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 Quick Links: SSLP Test Poster • Rules • LP Archive • Master List • Tech Support Fort  NEW RULE: NO LOW-EFFORT OR GARBAGE POSTS. I am usually super-lenient about this, but the last Sandcastle in particular got bogged down in stupid stuff far too often. I will probate for this sort of stuff in here. Someone might ask "what constitutes a low-effort or garbage post?" Well, quite frankly, if you find yourself asking "is my post low-effort," chances are yes, it is. Offer something useful to the discussion or don't post at all. If you want some general chatter/discussion with nothing relating to LP or test-posts, there is already a subforum for this. I realize that this is a message board, but if you want to engage in poo poo-slinging or useless posting, there are LOTS of other places it can take place -- it just won't be in here. This is a very simple rule. Don't over-complicate it or over-analyze it. The next stuff is just from Baldurk's last Sandcastle thread with no other changes: 
 Welcome the Let's Play Sandcastle! This thread is for general discussion of any topic not covered elsewhere in the forums regarding Let's Play threads. It's also the place that you can make a test post to see if there are any issues to resolve with your LP thread before posting it. Even if you think you know this all and you've read previous versions of the thread, give this post a quick read. I promise it won't take long.  SSLP Test Poster This handy tool is how you avoid filling up this thread with page after page of fascinating screenshots of your favourite JRPG. It supports the same bbcode as the forums, so you can paste your OP into there. It provides a handy link for you to post in here. Rules Everyone posting in this forum should read this thread, for obvious reasons. The rules cover everything that will get you banned or probated so make sure you have read them. If there are any questions/elaboration needed, you can contact Fedule, JordanKai, or myself for further information. The Tech Support Fort The Tech Support fort is the place to go if you have any technical questions about the mechanics of how to make your LP. If you want to know how to use your recording software, or what recording or editing software you should get - post in here. The sandcastle is generally only for the more subjective aspects of your LP, or for any more general and high-level questions. LPix An LP-specific image host, oriented to keeping separate updates and things. There is a rightload plugin available here, for which you will need the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable installed. Set your username and password and (optionally) a gallery in the options. If there are any problems with it, post in this thread or contact baldurk (email). The Let's Play Archive The archive is a large set of LPs that have been preserved in their entirety and as close to the original format as possible, to be kept forever. You can find a much more wordy explanation here. Archive issues - anything that is related to the archive can be posted about here in the sandcastle or here in a specific thread. If you have any questions, comments, bug reports or feature requests they can all go in there or direct to baldurk. The Master List The Master List contains as complete as possible a list of all Let's Plays that have been started on this forum. It was written to provide all the functionality needed for locating and updating information about Let's Play threads. If you want to find a thread, you can browse or search - but be aware that by default, abandoned threads have been hidden. If you want to find out if a game has been done before, make sure you search for it, in case the previous thread was abandoned - and thus not on that list. In order to update out of date information on the list, you can log in with the login: SALP / snatched. If you notice any vandalism on the list, feel free to fix it. If you don't know what it should be, or there is a significant amount of destruction, contact baldurk (email) and he can fix it. Master list issues - anything that is related to the master list can be posted about here in the sandcastle or here in a specific thread. If you have any questions, comments, bug reports or feature requests they can all go in there or direct to baldurk. IRC Channel This is a well-populated IRC channel with members of this forum. If you need to ask a question or want to interact with people in real time, this is the place to go. Do note however though that it is not official, and IRC drama shouldn't be brought onto the forums. Recommendations, Requests If you're interested in reading rather than making LPs - these threads are for you. The first allows you to post or read recommendations for past LP threads you have read and enjoyed. Read the thread OP to make sure you know the rules for recommendations. The second allows you to request an LP that hasn't been done - make sure you check the master list to see if it has been done before.   : What is a Let's Play (LP) thread? : It's a documented playthrough of something that, at the very minimum, resembles a game; how the author chooses to present it is incredibly varied. Some use screenshots, some use video. Some let the readers make decisions, others plow on through and use the thread for discussion. Some are serious and informative while others are parodies. For some examples, see the LP archive - details above.: How can I ask if anyone is wanting to see me LPing this game? What is an interest check?: There's no point in posting an interest check without something to show for it. An interest check is just asking whether people want to see an LP without actually putting forth some significant sample content (more than just an OP).For the most part, people won't really care if you LP the game or not, and it's very difficult to judge whether an LP would be interesting or not without seeing an actual update of it. If you want to know if people are interested, make a test post - don't just post "Would anyone like to see an LP of this game?". This applies no matter how much you have to decide before starting, or if you're unsure about how to LP the game. If you're not willing to put in the effort to trying different ways to see what you and other people like then don't bother posting at all. : I hate my voice so I'm doing this LP with subtitles! / I think screenshots are boring so I'm going to VLP this game.: This isn't a question but it comes up often enough to be addressed, especially the first case. First off - your voice probably isn't nearly as bad as you think it is, and almost certainly isn't bad enough to be an issue. Trust me.Secondly, when you're LPing a game you should consider what format works best for the game. Does the game not really work with group commentary? Does it need subtitles or voice? Is it more appropriate