EB Fan-video Contest!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Greetings Europa Barbarorum fans.

Today we have a first - an honest to goodness contest for EB fans, with real prizes to be won also. We are, in fact and possibly surprisingly to some out there, just human too: fan videos are something that are especially cool, and while there are a few videos of EB out there on YouTube and similar sites, there has never really been much of a request for them. We hope to change that today.

We are offering prizes for the best fan created videos that feature Europa Barbarorum. The team will send the winner his or her choice of a hooded EB sweatshirt (you pick the size) or long sleeve shirt, as well as an EB mousepad. You even get to pick which Caratacos or Discoskull unit art image is featured on them also! The runner-up will also get an EB t-shirt with your choice of unit art as well. Here are some examples:

https://img183.imageshack.us/img183/4871/productspj1.th.jpg (https://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=productspj1.jpg)

So what are the rules? The videos should be between 2.5 and 5 minutes in length and must feature scenes from the mod itself. These won't be hosted by EB, they will just be posted by the creators on YouTube or whereever else is easily accessible. We just want to provide a little motivation, but we aren't interested in making them "ours" or anything like that. Other than that, there aren't really any rules about what must be shown, how to do it, what music to use, anything. Again, we don't want any ownership of or responsibility for them, we just want to enjoy them along with the other fans. :grin: If you are interested in some inspiration, there are always the absolutely amazing videos made by sin329 of M2TW battles on Youtube, like his Battle of Ravenna (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BubXmPP0zPQ) or Battle of Crecy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aNf1mQQ7_4) as well as his others there. The best ones out there currently for EB are probably those by whitesharkin in his video AAR like this one, his Chapter 3 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK6jTDrHMzA). As you can see, it's always better to be able to crank up the graphics to the highest level possible, and have huge armies. That's just going to be the case no matter what, but we still hope everyone who wants to participate will do so, no matter their systems.

The deadline for submissions will be two months from today, and then we will probably take at least a week or so to do a thorough vote on them. The results will then be posted here. Enter as often as you like also! There is no rule prohibiting multiple entries here. We will make every effort to get the prizes sent to any international address.

Good luck and we look forward to seeing the entries!!
-The Europa Barbarorum Team


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Entries submitted so far: (NOTE: if you have a good connection, when viewing youtube videos be sure to click "Watch in High Quality" at the bottom right, below each video.)


Gaias: Battle of Taras (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2p-g0XMTlY)

hooahguy: The Power of the Getai- an EB movie (http://www.vimeo.com/987237)

hooahguy: To Live or to Die: a Pahlavan movie from EB (http://www.vimeo.com/991286)

hooahguy: A Celtiberian Story: an EB movie (http://vimeo.com/1003430)

Birka Viking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S2tibWt-g

Korlon: In the Life of a Legion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWd10WvxtA)

Korlon: Arche Hayasdan? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV0r8z4ekSQ)

Korlon: Lusotania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCWptqtwxI)

hooahguy: A Land of COnfusion: and EB movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C_3VyiZNHw)

Birka Viking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Vuo9iezMY

hooahguy: The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nEJMG2TnHo)

Wursti: Legion Strong (http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-913571/wurstiworks---Legion-Strong.avi.html)

hooahguy: Hear it from Bob: An EB Comedy Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVk1PcNbKo)

stupac: Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM) HQ download version (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LHX3DJ9)

hooahguy: Believe in Steel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tMMozBSA28)

hooahguy: Europa Barbarorum Ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByyiUGq-kY)

stupac: Romance of the Three Successor Kingdoms (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R9ZAR1qVHY) HQ download version (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7SDZOVM)

[Lovejoy]

Haha! Awwwesome! I love those shirts. :2thumbsup: I'll try and make a video!:yes:

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

WOW.. Awesome! I hope you put these for sale too:yes:

[Gebeleisis]

Me ...want... sweather... with... GETIAN!

[king hannibal]

them vidoes are great nice shirts also :2thumbsup:

I not sure if I'll make a vidoe but good lovejoy and all the old RTR MP players that go in for it :2thumbsup:


and don't forget everyone else :oops:

[Gebeleisis]

im surely gonna enter this!!!
me need GETAI!

[Lovejoy]

Anyone know a good video-recording program? FRAPS are killing my FPS:s.. and the codec it records in is kind of strange... :wall:

[king hannibal]

didn't CA do one try doing a search on the TWC website proply find something on there

[Lovejoy]

yeah, right. I tried it once but I never figured out how it worked. maybe I should give it another try. :clown: unless its broken in the 1.5 patch?

OT:

hah found this old picture on my comp:
http://pici.se/pictures/PxnKgveMS.jpg
remember? I won! :laugh4: 2 years ago I think? or is it one? :sweatdrop:

[king hannibal]

he he yeah but how many time did you lose :2thumbsup: nice to see you still got a picture :beam: should join the EB MPers don't think many people are on it at the min though :no: time for a tornament to get people playing it agian:idea2:

anyway I'm was the offical RTR MP champion :P trying to do the same on RTR iberia

you up for a tornament on EB if I try and get one going?


sorry for taking it off topic:oops:

[TWFanatic]

Guess I got my new computer just in time.

Does anyone know of any good video recording programs that don't stick their logos on your videos? I know FRAPS and GAMECAM do this unless you register.

Any and all suggestions will be highly appreciated. :bow:

[NeoSpartan]

OK you all need to shut up and make some dang-on videos :whip:

(I wish I could :no: )

[Olaf The Great]

If I had the abilities I would do it.

Now, then again I would pay money for those shirts :)

[Korlon]

I have never edited a video, nor even tried to do it. But I'll try my hand on this perhaps. I just have to figure out how hard and long it would take.

[TWFanatic]

I can start whenever I find out the answer to this question:


Does anyone know of any good video recording programs that don't stick their logos on your videos? I know FRAPS and GAMECAM do this unless you register.

[abou]

How about we don't discuss software piracy on the EB forum.

[Gaias]

I did this awhile ago, so I figure it is still relevant to this contest. It's a mediocre attempt at a video (my first try), but I figure any competition is better than none. :2thumbsup:

Battle of Taras (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2p-g0XMTlY)

[stupac]

I suppose this is the place to ask this, I've been playing with the battle replay controls but I can't seem to get them figured out. I figured out how to make the gui go away and move the camera, but I can't seem to figure out how to advance or rewind time. I think there is a way, hitting 'i' brings up the time line and '+' and '-' advances and rewinds it, but there seems to be no way to get that to correspond to the action. Anybody know where I can find a guide to such controls?

This is the best guide I've found, but it doesn't seem to cover what I perceive are all the features of the replayer:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=49260

[Teleklos Archelaou]

im surely gonna enter this!!!
me need GETAI!
It might be lost in the post above, but the winner definitely gets to pick which piece of art goes on the sweatshirt or t-shirt. And which unit on the mousepad you want also.

[Hooahguy]

How about we don't discuss software piracy on the EB forum.
lol. i was kidding.
EDIT: is there a second place prize? like just a tshirt or mousepad?

[Hooahguy]

can we submit more than 1 video?
EDIT: nm, i saw the lat paragraph in the OPs post....
on another note- how many winners will there be?

[LorDBulA]

There is no rule prohibiting multiple entries here.

The team will send the winner his or her choice of a hooded EB sweatshirt (you pick the size) or long sleeve shirt, as well as an EB mousepad.

The runner-up will also get an EB t-shirt with your choice of unit art as well.

From first post.

[Leviathan DarklyCute]

on another note- how many winners will there be?
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE:crown:

[Hooahguy]

ignore plz

[Hooahguy]

there- i got it up, but not on youtube- on Vimeo:

The Power of the Getai- an EB movie (http://www.vimeo.com/987237)
enjoy!

ps- around 1:17, turn the volume down- it gets very loud....

more vids to come, but not like this!

pps- sorry about the choppy sound at times- not my fault!

[TWFanatic]

How about we don't discuss software piracy on the EB forum.
Surely that is not the only way...I was not discussing piracy btw, I was discussing legal alternatives, but I take it there are none.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Your question was ok. That is why it is still there. Another post was deleted as it was not ok (we don't have the patience to try and figure out for certain whether or not the person was joking or not or whatever; ugh...). Anyway, let's just move on.

[Ibrahim]

there- i got it up, but not on youtube- on Vimeo:

The Power of the Getai- an EB movie (http://www.vimeo.com/987237)
enjoy!

ps- around 1:17, turn the volume down- it gets very loud....

more vids to come, but not like this!

ps- sorry about the choppy sound at times- not my fault!

you should have put the Getai in kilts-then the music would fit perfectly..
but that video PWNS!:2thumbsup:

[Hooahguy]

well, i was going to do the casse, but the getai seemed more appropriate b/c of my AAR:
another video coming up tho!

[Korlon]

Pah, I should get started on making some videos. I keep getting sidetracked with other things. Nice video hooahguy.

[Hooahguy]

Laughtrack Productions presents:
To Live or to Die: a Pahlavan movie from EB (http://www.vimeo.com/991286)

enjoy! :grin:

[Hooahguy]

just wondering, but i know you said there was no limit to the amoiunt of movies, but would it be okay if i made a couple more?
i dont want to flood the voting too heavily... :2thumbsup:

[GodEmperorLeto]

Actually, I tried once a few years back to requisition about 6 to 8 high-end computers at a lab at my University for the express purpose of recording, editing, and directing the Battle of Cannae using EB.

When I told them I had to install EB on each terminal they slapped me with a flat "no." Even if it was for "educational purposes." I would been allowed to use the film in the course I was TAing. But they didn't care.

But that's essentially what I think I'd need.

The Battle of Cannae would require about eight players total.

1-Roman skirmishers and triarii
2-3 Roman infantry legions (hastati and principes)
4-Roman Cavalry

5-Carthaginian left cav (Lusotannian and Gallic cavs)
6-Carthaginian right cav (Numidian Cav)
7-Gallic/Lusitannian center
8-Libyan infantry wingers

The PCs required would have to be top-of-the-line to be able to a) handle that many soldiers, b) have everything maxed out (max detail in units, vegetation, smoke/dust, etc), and c) run as smoothly and seamlessly as sin321's Crecy and Ravenna animations.

Another possibility suggested was to film three or four segments of the battle separately. Example, film the infantry clash in the center using 4-6 players, and the cavalry clashes separately, with 2-4 players each.

The entire thing would have to be overseen by a director, and every maneuver thoroughly scripted and delineated ahead of time. It would be a hell of a task, and just filming the actual combat and maneuver footage would be a heck of a task.

But imagine! Watching 50,000 Romans marching toward battle as they had 2300 years ago!

*sigh*

Some day, when I get my PhD and get a tenured position, maybe then I can flex my academic muscles and get that battle filmed and edited. Then I could show it in my classes.

[LorDBulA]

You are getting to it wrong GodEmperorLeto.
It has to be movie not a replay.

In hollywood when they make movie they dont take 10000 guys and order them to fight for 2 hours and in this time they record all battle scenes.
You can direct it scene by scene.

Why do you want to fit in 50000 troops in one shot. Its impossible. Show 3000-5000 in one shot and it will make great impression but still you will barely see most of them.

What you describe is totaly doable on one good computer, but you must think about it as a movie and not battle.

[NeoSpartan]

:thrasher: AWESOME JOB HOOAHGUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes:

btw man what the name of the song in the getai video!!!!!!

[Birka Viking]

This movie was so bad..So I take it away..Look at my new one, its atleast some better...
Cheers

[Jaume]

Death Metal :2thumbsup: !!!. Which is the band?

[Birka Viking]

Its the Swedish band Amon Amarth:2thumbsup:

[NeoSpartan]

Videos Videos I like Videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not the biggest fan of death metal... BUT I'll let it slide this time:yes:

[The Celtic Viking]

Videos Videos I like Videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am not the biggest fan of death metal... BUT I'll let it slide this time:yes:
Niether am I. In fact, though I like pretty much any other kind of music, I just can't stand death metal. So I just turned off the video's sound and put on some Jimi Hendrix instead. Otherwise it's a fine video (excusing the visible UI, of course).

By the way, stupac's link tells you how to remove the UI.

[stupac]

removing the ui is easy, my problem is I can't figure out how to move the timeline. As in advance or rewind. All I can use is the ordinary battle time advance features (2x, 3x) without being able to rewind. Is it possible to rewind in the replayer?

[Hooahguy]

:thrasher: AWESOME JOB HOOAHGUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes:

btw man what the name of the song in the getai video!!!!!!

"A cadence to Arms, by Dropkick Murphys"
it says it in the bottom...

btw Birka Viking, that was ok, but i suggest you dont use WMM- use Sony Vegas Pro 8.0- u can use the trial version for 30 days. luckily my dad sometimes works with movies and he uses Vegas so i got it free :evil:

btw again, the most crucial thing in any move is that the sound & the movie go well together. ull notice that w/ my pahlavan movie, the second time it said "shadow on the wall" i had an overhead view & their shadows- and i timed everything so when the music was soft, the action was soft, and vice versa.
as i said, timing is crucial!

[Hooahguy]

Laughtrack Productions present:
A Celtiberian Story: an EB movie (http://vimeo.com/1003430)

i have one more video planned, and it will be BIG!!! :applause:

thanks for watching!:grin:

[Korlon]

Dang, just figured out that my sound card (which is really a chip) sucks too much for fraps to record sound with.

[Sassem]

Hooahguy i must say you have a good feeling for making video's :2thumbsup:

I think when you have MTW2 you would have a real blast with CineEd

Great work!!

[Hooahguy]

i think i will too... thanks for the comment!
@Korlon- do what i do- dont record sound, and replace it with music.....
i did that, even though my sound card is good enough.

i would even take up the job of making intros for the factions, if it wasnt for the fact that the EB team already has someone...

[Digby Tatham Warter]

i would even take up the job of making intros for the factions, if it wasnt for the fact that the EB team already has someone...
Bet they could sure use some extra help though!

[Hooahguy]

yes, i would love to do that- all they need to do is give me the music... unless they want irish rock.... :tongue3:
but i wish the contest ended next week though....
lol

[Birka Viking]

Here is my new movie its atleast better then the first one I did lol..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDhoEEvztY
Cheers

[Sassem]

Birka Viking,


Wow amazing

[Birka Viking]

Thanks Im not happy with pic quality its looks much better on my pc than on youtube...Cheers

[Tellos Athenaios]

Yeah but I'm sure it'll look better if you'd encode it with divx (and host it on stage6 for instance). ~;)

[NeoSpartan]

:thrasher: :yes: :thrasher:

[Korlon]

Okay. Here is my entry to the contest.

In the Life of a Legion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icWd10WvxtA)

Video editing takes a heck of a long time.

[Hooahguy]

shoot. now ive got good competition....

[Africanvs]

Birka Viking: I love your angles, and that music is so well timed with the action and just rocks. How did you get movie cam to work with the EB shortcut?
hooahguy: Can't wait to see your next one!
Korlon: You should have named it "bad day in the life of a legion" haha.

[Birka Viking]

Thanks guys for all nice words...
Africanvs: I dident managed to get the movie cam work with the newest version of EB for some resaon.
So I started an erlier version of 1.1 from the time I was a beta tester for EB.
Then it worked with -movie_cam
Cheer

[Hooahguy]

looks like my next video wont be my last.... too many good entries..... Laughtrack Productions FTW!!!!

[Tellos Athenaios]

One can, of course, make his own shortcut to enable movie cam with EB1.1 as well; apart from messing with the xml files used by the Trivial Script. Sorta depends on what you prefer, really.

For the shortcut:



"<Your RTW>\RomeTW.exe" -mod:eb -movie_cam


Alternatively you can enable the movie cam through the Trivial Script by default. Here's how:


Got to <Your RTW>
Find the file: ebconfig.xml ; open it.
Find
<Element>
<ID>RtwStart</ID>
<Type>String</Type>
<Values>
<Text>RomeTW.exe -mod:eb</Text>
</Values>
</Element>

Change it to:

<Element>
<ID>RtwStart</ID>
<Type>String</Type>
<Values>
<Text>RomeTW.exe -mod:eb -movie_cam</Text>
</Values>
</Element>
Save and exit the file.

[Hooahguy]

so, how does movie_cam work?

[Tellos Athenaios]

:google:

It let's you zoom in much more close.

[Hooahguy]

good! that will help for the Bob and Tim movie!
:laugh4:
jk... i discarded that project a while ago...

[Africanvs]

Thanks a lot Tellos Athenaios! That will be very helpful in improving my AAR pics. :beam:

[Korlon]

It only works in a replay of a custom battle or historical battle though. So it wouldn't really help in AAR pictures.

[Hooahguy]

:laugh4:

[Africanvs]

It only works in a replay of a custom battle or historical battle though. So it wouldn't really help in AAR pictures.

I recreate key battles as custom battles and save the replay. Then I load the replay and play camera man to get the most cinematic pics. My AARs tend to be sweeping dramitizations full of actual game events and roleplayed events alike. :beam:

[Hooahguy]

ech. how do you get the blue lines out of the replay?

[Korlon]

ech. how do you get the blue lines out of the replay?

Press enter.

[Hooahguy]

tnx!
but still, i dont like it much....
sometimes you just get these "perfect" shots that you just cant get agian, so.....

[Korlon]

Well, I generally turn off the blue lines at all times, unless I want to pause the thing. I deleted a whole ton of stuff on my hard drive so that I may be recording at most times.

[Africanvs]

Movie cam is just great for getting the correct angle. You can get the nice close up, shot from below, or the high bird's eye view. Also if I remember right, movie cam can rewind eh?

[Hooahguy]

ya, i like movie cam because yuou can get close-upshots, but its a bit hard to navigate. ah well...
i think ill use some movie_cam in my next video- its going to be long, so i dunno.

[Korlon]

Alright, second entry.

Arche Hayasdan? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV0r8z4ekSQ)

Doing this video was much less frustrating now that I know how to do video editing, somewhat.

[Jaume]

Alright, second entry.

Arche Hayasdan? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV0r8z4ekSQ)

Doing this video was much less frustrating now that I know how to do video editing, somewhat.

Nice. I liked it. Should I expect part two?

[Hooahguy]

darn. my chances of winning are fading faster than the AS faded....
nice job korlon!

[Korlon]

Nice. I liked it. Should I expect part two?

Maybe. Maybe not.


darn. my chances of winning are fading faster than the AS faded....
nice job korlon!

Actually, Hayasdan lost that one. I gave AS too many good troops. I got absolutely owned in that battle. Also, thanks.

[Hooahguy]

i was making a metaphor....

[Korlon]

Eh? But the AS didn't fade. You're giving yourself a broad range of from win to lose. If you said, "My chances of winning are fading faster than Hayasdan faded," then it would make more sense. Now your range is from lose to... well losing faster. Unless you meant what you said before, but then the "Darn" would make no sense.

[Hooahguy]

ok, fine- im fading as fast as the... people who faded fastest....
lol
seriously, ive got good competition....

[Obelics]

im in love with the birka viking video (except for the music that i cant stand), i love expecially when the pontic bodyguards lower the spears and charge, that moment is very epic. very good!

[Birka Viking]

Thanks for the nice words Obelics except for the word about the music lol...
Maby if I have time later I can make another one with other sorts of music on it. But for the moment I shall visit Norway and celebrate 17may.. Cheers

[Tellos Athenaios]

I'd have to admit me isn't a fan of (any) metal either. Too much noise.

I've just seen both vids by Korlon again; and I must say 'awesome!'. :2thumbsup:

(Minor note: Youtube screen quality is poor; so I think your text would be better readable if you showed it a bit longer or choosed different fonts.)

[Korlon]

I'd have to admit me isn't a fan of (any) metal either. Too much noise.

I've just seen both vids by Korlon again; and I must say 'awesome!'. :2thumbsup:

(Minor note: Youtube screen quality is poor; so I think your text would be better readable if you showed it a bit longer or choosed different fonts.)

Try choosing "watch in high quality" when watching on Youtube; it's right by where you rate videos and such. It'll turn it into pretty much the same quality as when I uploaded it.

I actually showed the text much faster before. I could read it just fine, but I figured many others couldn't. Guess I didn't lengthen it enough.

[Obelics]

I can make another one with other sorts of music on it

no please, you are the artist, so choose only the music you feel inspired, my comment was only about my "personal" tastes on metal music, but the whole video is excellent and epic, and i think if you choose the music you like, that is very important to make an inspired video, keep it up with other videos when you have the time!
and to be sincere when the cavalry lower the spears and charge the music has its part to the epic feeling, so i correct my previous sentence:

"except the music that is not my kind of music, but i enjoyed the whole video the same"

salut!

[Hooahguy]

you would think the creator of the Wastelands would like a pahlavan one...
:sad:

[NeoSpartan]

Awesome vids!!!!!!!! keep em up.


hey Hooahguy, don't feel discouradge man. Remember is not the destination but the journey that matters. :yes:

[Obelics]

@hooahguy
ah! sorry, i saw it just now, after your post:laugh4: (i missed it among the various links, damn it)
I like it too! only minor fussyness id say, it is id like to see when the zhadra pahlavans are lowering the spears, then accellerate, and then charge, and some pezetairoi flying happy in the sky:laugh4:

anyway it's too nice to see some EB movies!
and i expect some more movies from the laughtrack productions too, i like it!

[Sassem]

Ow it's just so nice to see all those video's really awesome jobs

:2thumbsup::shame: RESPECT!!

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Yep, this is now what I was expecting in trying to get this contest going. Multiple people, some with multiple entries. Some good stuff! I have my own particular tastes, which I won't talk about here, but still I'm glad to see more and more people interested in this. I uploaded some new options for the prizes too (more designs from Caratacos: the sabaean general, the sweboz general, the midland elite brit, the indogreek, the celtiberian, and the hayasdan general).

[Hooahguy]

I like it too! only minor fussyness id say, it is id like to see when the zhadra pahlavans are lowering the spears, then accellerate, and then charge, and some pezetairoi flying happy in the sky:laugh4:
the only problem with that is that in EB pezetairoi dont fly..... :laugh4:
thanks man.....
i wonder how Chirurgeon liked by lusotannan video.... :smash:
EDIT: btw, since there are so many good entries, there should be a third place too.....

[Africanvs]

Try choosing "watch in high quality" when watching on Youtube; it's right by where you rate videos and such. It'll turn it into pretty much the same quality as when I uploaded it.

Did not know this, nice! Great job so far by everyone.

[Hooahguy]

hey guys- im having a bit of trouble with movie_cam- i cnt figure out how to raise the level of the camera- im always too low- especially with those mountainous terrain maps....

[king hannibal]

how do you make them videos I can't get the shortcut way CA did tomake videos to work on EB

so how are you people getting it to work :help: plz

[Hooahguy]

use FRAPS, or xfire. to record- if you want to record with the movie_cam.... see a few above posts...

[Korlon]

hey guys- im having a bit of trouble with movie_cam- i cnt figure out how to raise the level of the camera- im always too low- especially with those mountainous terrain maps....

If I remember correctly from my own trials, use the * (asterisk) key to move up. Use the / (forward slash) key to move the camera down. Use the - (minus) key to pan the camera down. Use the + (plus) key to pan up.


how do you make them videos I can't get the shortcut way CA did tomake videos to work on EB

so how are you people getting it to work :help: plz

I'd suggest making your own shortcut instead of wallowing your way through the trivial script. If you need to change from singleplayer to multiplayer and back, just go to configuration and do so.

Just add -movie_cam at the end of the target address in the shortcut, being careful to put a space before the -movie_cam.

I believe CA made those videos using the rendering function, which has, since 1.3, been rendered unusable due to some changes to the executables or whatnot. So you'll have to settle for still shots or start getting used to the idea of doing the movement yourself.

