video capture of CFS3 mission, need help

[davidschaller]

I am developing a museum kiosk about the Tuskeegee Airmen which will include feature a short faux-documentary depicting a typical B-24 escort mission, captured from CFS3 (we have permission from Microsoft). I'm looking for someone to set up the mission accurately in CFS3+Firepower and then do the screen video capture of the P-51s, B-24s and FW-190s, some in cockpit but mostly exterior, with high-quality graphic settings, smooth frame rate, etc. Anyone interested? If so, include links to a few screen capture video that you've done.

This would be a paid gig.

thanks
Dave

[FAFL342Pascal]

Its always a pleasure to post video links

see also post from "flyer01"
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=27715


All links below already posted on this forum

The "Lorraine" on mission in Lybia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQxCfd6PBgs

One multiplayer session with FAFL342
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QchjnrPTTIs

Bomb run sur Watten, France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWevLf8sJmQ

Why do you need FirePower ? specific aircrafts ?

[flyer01]

Here is some video I have made in CFS3.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=aarprazorback&search_type=&aq=f

Pay WOW! What is that!

I do this for the love of the sim. As do the others.

Take a look and let me know if you need help with the project.


flyer01:salute:

[davidschaller]

Thanks for the fast replies! Those are some gorgeous videos. I was initially planning to do the video capture myself, but quickly realized that I would need a lot more expertise with the game to get good clips, and expertise is worth paying for.

I was thinking CFS3+Firepower because I need B-24s. If there's another option, that's fine, but from my newbie research, that looked like the way to go.

With the focus on the Tuskegee Airmen, we would like to include some shots taking off and returning to land their base at Rametelli, Italy (near Naples). I don't think that's included in CFS3 and maybe not in any expansions; any suggestions on how to tackle that?

The other shots (probably around 50 in all) will be airborne, things like rendezvousing with and then escorting the B-24s, B-24 gets hit by flak, P-51 dropping fuel tank, and of course dogfights with FW-190s.

[flyer01]

davidschaller, found some good video of the Tuskegee Airmen.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1427095596055235252#


flyer01:salute:

[FAFL342Pascal]

About airfield : MAW add on cover italia, and have already two airfields at napoli. Anyway its possible to add some but it need to compile the global layer. It would be better to have an airfield that looks like, even if not in the same place (type and number of runways)

CFS3 std stop near MonteCassino, but there s not napoli

i have a B24 but maybe you need some special repaints ?

[FAFL342Pascal]

davidschaller, found some good video of the Tuskegee Airmen.



http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1427095596055235252#


flyer01:salute:

Ya very good !

[MajorMagee]

Which museum?

If you need any particular skins just let us know.

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/42-103645.shtml

http://www.mustangsmustangs.com/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/42-103645/42-103645_27_jb5.jpg

[FAFL342Pascal]

Which museum?

If you need any particular skins just let us know.

Yes ! tell us a bit more about your project

[davidschaller]

Thanks for all the interest! I was worried it would be hard to find anyone to help me. Here are a few more specifics:
-This is going to be part of a kiosk interactive at the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum, in their Pioneers of Flight gallery (the pioneers being the Tuskegee Airmen).
-I found a custom Tuskegee P-51 model on flyawaysimulation.com/, but at second look there it says it's FSX, not CFS3. Would that work? But it looks like there are other possibilities for redtail models from the 332nd group--FAFL342Pascal, is that a painting or a screen grab?
-I have to check and see what paint scheme the B-24s they supported had, so I may be very happy to get some help with repaints on that.
-I need to acquire permission from the manufacturers of any software or models we use, and I am not sure how that applies to MAW (that web site isn't responding). That was user-generated content? It's true that the airfield layout is more important than the larger geographic location, as far as capturing some plausible video clips of takeoff and landing.

Dave

[FAFL342Pascal]

The P51 is a repaint from "Wildbat", available on SOH.
its a "D" version.
In the video flyer01 point at, it was p51B in italia, and p51d lately over germany.
Anyway, if video is just introducing or ending some longer sequences, quizz, pages, for newbees, you can stand for the p51D. there are also other bombers as b17 and b26.
Fsx would be able to give some wonderfull shots, but wont go for fighting, drop tanks or hit by flak. (the best fsx i ever seen : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_GVgvsIxzQ )

[flyer01]

This p-51_d is in AvHistory.with this wright-up about the plane and pilot.
P-51D-30 MUSTANG

Captain Brown commanded the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group (the "Tuskegee Airmen") in World War II, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with eight Oak Leaf Clusters.
Captain Brown was a part of the March 24, 1945 59 plane Mission led by Col. Davis escorting bombers B-17 and B-24 of the 115th Air force on their longest raid of 1600 miles round trip to attack the Daimler -Benz tank works in the out skirts of Berlin. On this mission., while over Berlin the bombers were attacked by the Germans latest fighter air craft the Me-262 and rocket powered ME 163 fighter aircraft.
During the ensuing "Dog fight" to protect the bombers, Captain Brown destroyed a ME-262 becoming the first to shoot down a jet with a conventional aircraft.
Today Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Ph.D, is the Director of the Center for Urban Education Policy and University Professor at the Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York, is past President of Bronx Community College of CUNY, and was formerly Director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs at New York University.
He holds a doctorate from New York University, and has served on faculty at West Virginia State College and as a full professor at New York University's School of Education. A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Brown is a graduate of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and received his Bachelor's degree from Springfield College in Massachusetts.

Well done Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr.:medals:
Thank you AvHistory for the info. and the AvH_US_P-51D-30_100th


flyer01:salute:

[flyer01]

Site that could help with the project.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/Mustang-QandA.html



flyer01:salute:

[davidschaller]

I'm working on the scenario for the interactive; it looks like they flew both C and D at the same time, so either would work for us. They escorted B-24s from many different bomber wings, so there's latitude there as well.

For the video capture, since this is a kiosk, I would really like to have full screen--1280x1024--video clips at high-quality graphics settings. Is your system capable of that?

[flyer01]

@ Dave, check your PM's

flyer01:salute:

[flyer01]

Dave, Take a look at the videos on this site httpwww.beauscfs3.leaveningonline.comhtmlhome.html

and this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqXGwTKUdk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqXGwTKUdk)

BeauBrummie and
Tailwind make very good CFS3 videos.

Thy are also make very good missions

Thy can be contacted with a PM at SOH.

flyer01:salute:

[flyer01]

@ Dave, check your PM's

flyer01:salute:

[viso]

I need to acquire permission from the manufacturers of any software or models we use, and I am not sure how that applies to MAW (that web site isn't responding). That was user-generated content? It's true that the airfield layout is more important than the larger geographic location, as far as capturing some plausible video clips of takeoff and landing.Dave
For starters, I would recommend that you install MAW (or re-install it) and then you will have a chance to reread the copyright notice. (It shows up quite early-on in the process.) Most of the constraints regarded the distribution of the files, to ensure that people didn't start distributing it for fee. You would also be more interested in any constraints on the end-uses.

The download links for the MAW files can be found in this thread: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=18693&page=4

The same would go for ETO and Firepower.

If there are only specific aircraft that you need, you can probably find the respective creators by poring through the various README files in the aircraft directories.

Edit: Come to think of it, several of the aircraft and some of the other assets may have their own README files or other documents limiting use. All you have to do is look through the directories to find them.

[Tailwind]

Dave, Take a look at the videos on this site httpwww.beauscfs3.leaveningonline.comhtmlhome.html

and this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqXGwTKUdk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqXGwTKUdk)

BeauBrummie and
Tailwind make very good CFS3 videos.

Thy are also make very good missions

Thy can be contacted with a PM at SOH.

flyer01:salute:

Thanks flyer01 kind words

:ernae:

TW

[davidschaller]

Thanks for all the links, guys. I"m downloading MAW now but I read something that implied I'd need a fresh install of CFS3 to install it into---since I've got Firepower already installed, that won't work?

[davidschaller]

Oh, I was mistaken above; the Ramitelli airfield is actually on the Adriatic coast, in the cluster of AAF fields there. Maybe it's not too critical. Anyone happen to know what the base models for that area in CFS3/ETO are like, and if they'd pass for Ramitelli reasonably well?

[flyer01]

Just to be no the safe side you should install a vanilla CFS3 then install MAW. You are in for a pleasant surprise with Maw and the other Expansions such as ETO and DPCKS. FirePower in mild compared to the other Expansions other then the A_bomb. As time go's by you will learn to mix and match the expansions to get what you want in each. The possibilities are almost end less.


flyer01

[viso]

Thanks for all the links, guys. I"m downloading MAW now but I read something that implied I'd need a fresh install of CFS3 to install it into---since I've got Firepower already installed, that won't work?

What Flyer01 said plus some other tips:
- Install CFS3
- Install patches CFS3.1a and CFS3.1b
- Install CFS3 Mission Builder. If you are doing video, you will need the ability to create missions (ability to position aircraft, schedule events, etc). However, you MUST install mission builder as part of your vanilla install or else it won't work with the add-ons.
- Once your vanilla CFS3 install is complete ... AND BEFORE YOU INSTALL MAW, ETO, whatever ... do a PKZIP of the entire CFS3 directory. That way, if anything gets messed up down the road, you can restore it much more quickly.

[davidschaller]

I didn't mean to let this drop for so long, but got swamped with some other deadlines. But we have the scenario/script nearly done, so I do want to find someone who can set up our mission in CFS3/MAW and do the video capture. I've seen a lot of great example videos in the posts above, but it would be very helpful to hear specifically from anyone who's interested in this and can meet the specs:


Video dimensions: 1280x1024 or even larger (the kiosk monitor will be 1900x1200, widescreen, but I don't know if anyone can capture at such high resolution)
Graphics settings: high-quality
Frame rate: Constant 30 fps
Timeframe: late March-mid April


I know those are pretty demanding specs, but hopefully someone out there has a capable rig. Again, this is a paying gig, and we can discuss a fee based on the scenario and number of clips required.

Please PM me if you can do those specs and are interested. Thanks much!
Dave

[davidschaller]

Hmm, nobody interested or able to do that? What if I lower the video canvas size to 1024x768--can anybody do that?

[davidschaller]

Or, would it be possible for someone to set up the mission according to my specs in MAW, and then export that mission so I can run it and capture the video on my computer (assuming mine is powerful enough, not sure about that). When you set up a mission, can you also set up camera paths and all that, or is all that controlled live by the player. (I'd rather have someone set all that up since I'm not going to develop the kind of proficiency with CFS/MAW that I need for great video clips.)

[davidschaller]

[edit: never mind, this question was already answered in an earlier post on this thread.]

[viso]

Well however it turns out, I know that I'm looking forward to seeing the end-product. Certainly a worthwhile subject. We need more of these kinds of things.