"And being a survivor of Cancer, I can truly open my eyes to the world and say 'I was given life. Even though it may not turn out to become what I expected, I might as well make the damned best of it.'" - Colin Wyckoff
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Monetization of this video has now been disabled and the donation was made as of 09/09/2015. Proof is found here in this update video youtube.com/watch?v=uWxD69lmDiM. Rest well, friend. You were awesome.
"And being a survivor of Cancer, I can truly open my eyes to the world and say 'I was given life. Even though it may not turn out to become what I expected, I might as well make the damned best of it.'" - Colin Wyckoff
"And being a survivor of Cancer, I can truly open my eyes to the world and say 'I was given life. Even though it may not turn out to become what I expected, I might as well make the damned best of it.'" - Colin Wyckoff
updated 9 years ago
"And being a survivor of Cancer, I can truly open my eyes to the world and say 'I was given life. Even though it may not turn out to become what I expected, I might as well make the damned best of it.'" - Colin Wyckoff
Game in the background: Nioh: Complete Edition (PC)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/485510/Nioh_Complete_Edition___Complete_Edition
Music in the background: Office - Nervous Testpilot - Frozen Cortex OST
http://nervoustestpilot.co.uk/album/frozen-cortex-original-soundtrack
Videos made for Team Four Star:
Cell VS. Ken and Ryu: youtube.com/watch?v=5XJKbvEPuFQ
Cell VS. Sonic and Knuckles: youtube.com/watch?v=hAfONEwrrsE
Cell VS. Deadpool: youtube.com/watch?v=BzpfZuD07M0
Christ, I wish there were more hours in each day. That would help!
There are reasons you don't see most content creators do this sort of plan when donating, and that's one big reason among others. If you as a YouTube content creator ever see the opportunity to donate for a cause you believe in, then I suggest instead doing the proven method of getting you and your viewership involved in donating whatever big or small you decide. You can keep a pool and donate it all at once at a set date, rather than dull out ad revenue donations in awkward chunks as the months pass and the views on the video keep coming. Not to mention, if you get enough people involved, you're also likely to wind up with a greater donation amount than the small amount YouTube pays out, especially to those who need a lot of time to make one video.
So again, I can't provide exact amounts and I can't disclose just how much extra I put in, aside from the extra $100. You'll just have to believe that the amount is genuine and that I would never short change a cause on behalf of someone we all miss dearly. Thank you all for your patience and don't forget to tell your friends how much they mean to you. Trust me, you may think it'll sound awkward coming from you, but they deserve to know and you'll wish you did if something ever happened to them.
Thanks everyone who pledged over the year! We're bringing things back to the way they were and hopefully I'll have some great stuff out for you soon :)
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In this tutorial, I show you a rough process of how I usually do lip sync, which should give you a pretty good idea of how it's usually done in a general animation sense as well. For those curious, the time lapse sequence actually took about 45 minutes real time to do. Your actual animation time may vary depending on the level of detail you wish to put forth in your lip sync.
--- Other animators featured in this video ---
Kitty0706 youtube.com/user/kitty0706
OneyNG youtube.com/user/OneyNG/videos
Antoine Delak youtube.com/user/antoine35DeLak
Doctor Face youtube.com/user/69Starmix96
Hot Diggedy Demon youtube.com/user/hotdiggedydemon
--- Music ---
Dust - Hotline Miami 2 OST
Water Wall - Transistor OST
Everything you need to know about Tower Unite will be within the kickstarter page. Every bit helps and I really do hope that this gets to happen because even Tower in its current form is a lot of fun already!
