Small Movie - Crack of dawn - U-212 on patrol

[Mr.Fleck]

Hello Kaleuns,

just in time for the weekend I made a short movie for you. It's my first movie ever and it's about U-212 attacking a single fast travelling ship.


Movie specs:

Filename: Crack of dawn - U-212 on patrol - by Mr.Fleck - english version.wmv
Version: 1.0 (24.02.2006)
Length: 3:43 min
Type: WMV (created with Windows Movie Maker)
Size: 720x480
FPS: 30
Sound: no
Music: yes (stereo, 16Bit, 44kHz)
Text: yes (german or english, depending on your download choice)


Download (Size is aprox. 43 MB):

English Version (only text, there's no speech)
http://rapidshare.de/files/14006910/Crack_of_dawn_-_U-212_on_patrol_-_by_Mr.Fleck_-_english_version.zip.html

German version (only text, there's no speech)
http://rapidshare.de/files/14007230/Morgengrauen_-_U-212_auf_Feindfahrt_-_von_Mr.Fleck_-_deutsche_Version.zip.html

If somebody wants to host this movie, feel free to do so!

Tell me, if you enjoyed it (or if you did not)

Have fun!
Mr. Fleck

[Gizzmoe]

Very nice! I like the camera work and "The four seasons" is an interesting choice of music.

Mirror:
http://files.filefront.com/Crack_of_dawn__U_212_on_patrol/;4800997;;/fileinfo.html

Filesize 20MB, you need the DivX or XviD codec to watch it.

[Mr.Fleck]

Hello Gizzmoe,

thank you for the positive feedback and the additional download location!

Cheers
Mr. Fleck

[Fangschuss]

Nice one :up:

[Dowly]

Great movie! Very enjoyable! :up:

[Tonnage_Ace]

Enjoyable little piece of work. Short and sweet, the simplicity was refreshing, I thought. Did the U-boat sink? That part was kind of foggy for me.

[Perilscope]

Tell me, if you enjoyed it (or if you did not)Thanks, I liked it very much! :up:

[Kaptan Tommy]

Well done! :up:

[SmokinTep]

Sweet............ :up:

[Mr.Fleck]

@Tonnage_Ace: I wanted this movie to have an open end, so it's up to your fantasy if they make it or not. Though I understand it's a little bit frustrating if you don't have a clear ending (or a happy end).

Maybe the story of U-212 will continue, who knows... ;) (but I can't promise it right now)

Good hunting!
Mr.Fleck

[Slick Rick]

very good......thanx.... :up:

[Vonotto]

Wow that was very nice. You did a very good job I liked the entire move.

[Syxx_Killer]

You did a good job. :up: :up:

[Crash Dive]

Nice, cool movie. Waiting for the conclusion :sunny:

[Mr.Fleck]

Thank you all for the nice comments! very motivating :D

Cheers
Mr. Fleck

[Razman23]

Nice vid but..............

What the HELL is up with that 'Pee-Wee Herman' dance?!?!!?!?!?!? :rotfl:

[Mr.Fleck]

@Razman23: Glad you noticed my LI and his attempt at dancing ... this should have been the most important scene in the movie... but he totally bugged it. How could he possibly try a lap dance without proper clothing (well or the lack of clothing in this case). I cut his salary and you may have noticed that he is not mentionend in the credits. Enough punishment in my opinion. ;)

Mr.Fleck

[baxter]

Very nice! I enjoyed it.

[Dimitrius07]

Very very nice work :rock: :rock: i hope the U212 is servive after the depth charges :shifty: :arrgh!:

[VonHelsching]

We may say with safety that U-212 is still on partol. :smug:
Not defining though if we are referring to 1942 or 2006.

[blue3golf]

Great work Fleck! :|\

[Kpt. Lehmann]

THREE THUMBS UP!!! :up: :up: :up:

Please tell me, what video card do you use. I am about to buy a new one and it seems yours runs flawlessly.

(I have plenty of RAM and a fast processor, so I know my video card is the culprit.)

[jasondef]

"Riveting!"
"Two thumbs up!
"Grabs hold and won't let go!"
"A must see thrill-ride!"

Tell the truth, Mr. Fleck you are really Wolfgang Peterson!

[Mr.Fleck]

@Kpt. Lehmann: I have a PNY GeForce 7800 GTX, AMD Athlon 64 3800+ with an ASUS A8N8 SLI Premium board and 2 GB RAM (Corsair Twinx2048-3200C2). With SH III I have about 80 to 100 FPS (with anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering activated).

@jasondef: OMG you finally found out. How could you demask me this fast. jasondef must be an alias for james bond. ;)

Thank you for speaking so highly of me but I'm just a regular guy who wants to give the community something back. In my opinion the subsim community (and the community which evolved around SH III) is the best gaming community I ever experienced.

Cheers
Mr.Fleck

[Bonfleck]

Nice work! The Vivaldi is a nice touch. I was wondering when another Fleck would show up around here! :up:

[Lavendel]

I liked it. Very nice :up: and inspiring. Maybe I'll make a movie myself too.

[xrvjorn]

I haven't seen that type of freighter before. Does it come from a mod adding more ship types?

[Mr.Fleck]

@xrvjorn: The freighter is a large cargo. Besides some graphics and sound mods I have only RUb 1.45 installed. Therefore I guess it comes with RUb 1.45.

Good hunting!
Mr.Fleck

[xrvjorn]

Thx, m8!

Nice vid BTW, and the depth charge sequences are stunning!

[Lavendel]

I tried to record some scenes too but I noticed in your movie that you slowed down your camera movement somehow. How can I do this? Or is this a special setting of your computer?

Thanx

[Gizzmoe]

I tried to record some scenes too but I noticed in your movie that you slowed down your camera movement somehow. How can I do this?

Hold down the Ctrl-key while moving the camera.

[Mr.Fleck]

@Lavendel: Not bad, you took notice of it. ;)
Apart from using the Ctrl key you can modify "cameras.dat". I'm not at my gaming computer right now, so I can't give you the exact path. Simply search for the file with standard windows search. This is how I recorded the scenes because you have more control over the speed of the camera, when you edit this file. However the file is binary, wich means, that you need a hex editor or you go the comfy way and use timetravellers SH3 Mini Tweaker, which can be found here: http://www.delraydepot.com/tt/sh3sdk.htm
With timetravellers editor you can edit a ton of variables not only the camera settings. Maybe you find a way to edit the position of the camera, e. g. the position of the conning tower camera. I didn't find a way but it would allow more interesting perspectives.

Good luck making a movie!
Mr. Fleck