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Mod Asherz

Mod Asherz

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Hey all,

So I hear this is the right place to find budding youtube and twitch streamers.

I have been tasked with trying to sort out the Orb of Occulus. *wait for cheer*
So I thought that while I was at it I could get some feedback from you guys. The people who put it through its paces.

What I'm after from you guys is some information. Basically answer these questions and possible add some others you think are relevant.

1) What do you like about the Orb of Oculus?

2) What do you not like about the Orb of Oculus?

3) Are there any modes you don't use?

4) Are there any modes you think you would like added?

Bare in mind these are only a basis, you are free to talk about the Orb as you wish. Hopefully I can get some great ideas from you guys and try to make the Orb a nice item in which you can make some more amazing videos.

Thanks for the help

Mod Asherz :D
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10-Oct-2013 16:29:02

Mod Silent

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Thanks Asherz :D

As I mentioned it would be awesome for a smooth camera movement for cinematic shots.

And possibly an extra tool for members of this program to have access to ;)

Looking forward to seeing what you guys all have to say!

10-Oct-2013 16:34:30

Regicidal
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Agreed - the Orb of Occulus needs a re-work!

Currently, the Orb is a bit bugged and when you go too low or get to a certain level/spot, the camera bugs out on you. So that's something to look at for sure.

Some other features, like Dan said, would be to have different kinds of smooth camera movements for cinematic shots. Something so that you can move the camera down and turn it left at the same time, for a sweeping effect. I'll be shooting a television show-style RuneScape series in the future, and something like that would really be helpful.

Looking forward to see what you do with it Asherz! :)

10-Oct-2013 18:58:13

Will Miss It
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Will Miss It

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Glad the orb is finally being worked on! :) It's a really important tool for a lot of videomakers!

Like both of those above mentioned, smooth camera movement would be amazing. What I always had in mind, was using the arrow keys to go forward, backwards and sidewars, and WASD to turn the camera up, down or to the sides.
The menu bar that can be removed by pressing space, can control the speed of this.

At the moment you can only go below eye-level of the characters if there is a big hole in the ground. I would like it if we could kiss the ground with the orb, or play birds with it and fly far up and stare down.

We should also be able to get close up to players without the orb clipping their faces away, if that's possible in the coding. :P

The only mode I use at the moment is the fly mode. The others have no use for me, and never have earlier. :P

Excited for the re-work! :)
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11-Oct-2013 10:41:15 - Last edited on 11-Oct-2013 10:42:49 by Will Miss It

Miss Liddles
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Miss Liddles

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1) What do you like about the Orb of Oculus?
Flying mode is sexy and easy to use, at least before it was broken.

2) What do you not like about the Orb of Oculus?
The state it is in right now, especially that you can't go down low to the ground or have close ups of people.

3) Are there any modes you don't use?
I only use flying mode. I also hate the secondary mode I don't know what it's called but I get a headache when I try use it because when you first open it, it switches directions like crazy and if I don't shut my eyes for the first 10 seconds I feel like I'm going to chunder all over my monitor. Motion sickness I guess? o.O But yeah that thing is horrible.

4) Are there any modes you think you would like added?
I'd love for there to be an option to hide the oculus from showing in our characters hands whilst filming so this means we don't have to use body doubles.
Also I'd appreciate if the oculus doesn't get a massive rework as it was perfectly fine until someone decided to change it and then didn't fix it. Just worried that may happen again. X_X
Edit: Oh yeah and whilst visiting Jagex HQ I noticed you guys use xbox controllers to get a smoother camera movement whilst filming. I know it's ambitious but my god it would be amazing if there was a plug in that allowed us to use controllers too.

11-Oct-2013 16:07:21 - Last edited on 11-Oct-2013 16:09:25 by Miss Liddles

Wizif
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1) What do you like about the Orb of Oculus?
I like how you can get really good camera angles now :D
2) What do you not like about the Orb of Oculus?
How its glitched >.>
3) Are there any modes you don't use?
Most of them, i only use the one where you can get low down angles
4) Are there any modes you think you would like added?
I always thought it would be cool if you could de-equip the orb while gazing through it, then you might not need stunt doubles. :)

Glad the orb is being looked into now! ^-^

11-Oct-2013 23:04:02

Caedo
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Great to see the orb being worked on!

1) What do you like about the Orb of Oculus?
As a machinima maker I love the convenience to it, it's great for cinematic shots, close-ups and other things.

2) What do you not like about the Orb of Oculus?
At the moment (mainly die to the orb being glitched!) it is really hard to get the ideal shot for a machinima, especially when we need very precise close-ups or a low angle, in short, flying mode is just the problem right now, it's horribly glitched.

3) Are there any modes you don't use?
I use all of them when necessary!

4) Are there any modes you think you would like added?
It's likely been said, (sorry, don't have the time right now to read through everyone's comments, I will tomorrow!) but some sort of cinematic movement shot, in which the camera starts at one point facing a certain angle, but slowly pans or moves (with a custom speed setting) to a second point, if that makes sense. I've seen mods for this in others games, such as Garry's Mod and Minecraft to name a few, but obviously we can't have mods in RS so this would be the kind of things you lovely people at Jagex would need to work on! :)

Another idea would be a way to not wield the orb ingame and still give your character free roam whilst in the orb, it would help greatly when it comes to actors.

Thanks for getting to work on the orb again, can't wait to see what it's like fixed. :D Signature

11-Oct-2013 23:08:23 - Last edited on 11-Oct-2013 23:10:35 by Caedo

Mod Asherz

Mod Asherz

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Hey all,

Thank you for the posts and suggestions. I will be keeping a close eye on this thread, so if you have any information about the Orb you wish to share then please do.

When I get a little bit of engine support I shall crack on with solving the glitches and hopefully make a more stable camera for you all.

Mod Asherz :)
Mod Asherz

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15-Oct-2013 10:05:32

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