[Hooahguy]

If I remember correctly from my own trials, use the * (asterisk) key to move up. Use the / (forward slash) key to move the camera down. Use the - (minus) key to pan the camera down. Use the + (plus) key to pan up.
thanks. yesterday i was trying to film from a lower level, and i couldnt figure out how to get the camera higher, so i ended up just stating at the bottoms of my men, and when and friend saw me, he commented at how gay this game was, that people were staring up some thorakitai's kilts... :whip:

[Korlon]

thanks. yesterday i was trying to film from a lower level, and i couldnt figure out how to get the camera higher, so i ended up just stating at the bottoms of my men, and when and friend saw me, he commented at how gay this game was, that people were staring up some thorakitai's kilts... :whip:

Yep, I wasted quite a bit of time in my first video before I figured out those keyboard keys. I'm pretty sure there are still a couple shortcuts I haven't found out yet.

[Lovejoy]

Where do I find all the sounds from EB? I know how to find the music but what about the other stuff.. Like the speeches, the sound of marching and the sound of combat etc.? I need it for my movie! :sweatdrop:

EDIT: And btw, give me name of a battle between some romans and gauls I can name my movie after... ist a battle in flat terrain, just a pretty normal battle really.. marian troops... plz! :D

[Hooahguy]

its in the "sounds>music" folder

[Lovejoy]

hooahguy: huh? really? In the EB-folder? I cant find them. :shame:

___________________________________________________

OMFG:wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall:

This is the SECOND time my movie-editor crashes... Both times I have been forshed to redo most of the film. I am seriously goin crazy. I am so mad I want to scream........................... :skull: :skull:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!1

[Hooahguy]

ya- go to EB>Data>sounds>music....
and there is it....

[Korlon]

I have another video in the process of editing. It's going to be relatively short compared to my other videos, but it'll be nice nonetheless. Music's already in. Just need to edit sound, which should take a few hours, and stick in a short introduction.

By the way hooahguy, might I suggest not using so many transitions? It really cuts into the excitement of battle. Probably a fifth of the time I'm watching a black screen.

[Hooahguy]

neh, its not a transition- its a fade in/fade out- is a must for me- cutting immediately looks unfinished-
and remember- the video is going to the music, not the other way around....

[Korlon]

Fade ins and fade outs are transitions.

Anyways, here's my next video.

Lusotania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCWptqtwxI)

[Sassem]

Wow fantastic :2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup::2thumbsup:

[Jaume]

It is good. I loved it.

Does anybody dares to do a video about Ptolemaioi? :beam:

[Nobo]

Sweet.... now im off to watch your other videos

[Hooahguy]

Fade ins and fade outs are transitions.

Anyways, here's my next video.

Lusotania (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amCWptqtwxI)
superb video- beats my lusotannan vid by far... :whip:
anyhow, im taking ur advice and cutting down on the fades..... but if it wasnt for my 1-hour a day on the computer rule, my next video would be already out...

[Korlon]

anyhow, im taking ur advice and cutting down on the fades..... but if it wasnt for my 1-hour a day on the computer rule, my next video would be already out...

Good. Using too many transitions is actually a sign of an amateur. Though we are amateurs, we should strive to imitate the masters! Just watch any movie; you'll see that in an action scene, you'll never see any sort of transition, just a whole bunch of cuts.

Also, does Vegas have anything that resembles a dissolve in Adobe Premiere Pro? Those fades are too slow to work with.

[Lovejoy]

Very good Korlon!

I will hopefully upload my film tomorrow. My network-card is messed up so I cant upload anything from this computer. Ill take the film to school and try it from there... btw: what film-formats do youtube support?

[Korlon]

What video file formats can I upload?
YouTube accepts a wide range of video file formats such as .WMV, .AVI, .MOV, and .MPG transferred from most digital cameras, camcorders, and cell phones.

If you don't think your current video file format is recognized by YouTube, you may get the best results from converting your file to MPEG4 video with MP3 audio.

I highly suggest using the XviD MPEG-4 codec to compress your file though. It's what I use when I uploaded to Youtube and the quality's excellent as long as you choose to watch it in high quality.

[Hooahguy]

speaking of which, how did you get youtube to show in high quality?
EDIT: ya, it has dissolve....

[Nobo]

there is a link right under the view count

[bovi]

Teleklos, perhaps you can link the entries in the first post? There are quite a few comments, making it harder to find the actual videos.

[Hooahguy]

there is a link right under the view count
well, ya, i know, ive uploaded videos before- i was wondering how to get youtube to show in HD, but i already figured out, with Kolons help.

[Korlon]

well, ya, i know, ive uploaded videos before- i was wondering how to get youtube to show in HD, but i already figured out, with Kolons help.

Well, what I told you to do was how to show it in high quality, not HD. I don't even know if YouTube supports high definition, but they probably don't.

And I do agree about linking posts or just putting names in the first post with their videos beneath that.

[Hooahguy]

Well, what I told you to do was how to show it in high quality, not HD. I don't even know if YouTube supports high definition, but they probably don't.

And I do agree about linking posts or just putting names in the first post with their videos beneath that.
w/e- same thing...

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Good idea bovi - I'm working right now but will do that later today hopefully.

[Nathanial]

Hey. I understand I'm brand new to the forums. I rather enjoy playing the mod, it is, if I may say, the best one I've ever come across. So accurate and much more complex than The Creative Assembly could ever had made. I fancy myself as quite the director, actually. I've made game movies before, a few on RTW, M2TW and certain other games. So I will try my hand at this! Using movie_cam and a top notch editing program.

Oh, and might I say, there are some splendid and quite amazing videos in this thread. This community is a talented lot, I can tell that straight away!

May I ask when the competition ends? Apologies if it's already been said, I cannot seem to find it on the OP and anywhere on the recent pages and the first 20 or so.

[Korlon]

In the first post, it says that the contest will end in two months. The thread started on April 30th, you do the math.

And welcome to the forums!

[Hooahguy]

i uploaded my pahlavan video to youtube, for more publicity- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbDuJt8TShw

[Hooahguy]

Laughtrack Productions presents:
A Land of COnfusion: and EB movie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C_3VyiZNHw)

i may re-upload it b/c it wasnt in the format i wanted, but for now, enjoy!

[Hooahguy]

no one wants to comment?
:wink3:

[Digby Tatham Warter]

no one wants to comment?
:wink3:
Nicely done hooahguy, there were alot of close up shots, how about a few more which give a sense of the greater perspective, ie along the length of armies, and even perphaps above, partic when you consider that perphaps the Parthians could fill a large area with all those horse archers on the march.

For whatever Faction I was doing, I would want to particually portray something about them, which you did with the heavy cav, but what about what they are well known for, the Parthian shot(which might not work, unless you can show the Parthians lurring an Enemy with their cav being chased, in the greater tactical sense of the battle).

Also what strikes me about the Parthians, both from playing them and from what happened to Crassus and the Legions, is the devastating constant hail of arrows they can put down, because they don't fire in volleys, just a massed continual rain, partic if you have the correct masses of those unarmoured h/archers.
Shots of units under very heavy fire, the first time I watch units recieving what my Parthians could dish I thought wow, look at that!

Anyway just my views, no critisim intended.

[Hooahguy]

well, theres a problem with showing big armies for me.....
when i record, my FPS drops down to at most 5 FPS, and it lags a ton, if i have more than 8 units. when i dont record im fine- i can have multi-stack battles and still have at least 40 FPS. but not when filming. it may be my FRAPS, maybe ill reinstall it then well see.

[stupac]

I have a couple queries:

1. How long before the contest is called? I've just started work on a video, man, didn't realize how much work this is. Just want to know how much time I have to polish it up.

2. Anyone have any recommendations for a free, non-linear video editor? I'm used to using premier when I used to do editing for a public access show, but I don't have it anymore. Now I got 4GB of raw avi ready to be distilled down.

Thanks guys.

[The Celtic Viking]

I have a couple queries:

1. How long before the contest is called? I've just started work on a video, man, didn't realize how much work this is. Just want to know how much time I have to polish it up.

Two months from when this thread was started. In other words, the contest will end the 1st in the 7th month this year. That's the 1st of July.