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--- Music used ---
00:09: Don't Bother None - Cowboy Bebop OST
00:35: Yet... Oh see mind - God Hand OST
01:48: Come On! - Lost Without Cause
02:19: Four Kings - Dark Souls OST
02:57: Hypnotica - Two Steps from Hell
03:13: Main Menu Theme - Evolve OST
03:18: Menu theme - Mario Kart 8 OST
03:37: Slide theme - Mario 64 OST
04:21: Music Box Cover Song - Aducherti
05:32: Overture - Whiplash OST
05:37: Sandstorm (MLG remix)
06:03: The Gates of Hell - Bayonetta OST
06:33: The Lonely Man Theme (Airhorn version) - Me
06:41: Gobi's Valley - Banjo-Kazooie OST
07:19: Father Gascoigne - Bloodborne OST
07:50: Lullaby for Mergo - Bloodborne OST
Some episodes get lots of my short skit ideas, others get the longer ones. This one is in the latter category. Thanks again to everyone who directly helped in making this one possible and thanks once again to those supporting me on Patreon! The Idiot Box is never easy to make with all the resources going into it, but you guys allow me to work on these videos every day now and that helps speed things along more than they would have otherwise :)
music used:
listing the music takes time too.
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This is it, everybody!
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Bring bullets.
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We're going to need a lot more fuel for this one.
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The dwindling bandage supply keeps the group from taking risks with danger. Will we find enough?
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May contain raids.
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We're looking to start getting our good deeds on in this one after all the food we've stolen from others in the past. With any luck, we'll start doing a lot more good around here.
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Or you could just not play sniper and actually contribute to the objective.
-- Music used --
Rabbids Go Home - Bãtutã din Moldova
Pick Yourself Up - Nat King Cole
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Our luck may run out eventually ...
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Welcome to episode 2 of my This War of Mine playthrough. This week, are we good people, or are we bad? Only time will truly tell.
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So, by popular demand, here's my first ever Lets Play done in a style inspired by the Something Awful archives. The game is the focus here and I seek to be as informative and respectful to the game's tone as much as possible. If I can help it, aside from the ad at the beginning of the video, there will be no ad breaks in the middle, not even the small popup ones, so it's to preserve the immersion factor of the game. I do hear about mid-break ads getting out of the creator's hands from time to time, but I'm going to do my best to prevent that from happening.
Please keep in mind, this is not a replacement at all of my animation content. A common complaint I get is that I take forever to upload a video, and that of course, is simply due to the fact that animation takes infinitely longer to make than any sort of content out there, period. Unless people are looking to have the animation become really lousy, just plain "hurrying it up" is not something I can do. I already work 8+ hours every day on animation and each sessions may only yield 6 - 20 seconds of footage depending on what's being done. This is a side series that can have 20 minute episodes made in the span of about 5 - 8 hours each after all the post production. This will allow me to release an LP video once a week to tide people over while I continue to work on my animation content. I do hope you like it. If not, tell me.
Let me know what you think. I'll be taking suggestions and constructive criticism to help polish up this series, that is, if people favor it enough to continue doing.
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Stop Motion Helper can be found here:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=111895870
Music used: Parting Shots - Frozen Synapse Red OST
Today we're going to be taking a look at the updated version of the Stop Motion Helper addon. Additional features will be added later, so please remember, there's written tutorials both on the workshop page and within the mod itself through a help button in the settings menu of the addon.
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If you own an Android device, Numbershock can be found here:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cubicwindgames.numbershock&hl=en
And in case you're wondering how I direct captured Numbershock from my tablet, I followed these instructions:
http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-to-record-your-screen-on-Android-4.4-KitKat_id49133
It's vlog time! In this one, I tell the full story on what happened to my day job since a lot of people were still pretty unclear as to what happened with it. It's an annoying tale, that's for sure. I also cover a future plan and an experimental one that may or may not continue, depending on audience approval.
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Additional last minute Photoshop work done by Moonlightstrike. Sorry I missed you in the credits. I always miss SOMEONE every damn video I do.
LP and Phil celebrate the holidays with the attempt at a PR patch job on YouTube Ave. Episode 3!
Once again, I simply must extend my thanks to those of you supporting me on Patreon. Thanks to you, I'm able to actually go visit my family for the holidays, rather than working on Christmas like I have been for years. Not a day goes by where I'm not thinking about you guys :)
--- Music ---
01:12: Finders Creepers - Spongebob Squarepants OST
02:32: Big Bad Giant - ?
