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Making a video.

How and where?!?

January 15, 2009 5:02:32 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

Greetings all, just a quick question. What is the best way to capture a video of the gameplay? And is there a way to do it without the UI in the way?

 

Thanks ahead of time for spending time look at my noobish questions.

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Reply #1 January 15, 2009 12:53:54 PM
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Bumpy Bump bump bummdey

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Reply #2 January 15, 2009 1:15:00 PM
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Ok, I'll bite.

I believe the tool Fraps is pretty popular for doing things like measuring game frame rates and recording movie videos in games.  I don't think it's free, so there are some restrictions if using the free version.

http://www.fraps.com/

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Reply #3 January 15, 2009 1:58:08 PM
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Thanks this might work just depends on how big the watermark is. Im not paying $40 just record some videos without a water mark

 

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Reply #4 January 24, 2009 12:28:35 AM
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And is there a way to do it without the UI in the way?

 Ctrl+Shift+Z I think... cant remeber right now...

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Reply #5 January 24, 2009 5:43:40 AM
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Ctrl+Shift+Z will remove the HUD. Entering cinematic mode will remove infocards and faction marks so you can get full-screen perfectly clean films.

 

There are many programs for making videos, and I advise Fraps. The trial version has many limitations though, and I think that just won't do. If you don't mind going to the wrong side of the law, you might want to research into that but I'm not gonna help you with that.

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Reply #6 January 24, 2009 12:18:55 PM
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another way to remove the UI is to go to options, turn off "show fleets" and "always show fleets", then unpin all the planets and ships.  this may take a while, but it really is worth it. 

to unpin, select something (or somethings) that is (or are) pinned, then hit the "pin" button.

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Reply #7 January 25, 2009 2:34:31 AM
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I didnt know about the Ctrl+Shift+Z thingy. Thanks for sharing that!!!!! I been playing around all kinds of shots and such. The master plan, is to make a story some how. All depends on if I create a viable story line and such. Eh, we will see.

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Reply #8 January 25, 2009 4:09:33 AM
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Well I think you can only recored a certain amount at a time with the free version of Fraps. There is another program that is legitly free. Sadly, I can't remember the name.   It is defintly not as good as Fraps though.

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Reply #9 January 25, 2009 9:44:56 AM
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Yeah, I was playing with this too..... the only probem is the mouse icon still shows up.

 

The other BIG problem is replays are borked, so it is hard to get footage from staged stuff.....

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Reply #10 January 25, 2009 12:21:17 PM
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Cykur, Fraps (and perhaps some other video software) allows you to disable displaying the cursor in the recording.

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Reply #11 January 25, 2009 4:44:53 PM
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Quoting Captain_Stuart,
reply 10
Cykur, Fraps (and perhaps some other video software) allows you to disable displaying the cursor in the recording.

Ahhh, thanks!  Didn't realize that!

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