Trailer.

**King Nud** · November 10, 2009, 04:27 PM

Right, a few of you guys may remembered my ill-fated attempt to get an intro vid for the mod going.

Well, i thought of this instead:

how about a cool promo trailer that can be released via youtube to generate even more hype for this mod!

this isn't just words, i came up with this instead of doing German at school today;

So, we could have a short trailer previewing the main changes in this mod:

Flash up the name of each new faction over an image/clip of one of their specific units, with a nice big BANG noise when the name is in focus/on screen.
Could have a big Panoramic sweep over the campaign map
Zoomed in shots of iconic/best looking units
Panoramic shot of chaotic battle

or
Narrated style, like in the Vanilla RTW intro video?
Tells small story about the stste of the world
etc

or

Full Trailer?

Medium length trailer,
"The team that brought you RS1, RS1.5, RS1.6............(game footage)
presents it's newest release..........
"With several new factions (list them), with a bang every time a name appears on screen."
"Totally refreshed strat map and all new amazing battlemap environments"
{SCREENS OF BOTH!}{Video of battle maps with battles on them}
Talk about new trait
system breifly
Buildings?
all building up to a black screen with the RS2 logo appearing in the centre.

so there's a little thought of mine :-)

**tone** · November 10, 2009, 04:39 PM

Good questions...also worth seeing what PseudoRomanus and Elendil are up to.

**PSEUDO ROMANUS** · November 10, 2009, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by tone

Good questions...also worth seeing what PseudoRomanus and Elendil are up to.

So far I haven't made anything yet for two reasons:
1. IMO it doesn't make sense to work on a vid right now when the graphic improvements are not completed yet, and
2. and this reason is even more important: I haven't finished DL'ing the mod yet

. I'm still having problems with it and DL'ing at a rate of 2 mb every time I push the 'SVN update' button

.

**King Nud** · November 10, 2009, 05:20 PM

I will get in touch with them tomorrow morning, are either of them
on the team, because if they are to be involved in this video, it would be a great help to have them be able to see this forum.

i'm also trying to track down a laptop, but i doubt i can :'(

**King Nud** · November 11, 2009, 01:42 AM

that all makes sense to me :-)

besides, this video can be the last thing that gets done before release.

I just thought i'd share that idea before i forgot it :-)

**Brusilov** · November 11, 2009, 03:16 AM

Well, all that really needs to be finished are the units and environment - the other bits such as campaign balance, traits etc you don't really need for the trailers. So, the trailer does not have to be the last thing to be done.

How long do you think it would take to put a trailer together if everything that you needed was complete? I don't think for one minute that putting a decent trailer together will be a simple or easy task.

**PSEUDO ROMANUS** · November 11, 2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Brusilov

Well, all that really needs to be finished are the units and environment - the other bits such as campaign balance, traits etc you don't really need for the trailers. So, the trailer does not have to be the last thing to be done.

How long do you think it would take to put a trailer together if everything that you needed was complete? I don't think for one minute that putting a decent trailer together will be a simple or easy task.

About the first statement, you're right. Graphic things completed only is what we need to work on a trailer.
About your question, if no RL issues rise, it won't take to long for me to make my vid in the way I had already planned it. You'll see, I've been working on it in terms of the concept, length, music and stuff. I only need to do the shooting part now.

**tone** · November 11, 2009, 03:44 AM

I'm hoping to get a load more done this week on the environment.....should be looking at getting the infertile grassland forest finished I hope.

**torzsoktamas** · November 11, 2009, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by tone

I'm hoping to get a load more done this week on the environment.....should be looking at getting the infertile grassland forest finished I hope.

Have a good work with those.

Altough after the enviroment,will you reskin the few units that you said:numidian cavalry fro example?Just asking.

And a video would be a good idea!

**tone** · November 11, 2009, 08:17 AM

Altough after the enviroment,will you reskin the few units that you said:numidian cavalry fro example?Just asking.

Yes, as I've mentioned before. The ones I'm planning on redoing are:

Numidian cavalry
Balearic slingers
Spartan general +/- captain
Tweak Scythian hoplite / slavic spearman

**Killerbee** · November 11, 2009, 08:22 AM

Great idea bout the trailer!

What you could also do is make a trailer out of a Historical Battle

In other words, you show a battle, and at the end, it's clear it's for instance battle of Lake Trasimene

**tone** · November 11, 2009, 08:51 AM

King Nud, have you got Dev Forum access?

**King Nud** · November 11, 2009, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by tone

King Nud, have you got Dev Forum access?

i don't.

@Pseudo Romanus: What idea do you have for a video, do you mean a video that plays whenever the mod loads?

edit: tone, i applied for access to the dev forum.

**PSEUDO ROMANUS** · November 11, 2009, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by King Nud

@Pseudo Romanus: What idea do you have for a video, do you mean a video that plays whenever the mod loads?

It could be used as one. Similar to this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyZNjKkhtkw regarding the concept not the execution. Much more dynamic though, as it fits RS time frame.