03:14: Valse Aux Champs-Elysees - Ren and Stimpy OST
04:12: What's Up, People?! - Maximun the Hormone
04:17: O Tannenbaum - Charlie Brown Christmas OST
04:46: We Are Tonight's Entertainment - The Dark Knight OST
06:08: Christmas Time Is Here (Instrumental) - Charlie Brown Christmas
07:11: Sadistic Xmas (Arctic Dream) - Tekken Tag Tournament 2 OST
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While I prepare for the next episode of YouTube AVE, I decided to get in another Vicious Cycle video, cuz admittedly, they're kinda fun to do and it's nice to make a video that isn't a lengthy one either.
Special thanks to PYROTEKNIK for some additional coding help and Maxxy for making the adorable face poseable pyro.
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"Gimme dat butt" audio brought to you by DruoxTheShredder.
Source: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/515183
And in typical fashion, I screwed up and forgot to credit someone. Thanks to Maxxy and Dr. Face for the Rappy n' Demo model pack!
--- Music used ---
00:06 : Flowing Destiny (Piano Arrangement) - Zone of the Enders OST
00:25 : Leo Stenbuck (Break Out) - Zone of the Enders OST
01:04 : Don't Bother None - Cowboy Bebop OST
01:26 : Come on! - Lost Without Cause
01:34 : Loading Screen Theme - GTA5 OST
01:42 : Elvira Madigan - Mozart
02:13 : Walk In The Night - Kaori Kobayashi
02:23 : Bank Robber Chase - Invader Zim OST
02:31 : Rich Kid Blues - Batman Arkham City OST
03:13 : EXM Puppetmaster - Ghost in the Shell OST
03:55 : Minigame Victory 6 - Mario Party 1 OST
04:33 : And Now We Wait - Payday 2 OST
05:38 : Green Bird - Cowboy Bebop OST
06:13 : Blood and Sand - ?
06:28 : Bowerstone - Fable OST
07:08 : Vigilante - Watch_Dogs OST
07:35 : It's a Smile World - God Hand OST
07:59 : Idoling - Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig OST
08:57 : Hall Of Fate - Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection OST
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What a fight. Seriously, this episode resisted me every step of the way in its production. Regardless, here's episode 14, a bit late, but here nonetheless. Hope you fellas enjoy! And as always I wish to thank my patrons that have been patient and so extremely supportive over the last several months. I'm so fortunate to have such amazing people like you guys allowing me to keep the roof over my head until I get either my original day job back, or find a different one if the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services won't screw off with stonewalling my licensing process anytime soon.
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While I was getting started on episode 14 of the GMod Idiot Box, I ran into some pretty bad problems involving one important character breaking an important tool. Rather than sit around waiting for fixes to take place, I instead decided to make another addition to the class based Vicious Cycle shorts I started a short time ago while the problem hopefully gets resolved. Here's the next entry in the short series, this time involving the engineer.
Music: Bãtutã Din Moldova - Rabbids Go Home OST
Extra thanks to:
Dr. Face for the quick, hilarious spy snorting audio
PYROTEKNIK for additional model work
The "You had one job" part was indeed a reference to "Why Engineers Shouldn't Defend" by Dr. Face. youtube.com/watch?v=kVrrt-nvDnQ
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Dr. Face's GMod Stop Motion Tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=aM2MA6xOXzk
Music: Soeren - Unreal Tournament 2004 Community Bonus Map Pack
Welcome back to Know Your Schitt, where I teach you 5 cool tricks that may come in handy for your next GMod machinima. These tricks range from useful tricks to help your animation process, to clever uses of physics to achieve certain silly effects. If you can think of any tricks you would like to see covered in this tutorial series, send me a PM and I'll see about adding them in the future!
Also, whoops, I did find the workshop tool you can use to make ragdolls fall over with force easier. You can find it here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=106609141
Keep in mind, I use Sony Vegas 12 for my editing software, so if you use something else, your tool location will obviously vary. I apologies to those using Adobe Premiere, for I have never used Premiere before.
