How do you create a movie?

[*Lava*]

Okay..

I'm a dumby. I've looked around in the manual and haven't been able to find out how you do this.

Can someone walk me through the process please or give me a link to a thread that does.

Thanks!

Ray (alias Lava)

[larryfulkerson]

There is a menu option that will turn on the creation of a screen capture kind of picture ( one of the large map and one of the micromap ) and these files are written at the end of each sides turn:



The resulting images can be converted to GIF files and strung together as separate frames of a movie using a tool called GIFanimator.exe.  If you don't have GIFanimator.exe and don't know where to find it drop me an email asking for it and I'll send you a copy of mine with instructions etc.  I'm at larryfulkerson2002 at yahoo dot com.

EDIT:
I found GIFanimator.exe at the following url:

http://www.the-protagonist.net/downloads/gifanimator/

you can download it from there I presume.

Attached are the instructions I was going to send to anybody asking for GIFanimator.exe

[*Lava*]

Wow!

Thanks very much!

I'll check around the web and see if I can find the GIFanimator.exe.

Thanks again.

Ray (alias Lava)

[JAMiAM]

Keep in mind that the BMP files that the movies option writes can take up a lot of space. After you've converted them, you might want to delete them to save on drive space.

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
EDIT:
I found GIFanimator.exe at the following url:

http://www.the-protagonist.net/downloads/gifanimator/

you can download it from there I presume.

Attached are the instructions I was going to send to anybody asking for GIFanimator.exe

Well...

Like that's a reaaaaaaallly fast response with everything you need to know. I think even I can do this.

@J-Man, thanks for the advice, I've got plenty of HD space, but I would imagine that the movie option could really fill that up quite fast if you left it running.. [X(]

Ray (alias "the not so nerdly" Lava)

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

There is a menu option that will turn on the creation of a screen capture kind of picture ( one of the large map and one of the micromap ) and these files are written at the end of each sides turn:

Okay..

I have found the large map saved in the "saves" file, but the micromap doesn't appear. Is it suppose to be in the same file or somewhere else.

I end up with shots of the large map for both the allied and the german moves... but no micromap that I can tell.

Any advice?

Ray (alias Lava)

[larryfulkerson]

I'm sorry I don't know where your files are going.   I always look in the "saves" folder for mine.  The smalll map always has a "u" in the name and the large map always has a "m" in the name.  Lilke this:

Fire in the East 1941-1945.Axisu011.BMP ......small map name
Fire in the East 1941-1945.Axism011.BMP....... large map name

And I always get both files so I don't understand why you don't.

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson
And I always get both files so I don't understand why you don't.

That's because I'm an idiot and didn't scroll down to see the different format.

Anybody wonder why folks never ask me to help fix their computers?

[:D]

Ray (alias "the computer wonder" Lava)

[Pocus]

@ Larry: what are the graphical mods you are using? 

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Pocus
@ Larry: what are the graphical mods you are using? 

It's a combination of mods so that it's some from one and some from another and you can find the one I'm using here:

http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/forum ... le&id=1125

OH, and the broken railroad files are attached :

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: Lava
I think even I can do this.

Hey Mr Lava: I'd like to see a movie you put together. No pressure.

[*Lava*]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

Hey Lava: I'd like to see a movie you put together. No pressure.

Well... if I can ever win a game you will see one. Elmer is definately a tetch better.

Hopefully I'll have something soon.

BTW.. if I can make this animation thing work, it seems a great tool for AAR's for lots of other games as well.

Ray (alias "this is getting embarssing" Lava)