for screenshots? This is a subjective call and you can make arguments for different ways on the same game. What is a really lovely argument though is that you don't feel like or don't want to do a game one way. If you really don't want to do voice commentary, then tough luck - that means there are some games you just plain shouldn't LP. Justify your choice of format based on what makes a good LP, not what you are capable or willing to do. You wouldn't use a camcorder to record an Xbox 360 game if you couldn't afford a capture device... would you? : Can I have my thread archived? What about this thread I really like, but I'm not the author?: Any thread which has been completed can be archived - just email baldurk with the link to the thread, and he'll sort out the rest from there, getting any information from you if you're the author. If you have any specific requests or instructions feel free to include them in the email.It's recommended but not required to include an archive blurb - a 160x120 image and a paragraph short enough to fit next to it without overflowing, see the top of the front page of the archive for examples. : What is a test post? Why should I make a test post?: Let's Play threads take a lot of work. There are a lot of unforeseen problems that can crop up with your threads so it is best to make a test post - it costs you nothing but a little time, and lets you gauge how people are going to feel about your thread. This is especially true if you have not done an LP before and have no experience of what issues may come up, but a test post is almost always useful to some extent no matter how much experience you have.A test post can vary depending on the LP, but usually will consist of an early update. This means it isn't just your OP - since that usually doesn't tell people anything more than what the game is about. It's useful to post your OP as well to give the first update some context, but make sure you post an update. Also consider that if your first update will not be representative of the whole game (due to excessive tutorial sections or other reasons) then pick a later update and post that. The idea is to give people an idea of what your thread will be like so they can point out potential problems. The other benefit is that you can tell if people are going to enjoy your LP thread. Of course there's no point in doing an LP that you won't enjoy, but it's equally true that there's no point in doing an LP that everyone else will hate too. Make a test post, and see how it goes, and maybe people will suggest some improvements you didn't think of. It also gets you an idea of just how much work an LP is - and if you can really finish it. You should use the Off-site Screenshot test poster to post your test post if it's an SSLP, so that pages of this thread don't get full of loads of images. However, even with all the above applying, test posts are not a requirement. Just a very, Very good idea. : Has anyone LPed game XYZ before?: The answer to this can be found in the master list - details are above. However it is worth noting that there is no rule nor stigma towards LPing a game that has been done before. Don't rush to LP a game in case someone beats you to it - no one will care. However do consider how your LP is going to be different or similar to the previous one. If you don't have anything to offer or a different take, one more LP of mega man X isn't really going to set the world afire.: I'm not the OP in a thread. Can I contribute my own playthrough?: The short answer is, maybe. It is generally considered good practice to ask the OP for permission, in case he has plans that you may interfere with. Certainly you shouldn't show any content that the OP has not already covered without his permission. Most people and most thread posters will appreciate the bonus content which may show off something the OP had no plans to cover.If the thread has been abandoned by the OP, go wild - it's no longer theirs. There have been plenty of cases of LPs being successfully recovered by another poster after the OP abandoned it. : Is there a rule against X? Am I allowed to do Y?: This isn't the rules thread. Ask a mod - more details are in the rules thread. Here is a specific note about ROMs, emulation, etc. (Reprinted with permission.) Louisgod posted:1. Do NOT talk about how you acquired a ROM, where you got the ROM, when you got it, and so forth. Just because you're posting in Let's Play! doesn't mean you get immunity from any kind of warez discussion. : What image formats should I use?: Although this is technically the ground of The Tech Support Fort this is restated here for emphasis. Read this guide before posting images in this forum. You will learn things - learning is good.: Waffleupload doesn't work anymore, is there an alternative?: Waffleimages is dead, but try Rightload, it has a plugin for LPix. See above for more details on this, or the TSF for alternative image hosts.Archiving LPs: Info from Baldurk (Oct 24, 2015) baldurk posted:Whew! As of now the archive queue is officially cleared out (including one request that came in while I was writing this post Geop fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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Geop you should change the link for the request thread to the new one also the recommendations one
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Thanks! I'll look at the other stickies; forgot it had a new one made. Thought I handled it but apparently not?
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Coming over from the last Sandcastle - the EO3 test post looked fine. 
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I wanted to update the master list. I swore the password was somewhere in the old thread, but I couldn't find it there either. Does anybody remember the master list password?
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I may as well repost it for Dr. Fetus  Something to discuss:quote:
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Suspicious Dish posted:I wanted to update the master list. I swore the password was somewhere in the old thread, but I couldn't find it there either. Does anybody remember the master list password?
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Suspicious Dish posted:I wanted to update the master list. I swore the password was somewhere in the old thread, but I couldn't find it there either. Does anybody remember the master list password? Username: SALP Password: snatched e: beaten JordanKai fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Thanks for the advise over in the other thread. I'll take it all under advisement. I may start my Star Wars let's play over again with some updated material. I may not as well, but I'll see you in the Let's Play forums proper either way.
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May the Force be with you.