Also, special thanks to PYROTEKNIK for showing me the vcollide console command in the first place :)
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Music: Bãtutã Din Moldova - Rabbids Go Home OST
To watch on repeat: http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=DLFZNfygt7s
Ahh, the good ol' Vicious Cycle meme. I know it's a bit of an older one, and unfortunately, it was relatively hindered by YouTube fixing the glitch that allowed videos to go on automatic repeat. Still, I wanted to contribute, late as it is, to one of the more clever memes we have, brought to us by Raikujo, this time with a class focused spin on it. Plus, I wanted to practice some new animation tools and techniques in GMod by way of a short video rather than a full length one. So here you go ... the Vicious Cycle of playing the medic on TF2.
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Welcome back to YouTube Avenue as LP and Phil attempt to enhance their content through the forbidden art of editing. Their first hurdle comes when it's time to introduce themselves to the new neighbor that can hopefully make this endeavor possible.
Once again, this video, and my ability to eat of course, was made possible by the wonderful people supporting via Patreon. And of course, I want to give a big "fuck you" to the Department of Agriculture, whom continues to drag their ass over my case that was resolved almost a year ago and keep me from working. I simply don't know how any company or employee forced to go through you manage to go anywhere.
---- Music used ----
00:06: Shinigami Kai B - Death Note OST
00:56: Niobi's Run - The Matrix Revolutions OST
01:13: Moving Mountains (No Choir) - Two Steps from Hell
01:40: Dance of the Swans - Tchaikovsky
02:46: Blue Blood - Heinz Kiessling (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
03:50: Still Alive - Portal OST
03:56: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
04:52: The Gang of Venice - God Hand OST
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.gif-able Bill: youtube.com/watch?v=1z3S1xSXz2o
This episode took one full month to make, which is actually amazing considering the amount of resources and effort that went into this one. This was made possible by those supporting me at Patreon, who helped keep the roof over my head during the suspension of my day job situation. During the day job suspension period, I was able to work full time on this episode, so this was a particularly special video to me.
For those of you curious about the day job situation, I work security, which you need a license to do. Back in April, my security license was denied when my background check revealed a speeding ticket on my record. In order to get the license back, they have to review my case docket which proves the case has been resolved already over a year ago. After weeks and weeks of dealing with several departments dragging their heels and our extremely incompetent mail carriers putting items in the wrong goddamn mailboxes, things should finally be sorting itself out soon.
Also, the breakable prison map was custom made for this episode by Menderza. It was not a publicly available map.
-- Music used --
00:06 : Heaven & Earth - Two Steps from Hell
00:46 : Happy Gru - Despicable Me OST
00:58 : What Planet Is This? - Cowboy Bebop Movie OST
01:40: Come on! - Lost Without Cause
02:09 : Bell Gargoyle - Dark Souls OST
02:55 : DLZ - TV on the Radio
03:22 : St.John's Dairy - Telltales The Walking Dead OST
03:47 : Take us Back - Alela Diane
03:51 : Lower Afterlife - Mass Effect 2 OST
04:20 : Mario Party 3 Victory Fanfare
04:23 : Noveria - Mass Effect OST
04:31 : Combat Theme - Mass Effect 2 Overlord DLC OST
04:52 : Animal Fair - ?
05:16 : In Between - Laurent Courbier
06:26 : Majula - Dark Souls 2 OST (warped in editing)
06:33 : Tanker Deck A Crew's Quarters - Metal Gear Solid 2 OST
07:05 : Earthlight - Einhander OST
07:45 : Welcome to Markov Geist - Frozen Synapse OST
Another little YTP I planned to have up for April 1st, but I ran out of time. Seeing as how people seemed to like the last YTP I did, I figured, hell, why not finish it anyway? Behold, one of my dumber projects. More GMod goodness is on the way
The character, "LP" is a slightly modified version of the monster, "Fieldblight" from Infinity Blade 3. The original model can on the Steam workshop here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=181936412
Welcome to a new mini series I plan to do, which is co-written by Team Four Star's, Takahata101. These episodes feature some pretty time consuming stop motion animation in Garry's Mod. I'll be showing the tool used in assisting with the animation process in a Know Your Schitt episode coming soon.
