Intro video

**Hader** · June 04, 2007, 02:18 PM

For the intro video, this is what I had invisioned doing:

1. Starts out with a bunch of marching, just the Roman units.
2. Tension for battle begins. I was thinking 3-4 different battles, all on different fronteirs, with different legions, different foes, etc.
3. Everything leads up to a siege on a huge city where the Romans are besieged and are sallying forth. This is basically where it ends. I hope for a total of at least 2 minutes or more.

Very rough draft at this point. Say what you must

**dvk901** · June 04, 2007, 02:39 PM

Oh, I like it! But then, I would. So maybe I'll not say much.

**♔Jean-Luc Picard♔** · June 04, 2007, 04:30 PM

battles to the north (Gaul) south (Syracuse or Carthage) east (suggestion? maybe Carthage) and west (one of the many eastern factions?) would look good. the seige could be the destruction of syracuse and the death of archimedes (sp?) what do you think?

Skandranon Rakshae

**Angel** · June 04, 2007, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by Skandranon Rakshae

battles to the north (Gaul) south (Syracuse or Carthage) east (suggestion? maybe Carthage) and west (one of the many eastern factions?) would look good. the seige could be the destruction of syracuse and the death of archimedes (sp?) what do you think?

Skandranon Rakshae

err dont you mean west carthage? and east greeks?
I think north gaul, south syracuse, south west carthage or northwest, east will be greeks or macedonians. Sounds great!

**♔Jean-Luc Picard♔** · June 04, 2007, 07:46 PM

i was a bit tired when i posted. please forgive my incorrect directions. i think i only mixed up the west and east but i'm pretty sure syracuse is in the south. i will see if this makes sense to myself after a good nap. night night

Skandranon Rakshae

**Drtad** · June 05, 2007, 02:02 AM

Hmmm....

1. Romans marching, as many legions as you can fit into one battlefield to show the variety.

2. Romans in a fierce engagement with a Greek phalanx. Any Greek civ would do.

3. Romans overwhelmed by a barb faction, any barb faction will do.

4. Romans crushing Carthaginian light infantry.

5. Parthian cataphracts charging against legionaries.

6. Romans and Armenians meet for the first time (Legionary vs. Tone's brilliant new Nakharars, it would show off that brilliant unit).

**pseudocaesar** · June 05, 2007, 03:04 AM

lol at the armenian. he just has to!

i think we should just put all the new unique units we have done for the mod. so like the new scythians, boii and carthage, city hoplites etc.

**Hader** · June 05, 2007, 11:55 AM

Of course Armenians! I would have to wait until any new ones are implemented though.

But yes, any unit I was going to use would be a unique one to this mod, to make it even cooler.

And for some sequences of this video, I might need to play an online battle with someone to get the shot just how I need it. The AI is never reliable for some shots you know

**♔Jean-Luc Picard♔** · June 06, 2007, 06:11 AM

maybe a confederation of city hoplites against a variety of legions? that might look pretty cool and show of at the same time.

Skandranon Rakshae

**~~removeduser_426582376423734~~** · June 06, 2007, 04:26 PM

You don't want them all in the same shot at the same time though, that many different units together makes it look messy. Maybe one attack after another by different ones, separately. Certainly not in one big mass.

**Hader** · June 14, 2007, 11:36 PM

Video going smoothly....nothing is really prepared to show as a preview yet, but I have about 4 clips that are really really kick ass (imo

) that are done. I need more to put it together in an actual order.

**pseudocaesar** · June 15, 2007, 03:37 AM

might i ask what program your using?

**tone** · June 15, 2007, 06:02 AM

Worth waiting for some of the new units too.

**Hader** · June 15, 2007, 01:00 PM

Yes I will be waiting for new units for some clips, but others that I am doing will be fine with current ones.

To film, I am using both Fraps and Gamecam. I am filming the same sequences with both so I have two options when putting it together. Fraps might be the winner, but cant tell yet.

**Hader** · June 21, 2007, 10:40 PM

Are there any previews scheduled before the full release? I was thinking a trailer to go with an official preview would be pretty cool. If I did do that though I would like to use completely different footage than I have efor the intro video.

And another small thing....I want to experiment with how I record the movies a bit. I use fraps to record, which is good, but I have heard that the RTW movie cam rendering works wonders, but it only renders in 1.2. So would there be a way to get just the skins (possibly the map, but probably not) into a 1.2 copy so I can test the render there?

**Marcus Illuminatus** · June 22, 2007, 12:53 AM

Originally Posted by Hader

Are there any previews scheduled before the full release? I was thinking a trailer to go with an official preview would be pretty cool.

i was thinking exactly the same! only intro video? would be nice to see also a trailer for the public, or?

**tone** · June 22, 2007, 07:20 AM

Do you mean some of the new scythian skins? If you're happy to plonk them into the EDU and DMB I can provide them and the models.

**Hader** · June 22, 2007, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by tone

Do you mean some of the new scythian skins? If you're happy to plonk them into the EDU and DMB I can provide them and the models.

Well for a test, just a few skins would be good. However if it does work wonders like I have heard, I would like to try and port all the necessary skins to a 1.2 install of vanilla RTW, so I can render video from there.