Thanks for the comments, support, and suggestions! This video is the winner of the #Armachinima contest! Music: / brass Thanks to the community for the top tier mods.
Maybe sometime in the future they will work with the ragdoll physics so they look/behave more realistic. I play rainbow six siege a lot, and they have some of the best animations I've seen, though they're more stylized.. Rising Storm 2 has some interesting ragdoll physics they've been working on that's going for the realism side.
Arma 2 had death animations so I don't see why they can't just implement the animations either into the base game or as a developer mod such as the ADR - 97
Appreciate it, most of the time I don't touch sound effects because I have no idea what I'm doing. This time I tried hard to learn some basics and I think it paid off!
Yeah, I've got a large sound archive from my source modding days! I mixed some of them with RHS/JSRS + some 3rd person reverb I recorded in virtual arsenal to mix it up a bit. A great base to work off of!
Probably one of the best I've seen in the Armachinima contest! Love the discreet timeline of the ArmA game from 3 to Operation Arrowhead to Red Harvest! Good luck with the contest
You won my vote (I saw them all - well almost :) , you make good use of what make Arma great : mods - then I must admit you have chosen (and actually mentioned) the best of them !
This is technically impressive and very well done, but I have to say I feel like it never gets going. It felt like it was building up to tell a story, but never did. I'd like to see you use your technical skills to make something with a narrative. I hope this doesn't come across as too negative. I know a lot of people are saying some very nice things, but I just kind of felt like this was a trailer for itself.
Nah, a few people have mentioned that before, and I agree. Part of why I didn't attempt any story was time. Each scene did have some sort of background at one point. For example the urban scene was really a PMC convoy, with the lead SUV pinned against a building by a cargo truck. After the initial ambush the VIP would be escorted through some alleyways with opfor units running across the roofs trying to intercept. (I made some pretty cool sets for that part!), and it would eventually end up with the helo section. That itself could be a video, probably pushing 5 minutes. I just didn't have the voice talent for it or time to recruit outside people. It'd be really weird with no communication of sorts. The other part is that I'm using ArmA as a platform to improve my technical skills rather then prioritizing making a narrative driven machinima at the moment. I'd rather focus on a trailer theme for now as I explore and mess around with both the editing and eden editor. That gives me the most flexibility to make something watchable for now. Not to imply trailers can't have a narrative or anything though. Before the contest popped up, I was experimenting with a rainbow six themed video/trailer with an actual story!
Ah, I see. Well I have to say you did a good job in and of itself. I hope to see the convoy video sometime. I do hope you get a chance to tell a story in the future. Voice talent is a major stumbling block - it's so hard to get together a group of people who have the skill to sound convincing. Good luck with the contest. The Rainbow Six idea sounds pretty interesting too!
Thanks, the Rainbow Six thing will probably see the light of day but I'm not sure when. I was in the middle of learning how to do dynamic snow, but I also have a lot of stuff recorded too. I'm working on a quick "demo" of how I make some of the missions / scenes since people were asking. So that will probably come after.
I dunno, I feel like this is a perfect example of how a Armachinima should be. It's not tear jerking or attempting to be dramatic, it's showing different scenarios that can occur within the game and its done quite well. I don't agree with the idea that everything has to be deep.
Ideally I would like to see both. Honestly the missions would be better. My biggest struggle with arma machinima making is make characters do what I want
oh, I used Tedho's unitcapture function. I record basic movement / actions on myself, then apply the pathing to AI via radio trigger or timed trigger depending on how complex the scene is. Instead of needing multiple people to run around as extras, or dealing with default AI pathing, you can make the AI do whatever you did instead. forums.bistudio.com/topic/175154-functions-unitcaptureunitplay-for-infantry-units-in-arma-3/ My friend did the more complex things that you can't record with it, like firing from a helicopter for example. It's essentially the same as using the default unitcapture for helicopters or planes, but you apply the move data, firing data, and animation data.