The character of Assblaster996 is based off the character from Brendanielreads' channel. Check him out here! youtube.com/watch?v=-P0_Qx-T0LU&list=PLpNAl5zLZSMV02QMDQpVO2sOK54h_kerk
Music used:
00:01: Who Framed Roger Rabbit cartoon intro theme
00:17: Holiday Playtime - Ren and Stimpy OST
00:42: Infiltration - Metal Gear Solid 2 OST
01:26: Batman - The Lego Movie OST
02:03: Seinfeld transition cue
02:44: Stabbing Theme - Psycho OST
03:04: Baiyou - Paranoia Agent OST
03:37: Switch - Frozen Synapse OST
This is a short episode that will be covering some updates that apply to our last lesson involving removing distracting elements. I also cover a much more efficient console command you can bind to a single key for removing the HUD.
Apologies for the short update, but since I won't have the chance to get anything done over the week, I thought I'd make this update video it's own thing, rather than wait any longer to cover it in the next tutorial.
Green ring hiding tool:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216659731
Music brought to you by the Risk of Rain OST by Chris Christodoulou
http://chrischristodoulou.bandcamp.com/album/risk-of-rain
"Deadman" ragdoll provided by Rush_Freak
youtube.com/watch?v=eawN6ifxMBg
In today's tutorial, we'll be learning about how to hide elements from within Garry's Mod that would otherwise distract from your machinima presentation. In order to do that, we'll be covering three methods:
1: Using the camera tool
2: Using the developer console
3: Binding commands to keys
Visit Gorilla Gong today! http://www.gorillagong.com
What was to be a pretty simple promo video for Gorilla Gong, became quite an achievement in itself. I got to work with Takahata101 of Team Four Star on this one, I got great stop motion practice in with the dialogue segments and this is the first video to feature Russian translated closed captioning since I discovered Russia was often my #3 viewer demographic. This became a fun video to make and I hope to do more like it with the two antagonist characters in the future. Also, keep in mind, I didn't actually help make the site in any way. I just volunteered to make an entertaining promo to help the new site grow.
The views and opinions expressed in the parody segments of this video are that of DasBoSchitt and do not reflect the opinions of Ross Scott or any of his associates. Thanks go to "Phil". You are a shining example of how not to be a Lets Player.
I'd like to take a moment to respond to the people jumping to conclusions that this video is a slam on the entirety of Lets Play. If you payed attention, the video lampoons the Lets Plays that are basically just exploiting new game releases by shoveling them through a capture card as quickly as possible with little to no effort, editing or thought out commentary for the purpose of lining their pockets and beating others on search results. If this is what you think the entirety of Lets Play is, then I'm afraid it's you who's insulting all Lets Players, not me. I for one give mad props to the LPers that take the time to learn, or even master a game, inform upon it and edit properly so people don't spend 4 parts watching someone lose at a boss fight or get lost. I would even go so far as to say that even though guys like Markiplier for example is indeed guilty of a few of the tropes I criticize here, I would still totally buy him a drink if I saw him at a con and talk with the guy about games for extended periods of time.
--- Music used ---
00:00: Tai Yong Medical Penthouse Ambient - Deus Ex Human Revolution
00:51: Sewers - Spider the Video Game
02:12: Track 3 - Descent 2 Redbook OST
03:01: Shopping Theme - Little Inferno OST
03:30: Fight for Glory - X-Ray Dog
04:29: Ending credits theme - Time Commando OST
Well, I could ignore the requests no longer. When "Bob" came back, it simply had to be done. Enjoy!
--- Music Used ---
00:01: Spinning Waltz - Curb Your Enthusiasm OST
00:20: Warning - Einhander OST
00:50 The Vendetta Conspiracy - Two Steps from Hell
01:14: The Clicker - Alan Wake OST
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Also, kudos (maybe) to those who know where Bob's only spoken line is from.
