M2TW Cinematic Editor Video Tutorials, Info and Fan Videos!

**D|major** · May 21, 2009, 08:19 AM

Originally Posted by helpme22

I dont use 64bit and i do have the new pach installed.i removed the replay file and i made the file in the editor"file = C:\Users\tristan\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\replays\test.rpy"

I think i said the problem wrong because im new to the forms. when i open the cinima editor i can't get the (editor window/ Aka/ timeline) to open but when i look at the task bar it says that it is active and when i click on it nothing happens.also i belief the program name for the timeline is cined on the task bar. i am sory if this has been asked before but im not sure what to look for in the FAQ... Also if you know the setings for vista could you post them i am sorry for all the fuss i am making.....

Ok, then I don't know the answer. I've never heard the issue that people can't open the "CineEd" window (yeah, it's called "CineEd") by clicking on the task bar. What does the "Medieval2" window show anyway? Do you see the game menu or did it load directly into the battle where the camera is put below the ground? If so, can you turn the camera by pressing-and-holding the right mouse?

**helpme22** · May 21, 2009, 05:19 PM

yes that loads completeley fine i can move the camera and it starts under the map.

**Irish tactitian** · May 26, 2009, 11:37 AM

ok, here is the .cfg:
[audio]
speech_enable = 1
speech_vol = 1
music_vol = 0
#-------------------------------------------
[camera]
campaign_map_smoothing = 1
default_in_battle = default
fov = 75
move = 30
restrict = 0
rotate = 10
#-------------------------------------------
[video]
detailed_unit_shadows = 0
glints = 0
gloss_mapping = 0
reflections = 0
smoke = 0
splashes = 0
unit_shaders = 0
vegetation = 1
shadows = 0
unit_detail = medium
building_detail = low
terrain_quality = low
effect_quality = low
vegetation_quality = low
depth_shadows_resolution = 1
texture_filtering = 1
bloom = 0
anisotropic_level = 4
tga_aspect = 1.33333
tga_input_scale = 1
tga_width = 5000
widescreen = 0
show_banners = 1
windowed = 1
tga_reserve_space = 0
anti_alias_mode = off
battle_32_bit = 1
battle_resolution = 720 480
campaign_32_bit = 1
campaign_resolution = 720 480
cloud_transitions = 1
desync_animations = 1
graphics_adapter = 0
multi_texture = 1
no_background_fmv = 1
safe_refresh = 1
stencil_shadows = 1
subtitles = 0
triple_buffer = 0
ui_32_bit = 0
movies = 0
#------------------------------------------- INSERT REPLAY HERE!!!
[replay]
play = 1
file = C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\replays\Replay.rpy
camera = C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\cameras\
show_battle_ui = 0
info = 0
#-------------------------------------------
[features]
editor = true
mod = C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\
#-------------------------------------------
[capture_tga]
enable = 0
fps = 30
dir = C:\video_capture\
#-------------------------------------------
[cine]
show = 1

and yes I saved the replay as 'Replay' so I put Replay.rpy in the name slot...
and you find anything wrong with it ? :S yes the edititing worked perfect, I created my scenes, cameras and camera groups and now I want to render the camer group but it does not work

btw Thanks for the help DJneed!

**D|major** · May 26, 2009, 01:58 PM

@ Irish tactitian: Weird, that looks completely fine. It should work fine, as long as your camera group is called Group1.cameraGroupXml and is placed at that path you wrote in the render.cfg (C:\Program Files\SEGA\Medieval II Total War\mods\Third_Age\cameras\). Btw. you must not delete the .cam-files if you use the camera groups. The camera group just links to the .cam-file and does not replace it.
Have you tried to render a single camera, not the whole group?

**Fulgrim88** · May 29, 2009, 01:32 PM

Hi, first of all thx for the great work, im just taking my first steps with CineEd today

I already did some working screenshots, but now i've got a problem;
When rendering my camera group, it gives me rendered shortmovies from below the ground, the point where the camera starts when you first enter the edit.bat
Why is that? I arranged every camera like in the tutorial (setting the keyframe with the mouse, then black bars as close as possible to the current point in time) and it worked fine before

Any help?

**Fulgrim88** · May 30, 2009, 02:36 AM

Ok i figured it out. Seems like i simply linked it wrong in the render.bat, or something.
Noob Misstake, thx anyway

**drazeN** · May 30, 2009, 07:29 AM

Excellent tutorials! After learning how to take screenshots with cin-ed video clips are peace of cake!

Thanks for these amazing tutorials! +rep

Edit: Here's my first try.

**Neblin** · June 10, 2009, 05:33 AM

Hi there!
Well I'll having problems with starting the CinEd with the mod Third_Age. I've checked and I have rewritten the files correctly, as explained in the tutorial. However whenever I click on the bat file, I get the message saying: M2 has encountered an error and must exit, or something like that. Has anyone any experience in using cinEd in Third_Age? Do I have to install it the M2 way or else follow the Kingdoms tutorial?

Cheers!

neblin

**D|major** · June 10, 2009, 06:09 AM

Since Third Age is a Kingdoms mod you need to change the name of the exe in the mod_cine-ed-files into Kingdoms.exe
It's explained in the mod tutorial, just the same way I worked with the Stainless Steel cine-ed-files in the tutorial.

**Neblin** · June 10, 2009, 07:27 AM

Ok, done that. Now I don't even get a message saying M2 is closing: it just closes automatically after the Third Age Total War screen appears.

EDIT:

Might it not work because it's not compatible with TATW 1.1? I have also other submods installed... maybe they are interferring?

**Gouldey** · June 18, 2009, 06:26 AM

I want to start making movies of m2tw with the cinematic editor

i know pretty much nothing bout computers

i need a complete idiots gude on how to set up the cinematic editor

any help would be much appreciated

cheers

**helpme22** · July 05, 2009, 02:48 PM

d-need after trying to fix the Cined i found out that there was some kind of error withe the task bar and hav finaly gotten it to work and am going to release my first video soon.heer it is my first mideval 2 video...

**jản** · July 08, 2009, 08:10 AM

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hi - i finally wanted to thanks d-need for this wonderful
tutorials which helped me a lot. you may wanna see the
results - the faction intros for the M2TW Lord of the Rings
modifaication Third Age Total War which was released
in april 2009.

go here to see all 12 different faction intros i made in
two month in full-HD:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThirdAgeTotalWar

and here is the Youtube-Playlist for all 12 Intros:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...A89317509FC821

///

**helpme22** · July 08, 2009, 07:43 PM

hay dneed for some reason it wont render any of the cameras for my next movie it loads and then closes so im going to look at the faq.

**MasterBigAb** · July 24, 2009, 02:46 PM

I also would like to say thanks to D - without him i also wouldn't be able to make my vids...
I already did a few now, if someone want to watch them - here

**Finlander** · July 28, 2009, 07:39 AM

I have always wanted to do mine own videos. They would be awesome.
But when I saw what kind of is doing those videos...

maybe nobody wont see mine videos ever

I just cant understand those file changing and other stuff.

**jản** · July 28, 2009, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Finlander

I have always wanted to do mine own videos. They would be awesome.
But when I saw what kind of is doing those videos...

maybe nobody wont see mine videos ever

I just cant understand those file changing and other stuff.

we all went trough this, man. but once you got it running you couldn't
stop. so give it a shot and if it wont start use Dneed's instructions
and my little tutorial for TATW.

**Finlander** · July 28, 2009, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by jản

we all went trough this, man. but once you got it running you couldn't
stop. so give it a shot and if it wont start use Dneed's instructions
and my little tutorial for TATW.

yeah, but it is hard work to learn everything that. Little mistake somewhere and nothing wont work.

But I have glance your and Dneed's tutorial and they seems pritty good. At least I even know something about making video, but I havent downloaded that program yet.

But someday I will and then I make my own video. But there is much more reading and wondering before I can work.

**Gigas Coco** · August 02, 2009, 02:27 PM

Hey, i have gotten both the v2 v3 updates. I have tried to use the editor and I have double and triple checked all the inputs. Every time I have tried to use the editor, it bring up the splash screen then terminates the program.