Possibly add a "Theater" feature in the SA?

[intensity 157]

Simply records your gameplay and you'd be able to few it again later (Similar to Halo and CoD's).

Not sure how this could work, but hey, why not suggest it?

[OrLoK 16187]

Hello there

AAR (after action modules) exist for both Arma and VBS so are quite doable.

Rgds

LoK

[Raider (DayZ) 47]

CoD and HALO games dont last to long, thats why they can record full games etc, when playing dayz, sometimes it can be at least 3 hour session, more if the server dont restart often. if you could start and stop recording then it would work, but programs like fraps etc already let you do that.

[rustledmyjimmies 361]

I hope that the same editor will remain in Dayz standalone that exists in arma 2, would be very easy for rocket to implement

[OrLoK 16187]

Hello there

AAR mods dont actually record "video" of the game. They record player "positions" etc (somewhat like the data that's sent to and from a server" so whilst it is alot of information its not as "chunky" as vdeo files.

These are simply "replayed" within the arma engine.

Rgds

LoK

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

^^ What Lok said.

That's why you'll occasionally get discrepancies too.

It would allow you to get a proper view of the action though. Far better than fraps/bandicam (which you could record with after if you wanted) since the files aren't going to be 20GB of one person's perspective.

[intensity 157]

CoD and HALO games dont last to long, thats why they can record full games etc, when playing dayz, sometimes it can be at least 3 hour session, more if the server dont restart often. if you could start and stop recording then it would work, but programs like fraps etc already let you do that.

I know that Halo's theater system doesn't actually record the game play. It does exactly what Lok said and compresses it into a very small file until you actually save it as a video file.

[sinkatze 52]

Or you can just get Fraps or something to record also.

[intensity 157]

^ Problem is, most of the time that something amazing happens, I'm not recording, or I don't think about recording.

[Lordsarito 42]

^ Problem is, most of the time that something amazing happens, I'm not recording, or I don't think about recording.

Happens to everyone, Just gotta deal with it or record all the time lol.

[intensity 157]

Happens to everyone, Just gotta deal with it or record all the time lol.

That's why it'd be nice to have it implemented into the standalone.

[Raider (DayZ) 47]

okay i get the recording player positions and such, so you can get cinematic shots etc, but would theatre mode record the whole map? and everyone in it?

[freeman83 51]

Simply records your gameplay and you'd be able to few it again later (Similar to Halo and CoD's).

Not sure how this could work, but hey, why not suggest it?

well, i thought you meant a movie theatre, now that would be cool. A movie theatre that is showing a zombie lick perhaps?. It would be cool if you could also sit in the isles. I can see it being a scary place whilst being over run by zombies whilst there silhouettes appear in front of the screen =)

[enforcer1975 1111]

CoD and HALO games dont last to long, thats why they can record full games etc, when playing dayz, sometimes it can be at least 3 hour session, more if the server dont restart often. if you could start and stop recording then it would work, but programs like fraps etc already let you do that.

What...three hours? That's casual gaming... :P ;)

I had an almost 10 hour wasteland session not too long ago. I slept the whole next day lol.

Just use an external recording program, just don't use fraps as it sucks.

Edited February 15, 2013 by Enforcer

[maui.arupa@gmail.com 16]

okay i get the recording player positions and such, so you can get cinematic shots etc, but would theatre mode record the whole map? and everyone in it?

I guess it does, but it could be tweaked to only record/write within a limited radius from the player, to prevent people from looking for camps etc... Everything outside wouldn't be in the 'theater' script.