Renamon model originally created by RyokuKitsune
http://ryokukitsune.deviantart.com/art/Renamon-Rig-V1-49375227
The map in the final skit is known as rp_littletown and it's a fantastic map. I highly recommend it http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=131302441&searchtext=littletown
Regardless of the lengthy gap in time between episodes, this one actually only took about 2 months to make. On top of the fact that I always have something going on and that I have many videos to work on, it would have been here sooner if I wasn't moving cross country again, this time to Florida. Let's hope no more big scary holdups get in the way for a while. See you at episode 13!
--- Music used ---
00:06: Comic Relief - Deadly Premonition OST
00:35: My Name is Lincoln - Avatar OST
00:49: Dream a Dream - Captain Jack
00:51: SynTek Residential Mall - Alien Swarm OST
01:16: Come On! - Lost Without Cause
01:24: Creole Clarinet
02:18: Insects Are All Around Us - Fun with Dick and Jane OST
03:00: Gas Can Rage - Breaking Bad OST
03:29: Carrington Institute - Perfect Dark OST
03:48: Max Payne 3 theme
04:00: Temple Fights - The Protector OST (Tony Jaa)
05:21: Always A Catch - The Dark Knight OST
05:25: Minecraft Theme Music 1
07:12: Heute ist mein Tag - Blumchen
08:00: Undying Love - Two Steps From Hell
08:21: Frozen Caves of Camanis - Tyrian OST (remixed by winKoneR) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pS7yQ9M63M
All other tracks not on this list are tracks from Batman Arkham City and Dead Rising 2 and have no official names to them to reference (that I know of anyway)
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Now you can download Dr. Hax's Banhammer model for yourself! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=195032310
And once you have that model, try out the useable weapon!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=195559238
There's also the Axe body spray can model. Sorry, it doesn't actually explode when thrown.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=195174646
Welcome to Know Your Schitt! A Garry's Mod Machinima tutorial series teaching you how to make your GMod machinima look its best. Never forget though, that you will never succeed in making something halfway decent if you're not willing to put forth the time and effort it requires to stand up to scrutiny.
Today, we will be learning the ideal settings for our three main tools in order to make your video look its best for the YouTube format. We will be going through 4 different steps in this tutorial:
1: Setting up Fraps
2: Setting up Garry's Mod
3: Setting up Sony Vegas
4: Setting up Vegas Rendering
Music: Lost in Las Vegas - Two Steps from Hell
Welcome to the first part of my tutorial series on how to make a quality Garry's Mod machinima. In this video, I will be going over the tools you will need in making your project. Just be sure you have a computer that runs games, and doesn't just make toast.
I was planning on making the entire tutorial one video, but I decided to make it a playlist comprised of multiple parts for three reasons.
1: I'm always thinking of something new to cover, or get questions on how other tricks are done
2: There already is a lot to cover, and I don't want a lengthy tutorial video to take too much time away from the progress of the GMod Idiot Box: Episode 12.
3: Separate videos make it easier for someone to find particular help categories if they are somewhat new, but not THAT new to making GMod videos.
Music: Cirromon Caverns - Dust an Alysian Tail OST
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As stated in the video, work kicked my ass enough to make this review too late to be relevant to the release time of the game and too early to be in the style of those "retro reviews" where heavy detail and story spoilers are all right. That in mind, I eventually just didn't have the passion to do this review anymore and released what I had finished, which admittedly was quite a bit.
As long as I have a day job with a very unpredictable schedule capable of eating up tons of my time, I'm going to be holding off on game reviews and just working on GMod animations, since most of the time, those don't have relevancy issues to them. Not to mention, the Last Light footage was taking up an entire terabyte of hard drive space and I need that space for other GMod projects, so that didn't help either.
Also, my stage presence is shit and I make myself cringe.
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Made this in about 4 days. It was a good excuse to practice more stop motion techniques. Would have had it done sooner had it not been for work whooping the shit out of me with more 60 hour work weeks.
UPDATE: Roughly 4 hours after this video was published, Microsoft decided to stop giving its consumers the shaft and announced its removal of all shitty DRM policies and region blocking. ONLY A COINCIDENCE?! Well ... yes, actually :(. Still, good, on them.
