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Pemalite said:


It also has Eyefinity support. (I did try out the Beta.)
But even running the game at 7680x1440, with all settings on max... Horrible.

But you get my point, not all PC games support what should be standard features such as that, ridicule them if they don't!

Mummelmann said:

For me, the most bitter pill to swallow with Titanfall on PC is having to use Origin. Origin is a huge pile of crap, I've spent more time fiddling with it to make it work than I have actually playing games in it. Compared to Steam, it feels like driving a 1960's Fiat compared to a modern and comfortable Lexus (that also provides significantly better mileage).

I don't care much either for Origin, but compared to Ubisoft's uDon'tPlay, it's gold plated in comparison.
I have had Origin crash, loose my purchases, remove my games, endless unable to connect errors and give me endless headaches, so I know how you feel.

Unfortunatly, my most waited game this year is probably Dragon Age 3 and other than doing the illegal thing, I will get it on Origin thus having Dragon Age 1+2 on Steam and the third on Origin.

All are far better than Games for Windows Live. :P At-least they haven't prematurely been shut down leaving gamers with games they literally won't be able to play! :P

Call me lucky, but I've had zero issues with Origin on my PC (crosses fingers), and zero issues with UPlay on my Wii U...

I don't like EA as a company, but I recognize that if I am to succeed with my talk show, I have to consider trendy things, like Titanfall, even if I don't like who put the money behind it



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ZyroXZ2 said:
lucidium said:
Oh god not this again.......











.. just kidding, nice review, definitely needs the green screen behind you eventually though, looks too sparse as is.

That first line really did seem in character for you, though, hahaha

Yea, I've been looking at options, haven't found a "badass" poster yet, nor a small projector that would work with my netbook right there (they're all big ones, or the pocket ones are for iPhones, and I have an LG G2...).

Edit: I've also been looking for cheap software, to perhaps "put" something there in the way of a small video feed box (my current software cannot do this).

Paint the wall all one solid color, doesnt have to be green, any solid color that isnt skintone or the color of clothing you will be wearing would work, then simply download one of the free chroma keying softwares or befriend someone with a better video editing program and a decent connection who can do the greenscreening for you.

buy a couple cheap lamps and cheap umbrellas and some metalic bright silver car spray, open umbrella, spray the insides (dont ever close them if you do this though, the paint will flake off), mount the lamp in front of the inner side of the umbrella for a nice light diffuser for cheap.

Failing that ebay for a compatible halo lamp for your camera, non-branded ones will do a decent job for usually fairly cheap.

If you do go for chroma keying, record at the highest possible setting of your camera, even if you will be eventually reducing the resolution before uploading, higher res helps trmendously with preventing bad chroma keying, and any very minor issues you get regardless will be hidden pretty well, when reducing the resolution of the video.

Personally what I do is use a solid colored cloth on a metal frame to prevent wrinkles/etc, though you can build one out of woof fairly easilly too, then put the diffusers behind that so the cloth lights up, greatly reduces the shadowing, best colors for this are blue, green and deep purple.



Dat Titanfall, tho. 



lucidium said:
ZyroXZ2 said:
lucidium said:
Oh god not this again.......











.. just kidding, nice review, definitely needs the green screen behind you eventually though, looks too sparse as is.

That first line really did seem in character for you, though, hahaha

Yea, I've been looking at options, haven't found a "badass" poster yet, nor a small projector that would work with my netbook right there (they're all big ones, or the pocket ones are for iPhones, and I have an LG G2...).

Edit: I've also been looking for cheap software, to perhaps "put" something there in the way of a small video feed box (my current software cannot do this).

Paint the wall all one solid color, doesnt have to be green, any solid color that isnt skintone or the color of clothing you will be wearing would work, then simply download one of the free chroma keying softwares or befriend someone with a better video editing program and a decent connection who can do the greenscreening for you.

buy a couple cheap lamps and cheap umbrellas and some metalic bright silver car spray, open umbrella, spray the insides (dont ever close them if you do this though, the paint will flake off), mount the lamp in front of the inner side of the umbrella for a nice light diffuser for cheap.

Failing that ebay for a compatible halo lamp for your camera, non-branded ones will do a decent job for usually fairly cheap.

If you do go for chroma keying, record at the highest possible setting of your camera, even if you will be eventually reducing the resolution before uploading, higher res helps trmendously with preventing bad chroma keying, and any very minor issues you get regardless will be hidden pretty well, when reducing the resolution of the video.

Personally what I do is use a solid colored cloth on a metal frame to prevent wrinkles/etc, though you can build one out of woof fairly easilly too, then put the diffusers behind that so the cloth lights up, greatly reduces the shadowing, best colors for this are blue, green and deep purple.

I'm more likely to go with the covering of the wall using paper/index cards than just to paint ONE wall, haha...

And funny you mention the umbrellas, someone told me about "mobile" lighting being WHITE umbrellas in which they strapped widebeam flashlights to the pole of the umbrella, and it can still be closed up over the flashlight for easy storage and movement.  However, at this point in time, I am not further upgrading the lighting from what it is now, which is JUST good enough to make the 1080p look like good 720p.  Should my channel/show engines start firing up, I will start to get back into lighting.  The next order of business in terms of production values is to find a poor man's way of decorating the wall behind me, but keep it interesting without it being distracting or costing me virtually anything (which is why I said using paper or index cards is more likely).  However, without upgrading my editing software, it would be pointless to create a "green screen" right now.  My decorations will most likely be physical and static for now!

If you must know, I actually built small wood frames already to create a "light screen", which is why the shadows on the wall behind me are drastically reduced from when I first started, and I use two project boards for close diffused lighting, which is LITERALLY one just sitting to the left and one sitting to the right of the frame.  I've been pretty good with being cheap!



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I gotta say; I'm really enjoying your videos, you have a natural presence on-screen and have good narration and angles and I like the length of your videos. I could also watch longer videos, more feature oriented, perhaps something similar to AVGN, history or other topics, this could really go places!
And, mind you, this is all coming from someone who isn't at all invested in the new consoles.

Looking forward to more!



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lucidium said:

Paint the wall all one solid color, doesnt have to be green, any solid color that isnt skintone or the color of clothing you will be wearing would work

OR exactly the color of clothing! FLOATING HEAD DOCTOR



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ZyroXZ2 said:

I'm more likely to go with the covering of the wall using paper/index cards than just to paint ONE wall, haha...

And funny you mention the umbrellas, someone told me about "mobile" lighting being WHITE umbrellas in which they strapped widebeam flashlights to the pole of the umbrella, and it can still be closed up over the flashlight for easy storage and movement.  However, at this point in time, I am not further upgrading the lighting from what it is now, which is JUST good enough to make the 1080p look like good 720p.  Should my channel/show engines start firing up, I will start to get back into lighting.  The next order of business in terms of production values is to find a poor man's way of decorating the wall behind me, but keep it interesting without it being distracting or costing me virtually anything (which is why I said using paper or index cards is more likely).  However, without upgrading my editing software, it would be pointless to create a "green screen" right now.  My decorations will most likely be physical and static for now!

If you must know, I actually built small wood frames already to create a "light screen", which is why the shadows on the wall behind me are drastically reduced from when I first started, and I use two project boards for close diffused lighting, which is LITERALLY one just sitting to the left and one sitting to the right of the frame.  I've been pretty good with being cheap!

Look forward to seeing the progression in future videos.

But shhh, don't tell anyone, I've got a reputation of being confrontational to uphold.



lucidium said:
ZyroXZ2 said:

I'm more likely to go with the covering of the wall using paper/index cards than just to paint ONE wall, haha...

And funny you mention the umbrellas, someone told me about "mobile" lighting being WHITE umbrellas in which they strapped widebeam flashlights to the pole of the umbrella, and it can still be closed up over the flashlight for easy storage and movement.  However, at this point in time, I am not further upgrading the lighting from what it is now, which is JUST good enough to make the 1080p look like good 720p.  Should my channel/show engines start firing up, I will start to get back into lighting.  The next order of business in terms of production values is to find a poor man's way of decorating the wall behind me, but keep it interesting without it being distracting or costing me virtually anything (which is why I said using paper or index cards is more likely).  However, without upgrading my editing software, it would be pointless to create a "green screen" right now.  My decorations will most likely be physical and static for now!

If you must know, I actually built small wood frames already to create a "light screen", which is why the shadows on the wall behind me are drastically reduced from when I first started, and I use two project boards for close diffused lighting, which is LITERALLY one just sitting to the left and one sitting to the right of the frame.  I've been pretty good with being cheap!

Look forward to seeing the progression in future videos.

But shhh, don't tell anyone, I've got a reputation of being confrontational to uphold.

Your constructive criticism IS freaking me the hell out, let's just go back to fighting or some shit...

Haha



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ZyroXZ2 said:

Your constructive criticism IS freaking me the hell out, let's just go back to fighting or some shit...

Haha

it sucks you may as well give up and upload porn.



lucidium said:
ZyroXZ2 said:

Your constructive criticism IS freaking me the hell out, let's just go back to fighting or some shit...

Haha

it sucks you may as well give up and upload porn.

So was it YOU that slapped another Dislike on the video?! lol



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