Cinematic Contest #7 - Time

[APproject]

Looking good.

If voice acting is not an option, you can easily get away with sound effects/music/voices from WoW or other sources, although it gets difficult if dialogue take part. Even the simplest sound effects during silent dialogue may do wonders, for example, quick and short Unit sound effect at start of dialogue, it would already indicate that a dialogue takes part. In the end it all narrows down to the type of cinematic, message and action can be portrayed without sound or any dialogue if that works for the creator.

 

[Wardota2 Gamer]

Alright, my second WIP.

WIP-2

Thanks!

Oh, nice! I have no knowledge about voice acting, I have to make my cinematic without sound. XD

Oh nice loving each and everyone's work's!

Good Luck!

 

[Chaosy]

I tend to find story driven cinematics without voice acting.. limited in quality.
And I do not have the patience to perfectly time animations to perfectly clash to make a intense dramatic cinematic either.

Stealing voice lines it is

 

[Ungoliath]

WIP 2

Still very early

 

[Wareditor]

Voice acting is not mandatory at all.

@Ungoliath Intriguing! Can't wait to watch that

 

[Mr.Henci]

Alright, my second WIP.

WIP-2

Looks cool! Can't wait for the story.

 

[PrinceYaser]

Looks cool! Can't wait for the story.

Thanks!

Still working on the terrain. I have written a summarized scenario on paper, tho.

 

[Chaosy]

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I was going to post a wip for the inside of the city too, but it is not fully fleshed out.
I will delay that with a day or two.

For some reason I am connecting the roads I make, it is a waste of time but it gives me more immersion as an editor ^^

 

[PrinceYaser]

Two more WIPs.

A room for king

A battle scene

 

[Wareditor]

@Chaosy that's perfectionism, I like it

@PrinceYaser Looking good! Can't wait to see what you have done with it. Maybe it's a bit too similar to your current project

 

[Daffa]

Totally at the losing side of the coin. Terrain is not my forte.

 

[Wardota2 Gamer]

Look's cool you guys! Keep Up the good work!

Really looking forward for the final work!

 

[Chaosy]

Alright, my cinematic is mostly finished.
All voice lines are playing in the correct order
Camera is working as it should on all scenes
Terrain is probably 90%+ done

My main concern right now is merely sound effects for more immersion.

Right now I am at 10:30 minutes~ made in 375 lines of code, not including the helper functions / libraries I wrote.
It is above the limit, but that is mainly thanks to a small bug in my code which has a 3-10 second delay between each scene. If I bother to fix that, it should go down below the limit.

 

[Rastcool]

Spoiler: IMG

Spoiler: OVERVIEW

 

[APproject]

Awesome WIPs.

Did not expect an entry so quickly. More perfectly placed sound effects and more immersion is never enough.

 

[Sclammerz]

Well, I'll give this a shot!

How can I noticed this so late.

 

[Wardota2 Gamer]

Well, I'll give this a shot!

How can I noticed this so late.

This is gonna be good......

 

[Azsure]

Two more WIPs.

A room for king

The battle scene seemed fine, but I hope to see this one improved later, as the custom pillars and flooring/walls need to better harmonize with the texture quality and hue differences, since as of right now the differences are rather jarring, and makes it very obvious that they don't belong together

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Try not to overdo the landscape with too many different biomes, I see a small patch of "beach" there with a palm tree, I'm guessing this is the entrance of Stratholme, so I find that sandy shore there kinda unfitting, though I'm guessing a good ambient coloring could fix that.

The other wips seemed rather fine, but I hope to see more of them as well.

 

[Chaosy]

Creative liberty I guess. I think my fog covers most of it anyway.

 

[Daffa]

Ugh, why this has to be parallel with heavy times...

 

[Radicool]

I may have 'time' to develop a cinematic. I have a request though. I would prefer to upload a YouTube video as the final submission. I prefer to do sound editing and cut scenes from a video editing program, rather than within Warcraft 3. I could upload the source maps, but it would be a collection of maps not intended for viewing by the average audience. If this isn't allowed, I may upload an unofficial video for fun.

 

[Chaosy]

Technically it is a cinematic regardless.
But I think you have an advantage by working outside the wc3 engine, just thinking about the stuff you can do with good tools.
So, if you uploaded it to a map section I would be fine with it. But in a contest.. questionable.

Not my call, just my opinion.

 

[Radicool]

I would only use simple edits and additions in which most if not all would be possible within the Warcraft 3 engine itself. I'll wait for the judge's opinion. A third party video editting would allow easier timing on sound effects and allow me to easily add or remove scenes on the fly.

 

[APproject]

Radicool, your final submission has to be in form of Warcraft 3 map just like for everyone else. Considering this is Warcraft 3 cinematic contest it would be slightly unfair to enhance the final submission with outside tools. It would truly be no problem if the final submission is recorded and posted on youtube (especally for resolution issues that a new patch may present), but youtube video cannot be considered as final submission, your posted map shall be it. Of course you can improve it and post it as well, but only original version (map with/without recorded video of the map) may be considered as a submission.

As for the special effects and sound effects, a lot is possible, not everyhing surely. Any sound effects can be used, custom fade filters for effects as well, of course it would require more work to get it all done, but this is how ability to make a cinematic in Warcraft 3 engine is measured.

I hope I did not let you down, looking forward to your cinematic, it was a pretty cool one during last cinematic contest.

 

[Azsure]

As APProject said, this is a Warcraft III Cinematic Contest, we're meant to judge your capabilities using the wc3 editor tool to create beautiful cinematics, using third party tools outside the editor to enhance it would be unfair for everyone else.
You can use custom music, custom filters, custom textures, anything that the editor itself allows you to import and use, and be viewed in-game.
The YouTube submission is merely to ensure consistency in the map's performance in our games and the "actual" product, so to speak, which is how your game portrays it.

That said, you don't need such third party tools to make a great cinematic, so don't feel bummed out about it, working with what you have only is how you can show your true potential with limited resources.

 

[Radicool]

Here's an early work in progress to give an insight to my cinematic's setting. Looking at the preview, I think I need to fill in some of the space at my marketplace.

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I'm still tempted to submit a standalone video even if it disqualifies me

Edit: Some small changes to scenery.

 

[Sclammerz]

Early progress. I don't know if I can finish this lol

 

[APproject]

Great WIPs, guys.

Radicool, you can make videos and improve them for better experience and so on, no one is going to disqualify you for that, but your submittion for the contest has to be a map with/without recorded original cinematic. Looking forward to that, looking interesting from the WIP.

I am sure you can, Sclammerz, hopefully your effort is not going to be wasted.

 

[Rheiko]

I want to join so badly but I honestly have no idea what kind of story I should make for the current theme and I have a project at the moment.
Regardless, this is surely very interesting with all those amazing WIPs. I can't wait to see the final entries. I wish a good luck for everyone!

Cheers!

 

[Azsure]

Here's an early work in progress to give an insight to my cinematic's setting. Looking at the preview, I think I need to fill in some of the space at my marketplace.

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I'm still tempted to submit a standalone video even if it disqualifies me

Edit: Some small changes to scenery.

I'm sure you can use anything to fill in that empty space you mean Cliffs, houses, river, etc.

Though what I'm noticing in both of these wips is the lack of elevations on the overall terrain (Save for that tiny section on the top left which I'm guessing it's a cliff), use the grid if you need help with elevations, but flat terrains are generally an eye sore in beautiful enviroments, so I hope this gets improved.

 

[millzy]

i was so keen to submit somthing for the next cinematic contest but. i couldent think of anything for the time Theme, good luck every 1

 

[PrinceYaser]

~Update

- Turned that palace/city into a ruined one.
- Totally a different story.
- One more battle scene.
- Better sound effects and music.

I hope the ideas come to mind to finish it.

 

[APproject]

Sounds good, looking forward to final result.

 

[Ungoliath]

Can't wait to watch all the cinematics!

I will finally be able to continue with my entry in a day or two, this month has just been crammed with studies. I have a few scenes left that I want to make, then I'm finally moving on to triggers, sounds and dialogue

 

[Wardota2 Gamer]

~Update

- Turned that palace/city into a ruined one.
- Totally a different story.
- One more battle scene.
- Better sound effects and music.

I hope the ideas come to mind to finish it.

Nice update to the story good luck in your final work!

 

[Chaosy]

So I have not worked a whole lot on my cinematic since it was more or less finished.
I took a 2-ish week break and came back with a fresh mind.

Turns out there are things I could improve on.

Today I added an additional camera shot in 3 scenes along with some terrain updates. (14 scenes in total)

Tomorrow I will go over the rest of the scenes to do the same thing.

 

[Wareditor]

Nice!
Can't wait to see all the cinematics :>

 

[Wardota2 Gamer]

I am very exited in each and everyone's entry/cinematic! Wish you all Good Luck!

 

[Chaosy]

gif, beware slow internet owners

Will probably extend it, but I only have a 15 second window so we'll see ^^

 

[nightelfbuilder]

gif, beware slow internet owners

Will probably extend it, but I only have a 15 second window so we'll see ^^

How dare you shade my kind? I'm just kidding nice job btw but I think you should use higher quality models than standard blizzard ones.

 

[Chaosy]

Normally I would agree.
But I doubt I will be able to find models I am satisfied with for all the units in the cinematic.
Consistency is key.

 

[Azsure]

Nice, are those Lordaeron forces? Make sure you use the proper team color for every faction for a better consistency, I can't recall what force were red humans.

 

[Chaosy]

Correct, they are blue now. Red was for testing.

 

[Ungoliath]

I have some questions!

First, it says the max time limit is 10 min, does that include the closing credits as well? Or am I allowed to create a 12 min cinematic with 2 min of credits?

Second, are we allowed to protect our maps? To not spoil, break immersion, etc.

Third, are we allowed to upload the maps to the resource section as well? I mean before the contest is over.

 

[APproject]

Credits does not count, 10 minutes for cinematic itself.
Yes.
Yes.

 

[NightStalker]

I will need to ask for an extension unfortunately, this week and the following would be very very busy for me. I'll need about 2 weeks if everyone could agree on it. I will not be able to open WC3 editor during these two weeks at all

 

[Chaosy]

I will not benefit from an extension.
But on the other hand it will be a boring contest if I am the only one that is finished. So fine by me.

 

[NightStalker]

well... Thanks

I kinda knew this was gonna become a reality(asking for an extension) because the whole semester is always keeping me busy but these 2 weeks are gonna be tough. I wouldn't ask for an extension if I didn't think I would have a great entry. :'(

 

[Sclammerz]

I can't finish mine either lol

 

[NightStalker]

I can't finish mine either lol

Good news