Rock song: MG Ray Battle Theme - Metal Gear Rising Revengeance OST
Download the "DOSH" money sack model today!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=195151749
Looking to find a LAN event in the upstate New York area? Contact Eric Huston at:
EricJHouston@live.com
The Metro Last Light review is taking a heck of a lot of effort, which means I'm going to be pretty selective with the games I review and just keep trying to focus on GMod projects primarily.
I can't thank the donators enough for making this possible. Now I don't have to worry about a complete content halt if the old computer had died mid project and I can bring you more content that my older computer would have struggled greatly to provide, such an in-depth PC game reviews and more.
Also a big thanks to my friend "Fade" at Central Computers for his expertise in parts suggestions and putting it all together. http://steamcommunity.com/id/thegreyjedi
--- New computer specs ---
Windows 8 64 bit
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4Ghz 8MB Cache 22NM LGA1155
Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 LGA1155 DDR3 USB3.0
C629-10V16 CORSAIR CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB (2x8GB)
EVGA GeForce GTX680 FTW 4GB 04G-P4-3685-KR
Corsair CC600TM Graphite Series Black Steel / Plas
Corsair CW-9060008-WW Hydro Series H80i, 1155/1156
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Ross Scott of Freeman's Mind provides concerning information on monetization changes within YouTube.
http://www.accursedfarms.com/escape-from-machinima
http://www.accursedfarms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5371&start=40
For now, thanks to all who donated! It meant more than you think, even if you only donated a dollar, it still mattered.
http://www.twitter.com/dasbotwitt.
Renamon model originally created by RyokuKitsune http://ryokukitsune.deviantart.com/art/Renamon-Rig-V1-49375227
These April Fools videos in GMod are fun on a bun to make, especially when it involves a reunion with my pals in the ICTON crew. These are actually fun and hilarious enough to do that maybe I'll think about doing these a little more often than just once a year.
Special thanks to DJY1991, Puppysky, Gene, Psychoduck, Kitty0706 and Nomible for coming and making the filming of his a total blast!
Original April Fools description:
hay u guys its me, Milton again! dasboschitt is in jail right now for calling the walking dead tv shows writing shitty, lol. so im borrowing his account again to upload my drama class project that was almost late!!! IF U SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT I WILL REMOVE THE COMMENT AND HIDE IN A CORNER TO PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED SO I DONT HAVE TO IMPROVE MYSELF, KTHXBYE!!!!
April fools, by the way.
Enjoy some behind the scenes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGkLVtdr0fQ
Music:
00:05: Klaymen's Theme - The Neverhood OST
00:51: A Furtive Affair 59 - ?
01:30: Windy - Conker Live and Reloaded OST
02:07: Flameheart - Two Steps from Hell
02:42: Reaper Chase - Mass Effect 3 OST
03:22: Intro - Day of the Tentacle OST
03:58: Gotta Knock a Little Harder - Cowboy Bebop Movie OST
04:41: Funhouse Brawl - Batman Arkham City OST
05:26: Trusting Peace - Zone of the Enders 2 OST
05:56: Super Sonic Theme - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 OST
06:35: 24hours OPEN - Cowboy Bebop Movie OST
06:39: Harlem Shake
06:46: Around and Around - Lost Without Cause youtube.com/watch?v=_9IRA1kUTm0
06:52: Donkey Kong Country theme
2012 was brutal, to say the least, but with things finally settling down in my life, I'm happy to welcome you back to the GMod Idiot Box with the 11th episode. It was a major challenge to get this episode off the ground, as the transition from GMod 12 to GMod 13 has made it a nightmare for GMod machinima creators to make progress, as there's still a rampant number of bugs and changes that have slowed everyone down. Regardless, here's what you've all been waiting for, and I'll see you again next episode!
My apologies for the 7 minute episode after an entire year has passed, but contrary to popular rumors in the comments, I haven't been working on this episode throughout the entire year. I was working on Duke Nukem Foreverquest, experimenting with Source Filmmaker, moving cross country and working 60+ hours in the day job in the beginning. I was far too busy to even consider starting the next episode to a series that is the hardest to make. Things finally started to settle down toward the end of the year, which allowed me to start this episode's production in mid January and finish mid March. With things looking so much better, I hope to remain consistent with the series so people don't have to wait like that again.