I have used that in the past and had some trouble with it. Sometimes the animations wouldn't play, wrong animations, inaccurate firing, etc. I will give it a shot, I may have been using an outdated version of the script
This is my favorite one, great job! I voted for you and shared with friends. If this was as long as East Wind, there wouldn't even be a competition. The lack of story I'm afraid may put East Wind up on top though. Best of luck, I'm sure you're getting a top 3 prize either way! Forgot to mention that the scene at 2:53 looks indistinguishable from real life. It's excellent.
i also entered the contest but there is no way i will ever win... tshirt would be nice XD. no but this video is some quality work and i would love to see you're work at first place... you deserve it. hats off mate.
Favorite part of this video, was when the eyelids of that last operator blinked / flinched when he was shooting that dude again. Amazing attention to detail!!
This is best arma3 video I have ever seen - heck even better than their official materials =D If this was trailer (and mods were included in main game) I would be sold and would go and buy Arma3 (I own arma3, but I'm talking about impressions taken from the material) =D amazing
Nice. I recognize some of the sounds from Insurgency. Those are good sounds. I sit and mod sounds all day so its like hearing the trees and birds everyday for me XD. I hope one day we will get a game that sounds very realistic. I think Squad comes close to it.
I like the little details like in the desert scenario with PMC how its already taking place after some firefight with carn aparently was speeding up and driver shot and car rammed up on the boxes.
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When Bohemia inevitably needs a trailer for Arma 4, they should outsource to you, you're that good.
thanks!
And russians actually not bad guys and speaking real russian language? Oh man, I have no words, FINALLY ! And also it's beautiful.
I tried with the language, mostly just dug through the rhs voice filenames too see what they were generally saying lol
It's all perspective. @Sarge Thebandit01
Russians are occupants, U mean Pidaruskies?
@Sarge Really overdone? They literary anexed part of another country. liek it is some 20th century or something
this didnt age well
Someone should really make a mod that incorporates these death animations into actual gameplay, maybe augmented by ragdoll at some times
That'd make gameplay all the more aesthetically pleasing, even if it's simple.
Maybe sometime in the future they will work with the ragdoll physics so they look/behave more realistic. I play rainbow six siege a lot, and they have some of the best animations I've seen, though they're more stylized.. Rising Storm 2 has some interesting ragdoll physics they've been working on that's going for the realism side.
It's been done already, but only certain communities have it.
Can we do this?
You'll have to get your hands on the PBO in circulation.
this was by far the coolest video in this contest. you have my vote
Mine aswell :)
thanks guys :D
after all these years, I still find myself returning to this video, it's really that good.
Those death animations need to be implemented into the actual game ASAP.
I think they are all cutseen animation's from arma 2's story mode
then it shouldn't be that hard for bohemia
Arma 2 had death animations so I don't see why they can't just implement the animations either into the base game or as a developer mod such as the ADR - 97
R Brown there is a realistic rag dolling mod, which makes it look alot more realistic
The sound work and effects are so good man, great job!
Appreciate it, most of the time I don't touch sound effects because I have no idea what I'm doing. This time I tried hard to learn some basics and I think it paid off!
i hear a ton of insurgency sounds :)
Yeah, I've got a large sound archive from my source modding days! I mixed some of them with RHS/JSRS + some 3rd person reverb I recorded in virtual arsenal to mix it up a bit. A great base to work off of!
Probably one of the best I've seen in the Armachinima contest! Love the discreet timeline of the ArmA game from 3 to Operation Arrowhead to Red Harvest!
Good luck with the contest
You won my vote (I saw them all - well almost :) , you make good use of what make Arma great : mods - then I must admit you have chosen (and actually mentioned) the best of them !
This is technically impressive and very well done, but I have to say I feel like it never gets going. It felt like it was building up to tell a story, but never did. I'd like to see you use your technical skills to make something with a narrative.
I hope this doesn't come across as too negative. I know a lot of people are saying some very nice things, but I just kind of felt like this was a trailer for itself.
Nah, a few people have mentioned that before, and I agree. Part of why I
didn't attempt any story was time. Each scene did have some sort of
background at one point.
For example the urban scene was really a PMC convoy, with the lead SUV pinned against a building by a cargo truck. After the initial ambush the VIP would be escorted through some alleyways with opfor units running across the roofs trying to intercept. (I made some pretty cool sets for that part!), and it would eventually end up with the helo section.
That itself could be a video, probably pushing 5 minutes. I just didn't have the voice talent for it or time to recruit outside people. It'd be really weird with no communication of sorts.
The other part is that I'm using ArmA as a platform to improve my technical skills rather then prioritizing making a narrative driven machinima at the moment. I'd rather focus on a trailer theme for now as I explore and mess around with both the editing and eden editor. That gives me the most flexibility to make something watchable for now. Not to imply trailers can't have a narrative or anything though. Before the contest popped up, I was experimenting with a rainbow six themed video/trailer with an actual story!
Ah, I see. Well I have to say you did a good job in and of itself. I hope to see the convoy video sometime.
I do hope you get a chance to tell a story in the future. Voice talent is a major stumbling block - it's so hard to get together a group of people who have the skill to sound convincing.
Good luck with the contest. The Rainbow Six idea sounds pretty interesting too!
Thanks, the Rainbow Six thing will probably see the light of day but I'm not sure when. I was in the middle of learning how to do dynamic snow, but I also have a lot of stuff recorded too. I'm working on a quick "demo" of how I make some of the missions / scenes since people were asking. So that will probably come after.
I dunno, I feel like this is a perfect example of how a Armachinima should be. It's not tear jerking or attempting to be dramatic, it's showing different scenarios that can occur within the game and its done quite well. I don't agree with the idea that everything has to be deep.
Valid points, but you need to develop your narrative skills, too. It's the most important part.
I really like how all of the mods were listed in the beginning of the video. I appreciate the work the author has done good job!
This is great. It would be cool to see some behind the scenes for this, it is really well done
Would you want to see a quick layer by layer breakdown of the editing or how I did the missions?
Ideally I would like to see both. Honestly the missions would be better. My biggest struggle with arma machinima making is make characters do what I want
oh, I used Tedho's unitcapture function. I record basic movement / actions on myself, then apply the pathing to AI via radio trigger or timed trigger depending on how complex the scene is. Instead of needing multiple people to run around as extras, or dealing with default AI pathing, you can make the AI do whatever you did instead.
forums.bistudio.com/topic/175154-functions-unitcaptureunitplay-for-infantry-units-in-arma-3/
My friend did the more complex things that you can't record with it, like firing from a helicopter for example.
It's essentially the same as using the default unitcapture for helicopters or planes, but you apply the move data, firing data, and animation data.
I have used that in the past and had some trouble with it. Sometimes the animations wouldn't play, wrong animations, inaccurate firing, etc. I will give it a shot, I may have been using an outdated version of the script
give me a week or so and I'll make a short behind-the-scenes example cinematic shot from start to finish. wouldn't take that long to do.
Those effects are believable and still extremely cool- plus perfect editing. My vote is for you guys!
Back over 7 years later as I was reminded of this masterpiece!
This is my favorite one, great job! I voted for you and shared with friends. If this was as long as East Wind, there wouldn't even be a competition. The lack of story I'm afraid may put East Wind up on top though. Best of luck, I'm sure you're getting a top 3 prize either way!
Forgot to mention that the scene at 2:53 looks indistinguishable from real life. It's excellent.
i also entered the contest but there is no way i will ever win... tshirt would be nice XD. no but this video is some quality work and i would love to see you're work at first place... you deserve it. hats off mate.
Thank you, best of luck with your video as well.
Graphics, sounds, animations all so amazing! Really good work! I wish the actual game was like this though.
Congrats on 1st place Kingles! Definitely earned the first place out of all the nominees, enjoy your new graphics card!
I certainly will, I so hyped for Rising Storm 2 and being able to run it! :D
Out of the dozen or so of these that I'v seen, this is my favorite. Very well done; I'll make sure to vote for it.
Congratulations for winning this contest! Was by far the best Armachinima I've seen!
Holy shit. The Music. The Bass. The Brass. This is fucking amazing.
You’ve got some major talent my guy, this video and the OPTRE video are both amazingly shot and animated
thanks!
