit: This is a Lock On mod and i never try it whit BS

Generally kids have better chance to be alive after various crashes example car crash or another ones.

It will take me some time to do so. I will try to scan it in and put it in a PDF file for you. :book:

The samurai lives in pandemonium: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A_9_6lPgv0&fmt=18 (HQ-Link)

))) и все то вы знаете. )))эксклюзива не было, была только декаль в разрешении 1200, которая не дошла, но она выложена в топике форума.

причины считать графику отстойной: 1. Слабая видеокарта 2. Низкие настройки графики (как в игре так и в самой карточке) 3. Слабый монитор 4. Неиграть в ЧА

waiting for 1.13 :)

Well, ED totally fixed the full shadows issue in DCS, lets hope that they can do it with LO:FC :thumbup: