My El-Hazard RPG [A VidGame, not a text RP]

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

Does anybody know either how to take a screen shot of a dvd while its playing? (because you can't print screen)

This entirely depends on the player software used.  The only one I know is PowerDVD, where you just press "c" or click the camera button in the toolbar and it copies the current frame to clipboard.  (From which you can paste into Paint and save and all that.)  The software you're using may or may not have the feature.

Also does anybody know how to make an .avi video clip from a dvd? This could be some help as I try to put some screenshots into the game. Thanks

Well, firstly there ARE a ton of screenshots available on the site, don't forget that.    But if you really need video for some particular reason... well, you have to rip your DVD.  And I can teach you to do that, if you want the trouble.  

but i cant figure out how to make this look correct:


So i need an idea on that cause its confusing and i cant figure it out.

I think they look great so far, but uh... lessee.  My two guesses are to just join the wall to the stairs going up just like you did in the middle image, since you can just assume that the stairs are going through the wall into a stairwell of some sort, or you use a fading-to-darkness version like you have going downward just ... going upward.

[Jojo]

I thought it woudl be kind of neat to incorporate some video clips into the game. but i still don't get the stair thing... if you could elaborate more that would be quite helpful.

what do you mean by lessee?

[anubimon]

Does anybody know either how to take a screen shot of a dvd while its playing? (because you can’t print screen) Also does anybody know how to make an .avi video clip from a dvd? This could be some help as I try to put some screenshots into the game. Thanks

What program do you use to play the DVD?

You can't make an avi clip directly from a DVD. You'd have to rip the episodes from the DVD onto your computer and then use a splitter.
If you know what clips you want to use and what episodes they are in, I might be able to help you there.
I also know where you can get a splitter, but there's only a  7 day trial, so don't get it until you're positive you know what clips you want. I'll get the link in a second.

Here is the splitter. It's very easy to use.

[Jojo]

WOOT WOOT WOOT! I still can't figure out how to work the stairs, BUT I got my two metal DDR pads and now my little arcade machine is playable. Ahh this makes me so happy. I don't know why I must post it on here but, I felt the need to! So yay for me. Oh by the way Bob, I was still hoping you could explain , or anyone for that matter, about how to get these stairs to look a little better.

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

Crudely illustrated:



A) "My two guesses are to just join the wall to the stairs going up just like you did in the middle image, since you can just assume that the stairs are going through the wall into a stairwell of some sort..."

B) "...or you use a fading-to-darkness version like you have going downward just ... going upward."


As for "lessee" --

I think they look great so far, but uh... lessee.

In my context, "lessee" is a slurred "let's see", generally meaning "let's take a look at this".

[Jojo]

hrmm... nice drawings   ... i think ill try to work on the fading one i think that one looks the best... but its going to once again make matters a little more difficult... well this whole next week is spring break and ill probably be working on this alot then.... so maybe if i get everything to goto like the first battle on el hazard, I'll make a little release for you all to see how it is going to be like. Anyways... gonna get some shut eye... later

[Jojo]

WELLLLL progress has be halted because I've been getting addicted to Final Fantasy IX... It's a bad thing. I got the opening scene working so that you'll talk to the kids and Fuji will come down and put the sign up so you can't go down. That took a great deal of time amazingly enough. The day I finish FFIX Maybe then ill be back here to work on the game. Lazyness is a horrible horrible HORRIBLE thing. If anyone wants to help by making me some more character sprites of just random people in school uniforms (male & female) it would be greatly appreciated because thats a lot of people i have to make. The templates have been shown in past posts on here. Although I doubt anyone will want to help, if you do it'd be nice. Thanks

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

You see, this is exactly why I try to stay off RPGs and MMORPGs.  The former takes takes a damn long time to complete and the latter takes a lot of time to move at snail speed to no goal.

Well, one thing to learn, Jojo -- it's hard to get help over the internet.  So if you halt, it'll probably stay halted for quite some time.  

[Kathy Guinea]

You see, this is exactly why I try to stay off RPGs and MMORPGs.  The former takes takes a damn long time to complete and the latter takes a lot of time to move at snail speed to no goal.

Heh I agree :p As much as I like RPG's I'm at a point in my life where I need games that I can pick up and put down like an hour or 2 later feeling satisfied :p RPG's take too long to give me an amusing conclusion.

Now if they had a Chip n' Dale's MMORPG then I'd have to play it. "Once you're 31337 ... all the n00bs will fall to your feet."

http://www.askcorran.com/flash/chipndales.htm

[Jojo]

AHHHH!!! 15 hours and 53 MINUTES!!! and im only on disc 2 .... I HATE THIS!!!!!!!! But after I finish, I will be back to work on my own... damn final fantasy..

[Saucer]

You see, it is for this reason that I stick mainly to fighting and shooting games. You pick up the controller and go "Chew wan' to play rough?! Hokay!!" And, you're done.

Chip n' Dale's MMORPG!!!!!  

[Jojo]

I used to despise any sort of RPG like your Final Fantasy VII when I got so far but screwed something up earlier so I could not pass any further and I was also annoyed with teh sort of fighting style. I'm still not a big of the fighting style but the story line is excellent. I wen't over to my friends house and watched him play FF XI online and it was cool so then I decided to pop the FF IX disc in and try playing, and what would you know its awesome, but the bad part is, I think its going to end up like how El Hazard ended, it didn't end horrible but your going to want to see more, and your not going to be able too... Daffff, Oh well...

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

I know.  The only FF game I ever had patience to partially digest was FF7 because it had some very neat, intertwined storylines.  But... it's like my sister said, my preference is games I can put a couple hours into and then go away for a while knowing I've succeeded a lot (as opposed to spending two hours battling monsters to raise two levels.   )

Amazingly I did once have the patience to play Dragon Warrior for the NES.  However, I think that game had a few loopholes where even a weakling could occasionally battle a too-strong monster and get major EXP for his level.  Always good times.

And the max level was 30 because the EXP counter would hit the end of a 2-byte number (65535).  Reminds me of Pole Position's 255 MPH (end of a single byte.)  Ah, those were the days...

[Andrusi]

If anyone wants to help by making me some more character sprites of just random people in school uniforms (male & female) it would be greatly appreciated because thats a lot of people i have to make.

At this scale it'd probably be easier to just make one or two and then recolor them repeatedly.  Heck, you can even recolor Makoto, Jinnai, and Nanami if you have to, as long as they end up looking different from the real M/J/N.

'Tis a fairly standard RPG practice, for sprite-based RPGs at least.  With the uniforms they'll all end up looking the same anyway, so...

[Jojo]

recolor what??? all you have to recolor is their face and their hair..