CONGRATS PRINGLES ON WINNING THE ARMACHINAMA CONTEST
Favorite part of this video, was when the eyelids of that last operator blinked / flinched when he was shooting that dude again. Amazing attention to detail!!
I can't stop watching this video. It shows arma's gun combat system very well.
Proud to have been an early voter for this, congrats on the win guys!
Congrats on wining the contest.
This is actually amazing, hands down best Arma machinima I have ever seen!
This is amazing, it's one of my favourites now.
Very, very, very impressive :D Congratulations on the well deserved win, KinglesPringles!
Pretty badass! Congrats on the much deserved win, mate!
Best arma 3 cinematic footage ive seen
great video congratz for winning :), if only arma was this fun to play
Congrats great work. Damn good Video and amazing location with all the use of that great mods and stuff. Hope there is enough time left for gaming.
Wow , its incredible , my congratulations , you are the winner of the Armachinima , you are the best.
Congratulations on first place!
Congratulation for winning the contest, it was definitely one of the best video so far ;)
This is absolutley excellent
Congratulations on the win!
Well earnt.
those animations woth that soundscape and camerawork and graphics Wow
This is best arma3 video I have ever seen - heck even better than their official materials =D If this was trailer (and mods were included in main game) I would be sold and would go and buy Arma3 (I own arma3, but I'm talking about impressions taken from the material) =D amazing
Yep, this was definitely well-deserved.
This is amazing!
I'm so happy to see Arma can do this
Congrats on winning 1st place, well deserved
Congratulations man, nicely done
This got 1st! Congrats, you deserved it.
This just set the bar for ARMA 4
Looks like a game trailer to me! Nice job on the win, good work!
Extremely Good Job! Amazing Effort and Hard work. Well done (thumbs up)
Thanks!
Impressive. Voted
dude, song, editing and filming are amazing! great work my friend! would love to learn more from you!
Good job, you won the contest!
You have my vote. Best one so far.
Nice. I recognize some of the sounds from Insurgency. Those are good sounds. I sit and mod sounds all day so its like hearing the trees and birds everyday for me XD. I hope one day we will get a game that sounds very realistic. I think Squad comes close to it.
This is outstanding! I will vote for this definately!
Congrats on the win!
nice vid. I just watching armachinima and this is the one took my attention, the movement the story line with not dead music. awesome worth liking it
Congratulations on the win.
Did you play milgo in A2?
Congrats on the win.
Absolutely outstanding!
that opening shot with the casing ejecting in slow motion was fucking sick
yeah, figured it'd be neat to show how in depth arma can be.
a second later and the physics mess it up though lol.
@KinglesPringles....Work of art! This vid is beyond words dude.
Great job my dude. You have my vote.
Amazing 10/10 well done on winning
Congratz on the win
now that's what I call a good sound cool
Congratulations on 1st place! You deserved it.
Wow, amazing! Good job.
Congratulations on your win man :)
This is beautiful!
congrats for winning mate
Well, not my favorite animation for the contest but if BI so chooses, you shall reign supreme over the ArmAchinimas.
Congratulations
Congrats on the win, you deserved it!
Nicely done.
Good luck
I like the little details like in the desert scenario with PMC how its already taking place after some firefight with carn aparently was speeding up and driver shot and car rammed up on the boxes.
Amazing man, well done!
Great video! Congrats!
Holy shit this gotta win. Amazing job!
I just want anything better then my 7950 :v
xD
Holy shit, I've never seen such a good arma video. It's so much better than mine :D
Congratulations!
Brutal, well done.
Nice work man, I voted for your vid.
This is really good m8, nice editing
Great video ! I vote for it !
Great work! Congratulations man.
This is awesome !
The best one, really beautiful
Congratulations.
You should do more and elaborate on some of these fire fights!
Congrats man!
Congrats on winning the #Armachinima contest.
i wanted this one to WIN and it DID!!!
This was a masterpiece.
Amazing work on this. I'm jealous.
So much action in 3 minutes.
pleasure to watch ,
this is the coolest video of 2017 by far, please do a series on the 4 groups featured in the film!
Awesome cinematic! Keep it up!
Congrats!
Congratulations!!bro!