Combat Exoity

exoity · February 2004

During my 'off time' from CAL I made a few demos of me playing combat.

Direct Download - <a href='http://www.eplixstudio.com/exoity/combatexoity.zip' target='_blank'>http://www.eplixstudio.com/exoity/combatexoity.zip</a>

Site - <a href='http://www.eplixstudio.com/exoity/' target='_blank'>http://www.eplixstudio.com/exoity/</a>

Unbanned from CAL for week 5.

Swift_Idiot · February 2004

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

<i>That's</i> all you need to be in CAL?

exoity · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swift Idiot @ Feb 13 2004, 03:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

<i>That's</i> all you need to be in CAL?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Just demos put together into a movie, nothing really fantastic. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

it was my way of killing a few hours.

Special_K · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swift Idiot @ Feb 13 2004, 01:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

<i>That's</i> all you need to be in CAL?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
All you need is 6 people, 6 hl cd keys and an irc channel to be in CAL.

exoity · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Special K @ Feb 13 2004, 04:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swift Idiot @ Feb 13 2004, 01:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' />

<i>That's</i> all you need to be in CAL? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
All you need is 6 people, 6 hl cd keys and an irc channel to be in CAL.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Very true.

MrMojo · February 2004

Well, the speed is good and I have nothing to do until my ride gets here. Downloading.

Keyser · February 2004

Aww man this better be good. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' />

exoity · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Keyser59 @ Feb 13 2004, 04:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Aww man this better be good. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
It was just something to kill time. It runs at like 720 x 480 and is about 3 1/2 minutes long. Not anything really 'leet' in it.

DEMIURGO · February 2004

what's CAL?

Align · February 2004

Clumsy Abraham League?
:D?
EDIT: CAL= Cyberathlete Amateur League
CPL= Cyberathlete Pro League

It's a tournament-somethingorother for PC gaming. If you're the best in CPL, you get money!

Keyser · February 2004

What codec did you use? Can't open it with DivX.

exoity · February 2004

I used cvid. It works for some DivX and some not. I tested it on DivX and on DivX Pro and it worked. Also tested on Windows Media Player 9 and it worked.

Yumosis · February 2004

gl and <3 exoity

MrMojo · February 2004

I have windows media player 9 and it can't find the codec.

Winamp 5 won't play it either.

exoity · February 2004

Try updating your codecs then.

MrMojo · February 2004

Downloaded latest version of divx. Still doesn't work.

I give up.

exoity · February 2004

That doesn't matter.

Last · February 2004

Sure, why not. Is this a frag highlight vid? I've got nothing better to do anyway.

...

150 mb, this <b>better</b> be good.

Sarisel · February 2004

if anyone has found the codec that allows you to play this video, feel free to share it with us

PseudoKnight · February 2004

Get the nemo pack or something. <a href='http://nimo.titanesk.com/modules/freecontent/index.php?id=1' target='_blank'>http://nimo.titanesk.com/modules/freecontent/index.php?id=1</a>

It works fine for me.... EXCEPT it doesn't allow you to adjust brightness/contrast settings which is quite annoying since the video isn't that bright. Otherwise it's entertaining.

Next time use a different codec.

exoity · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PseudoKnight @ Feb 13 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It works fine for me.... EXCEPT it doesn't allow you to adjust brightness/contrast settings which is quite annoying since the video isn't that bright.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Some of it is dark because that is the defualt gamma. I play the game it is suppose to be played with out changing one config command.

PseudoKnight · February 2004

I wasn't talking about the gamma in-game. The brightness/contrast doesn't translate correctly from in-game to movie. You needed to brighten the video up before posting it. Failing that, I could have brightened it up using my media player. Since that doesn't work, I thought I might be able to re-encode it with brighter frames... but I can't with this codec.

Amelek · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (exoity @ Feb 13 2004, 08:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PseudoKnight @ Feb 13 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It works fine for me.... EXCEPT it doesn't allow you to adjust brightness/contrast settings which is quite annoying since the video isn't that bright. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some of it is dark because that is the defualt gamma. I play the game it is suppose to be played with out changing one config command.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
What about your drama hacks?

civman2 · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Amelek @ Feb 14 2004, 02:54 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (exoity @ Feb 13 2004, 08:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (PseudoKnight @ Feb 13 2004, 08:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> It works fine for me.... EXCEPT it doesn't allow you to adjust brightness/contrast settings which is quite annoying since the video isn't that bright. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some of it is dark because that is the defualt gamma. I play the game it is suppose to be played with out changing one config command. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
What about your drama hacks?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
ooooooooooo burn

romano · February 2004

dark. boring. marine only. bad music. did I mention dark?

Whole movie was you crouching killing single skulks as they ran directly at you.

Suggestions.. remove chat text (hud_saytext 0). replace hud sprites with transparent sprites (hp/armor/ammo, keep or remove the xhair). record the movie of the demo at the resolution of the encoded movie (ie: ingame resolution == encoded movie resolution.. sprites are sharper, as they are not being condensed.. esp death notices). when making the movie, change your video card settings to best visual quality (ie, turn on antialiasing, anistropic filtering, vsync on, etc..).

For the movie I've been working on, I made a seperate nsp directory with all the above changes, including higher gamma/brightness then normal. As someone above said, ingame gamma != movie gamma.

MrMojo · February 2004

I hope I can play your movie, romano. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' />

exoity · February 2004

It knew it was not going to be a good one, but I would love to see your romano.

RandomEngy · February 2004

I was considering doing a NS video since there are few out there, but I'll wait until romano finishes his before I embarrass myself. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Clashen · February 2004

Use <a href='http://www.videolan.org' target='_blank'>VideoLAN</a>, it plays evertything. You don't have too download anymore Codecs, I love it <span style='color:red'><3</span>

PseudoKnight · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>bad music.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>I thought the music was the only thing that really made it interesting. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Whole movie was you crouching killing single skulks as they ran directly at you.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>Well, he DID say that it wasn't exactly exciting stuff but just did it to kill a few hours. I thought it was decent for the effort.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Suggestions.. remove chat text (hud_saytext 0). replace hud sprites with transparent sprites (hp/armor/ammo, keep or remove the xhair).</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>hud_draw 0 solves most of that. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>record the movie of the demo at the resolution of the encoded movie (ie: ingame resolution == encoded movie resolution.. sprites are sharper, as they are not being condensed.. esp death notices).</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>He didn't? Looked fine to me. Much of the distortion was due to compression it seems.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>when making the movie, change your video card settings to best visual quality (ie, turn on antialiasing, anistropic filtering, vsync on, etc..).</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>Agreed. When you don't have to worry about FPS, turn up the quality! There are also some settings you can put in your userconfig.cfg to make sure NS is running at it's best. While not all of these are necessary for top quality, it's easy to copy and paste them. These are some quick high quality settings:

gl_keeptjunctions 1
gl_dither 0
gl_smoothmodels 1
gl_round_down 0
gl_texturemode GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR
gl_max_size 1024
mp_decals 500

The rest seem to be default on good quality settings.

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>For the movie I've been working on, I made a seperate nsp directory with all the above changes, including higher gamma/brightness then normal. As someone above said, ingame gamma != movie gamma.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>That was me. Generally I increase the brightness and contrast manually to my taste during post-production. I can't wait to see your movie. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Aezay · February 2004

<b>Codec Information</b>
FOURCC = cvid = <u>Cinepak Codec by Radius</u>

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