Slow Motion actually looking like Slow Motion, and not just frame-by-frame. I’ve seen many a video showing actual slow mo in the previous halo games looking better than the theater mode.
Rewind feature. I mean being able to rewind without having to skip back too far in the clip. Many times I’ve tried to get that millisecond of footage for an awesome screenshot, only to pass it up and having to skip back 5 seconds.
first person in other players. I dont see why we cant do it, it may help some players learn playing methods and see where their own faults were. Newer players can also get to know the map better by literally looking through another player’s eyes.
option to turn off narration. a lot of machinima makers will agree with me on this one. A lot of times when someone is trying to make a kill for a video, “FIRST STRIKE” gets announced, and now with assassinations having announcements, it’s gonna be rougher on machinima makers.
Let me know what other things in theater you guys want to see.
Your ideas are great, and I completely agree with you. I actually didn’t even think about the commentating in Machinimas! 343i said that they were making the game more “Machinima” friendly, so hopefully they thought about this when they were making customization options. Otherwise, there are going to be a lot of unhappy directors out there.
All of your points are good, and I would like to see them all implemented, but the only one I really agree with is 3. I don’t know how hard it is to get a first person view of other players (I’m not a game designer) but if it was added, I would be greatly appreciative.
> 1) Slow Motion actually looking like Slow Motion, and not just frame-by-frame. I’ve seen many a video showing actual slow mo in the previous halo games looking better than the theater mode.
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> 2) Rewind feature. I mean being able to rewind without having to skip back too far in the clip. Many times I’ve tried to get that millisecond of footage for an awesome screenshot, only to pass it up and having to skip back 5 seconds.
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> 3) first person in other players. I dont see why we cant do it, it may help some players learn playing methods and see where their own faults were. Newer players can also get to know the map better by literally looking through another player’s eyes.
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> 4) option to turn off narration. a lot of machinima makers will agree with me on this one. A lot of times when someone is trying to make a kill for a video, “FIRST STRIKE” gets announced, and now with assassinations having announcements, it’s gonna be rougher on machinima makers.
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> Let me know what other things in theater you guys want to see.
How about being able to go into theater with a group?? It was in h3 but not reach. It was a wonderful thing and useful to review gameplay with a team. I sorely missed it.
> 1) Slow Motion actually looking like Slow Motion, and not just frame-by-frame. I’ve seen many a video showing actual slow mo in the previous halo games looking better than the theater mode.
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> 2) Rewind feature. I mean being able to rewind without having to skip back too far in the clip. Many times I’ve tried to get that millisecond of footage for an awesome screenshot, only to pass it up and having to skip back 5 seconds.
>
> 3) first person in other players. I dont see why we cant do it, it may help some players learn playing methods and see where their own faults were. Newer players can also get to know the map better by literally looking through another player’s eyes.
>
> 4) option to turn off narration. a lot of machinima makers will agree with me on this one. A lot of times when someone is trying to make a kill for a video, “FIRST STRIKE” gets announced, and now with assassinations having announcements, it’s gonna be rougher on machinima makers.
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> Let me know what other things in theater you guys want to see.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
Brilliant.
Seriously, these should’ve been in there already. This guy knows what’s up.
I’m mostly hoping for 1 and 3, but I do want all 4 (and some other stuff) to be put in here.
A couple things they messed up in reach’s theater compared to halo 3’s were:
-The crosshair is off a bit when in you’re in the fixed 3rd person camera angle of a character.
-The position of the camera when you were in the free 3rd person angle was a little too high.
I hope those get changed. I also like how in call of duty you can record different segments and piece them together to make a clip of the highlights of the match. Along with your ideas, the only other thing I’d really like is a way to be able to directly upload your clips to youtube for free. But that’s less realistic.
I dont think I should really be “hired” at 343, especially for just coming up with an idea. I’m sure plenty of guys at 343i had the same, if not more and better ideas. also, I have no experience with coding, modeling, or textures (besides spriting and a minecraft TP I made)