camera camera...

[B5]

so I've seen plenty of Rifleman80 videos. not work, but art. And that art is achieved using camera views I thought were not possible. Does anyone know how to do that, or is it something RifleMan has exclusively for himself?

[Lionus]

Simple, he uses one shuttle that is shrunken down to nothingness to take the footage, occasionally with help from friends.

[B5]

i guess he uses Edit() mode to make sure the ships don't try to avoid him like they do on mine

[Lionus]

turning off collisions and ordering the ships to stop helps too. 

[B5]

how can I make a tiny shuttle then?

[tiqhud]

My guess, pich one , use nifscope and scale it down.

[Jb06]

Put this in your console report screen


import MissionLib

MissionLib.GetPlayer().SetScale(NUMBER YOU WANT TO SET)


that sets the scale of the player... for the targets scale it is as follows:


import MissionLib

MissionLib.GetPlayer().GetTarget().SetScale(NUMBER YOU WANT TO SET)



And to make the ship invisible for those moving drydock scenes, use the following code:


import MissionLib

MissionLib.GetPlayer().SetHidden(1)



to unhide the ship change the SetHidden(0)


You must make sure that you have the same capital letters as I have written or it won't work.

This should help everyone do decent videos, the only problem when scaling it to a different size is that the weapons are misplaced.

~Jb06

[B5]

cheers jb

[B5]

ok, one more thing. how do I get an AI fleet ship to dock at a drydock. i've tried but to no avail with some ships. How about, How do I get a Galaxy to dock?

[EDolosa4]

ok, one more thing. how do I get an AI fleet ship to dock at a drydock. i've tried but to no avail with some ships. How about, How do I get a Galaxy to dock?

I don't think you can unless the drydock itself has a hardpoint to make it possible to dock. At least not some of the non-stock ones. And the best thing you can do if not is just drive into it. You'll look like you're docked even if you're not. Besides, I don't think drydocks are meant to repair you in game even if you do. The only ones I know that can do that are the starbases themselves like Starbase12.


But on the topic of the camera. I do love those video movies Rifleman makes on YouTube. I've actually gotten back into Bridge Commander just recently due to seeing his videos. He's our best PR man for the latest Bridge Commander mods. And wow! What a change in the way things were(as far as the new mods) a few years ago when I first got BC. And next month is already 10 years of Bridge Commander!

[mckinneyc]

Would the invisble ship thing work well for taking screen shots?

[EDolosa4]

Would the invisble ship thing work well for taking screen shots?

Well if it's works well for making videos like Rifleman's, why shouldn't it for photos only?

[Lurok91]

ok, one more thing. how do I get an AI fleet ship to dock at a drydock.

I assume you mean a ship other than one you're in?  I'm sure there's a button in helm fleet command which will order ship to dock (anyone correct me if wrong  )  If you mean have a fleet ship automatically dock without ordering, that's an AI scripting issue and best to ask about that in Scripting forum.

[cordanilus]

Mooooo

The camera Rifleman uses is an invisible camera (Dev Kit) via script a la Sovvie.  I added my own little tweaks to it...makes it much easier to film in BC.  Other then that, the rest is his own techniques.

It basically does as JB06 describes but much easier at a click of a button rather than typing it all in.