It's a Wrap!

image: itsawrap

What Enemy Territory and RTCW movies always lacked is quality. Even though moviemakers have had tga_merge on their disposal, noone actually used it. Well, moviemakers, this goes in favour of your laziness, you have no valid reson to make bad quality movies anymore.
New moviemaking tool is here!

Bitmap.se has released a new tool that is based on tga_merge, but works like tga_hook.
Wrap writes screenshots to ram, merges them, and then writes only merged screenshot (blurred) to hdd.

It allows greater blur control then tga_hook and it also has a feature to change r_drawworld & r_fastsky color, by default it changes it to green, but you can easily change that. Head down to http://www.bitmap.se/itsawrap.html and read everything in detail.

Also, I renderd a short privew clip from upcoming trickjump movie that is being developed on this wonderful new tool, enjoy!
www.violenceisbad.org/vib-productions/ender/preview_oasis_xvid.avi
Update of Motion blur tutorial soon http://www.crossfire.nu/?x=tutorial&mode=item&id=18
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nice jumps, nice qualy
you totaly missed the point of the news...
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thxx Bitmap.se, appreciated
tried and it before and it is the bestest =) keep up the god work
fair play the quality is very impressive
Looks really interesting :)
What worries me is that people are more concerned about motionblur these days than editing.
same but more concerned about quality and motionblur than editing. if you know what i mean :o)
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Doesn't make it less worrying. I'll take a well-edited average quality movie over a nice quality average editing movie any day.
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same here d00d3
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sry im not as smart as max, i dont get your point. So tell what you mean, cause i dont think quality is all or more important in a movie
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thats the good thing about this tool, noone has to worry about blur anymore :)
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GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

:<

help pls
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GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

same :(
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Quoteso if ET locks up then try windowed mode instead. I don't have any problems in W2K, but I'll see if I can figure out what the problem is...

/bmp

try that untill he finds a way to fix the problem
also if you're starting demos by some external program, try starting them normal way: ET.exe>mod>etpro>demos>select>view
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I tried with et.exe and i couldnt open that.
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Wow i wanted to make a journal about this, but i see you just found this problem : )
I agree with you. Make movies instead of quality tests.
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The irony of it all is that a lot of movies are actually RUINED by motionblur. After some movies I just feel like puking, or watching DDE3 (40fps no motionblur <3) to fix my head.
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Maybe you'll enjoy the 50fps no motionblur version of my upcoming movie, although I can't promise a low filesize :O. I've also tried to cater to your aspect ratio comments the best I can.
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I expect I probably will, not sure if this rig could handle 50fps gaming footage. It managed to play the 40mb/second 12gb LOST episodes which were 60fps... but TV is a lot easier to decode.
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12 gb episodes with 40 mb/second means the episodes are 5 minutes long
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I meant 40mbit/second :o(
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noone in their right mind uses mbit when discussing video!
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No one in their right mind writes mb when they mean MB. ;)
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if it's MB it should be Mbit aswell, but pressing shift all the time is just so tiring 8<
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I agree, but hopefully this makes it easier to get decent motion blur, so that people focus on editing instead.
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GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

:|
Which OS?

Have you tried windowed mode? (Switch to windowed mode before installing the DLL.)
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Does not help : /
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if only i could get that quality:<
Sure you can.
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hannes tutorials didnt work for me:< and noone is willing to give some decent config, and my monitor cant handle rmode 8:<
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well my tut describes the way, the method of the entire process.

Tweaking / editing and stuff is still up to you :)
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read my comment in your tut
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I meant the fact that the clip is a 55mb/min trickjump with lots of motionblur.

So you can get it with 55mb/min. :D

I'm not whining anyway as it's only really there to showcase the tool at high quality so there probably wasn't much effort on the encode.
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yup, singlepass with 7k bitrate :)
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Nice qualy, but using the tool won't make your movie better (cf. -Max-)
Quote!!!WARNING!!!

Using this version of opengl32.dll on a PunkBuster enabled server *will*
get you kicked and possibly get your CD Key banned! I strongly recommend
that you use a separate installation of the game for movie making, and disable
PunkBuster in this installation. The easiest way to do this is to copy your
regular ET installation folder and create a new shortcut.