I don't plan to make a habit of doing these because reviews are a dime a dozen, but sometimes I'll feel compelled to talk about a certain game that receives too much praise or catches too much crap in hopes of putting some things into perspective.
Capture card used was the Pauppauge HD PVR 2
Some music tracks are from the Ren and Stimpy OST as well as Rockstar's "Bully". All other tracks in this review are from the Metal Gear Rising Revengeance OST.
The music at 12:13 was known as "Spirit of the Blade" according to the Metal Gear Rising OST YouTube channel. However, he provided me with an audio rip from the game with dialogue switched off, as there doesn't appear to be a raw track as of yet.
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Welcome back to the wonderful world of Garry's Mod! It's still in a rocky transitional period from GMod 12 to GMod 13 and there's still a lot of bugs that need ironing out, which is why the GMod Idiot Box Episode 11 is hitting a number of snags during the production process. In the meantime, I thought I would make a quick GMod short just in time for Christmas, which I weirdly enough have never done until now.
For those of you cursing GMod 13's rocky status to the depths of hell, I would like to remind people that when Garry's Mod transitioned into the Orange Box engine, it was a MUCH rockier transition than the one you see in GMod 13. The problems got ironed out then, and I'm confident they'll get ironed out once again.
Music:
Leaving Earth - Mass Effect 3 OST
The Tale of Tixx and Toxx - Guild Wars 2 OST
Now I talk about Source Filmmaker and how I feel it stacks up to Garry's Mod when it comes to making comedic machinima. Also a quick update on where the GMod Idiot Box stands.
Music: All the Lost - nervous_testpilot
In this Source Filmmaker short, I wanted to animate a character to make them feel more believable this time around ... to a certain extent. Whether I actually pulled that off or not is really up for debate in the end.
This video would have taken me only a week to make and it was slated to be a release in time for Halloween, but my right arm was stricken with a pretty serious case of tendinitis after I spent way too long on the computer with my right elbow rested on the arm of my chair. As a result, I couldn't spend any more than an hour on the computer before I had to take a lengthy break. That coupled with tending to loved ones, my day job hours increasing for the holidays and the fact that I spend 90% of my SFM time in the graph editor, rather than the motion editor didn't help. Regardless, I never leave a project unfinished, and I hope you enjoy the last SFM short I make for a while as I continue work on what REALLY matters ... the GMod Idiot Box: Episode 11.
By the way, the tendinitis cleared up two weeks later, so there's no more worry of that getting in the way.
Music from Batman Arkham City, Left 4 Dead 2 and Spec Ops: The Line
For my very first entry into the Source Filmmaker archives, I decided to try out the famous Commander Shepard model, made popular in Source Filmmaker by MegaGFilms. I wanted to try this model out to see what kind of edge its facial structure had over the rather restricted nature of the TF2 characters. TF2 models have their facial poses bound by sliders that adjust the intensity of poses in certain portions of their face. These sliders, while able to be exploited to ridiculous levels in Garry's Mod, Source Filmmaker is more limited in that respect, allowing facial flexes that are within more "reasonable" parameters. Commander Shepard on the other hand, while he does have his own set of slider controls, he is able to do something completely different. All pose-able portions of his face are actually able to be selected and manipulated just like the bones of a characters limbs. Combine that with Source Filmmakers' ability to stretch and rotate the bones of a character in completely silly ways, you're able to pose Commander Shepard's face in ways that could give children nightmares, and that kind of freedom is exactly what I was worried I would never get in Source Filmmaker.
I greatly hope later on down the line that people hoping to create new models, or import existing ones from other mediums into Source Filmmaker, catch onto this and make it possible to do more often. I was bothered at first by the restrictive nature of the slider system in SFM, but seeing Shepard's face at work allowed me to potentially remove this gripe from my list of things GMod can do better than Source Filmmaker.
The audio is from an All-State Mayhem ad. This one in particular is known as "Toddler Mayhem".
Another entry into the BoSchitt vlog where the issue of bronies and the flame wars that follows are addressed.