Alec's Elite: Dangerous Advent Calendar (3307)
- Thread starter Alec Turner
- Start date
i usually prefer to play myself than watch streams,
but thats a rather cool idea. kind of a best of.
but thats a rather cool idea. kind of a best of.
Thanks! Because quite a lot of my videos use copyright music I tend to publish them as "restricted" videos so I suspect that somewhat kills my subs. Plus I never really chase sub's - I just use Youtube like I use Imgur, as a place to dump videos so I can post them on the forum. I'd love more people to see those tho' if they inspire others to have fun and do stuff like this in Elite.
I reckon you should have a regular "video of the week" slot. It would be fun.
I just use Windows Movie Maker, which used to be free (and still might be as part of the Microsoft Windows Essentals pack). I wouldn't say it's brilliant but you can split, trim, fade in/out, add captions and transition effects, and overlay a soundtrack so it does all the bare essentials. A while back I did some research into better (but still free) video editors ... there are quite a few out there. I found a really good review video about these, I'll see if I can dig it out tomorrow.
It is now part of Photos, who knew? Tried it and it seems to do some basic stuff as you say.
DAY 12 - Guardian Speed Run
June 3306 and for reasons I can't remember I'm doing another bunch of Guardian Ruin runs. Anyway, I find myself at this one site in COL 173 SECTOR OD-J B25-2 which has a really nice straightforward layout and is beautifully lit for a change and decide it would be fun to do it as a speed run and turn the whole thing into a short video that I could show to people who weren't sure how to do these. The Mission Impossible music just seemed to fit perfectly.
Source: https://youtu.be/wZHmqCsVUzw
June 3306 and for reasons I can't remember I'm doing another bunch of Guardian Ruin runs. Anyway, I find myself at this one site in COL 173 SECTOR OD-J B25-2 which has a really nice straightforward layout and is beautifully lit for a change and decide it would be fun to do it as a speed run and turn the whole thing into a short video that I could show to people who weren't sure how to do these. The Mission Impossible music just seemed to fit perfectly.
It's embarassing how sooooooooo muuuuuuuuuch time it took me when I did this for the first time. 
DAY 13 - Thargoids Go Home
Somewhere in the Coalsack nebula a lone SRV driver with time on his hands delivers an important message.
His only regret?
Not choosing a planet with higher contrast SRV tracks.
Source: https://youtu.be/qP7hWfrI0Hs
Somewhere in the Coalsack nebula a lone SRV driver with time on his hands delivers an important message.
His only regret?
Not choosing a planet with higher contrast SRV tracks.
That message may confuse them, if their original home happens to be somewhere between Sol & Achenar...
I mean, they just did a small field trip (a couple million years), and now some dirty monkeys have taken over their home, attacking at every opportunity and still telling them to go home?
You're right - in pardoying the Romans Go Home bit from Life of Brian I have somewhat lost sight of the facts. Perhaps I should see this as an opportunity to go and write a a full and detailed apology message using the Scorpion? 
DAY 14 - HUD-less night driving
It's always fun looking for new ways to experience this game, going a little bit outside your comfort zone and trying something slightly different. And so it was that I came to spend some time with Cmdr cratercamper who's a fan of driving the SRV with the HUD turned off (I know some crazy people right?). With apologies to our console brethren who may not have this facility (?), on PC if you press Ctrl+Alt+G it will completely turn off all the HUD elements. In the SRV this leaves you in the worrying position of having no idea what state your hull is in, but on the plus side, without all the distractions and over stimulation that our HUD's can provide, we're left with a much simpler experience where it's just us, our vehicles and the passing terrain of the planet surface we're on. In the low light of dusk what I was particularly impressed with (and why I decided to hit record) was the plumes of dust kicked up by the SRVs as we both raced across the planet.
Source: https://youtu.be/wWeXvAeYAM4
It's always fun looking for new ways to experience this game, going a little bit outside your comfort zone and trying something slightly different. And so it was that I came to spend some time with Cmdr cratercamper who's a fan of driving the SRV with the HUD turned off (I know some crazy people right?). With apologies to our console brethren who may not have this facility (?), on PC if you press Ctrl+Alt+G it will completely turn off all the HUD elements. In the SRV this leaves you in the worrying position of having no idea what state your hull is in, but on the plus side, without all the distractions and over stimulation that our HUD's can provide, we're left with a much simpler experience where it's just us, our vehicles and the passing terrain of the planet surface we're on. In the low light of dusk what I was particularly impressed with (and why I decided to hit record) was the plumes of dust kicked up by the SRVs as we both raced across the planet.
Last edited:
DAY 15 - Evelyn's Light
In February 2020 Cmdr @jellowiggler reached out to the Elite: Dangerous community (like so many others, a place he turned to for comfort and relief from the dark places of real life) to share the tragic news of the death of his daughter Evelyn. A deeply moved community reached back with heartfelt messages of sympathy and support.
This kind of thing is not uncommon here. We are blessed with a mature caring community and a game that people feel deeply involved with and which is important and very dear to their hearts.
Frontier responded by adding the Evelyn Faye Roy memorial beacon in the renamed Evelyn's Light system (and, in recognition of numerous other player requests to have somewhere in the ED galaxy where lost loved ones could be remembered, ultimately instigated a whole system for in-game memorial requests).
On the 2nd of February 3307 I departed Colonia (more on this adventure tomorrow) with Evelyn's Light as the first destination on my return trip back to the bubble. This is the video I made when I got there, captioned with the words of a poem (written by Evelyn) that you will find at the beacon.
Source: https://youtu.be/ElrMc4JgnDE
Elite: Dangerous ... more than just a game.
In February 2020 Cmdr @jellowiggler reached out to the Elite: Dangerous community (like so many others, a place he turned to for comfort and relief from the dark places of real life) to share the tragic news of the death of his daughter Evelyn. A deeply moved community reached back with heartfelt messages of sympathy and support.
This kind of thing is not uncommon here. We are blessed with a mature caring community and a game that people feel deeply involved with and which is important and very dear to their hearts.
Frontier responded by adding the Evelyn Faye Roy memorial beacon in the renamed Evelyn's Light system (and, in recognition of numerous other player requests to have somewhere in the ED galaxy where lost loved ones could be remembered, ultimately instigated a whole system for in-game memorial requests).
On the 2nd of February 3307 I departed Colonia (more on this adventure tomorrow) with Evelyn's Light as the first destination on my return trip back to the bubble. This is the video I made when I got there, captioned with the words of a poem (written by Evelyn) that you will find at the beacon.
Elite: Dangerous ... more than just a game.
This community, and FD, do incredible things.DAY 15 - Evelyn's Light
In February 2020 Cmdr @jellowiggler reached out to the Elite: Dangerous community (like so many others, a place he turned to for comfort and relief from the dark places of real life) to share the tragic news of the death of his daughter Evelyn. A deeply moved community reached back with heartfelt messages of sympathy and support.
This kind of thing is not uncommon here. We are blessed with a mature caring community and a game that people feel deeply involved with and which is important and very dear to their hearts.
Frontier responded by adding the Evelyn Faye Roy memorial beacon in the renamed Evelyn's Light system (and, in recognition of numerous other player requests to have somewhere in the ED galaxy where lost loved ones could be remembered, ultimately instigated a whole system for in-game memorial requests).
On the 2nd of February 3307 I departed Colonia (more on this adventure tomorrow) with Evelyn's Light as the first destination on my return trip back to the bubble. This is the video I made when I got there, captioned with the words of a poem (written by Evelyn) that you will find at the beacon.
Source: https://youtu.be/ElrMc4JgnDE
Elite: Dangerous ... more than just a game.
(I remember the day you were there, and where I was)
My one regret in game is that I didn't make an effort to be social for this. I had a great adventure, and learned to flyve with all that led to, but it would have been so much more fun getting involved with the shenanigans.
My personal highlight (so far) of the stuff you've organised or been involved with.
It does but there's something important for me the photos Video Editor doesn't do that Movie Maker does, and of course it's been such a long time since I used it I can't remember what that is now to make this comment in any way useful
Just had a quick look, not sure it can speed videos up.It does but there's something important for me the photos Video Editor doesn't do that Movie Maker does, and of course it's been such a long time since I used it I can't remember what that is now to make this comment in any way useful
P.S. looking through my Youtube watch history it seems this was the last reivew of free video editors that I watched.
Despite the presenter coming across like energy vampire Colin Robinson I seem to remember it was quite good and that if I was to pick one it would be VSDC.
Last edited: