Cimenatic editor help

Dragon-GuardDragon-Guard Join Date: 2011-07-25 Member: 112159Members
in Mapping
Hi guys, wondering if anyone maybe knows an existing tut, or would be willing to do a tut on the cinematic editor?

I got emitters figured out but i cant get any of the other things to work for the life of me.

I asked Tig a while back in his maps topic but havent heard since from him.


Any slice of info you can give/explain would be nice to have, this can be text, pictures, videos, anything at all.
Something is better then nothing after all :)
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    I would be willing to do some simple tutorials for cinematics, but I sound awful on the microphone and the cinematic editor always crashes on me.
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  • fmponefmpone Join Date: 2011-07-05 Member: 108086Members, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1869801:date=Aug 18 2011, 09:22 AM:name=Zuriki)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zuriki @ Aug 18 2011, 09:22 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1869801"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I would be willing to do some simple tutorials for cinematics, but I sound awful on the microphone and the cinematic editor always crashes on me.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    please, it would be a big help. I'd love to figure out how to use that thing
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    Okay, well, maybe. What is it most people have difficulty with? Because it's a lot of effort to describe the basics like origin and rotation etc.
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  • fmponefmpone Join Date: 2011-07-05 Member: 108086Members, Squad Five Blue
    edited August 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1870289:date=Aug 20 2011, 08:13 PM:name=Zuriki)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zuriki @ Aug 20 2011, 08:13 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1870289"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Okay, well, maybe. What is it most people have difficulty with? Because it's a lot of effort to describe the basics like origin and rotation etc.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Anything a mapper wouldn't know (i.e. has no translation from Spark Editor) would be useful
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  • Dragon-GuardDragon-Guard Join Date: 2011-07-25 Member: 112159Members
    i would love some examples on how the different things in the cinematic editor are used, how they work and such.

    Maybe its easiest for yourself as well if you just think up some examples that use some of the different tools the editor has to offer.
    I only know a tiny bit of the emitters so far.
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    Well I guess I could make a basics tutorial that covers all the stuff a noobie should know. Then put into practice those techniques. I should probably make an episode list to organise my thoughts.

    #1 - Basics (Origin, Rotation, Camera, Deleting)
    #2 - Emitters
    #3 - Models and Curves
    #4 - Emitters and Curves
    #5 - Actors and Events

    Hopefully, this should mean each video is no more than 10 minutes long. Of course, it's going to take time to produce and edit each video. Curves covers two videos because the function of it varies slightly with emitters. #4 will probably be the shortest and may even be morphed into #3.
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  • Trainee.gerTrainee.ger Join Date: 2011-05-22 Member: 100097Members
    it would be much appreciated :)
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  • pSyk0mAnpSyk0mAn Nerdish by Nature Germany Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19166Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Community Developer
    Here is a thread with a nice tutorial:
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=111668" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index....howtopic=111668</a>
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/index.php/Dynamic_Lights_With_Props" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/inde...ghts_With_Props</a>

    Regarding that tutorial I'm still not able to open .model files or any files at all (except .level files) with the file browser in the cinematic editor.
    Anyone knows this problem?
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  • ZurikiZuriki Join Date: 2010-11-20 Member: 75105Members
    You're not supposed to, that's to open cinematic files. You use the view model object to import models.
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  • pSyk0mAnpSyk0mAn Nerdish by Nature Germany Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19166Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, NS2 Community Developer
    Oh wow, I found out what went wrong after deleting the options file of the cinematic editor.
    Months ago I've closed the selection window and forgot all about it and also completely missed that showing in the tutorial.
    Apparently there is no way to reopen that with the window menu and right there in the selection menu I can pick a model for an actor object.
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