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Timstone
November 24th, 2006, 11:25 AM
Hi all,

Okay, this may sound a bit out of the ordinary. Here goes.
I would like to have the "animation" at the start of SE II. I can start SE II, but the animation speeds past my screen so fast I canīt even record it with a program. I already tried recording it while a slowing program was activated. Unfortunately that didnīt work too. Maybe one of you guys has more luck. Pretty please with bambi-eyes?
Ed Kolis
November 24th, 2006, 02:03 PM
Oh man... ages ago I made a program in Delphi which emulated that animation... unfortunately that program also disappeared ages ago http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
Kamog
November 25th, 2006, 03:17 AM
I captured it and it's in the attached file. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Atrocities
November 25th, 2006, 03:24 AM
Now that would have just been a great game to have. Oh well.
Timstone
November 25th, 2006, 07:28 AM
Kamog:
Fantastic! I thank you very much!
Thanks for caputuring the animation. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
Timstone
December 3rd, 2006, 04:20 PM
Hi all,

Okay, a few days, tweaks and some more tweaks later I've come up with this little animation.
Guess what I'm trying to do...
Mind you, this is going to take a while because of my busy occupation. Sorry. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/fear.gif
You need the XVID 5.something codec to view this animation, you can find it for instance inside the excellent VLC Media Player (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/). The animation is a little over 16 MB big.
Comments, suggestions and critique are/is more than welcome.

Edit:
Typo's!
Spoo
December 3rd, 2006, 04:58 PM
If this is what I think, it's going to be mighty cool!
Timstone
December 4th, 2006, 12:46 PM
Thanks Spoo, hold that thought. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
But it is going to take a while...
Timstone
December 7th, 2006, 01:00 PM
Recognise this?
Again, this animation uses the XVID codec.
I'm pretty pleased with it, it only required one hour of tinkering and rendering (all together).
President_Elect_Shang
December 7th, 2006, 01:05 PM
Very nice, that’s the one from what Star Trek 5000 (there’s been so many)? Where they shot that cloaking BoP and foiled an attempt to off the President right? Any predication as to how long it will be till sound is added?
Timstone
December 8th, 2006, 02:59 PM
Haha... ST 5000...
Sound won't be added. Not untill the whole animation comes together. I slowly add more and more to the mix. But at this stage I experiment with the different ingredients for the final animation. So these are just a few things I need for the final showdown. I can't and won't give a completion date. Expect updates on a regular basis.
Oh and try to cut down on the enthusiasm, it's killing me... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif