Event Camera Recording

janusfrk · 01-20-10, 09:26 PM

I have managed to Activate the Event Camera Recording fucntion during the course of the games, however, I am lost to know where the files are saved in the Silent Hunter directory. Hope anyone could help me out with this.

Thanks

janusfrk

Ships-R-Us · 01-20-10, 10:38 PM

I will learn something here also when the answer shows up. I did not know it saved video files......I have been using "hycam" when I want a record of events.........Ships...

magic452 · 01-21-10, 02:09 AM

I would assume the replay files are in the SH4 folder, same as your screen shots. If not there in the Sh4 folder in My documents.

I used the replay once about 2 years ago and it isn't much, not worth the trouble for me anyway.

As far as I know you must play them in the game, on the screen where you save/load games.

Magic

janusfrk · 01-22-10, 04:06 AM

Many thanks for the kind response, I figured that the event camera does not allow play back features and it just a provision within the game. I checked each and evry file for a date makring when I activated the event canera and only found "DAT" files to match, which can not be opened or executed.

From Perth, Australia, in pursuit of the Coast of Darwin - janusfrk

Armistead · 01-22-10, 04:18 AM

Never figured it out. Someone once said you must start it as you start a new career for it to work....not sure, but heard it.

jerm138 · 01-22-10, 04:42 AM

If it's saving DAT files, it sounds like it's doing the same thing that MS Flight Simulator does...

It doesn't record a video file, it just records all the data about ship's position, speed, course changes, torpedo shots, etc.

Then when you play them back in-game, it re-creates what happened, using the game engine, so you can watch it from a 3rd party point of view (i.e. no interaction.)

At no point is an actual video file created.

It's still helpful for making videos, though. If you can get it to play back a scenario over and over, then you can attempt to record it over and over from different angles using a video capture program like Fraps.

01-20-10, 09:26 PM	#1
janusfrk Blue Water Black Death Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 21 Downloads: 382 Uploads: 0	Event Camera Recording I have managed to Activate the Event Camera Recording fucntion during the course of the games, however, I am lost to know where the files are saved in the Silent Hunter directory. Hope anyone could help me out with this. Thanks janusfrk __________________ Janus~FRK

01-21-10, 02:09 AM	#3
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would assume the replay files are in the SH4 folder, same as your screen shots. If not there in the Sh4 folder in My documents. I used the replay once about 2 years ago and it isn't much, not worth the trouble for me anyway. As far as I know you must play them in the game, on the screen where you save/load games. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

01-22-10, 04:06 AM	#4
janusfrk Blue Water Black Death Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Perth, Australia Posts: 21 Downloads: 382 Uploads: 0	Event Camera Many thanks for the kind response, I figured that the event camera does not allow play back features and it just a provision within the game. I checked each and evry file for a date makring when I activated the event canera and only found "DAT" files to match, which can not be opened or executed. From Perth, Australia, in pursuit of the Coast of Darwin - janusfrk __________________ Janus~FRK

01-22-10, 04:42 AM	#6
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	If it's saving DAT files, it sounds like it's doing the same thing that MS Flight Simulator does... It doesn't record a video file, it just records all the data about ship's position, speed, course changes, torpedo shots, etc. Then when you play them back in-game, it re-creates what happened, using the game engine, so you can watch it from a 3rd party point of view (i.e. no interaction.) At no point is an actual video file created. It's still helpful for making videos, though. If you can get it to play back a scenario over and over, then you can attempt to record it over and over from different angles using a video capture program like Fraps. __________________

01-20-10, 10:38 PM	#2
Ships-R-Us Commander Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 452 Downloads: 134 Uploads: 0	I will learn something here also when the answer shows up. I did not know it saved video files......I have been using "hycam" when I want a record of events.........Ships...

01-22-10, 04:18 AM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Never figured it out. Someone once said you must start it as you start a new career for it to work....not sure, but heard it.