[stupac]

Two months from when this thread was started. In other words, the contest will end the 1st in the 7th month this year. That's the 1st of July.

Ah, thank you, that should be enough time.

[Birka Viking]

Here are my old video with high quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S2tibWt-g
only click on the high quality link and then u can see it in that
A new video is soon up also... Cheers

[Birka Viking]

Ok here is my newest video and my celebration to all Europa Barbarorum members and everyone that have ever worked and helped the EB team. I hope you liked this video becouse it have taken me many hours to do this one. I recomend everyone to watch this in high quality.. Cheers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Vuo9iezMY

[Hooahguy]

its pretty nice- i liked ur other one a bit better...

[NeoSpartan]

YEAH MORE VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome job Viking!

[Birka Viking]

Thanks guys.....Cheers

[Sassem]

Nice work,

Is there a nother one comming...:juggle2:

Could you make a sort of intro or historical story line in your next one

that would be great

[The Persian Cataphract]

Utmärkt jobbat på din senaste video :2thumbsup:

Har inte mycket till övers när det gäller filmmusiken till Gladiator, men du har utan tvekan bemästrat spelkameran. Många otroligt bra perspektiv, och framför allt väldigt litet laggande. Det enda som går att förbättra är när du gör slow-motion sekvenser så tenderar det hela att bli hackigt. Jag vet att Adobe Premiere ska ha någon slags specialeffekt som jämnar ut långsammare uppspelining (Som Kampfkrebs gjorde för Saka introt, fungerade väldigt väl). Var inte rädd för att använda filter och annat som kan förhöja atmosfären; även fast vi är bundna vid spelmotorns begränsningar, så är du trots allt artisten :2thumbsup:

Ännu en gång, utmärkt prestation :yes:

[Hooahguy]

:huh:

[Birka Viking]

The Persian Cataphract: Tackar f&#246;r dom fina lovorden, jag anv&#228;nder f&#246;rst windows moviemaker att synka musiken och dela upp och besk&#228;ra klippen sen anv&#228;nder jag Vegas pro 8 f&#246;r att omvandla till wmv filer f&#246;r att sedan tanka upp till youtube.
Jag &#228;r helt nyb&#246;rjare p&#229; det h&#228;r och har aldrig gjort n&#229;gon slags film alls f&#246;rut, ville ge n&#229;got tillbaka till Europa Barbarorum teamet efter att ha f&#246;ljt moden sedan f&#246;rsta b&#246;rjan. Var beta testare f&#246;rut men hade inte s&#229; mycket tid att testa s&#229; jag best&#228;mde mig f&#246;r att l&#228;ra mig lite om film f&#246;r att ge n&#229;got tillbaka till teamet.

Om jag har mer tid s&#229; ska jag f&#246;rs&#246;ka l&#228;ra mig lite om Adobe Premiere. &#196;r tyv&#228;r inne i en flytt just nu s&#229; vi f&#229;r se hur mycket tid det fins.
En fr&#229;ga: Hur l&#229;ser man upp alla faction units i custom slag?
Tack igen...

[Hooahguy]

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

[Tellos Athenaios]

In short: excellent job; and there's a nifty Adobe premiere effect/setting which will allow you to improve upon the slow-motion frames. Again excellent job.

-- Thanks; but unfortunately I don't have Adobe premiere... something about Windows Moviemaker & Vegas Pro and it being related to wmv file format + uploading to Youtube. Also he's been influenced by what he saw at the beta-tester fora.
Question: how do you get to ... all those faction units in a custom battle?
Again, thanks.
======================================
Meh, I could do better if it were serious about it...

[The Persian Cataphract]

No, actually that's pretty damn good :grin: (Unless you used Babelfish, you little cheater =P)

As for his query, he wonders how you unlock all units in a custom battle; It's of course not an issue about unlocking anything, it's largely about tweaking the EDU so that the desired units come on top. For that purpose there is a custom EDU :yes:

[Kampfkrebs]

I see some potential Recruits I wanted so badly some moths ago, keep it coming! :2thumbsup:

[Hooahguy]

after procrastinating for a month, Laughtrack Productions presents:
The Battle of Aquae Sextiae (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nEJMG2TnHo)

enjoy!

ps- this will be my last video for this contest, AFAIK....

REMEMBER TO WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY!!!! :2thumbsup:

[Wursti]

Here is my entry to the contest.
I tried various video sites to upload it to, but all of them butchered it too much for anyone to enjoy. That's why I uploaded it to a direct download site.
You need an Xvid (http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=1052&ssid=0&did=1) codec to watch:

Legion Strong (http://www.file-upload.net/en/download-913571/wurstiworks---Legion-Strong.avi.html) (~60 MB)

Since the rendering feature of the R:TW MovieCam only works up to version 1.2, I had to use EB 7.2 to realize the video.
As some of you may notice, this was heavily inspired by the Army Strong (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSbCnWe6e1o&feature=related) advertisement campaign of the United States Army.
You can get the music of my video from this (http://www.usaac.army.mil/sod/) site.

Thanks!

[stupac]

Bravo Wursti, very polished!

Personally, rather than going back to and older version, I just use Fraps in order to take videos, works great. But you have to pay for it otherwise you can only take like 30 second clips and you get that www.fraps.com watermark.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Wow. :2thumbsup:
I didn't know the Romans had recruitment adds.

[Birka Viking]

Realy nice video Wursti!!:balloon2:~:cheers:

[Hooahguy]

ya- it was very good- would have been better w/ v1.1 though.....
you realize that movie_cam DOES work w/ 1.1, right?

[Olaf The Great]

Utm&#228;rkt jobbat p&#229; din senaste video :2thumbsup:

Har inte mycket till &#246;vers n&#228;r det g&#228;ller filmmusiken till Gladiator, men du har utan tvekan bem&#228;strat spelkameran. M&#229;nga otroligt bra perspektiv, och framf&#246;r allt v&#228;ldigt litet laggande. Det enda som g&#229;r att f&#246;rb&#228;ttra &#228;r n&#228;r du g&#246;r slow-motion sekvenser s&#229; tenderar det hela att bli hackigt. Jag vet att Adobe Premiere ska ha n&#229;gon slags specialeffekt som j&#228;mnar ut l&#229;ngsammare uppspelining (Som Kampfkrebs gjorde f&#246;r Saka introt, fungerade v&#228;ldigt v&#228;l). Var inte r&#228;dd f&#246;r att anv&#228;nda filter och annat som kan f&#246;rh&#246;ja atmosf&#228;ren; &#228;ven fast vi &#228;r bundna vid spelmotorns begr&#228;nsningar, s&#229; &#228;r du trots allt artisten :2thumbsup:

&#196;nnu en g&#229;ng, utm&#228;rkt prestation :yes:

I only understand 25&#37; percent of that.

Stupid danes, taking over Scandinavia with their messed up Norse language and messing with Swedes and Norwegians.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

A reminder, we have two weeks left before the contest is over.

[Hooahguy]

argh! i have the greatest idea for a video!!!!
there will be one more from me if i can finish it in time!

[Tartaros]

Here are my old video with high quality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0S2tibWt-g
only click on the high quality link and then u can see it in that
A new video is soon up also... Cheers

yeah, amon amarth!!
the perfect song for battle...

"metaloi":thrasher:

[Birka Viking]

Yeah I think they fits well to all sorts of battles:balloon2:~:cheers:

[Olaf The Great]

Yeah I think they fits well to all sorts of battles:balloon2:~:cheers:
Make a new one with the Sweboz

Make sure there are Wargonez

[Birka Viking]

I dont know if I have time now Iam in a middle of a move, Maby I can do some later. But I have something else instead, and maby I can finish that if I have time.Cheers

[Hooahguy]

i lied-
i made a comedy video for EB- i dont even know if it qualifies for the contest, but i put it out there for everyone to enjoy.

PLEASE READ THE DECRIPTION FIRST!!!!!

AND I AM REALLY SORRY IF I OFFEND ANYONE!!!!!

THIS MOVIE WAS MADE ON A WHIM!!!!!

Hear it from Bob- an EB comedy video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVk1PcNbKo)

enjoy!

EDIT: btw, i lowered the pitch for my voice by -20, so its deeper thna usual...

[Flying Pig]

Who wrote the saka video? It's amazing. Also, will the best one be made into an ingame movie?

[Hooahguy]

Kampfkrebs....
and the answer to the second question is no, but it will show the EB team what the fans can do....
in other words- its a recruiting contest....

[Teleklos Archelaou]

The primary goal is not recruitment - it is to have some really great videos of EB available online to show folks. If we are wowed by someone's work and ask them if they would like to do something else for us, that is a good byproduct, but it isn't the main reason for doing this.

[Hooahguy]

hm. then i misunderstood ur PM....
srry

[stupac]

Man, this took a lot longer than I thought, but I finally got my first video done. It was difficult because my first version was 45 minutes, but I managed to distill it down to 6 and if that doesn't follow the rules I can cut off more, I wasn't sure if 5 minutes was a hard and fast limit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM

I call it "Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter." I was hoping to get a few more entries in, I got tons of ideas, but I'm not sure I'll finish them before the contest is over, but c'est la vie.

[Hooahguy]

nice stupac!
but 5 minutes is the limit, i think.
but i dunno if its being enfored or not.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

It says the videos "should be" between 2.5 and 5 minutes. I think it will get consideration - if someone puts a lot of work into something like that, and it's 2 minutes or 6 minutes, we aren't going to just throw it back at them (hell, if they posted something 15 minutes that was awesome, I think we'd consider it too). In the end, we will take the time into consideration and vote on what we as a team think is the best one.

[stupac]

It says the videos "should be" between 2.5 and 5 minutes. I think it will get consideration - if someone puts a lot of work into something like that, and it's 2 minutes or 6 minutes, we aren't going to just throw it back at them (hell, if they posted something 15 minutes that was awesome, I think we'd consider it too). In the end, we will take the time into consideration and vote on what we as a team think is the best one.

Ok, great. Well, I made a second version anyways, just in case, I call this one Attention Deficit Disorder edition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5xmpKHnZiM

This version is quite epic, probably better than the first one.

[Hooahguy]

that was AWESOME!!!!
:balloon2:

[The Persian Cataphract]

Man, this took a lot longer than I thought, but I finally got my first video done. It was difficult because my first version was 45 minutes, but I managed to distill it down to 6 and if that doesn't follow the rules I can cut off more, I wasn't sure if 5 minutes was a hard and fast limit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM

I call it "Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter." I was hoping to get a few more entries in, I got tons of ideas, but I'm not sure I'll finish them before the contest is over, but c'est la vie.

It was epic. Very creative. The battle reminded me of the last battle between the Arsacids and the Romans, the dreaded, heavily contested battle of Nisibis 217 CE.

If you can make a Director's cut, I wouldn't mind even twenty minutes of this as long as it is entertaining enough to separate me from office space boredom. You really crammed the graphics to the max, because that's about as shiny as EB can get. You are quite creative with the in-game music too. I think you got yourself a fan.

Very well done. (Please do PM me if you are planning to upload a full-sized high-resolution version of it; YouTube doesn't really do any video justice)

[ezekiel2517]

i would too love to get a full resolution version if there's one. :2thumbsup:

[stupac]

Great, didn't realize there would be any interest, but I guess I'm absolutely exhausted at looking at the same segments of video over and over. I'll upload a DVD quality version, I'll probably work on a dir's cut after the contest is over cause I want to try to get another entry in, but I had one started. I think I recorded about 3 hours of raw video using 6 different key frame sets, which probably explains why it took me so long to get this done, I just went way overboard and tried to fit everything and the kitchen sink in. I didn't end up getting in many of my favorite scenes either, because they were not essential to the narrative, so I'd definitely like to release a longer version if there is interest.

[XSamatan]

dammit

and give that man a medal.


there is nothing more to say













as that
:elephant:
:thrasher:


XSamatan

[Hooahguy]

funny how i keep saying that this video will be my last one and then i do another one anyhow.
here is my very last one for this contest, unless i can think of a new idea, but there are 5 days left, so i dunno.
Believe in Steel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tMMozBSA28)

enjoy!

btw, please wait for the high quality version... it looks much better.....

[Foot]

ya, i know steel wasnt around back then, but steel sounds better than iron for a title.

Ancient Steel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel#Ancient_steel)

Foot

[Hooahguy]

ooo- then i guess my friend was wrong......

[stupac]

Here is an HQ version of the standard edition of "Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter." Enjoy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LHX3DJ9

[Hooahguy]

i uploaded my getai video to youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRgRgEI-e1c

btw- i uploaded all my videos to youtube, even the ones i put on Vimeo- Vimeos sound quality was bad, and now that youtube has a high quality feature, i host my videos on youtube.

[ezekiel2517]

Here is an HQ version of the standard edition of "Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter." Enjoy.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3LHX3DJ9

shame, megaupload never works for me :shame:

[stupac]

shame, megaupload never works for me :shame:

Really? I had a problem with it for a while too actually, but just on Firefox, so I would use Opera to download from it instead. Might try a different browser man.

[ezekiel2517]

Really? I had a problem with it for a while too actually, but just on Firefox, so I would use Opera to download from it instead. Might try a different browser man.

for some strange twist of fate, this time it worked.

could you tell me the names of the songs you used for the video? they're really good for the mood.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Been sticking to one faction only, have you? :grin: stupac used the music which comes with the mod! ~;)

[Hooahguy]

very nice stupac! i just downloaded the HD version and its going on my mp3 player for sure! so good!
but it looks as if it wasnt from v1.1 though.....

anyhow, today i was bored so i made an ad for EB.....
Europa Barbarorum ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByyiUGq-kY)

enjoy!

[ezekiel2517]

Been sticking to one faction only, have you? :grin: stupac used the music which comes with the mod! ~;)

i see :embarassed:

[stupac]

very nice stupac! i just downloaded the HD version and its going on my mp3 player for sure! so good!
but it looks as if it wasnt from v1.1 though.....

anyhow, today i was bored so i made an ad for EB.....
Europa Barbarorum ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByyiUGq-kY)

enjoy!

Thank you for the kind comments, glad you like it. I used 1.1, you'll notice that I referenced TWFanatic and DarthStalin in the credits, I got the Romani models from DS and used Fanatic's aquilifier. I hope that is not offensive to anyone, I absolutely love the new beautiful Roman models, but as a matter of personal aesthetics they don't seem to match other units in the game, even other Romani models, so I chose to use DS's. I thought they would clash too much with the auxilia and praetorians. As for the music, yes I used some of the really excellent music from this mod. I'm amazed at the quality of the custom music and couldn't pass up an opportunity to use it, though I was extremely tempted to use various modern tunes. I was going to reference the music in the credits, but I couldn't figure out the artists for a few tunes, and then I realized if I'm going to do that I should probably end up including the credits for all the artists that did the models in the scene and then I'd probably end up doing all the programmers and then everyone who participated in the mod, so I gave up and just referenced Europa Barbarorum as a whole.

[The Persian Cataphract]

i see :embarassed:

Look for the ones that say "TPC" somewhere in their filename :wink:

[ezekiel2517]

Look for the ones that say "TPC" somewhere in their filename :wink:

i can't play this mod with my current computer. All i can do for now is lurk :sweatdrop:

[king hannibal]

hi I've nearly done my vidoe I've got a 2 questions

how do I change it from windows movie maker to windows media player

and how do I get it to go on you tube

thanks

[king hannibal]

got some more questions

but we aren't interested in making them "ours"

dose this mean you don't want us putting are names on them or you don't want to have EB put on the vidoes

also dose the video have to be 2.5 - 5.0 mins long or can it be longer?

can I put effect on to the video?

thanks

[stupac]

hi I've nearly done my vidoe I've got a 2 questions

how do I change it from windows movie maker to windows media player

and how do I get it to go on you tube

thanks

You need to publish the video (select publish from the filemenu). You'll want to then publish it to your computer, put in a filename, then on the last page select "more settings" and windows media dvd quality or something. You'll then have to go to youtube and login or register an account, then choose upload and follow the step by step prompts. Good luck, looking forward to seeing your video, man. I know the team is flexible on the length, as long as it is interesting, and I'm sure they are fine with effects, I don't know about the other though.

