Deathball Trailer

Post by **DavidM** » 12-06-2004 02:16

A Deathball Trailer we put together (I made all you can see, Toxeen made the sounds), 17.5 Mb, requires DIVX 5.11

http://www.deathball.net/files/deathball_trailer.zip (copy paste if it ain't working)

Please show anyone you know etc, pimp at pages or whatever

Trying to attract new players....
$\o/$

Catalyst88 · Post by **Catalyst88** » 12-06-2004 03:05

Very professional, shove it up on the front page pronto and send it around the big unreal news sites

. Only problem i have with it is that it needs to be a bit higher quality, though, it seems rather over-compressed - so much so that I can barely see what's going on half the time. If you can do a higher quality one then you're onto something good.

EDIT: File is now mirrored on db-community.com for your enjoyment.

DiStUrbeD · Post by **DiStUrbeD** » 12-06-2004 04:35

very nice trailer, i actually like it a lot, too bad the quality isn't that great.

Good job DM :p $\o/$

Scotteh · Post by **Scotteh** » 12-06-2004 06:13

very cool, just needs to be higher quality like the rest said

-plær- · Post by **-plær-** » 12-06-2004 07:04

Superb trailer, the production and presentation are of extremely high standards, which is no less than I would expect from you David

Maybe offer two different versions @ different detail levels, to balance out the size/qual issue? You also might want to try using a different codec to divx5 to get better compression and quality. XviD is usually the best when it comes to quality + filesize. This codec comparison might be worthwhile reading.

Other than that, really nice. That works as a very good first-look at the game. The action in the vid is never chaotic, which is what db can look like to the newcomer. Finally, the music + other audio is excellent, and is nicely synced to the visuals, and really creates a good atmosphere.

gg DavidM

[1234]Jr · Post by **[1234]Jr** » 12-06-2004 08:14

wow... that really does own.

Just stick a 30 mb high rez one on, (dont replace tho :p), and it's great.

Koning_Floris · Post by **Koning_Floris** » 12-06-2004 08:55

Nothing short of spectacular, this trailer makes me wanna play some deathball, cya....

METAFrank · Post by **METAFrank** » 12-06-2004 09:24

my fear was that the music wudnt fit to the trailer... well, now that ive seen it i dont know why.

but even the trailer without sound had a better quality, so i hope the raw material is good enough to make a high res version...

Post by **DavidM** » 12-06-2004 11:13

Well, i have the video in a 4gb version, and it looks ownage

tell me how to compress it and i'll do it

i used divx 5.11 at highest quality
normally this looks far better, im very disapointed by the vid quality too

i'll try plaers xvid suggestion

Post by **DavidM** » 12-06-2004 11:16

XviD 37.31 fps <--- hah, not only the letters are backwards

pw: xvid looks exactly the same as divx
als toyed around with divx settings, cant get it better than that it seems

and i cant use too exotic codecs, in the end only 20% can actually watch it

BurntLeaf · Post by **BurntLeaf** » 12-06-2004 12:10

I pimped the low res one at atari forums /whatever

R3L!K · Post by **R3L!K** » 12-06-2004 14:17

yea nice trailer

Messy · Post by **Messy** » 12-06-2004 14:55

Very nice

I liked the attention that was brought to keepers. Hardly any defender attention though /o\ so it seems..

Either way

apart from quality, lovely movie..and I'm sure some1 will come along and tell you how to make it look a bit better =)

Post by **DavidM** » 12-06-2004 15:12

i want to attract people, and you dont do this by showing defenders

and the timing, shaking etc stuff isnt very obvious, so nobody would understand whats going on
my first priority was to keep it all clean and obvious

beefsack · Post by **beefsack** » 12-06-2004 15:13

haha just mail the 4gb vid to plaer and let him compress it :p