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Edit: This is the Turbine's Asheron's Call video contest winner! Much awesomeness at work here!

SPECIAL THANKS to the following players in Solclaim who helped me do the "tavern dispute" segment by playing their parts as the guards:

the book of psalm
amon
vevina
Samsahara
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Here are the programs I used to create this video:

-3D work/animation created with Lightwave

-Sound editing/compilation with Audacity

-Newsreporter's mouth animations and other misc animations made with Flash

-News chime and tradebot voice made with Fruity Loops studio (primarily a music program)

-Video editing/compilation done with Windows Movie Maker.

-Paint shop 6.0 for 2d editing (textures, newsreporter's face and mouths, etc)

That said, I did not take models from the game to make this, I made those from scratch. Most of the textures in the newsroom were obtained by screenshots (even the suit texture), then edited accordingly with paintshop. Animating the newsreporter's face was done by animating it in flash, then exporting it as an AVI then assigning it as the face texture on the newsreporter model. If you want more (though outdated) information on how I make my videos, check out my "Connor's Adventures in Dereth: Behind the scenes" videos.

Category:

Film & Animation

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[RichGilly]

How did they even do this? Did they get the models from some sort of resource or did they make their own?

Either way - Amazing! I wish AC would come back. I don't like how easy it is now - I miss the old days. Also the graphics haven't aged well - the Graphics update only made it worse. I liked the original art.

[tndStudios]

@RichGilly The models were built from scratch using lightwave (a 3d modeler/animation program). I used still images from the game for backgrounds (except for the newsreporter's room) and textures were taken from the game and modified as needed. See the full description for info on other tools used.

[cyberheter0]

nice video yeah you thruly deserve the win for your work , what software did you used to make the animations ?

[tndStudios]

I went ahead and added this information to the video description box. Enjoy.

[Hobbitgoth]

Please tell me there's more Connor's Adventures coming soon. :)

[tndStudios]

I'm already half way through animating the next episode, the only reason it isn't out yet is because the contest popping up out of nowhere. I did a full 180 and did this in its place.

Though, this is relevant for the Connor's Adventures interpretation of the Asheron's Call world, and you'll find out why later :)

[Bulto00]

Love it

[TheViatrak]

Very well done.

[articfigure]

look at him go! O

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[LeilaniLad]

Hilarious dude!

[richie2430]

this video sucks i cant believe u won

[cyberheter0]

Do you guyz know he won the first place ? apparently not... :) thanx for the info that a lot of work ! you did.