[king hannibal]

thanks alot man :2thumbsup: I'll add the effect and a few finishing and I'll get them up

[king hannibal]

hmmm spent all day touching my movie up if I cann't get it on before the dead line can I have 1 more day please it'll be worth your while

the battle cannae by the way:beam:

[stupac]

What is the exact cut off date to submit anyways? The 1st? I'm hoping I can get another entry in too and I'm running short.

[Teleklos Archelaou]

Well, on April 30 at the end of the day (central standard time, U.S.), I said "The deadline for submissions will be two months from today." That logically would mean June 30, but since we don't want to squabble about when is it June 30 in one place vs. another place, let's just say as long as it is submitted by the end of the day on the 30th wherever you are. That should be fine. If something is submitted well into the 1st, I can't say for sure whether or not we will consider it - the team would have to talk it over. I'd hate to have something a lot of work was put into be thrown out because it was a few hours late, but we would have to talk about it and decide between us (since we are deciding on the winners anyway).

[stupac]

Well, on April 30 at the end of the day (central standard time, U.S.), I said "The deadline for submissions will be two months from today." That logically would mean June 30, but since we don't want to squabble about when is it June 30 in one place vs. another place, let's just say as long as it is submitted by the end of the day on the 30th wherever you are. That should be fine. If something is submitted well into the 1st, I can't say for sure whether or not we will consider it - the team would have to talk it over. I'd hate to have something a lot of work was put into be thrown out because it was a few hours late, but we would have to talk about it and decide between us (since we are deciding on the winners anyway).

Cool, thanks for the clarification.

[king hannibal]

I'm having problem uploading my video I using windows movie maker and it's saying

windows movie maker cannot save the movie to the specified location. verify that the original source files used in the movie are still available, that the saving location is still available, and that there is enough free disk space available then try again

I've tryed other locations

I've tryed putting all the files used back to where they were first recorded

trying to save to harddrive and I got enough room on my disk

could it be that the movie to long? or to big 101.93 MB and I try saveing on you tube it's not working need different format and tryed using sony vegas to see if that could read the data which it cann't :sweatdrop:

is there anything else I can try?

or can I give it to some to watch on movie maker till I can get it up?

going to see if I can phone up and ask them whats wrong

[king hannibal]

:wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

they want £46 to help me out

[stupac]

Hmm, let's see, where are you trying to save the video? Make sure you select publish to this computer and set a path somewhere on c:. Also make sure if you have video or audio clips on an external drive that the drive is plugged in so that WMM can find them when trying to publish (make sure the drive letters haven't changed either and that you haven't deleted, renamed, or moved any of the source files after importing them). After you publish it you will have a video file in the format you selected on your computer at the path you selected. I suggest using dvd quality (3.0MBPS), which will get you a nice .wmv file. Then you need to go to youtube.com, login, and click the upload button and follow the instructions. You'll select the file you published. You don't actually use windows movie maker to upload the video.

I wouldn't upload the movie maker file, it is useless without the source files in the exact same locations as on your computer, nobody will really be able to play it.

[king hannibal]

hi I just going totry and have a last go at doing it know I really think it going to be something quite different from the rest of the vidoes show (not see them all) but I've given it an old fashioned movie feel to it with airal views to it and in as little time as possible to explain what happen at the battle acorrding to livy and adrian goldworthy and focus it on the main people in the battle and say what happen to them

anyway I think it has something to do with the video files I moved them to ones I used and ones I might use in to different folder from where they orignal came from and when I couldn't upload them I moved them back to were they can from could I have messed it up by doing this?

I'm used fraps to record the videos

anyway if I can't get it sort in 2 hours I'll post back and let you know I can't enter but will still try to get the video to you at a later date


good luck to all competiters

edit: is publish save as movie file?

[stupac]

hi I just going totry and have a last go at doing it know I really think it going to be something quite different from the rest of the vidoes show (not see them all) but I've given it an old fashioned movie feel to it with airal views to it and in as little time as possible to explain what happen at the battle acorrding to livy and adrian goldworthy and focus it on the main people in the battle and say what happen to them

anyway I think it has something to do with the video files I moved them to ones I used and ones I might use in to different folder from where they orignal came from and when I couldn't upload them I moved them back to were they can from could I have messed it up by doing this?

I'm used fraps to record the videos

anyway if I can't get it sort in 2 hours I'll post back and let you know I can't enter but will still try to get the video to you at a later date


good luck to all competiters

edit: is publish save as movie file?

Yeah, if you move, rename, or delete any of the files, WMM won't know where to find them, all the project file does is save paths of the source files, it doesn't actually contain any video. Make sure you move the files back to exactly where you had them when you imported them in and it should work. Sounds interesting, look forward to seeing it. In WMM, save just saves the project file, publish takes the source files and encodes it into a video file for use on a computer or for upload. Sometimes "save" can be used loosely because publishing can also refer to saving a file and vice versa, but that is the nomenclature used by WMM.

[king hannibal]

are ok thanks it may take a few days to get it right again but I'll have a go I'll post so pictures of it

also it can still play the video to me if that change anything

[king hannibal]

ok there are just some of the good shoots of the battle clips I've made it an older film for effect it also sort of cover up some lagging but it cover some good thing I try to show up some to way thing

I tell the what happened to all the main generals in the battle some kind of birds I view pictures and what happened in the battle in general

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2713-28-43-01001_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2713-30-11-57002_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2721-52-18-50001_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2721-54-52-94002_1__0.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2815-29-35-60002_1__0.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2821-31-19-01001_2__0.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2821-33-16-06001_1__0.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2823-37-11-65001_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2912-10-25-43_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2912-01-58-87_1__0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2912-23-44-37001_0001.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2714-10-25-95001_1__0.jpg

https://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i281/kinghannibal/RomeTW2008-06-2714-10-25-95002_0001.jpg

don't think there picture do it justice though

anyway is there any fast way to Idetify where the the clips were taken from (folder)

sorry I think I'm done for proply won't ever be able to show my video :wall::wall: ,when EB 2 comes out I might do all the big punic war battles like my own movie of the second punic war but no promises

good luck again I've got my favorite to win

[stupac]

Looks way cool king hannibal, hope you get it uploaded so we can see the video.

Ok, guess this is as good as I'm going to get this video. I present my second film, which I like to call "Romance of the Three Successor Kingdoms." I hope you guys enjoy it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R9ZAR1qVHY

I wish I had more time, but such is life. I wish in many ways I hadn't rushed through my previous video because I wanted so badly to be moving on to a different project. I am currently uploading a high quality video. I also have a director's cut already finished, but it is 13 minutes long so I can't get it on youtube, though I can upload it to megaupload or something. Would you guys even look at it for the contest if I couldn't get it on a streaming site?

[stupac]

HQ version up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7SDZOVM

[Shigawire]

"Romance of the Three Successor Kingdoms." :2thumbsup:

Lovin it! How do you manage those perfectly timed camera angles?

[ezekiel2517]

HQ version up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A7SDZOVM

i can't believe it... it's even better than the last one

edit: i love the strategos charge at 4:12

[stupac]

"Romance of the Three Successor Kingdoms." :2thumbsup:

Lovin it! How do you manage those perfectly timed camera angles?

Wow, thank you. I don't know, I try to adjust the camera just right, but most of the time it sux, but I did record an hour of source video to edit, so there were a few good ones there.



i can't believe it... it's even better than the last one

edit: i love the strategos charge at 4:12

You are too kind; yeah, that strategos charge was lucky, unfortunately I couldn't get a good frame rate of him chopping down that thorakitai agematos so I'm afraid many people will miss that. I thought my computer was decent, but it can't handle the EB.

For those who care to download almost 300MB, I have the director's cut up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=56JEXZR4

I hope it does not disappoint.

