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Record simulator movements to a movie

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by beatbrother, Oct 29, 2015.

  1. beatbrother

    beatbrother New Member

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    Hey guys,
    I was wondering.
    Are there any applications in which you can record simulator movements to any given videofile ?
    The reason I'm asking this, is that a friend of me is a 3D designer and he works in a company that creates the videos that are being used in simulators in theme parks.
    They really look amazing, but it would be great to create and record own movements to it to use it in an own simulator. :)
    beatbrother, Oct 29, 2015
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    You can currently record motion using the joystick plugin for SimTools but at the moment there is no way to play it back But the SimTools developer @yobuddy is working on playback functionality for the next version of SimTool, which is likely not far off entering early testing.
    noorbeast, Oct 29, 2015
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  3. yobuddy

    yobuddy Well-Known Member Staff Member Moderator SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    The Video Ride Creator has a UDP input feature that allows feeding data to the current project from a outside app.
    It basically records and throttles the inputted data, in order to sync to the video.

    here is a pic I have laying around, it's a bit old, but you get the idea.
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    After you get a rough idea of the movements needed, you can then fine tune them by hand if desired.
    In the end you have a telemetry file that plays along with the video.

    To be honest, I have not played with the joystick plugin yet.
    but I'm sure they could be made to work together, should they need to.

    @beatbrother, I'm hoping someday that someone will make some ride videos for the DIY guy's and sell them somewhere.
    I'd love to have some ride films to use with my sim!

    btw, it is possible to reformat just about any cuing file for SimTools.
    All the ride films that I have seen with cuing files I have been able to reformat and use!
    So if you have some ride films or know where to buy some ride films, you should be able to make them work!

    Take care!
    yobuddy
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    yobuddy, Oct 30, 2015
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    Any idea who wrote "Video Ride Creator" as I cant find it online , got a website link , I would like to have a look at that.
    Baalsgate, Oct 8, 2016
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  5. value1

    value1 Nerd SimAxe Beta Tester SimTools Developer Gold Contributor

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    @yobuddy wrote the VRC :)
    Will be published later :thumbs
    value1, Oct 8, 2016
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