!!!WARNING!!!
tnx for posting
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You are welcome! Just for noobs.
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OMG BESTEST QUALITY in et movie
linux version please :(
more w(h)ine please :))
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image: its-a-trap


how could you know ?
lol I don't give a fuck about quality, as long as the frags are great :/
I see, you know me better than I do.
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yep. cuz watching leet frags @ 5fps, 320x240, maxed lodbias and lightmap, cant be more enjoyable than watching not so leet frags @ HD quality
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Thats exactly the point: Today most movies have a decent quality already. But few have really nice frags ;)
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wrap :*

you made me hungry, the best wrap in lagland is 135 km away from me
Thanks for making the post ogrec, cute banner. :)
np, gaso made banner :)
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ITS A CRAP :<<<<
same here :)
itsnt this the same as

/cl_avidemo 30

and then drag your screenshots into virtualdub?
im getting failed to open screenshot in rtcw using viewpoint mod, have i done something wrong :P?
Never heard of viepoint mod. Link?

Make sure that "basepath=" (in opengl32.cfg) points to a valid directory.
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is just the latest of version of edv

http://www.onesoldier.co.uk/merlin/viewpoint.zip

+ yeh was a retarded mistake, with basepath :D
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now i get some screenshot could not be written crap
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That's not much to go on...

Post the basepath you're using and the full path for the game including the mod folder please (e.g. e:\games\rtcw\viewpoint\screenshots).

Have you tried both an absolute and a relative path?
Example of absolute path:
Create a directory named screenshots directly under C:\
Make sure the current user has write access.
Set basepath=c:\screenshots
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found the problem, it didnt like me using bzz demo player.
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OH MY GOD, I have waited this for my whole life!! Thank you thank you thank you, now I can die happy.

edit: clip was nice and it even worked on my pc w/o lagging but 1mb/1sec? :FD
nice download-rate z0mg
sounds good
Bitmap.se likes to Spoof over his software skills.
Does "itsawrap" bypass the 10,000 frames limitation of et/q3 (tga_hook fixed it for q3, yet it didnt work for et)?
Does "itsawrap" have the ability to save as jpg like "tga_hook"?

Sounds like a good replacement for tga_hook :)
to bybass that limitation use moviemakershack from chaplja, its in the tutorial section
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cheers, using chapja's moviehack together with "itsawrap" works great :P.

If only screens would be saved directly to jpegs and not tgas .... ;)
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"If only screens would be saved directly to jpegs and not tgas .."

That's on my list. ;)
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i'd also like png and avi option <3
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GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

I still get this error.. (when i try to open the et.exe)
oh noez sherlock
i use fraps.
fucking hell I finally thought plu was making a guid about making wraps :X
its crap?
ITS A TRAP!!
this is the same as renderedframes in q3mme? you record with 25 and set rendered frames to 40, and you get a motion blur of 1000/25?
Did anyone try this or just i am that stupid i cannot use this ?
I copied that 2 files into the et directory but i couldnt open my et.exe now (only if i remove those files).
same, not even in window mode
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See my post below.
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If you want to help me try to fix the problem:

1. Download new version http://www.bitmap.se/download/itsawrap_v060.zip

2. Unzip the files to your ET folder

3. Open opengl32.cfg in notepad and insert the following line:
log=1

4. Start ET

5. Send me the contents of opengl32.log in a PM

Also check that the following file exists: <windows>\system32\opengl32.dll
(That's the Windows OpenGL DLL that I "wrap".)

Thank you.
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Haven't made any .log file (in et directory)

<windows>\system32\opengl32.dll <- i have this
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Make sure you have a newline after "log=1", and no spaces anywhere (or download this cfg: http://www.bitmap.se/misc/cfg.zip )

*edit*
shouldn't even be necessary, logging is always enabled
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same , nothing happen : (
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Strange.

Could you try this slightly modified version: http://www.bitmap.se/misc/opengl32.dll

And try with this version of msvcr80.dll (in your ET folder) as well: http://www.bitmap.se/misc/msvcr80.dll
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I have tried all the versions in the order you posted and nothing happened, it dosen't create the file sorry
you may want what it says on the console?
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"you may want what it says on the console?"

Sure (the part after R_Init is enough).
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----- R_Init -----
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...initializing QGL
...calling LoadLibrary( 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\opengl32.dll' ): failed
...shutting down QGL
...assuming '3dfxvgl' is a standalone driver
...initializing QGL
...WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available
...shutting down QGL
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem
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I am so sad, still the same problem. : (
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:(

You and HeRMe apparently have something in common that breaks the DLL, but I don't know what it could be (virus?).
I'm afraid that I won't be able to fix this since I'm out of ideas (for now at least), sorry. :|
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you did what you could :) ..... :(
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Last idea: try temporarily disabling your anti-virus (the real time scanner) and stop any anti-cheat software that you may have running (like the PnkBstrA/PnkBstrB services).

PnkBstrA/PnkBstrB doesn't cause that problem for me on W2K, but you never know... :p
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hi

I unfortunately got the same problem.
To me it apears like it mixes up you opengl32.dll with the one in system32 which is a graphiccard library, which has to do with 3d --> "WARNING: missing Glide installation, assuming no 3Dfx available".
I don't really know how the program works, as I couldn't open it, but would just renaming it be an option?
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You can try renaming it and using the injector as described here:
http://www.bitmap.se/itsawrap_cod2.html

My current theory is that some SW (e.g. antivirus) is blocking the DLL (for the wrong reason :P), so it would be nice if everyone with this problem could tell me which antivirus and other anti-malware programs then have running, and which OS they're using.
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It's than.
i dont like blur
I love you for doing this, speeds up my process plenty. thank you.
Note that v0.60 is out: http://www.bitmap.se/itsawrap.html

New feature is cropping, which saves 25% disk space for those who capture with a 4:3 resolution but want to crop to 16:9 (e.g. 1280*960 -> 1280*720).
nvm i was doing it wrong.
btw this makes taking tga's much faster and lowers the size, it's just not about good motionblur. also I noticed the avi's taken with this don't lag in vegas preview almost at all, since vegas dosn't need to make the mblur itself i guess
1280x720

;bgcol=0.0,1.0,0.0
merge=30
skip=10
weights=1,3,5,7,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,7,5,3,1
basepath=etpro\screenshots
crop_top=0
crop_bottom=0

help me :DDDDDDDD
Help you with what exactly?
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crop_top= ?
crop_bottom= ?
;bgcol= ?
merge= ?
skip= ?
weights=1,3,5,7,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,7,5,3,1
basepath=etpro\screenshots
crop_top=0

do i need to fix this or its good ?
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That's impossible for me to say since I don't know what you want. :P

What FPS will the movie be?
At which resolution do you capture?
Do you want green screening?

The default parameters are good if you capture with cl_avidemo 1000, the movie will be 25 FPS and you don't want to crop (at this stage) or use greenscreening. Different weights may give "better" motion blur though (this is subjective and depends on the type of scenes you capture).

I tried to describe the parameters on the web page, so I don't know what more to say (without repeating myself) unless you have more specific questions.
http://www.bitmap.se/itsawrap.html

:)
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hmm - cl_avidemo 500 or 1000
resolution - 1280x720
dunno about a green screening


tnx =)
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What FPS will the movie be?
At which resolution do you capture?


:P

If you capture at 1280*720 and want the movie to be the same resolution then leave the crop_ stuff at 0.
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=) hehe

30 fps !!!
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Try this (with cl_avidemo 1000!!!!):
merge=34
skip=0
weights=1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10,10

(Other parameters same as default)

Note though that you won't get *exactly* 30 fps because of the engine, see the motion blur tutorial for more info about that.
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soooo in vdub -> fps 30 or 25 :S?
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30 fps !!!
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v0.61:
http://www.bitmap.se/itsawrap.html

+ Fixed problem with spaces in basepath ^^
+ Changed filename to allow longer sequences (assuming someone else has removed the engine limit=)
Finally working thank you!
I think i used the 0.60 because with merge 34 it stopped at the 295th picture : o
I hope this new version fixed this limit !
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hmm strange, still stop at the 295th pic
What should i do ?
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10000 images from ET / 34 = 295

This wrapper doesn't "unlock" the 10000 screenshot limit that ET has, you'll need that 10000 fps hack for that.
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Ye I know already because i wrote a journal. But if I open my ET with MMhack I still have that limit.
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works also with cod1, cod:uo and cod2 with some injecting =)
Nice, I could also give you screenshot with actually that cod2mp_s.exe in it. =P Also if you need some little graphics/photoshop works in the future I can help with those too.
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with the new version my et starts but now it creates no screenshots :/


Cannot create file screenshots\2007-07-03-230354\image00114.tga (3) Cannot create file

edit: FIXED
Any solution to 'GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem'-problem yet?
Yes, it works just fine. Thanks
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