[king hannibal]

glad I'm not the only one that take it to far :laugh4: going to watch it now

also do you think if I copyed and pasted the film files in to each of the folders I use the film might work:idea2:

sorry got to go watch it when I get back tonight :(

[Jurdagat]

For those who care to download almost 300MB, I have the director's cut up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=56JEXZR4

I hope it does not disappoint.

Loved every second of it.
Brilliant work! :)

[The Persian Cataphract]

When I thought it couldn't get any better, along comes a fifteen minute epic :2thumbsup:

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'm lazy and am not checking international times right now, but I think the deadline has probably passed now or is right about now. I would have loved to have seen a battle in our palm forests, but we have some awesome entries submitted for sure. Terrific job everyone!!! :2thumbsup:

First post in this thread updated to contain links to all entries (not included are any "director's cut" or very long versions)

[stupac]

glad I'm not the only one that take it to far :laugh4: going to watch it now

also do you think if I copyed and pasted the film files in to each of the folders I use the film might work:idea2:

sorry got to go watch it when I get back tonight :(

Should, try to put the clips back where you had them when you first started editing, then reopen the file in WMM. Check for any files with red x's or that won't play, and if you can't remember where it was supposed to go, re-import it.

[king hannibal]

:laugh4: the last 30 sec of it are great :laugh4::laugh4::laugh4:

no it was brilliant the cam shots I don't know what you used to get them but there beautyfull how dose everyone get the reply bar and numbers and everthing to not show?

if you want to know how I think you can improve on it which other people havent said or want to say is add a story to it with writing on a blackboard back ground add sub title on the clips of what happened or happening in the fight jump from your cav to you infantry and then back again with about 1min of different clips of the cav or infantry anyway that all I think you can I pover on not to say it not great as it is but serpens and excament could be improved with there's thing I think anyway

wish I could show you what I ment :wall::wall: :sweatdrop:

[Hooahguy]

wow stupac!
that was amazing!
one suggestion though:
i saw that you only tagged your video as "strategy" and "history"
i suggest you also tag it as "europa barbarorum" so people will find your video when they search for Europa Barbarorum

[king hannibal]

ok I've deside to do my cannae again but never using any think with windows/pissy shit software on it and now I know you've all been using movie cam I make it twice as good

[king hannibal]

were do the videos go after you've taken them?

[Foot]

What program do you use?

Foot

[king hannibal]

the movie cam from CA cann't see them anywhere in the EB folder anywhere

[Foot]

If you are using anything more than RTW 1.2 (which, if you are using EB0.8 or higher, you will be) the capture part of the program does not work. You need to use a third party capture program whilst playing the movie_cam scenario you made.

Foot

[king hannibal]

arr ok thanks alot :beam: I used fraps for my last one but it leave the fraps website on your screen are there any thoughs that you suggested

[Foot]

Buy fraps? I don't know of any freeware capture programs. Others may be able to help you.

Foot

[king hannibal]

k thanks I've got a way of showing my old video I think I get something to record it them I use that recording and post it :beam:

it'll work prefectly :D :D :D :D :D :D just got to buy fraps it on it way :D

Edit: guess I'm to late to get it in now :(

when are you going to anunse the winner

[ezekiel2517]

Wow, thank you. I don't know, I try to adjust the camera just right, but most of the time it sux, but I did record an hour of source video to edit, so there were a few good ones there.



You are too kind; yeah, that strategos charge was lucky, unfortunately I couldn't get a good frame rate of him chopping down that thorakitai agematos so I'm afraid many people will miss that. I thought my computer was decent, but it can't handle the EB.

For those who care to download almost 300MB, I have the director's cut up:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=56JEXZR4

I hope it does not disappoint.

i didn't miss it, though you only see when the thorakitai falls to the floor, the feel from it didn't change.

[stupac]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll see what I can do. King, you can press enter in order to get rid of all the bars and stuff.

[king hannibal]

hi I'm uploading my vidoe now :2thumbsup: although it's not as good a picture as what is on my rerecord it any way see what you think hope you like it and tell me how I can improve on it

william if you see this don't watch want you to watch it here

sorry about that just my brother

here it is assassin says it looks impressive but with a bad audio http://rapidshare.com/files/126640097/WVC20080702_014.wmv.html

[stupac]

hi I'm uploading my vidoe now :2thumbsup: although it's not as good a picture as what is on my rerecord it any way see what you think hope you like it and tell me how I can improve on it

william if you see this don't watch want you to watch it here

sorry about that just my brother

here it is assassin says it looks impressive but with a bad audio http://rapidshare.com/files/126640097/WVC20080702_014.wmv.html

Pretty good, looks like you played it in WMM and used some type of screencapture program, that's probably why the audio and video isn't as good as it could be. You had a good, cohesive narrative (though there was a bit of mis-spelling in the titles). Namely it was technology holding you back, bro. You could also have made use of the movie cam a bit (and key framing), but that's nit-picking I think. I wish I had done the research to do an accurate historical battle like yours, but I spent all my time just fiddling around with the camera.

[king hannibal]

thanks stupac :2thumbsup:

I started to do another one of it but the fourth age has come out so I not sure if I'm going to carry on I tryed to go for mass effect and a kind of story in the battle itself more than anything I though the old film kind of idea put that across better and make the units look more different

I didn't know/start using movie cam after the video I was trying to get it in time for the contest:sweatdrop: I know I cann't spell to well ever so sorry about that I was looking to get it like a movie film in the shortest time possible so not to long to bore but at the same time tells you what happened in the battle although not sure if it a 100% but 80-90% I'm sure

for my new one if I get it done I want to give more of a birds I view with better shots and stuff across between yours and my

whens the winner going to be annouced :whip:

[Hooahguy]

whens the winner going to be annouced :whip:
ditto :sweatdrop:

[Tellos Athenaios]

When the voting is done.

[ezekiel2517]

When the voting is done.

where does the voting take place? if we new members can vote

[Teleklos Archelaou]

EB team members have voted, it has not been open to the public. Hopefully it won't be too much longer before ya'll hear something back on this, but be patient just a little bit longer.

[king hannibal]

whens the winner going to be selected

did many people see my video? trying to upload to youtube now

[Tellos Athenaios]

The voting has been done, the winners (when applicable, see post #1) have the opportunity to 'choose their prize'; and when that's all arranged an EB moderator should post here announcing the winners & prizes as well as lock the thread. (And start a new one too.)

[king hannibal]

The voting has been done, the winners (when applicable, see post #1) have the opportunity to 'choose their prize'; and when that's all arranged an EB moderator should post here announcing the winners & prizes as well as lock the thread. (And start a new one too.)

nice I guess I could add my then but my video to long for youtube damn it

[TWFanatic]

Amazing videos all! I must say, I particularly liked Stupac's and Wursti's. Hooahguy had some good ones as well.

[||Lz3||]

hi there... emm when will the winner be announced? :sweatdrop:

[bovi]

When someone takes the time to create the announcement. By the way, I have not got the address for the second place winner yet, and I won't get the prizes shipped until I can pay it in one go.

[Hooahguy]

When someone takes the time to create the announcement. By the way, I have not got the address for the second place winner yet, and I won't get the prizes shipped until I can pay it in one go.


so you are saying that the winners have been PM'ed? :sweatdrop:

[king hannibal]

sorry to heard it hooahguy

good luck to the rest of you

[Hooahguy]

same. congrats in advance to the winners!

[bovi]

Because noone seems to be up to the task of making a proper announcement, here's an inadequate one.

Congratulations to our winners, which are:
1st place: Stupac - Variations on Romano-Parthian Slaughter
2nd place: Korlon - In the Life of a Legion
3rd place: Wursti - Legion Strong

It was really a landslide victory for Stupac, taking almost all of the votes. 2nd place and 3rd got an equal amount and got a tie-break voting, which Korlon won with a slim margin.

Korlon, please answer my PM as soon as possible, so I can get the prizes sent :beam:.

[Hooahguy]

congrats to everyone!

[king hannibal]

well done everyone congrats to the winners

one thing will the be another contest for making videos?

[Gaias]

I didn't win? But I put SO MUCH effort into making that video. :P

Congratulations to all the winners as you assuredly deserved it more than I.:bow: