World of Warcraft Explorer Timelapse

Music is "Silk", Free Royalty Free Music by http://www.danosongs.com

Watch at highest quality. I hope you like the video.

This is my first attempt at making a timelapse within a game. No modifications or cheats were used; everything was captured on Windrunner server in real time. Very few scenes were captured on PTR server. A total of 88 zones are shown in random order.

Programs used to create this video:
- AutoHotkey: To move the mouse (rotating) and to press keyboard buttons (moving backward and pressing the screenshot button fast). Also, to create a lot of scripts to automate tedious tasks.
- Fraps: To take high quality screenshots.
- Adobe Photoshop: To add watermarks on all images.
- Windows Explorer: To rename thousands of images.
- QuickTime Pro: To combine all images together, add music, and export finished video.
- Microsoft Excel: To automate subtitle file creation using formulas.
- Notepad: To create batch files to automate folder creation and other tasks.
- Calculator: To calculate tons of numbers like frames and time.

Fun Facts:
- Over 100,000 screenshots taken.
- Screenshots saved in nearly 950 folders.
- More than 100 GB of space consumed.
- Around 900 scenes were captured. Only 164 scenes used.
- It took only few seconds to few minutes to capture most of those scenes.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• blizzard
• entertainment
• world
• of
• warcraft
• WoW
• time
• lapse
• timelapse
• classic
• Burning
• Crusade
• Wrath
• Lich
• King
• Cataclysm
• mmo
• mmorpg

[TheGingerNerd]

Awesome video! How did you make the camera move without making it too jerky?

[mdaabil]

@TheGingerNerd Jerky movement is mostly caused by my computer not being able to keep up at high graphics settings. I used a macro program to automate screenshot capture and key pressing to move. I updated the video description with more information.

[burberrybitch]

Wow :D Such an amazing video. I loved how long it was. This truly makes me miss World of Warcraft. This game makes me so happy and proud to be a video gamer. Thank you for putting up such a great video.

[mdaabil]

@burberrybitch Thank you. I'm glad you liked it :)

[eladalchez]

after watching this video, i just can't tell which area is the most beautiful.. every place is just so amazing. i'm out of words, awesome video! deserves way more views!really amazing! good job! keep up the good work!

[Menji993]

Most players tend to be wrapped up in their own world, trying to level up as fast they can, running instances, raiding, or sitting in their home city not doing anything at all. It makes us forget how beautiful this game actually is. We do not take the time and look at what the game designers actually made. Thank you for this video, and for revealing what all of us have been missing in-game! It is absolutely stunning.

[TheShirobon]

Yap. Now i know, why i play this Game <3

[opalockagoonie]

hey any chance you know the name of this song?

[opalockagoonie]

@DeathFlavored i am wondering the same thing

[nickit1211]

the world is just beautiful. i wear my explorer title proudly

[Septimz]

this is so cool :D

[DeathFlavored]

What is the name of the composer of this song? I can't find it anywhere :( there are many song titles by the name of "Silk"!

[AgentSwiffer]

this is why I want to be a game designer !!! Great work !

[escobari]

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[Draknfyre]

While the music is good, I have found out playing this while watching is also pretty damn good..

/watch?v=Bdmkrv5VKnU