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JordanKai posted:Username: SALP
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I noticed on LP Archive there's a LP of Valkyria Chronicles where all the videos are gone (they were on blip) and they weren't saved on archive.org. Should the page for it be removed?
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Xander77 posted:What's the logic / difference as to which entries you can / can't edit? Anything that isn't listed as Archived is fair game, more or less. Archived entries can only be edited by baldurk at that point. And baldurk is the only one who can set entries to Archived status.
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Mraagvpeine posted:I noticed on LP Archive there's a LP of Valkyria Chronicles where all the videos are gone (they were on blip) and they weren't saved on archive.org. Should the page for it be removed? Probably. The good news is that another LP of that game is almost done.
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Oh, thanks Geop. Right, so a few questions on the Desmume keystroke recordings that I didn't get a chance to ask about in the last thread. quote:Except for the whole "if you use it, you can't make normal saves which you need to use it" thing. DeSmuME's keystroke recording feature is useful, but it makes you jump through hoops to make it work. So I can't actually save in Desmume while using it. Can I get around that with savestates? (And be able to actually save eventually?) I realize it's a lot of effort for something that's probably not going to see much actual use in the LP, but I might as well make everything look good if I can. (Also smooth framerate videos make it easier to get good gifs)
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Dr. Fetus posted:Oh, thanks Geop.  So it's merely clicking that box, finding the 'Battery' folder in your emulator install directory, and selecting the battery save file for the game you're playing.
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A word to the wise: twitch, the site allows users to stream pictures from their games live, allowing visitors to the site to watch feeds of professional gamers, has been recommending users reset their passwords as they have been compromised. Please be aware of this important security notice. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/twitch-hacked-game-streaming-websites-user-details-compromised-10129647.html
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Dr. Fetus posted:So I can't actually save in Desmume while using it. Can I get around that with savestates? (And be able to actually save eventually?) I realize it's a lot of effort for something that's probably not going to see much actual use in the LP, but I might as well make everything look good if I can. (Also smooth framerate videos make it easier to get good gifs) Yeah, if you want to make a new save to use to record from later, you have to make a savestate, close DeSmuME, re-open it, load the state and then save so that it is actually registered. It's kinda annoying, really. Lotus Aura fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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Dragonatrix posted:Yeah, if you want to make a new save to use to record from later, you have to make a savestate, close DeSmuME, re-open it, load the state and then save so that it is actually registered. It's kinda annoying, really. Oh, good. I'm not losing my marbles this is actually how you have to do it. I lost too much progress in Lost In Blue from keystroke recordings before I figured out the arduous and awkward method to actually get it to register a save.
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SuccinctAndPunchy posted:Oh, good. I'm not losing my marbles this is actually how you have to do it. discworld is all I read fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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Episode 1 - Hell Yeah! I feel I have finally fixed my audio woes. Is this okay to go to thread with?
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So I'm going to do a post production LP of Starcraft Mass Recall, which is a remake of SC1 in the SC2 engine, is there any general pitfalls or foibles that come along with a video LP that's different from screenshot? I know almost no-one will watch and I won't become internet famous, but I still want it to be good and kind of easy to throw together. If I can get Sony Vegas or Camtasia from my school should I go with that? What's a good program to use?
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Turtlicious posted:So I'm going to do a post production LP of Starcraft Mass Recall, which is a remake of SC1 in the SC2 engine, is there any general pitfalls or foibles that come along with a video LP that's different from screenshot? I know almost no-one will watch and I won't become internet famous, but I still want it to be good and kind of easy to throw together. If I can get Sony Vegas or Camtasia from my school should I go with that? What's a good program to use? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3590713 Tech support has a lot of info that can help, and guides to get you started.
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Turtlicious posted:So I'm going to do a post production LP of Starcraft Mass Recall, which is a remake of SC1 in the SC2 engine, is there any general pitfalls or foibles that come along with a video LP that's different from screenshot? I know almost no-one will watch and I won't become internet famous, but I still want it to be good and kind of easy to throw together. If I can get Sony Vegas or Camtasia from my school should I go with that? What's a good program to use? With VLPs, you have to keep a snappy pace because unlike an SSLP, where readers can go at their own pace, you're the one who defines how long certain sections go on for and you need to know how to show off a thing in the most entertaining way. If you can go ahead and get a big NLE, I'd say do it because those things are really powerful tools for editing and it beats the hell out of typing out AVIsynth scripts. If you need further help with actually editing or recording or something, those are questions more for the TSF linked in Jobbo_Fett's post.
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Turtlicious posted:So I'm going to do a post production LP of Starcraft Mass Recall, which is a remake of SC1 in the SC2 engine, is there any general pitfalls or foibles that come along with a video LP that's different from screenshot? I know almost no-one will watch and I won't become internet famous, but I still want it to be good and kind of easy to throw together. If I can get Sony Vegas or Camtasia from my school should I go with that? What's a good program to use? If you want (good) examples, I'd suggest checking out Jsor's WC3 thread or SovietPotatoe's Tiberian Sun thread OR Raldan's SC2 thread They all vary in how they show off their content and I personally like them all. Having a co-commentator helps, and doing a Blizzard game should be easy in terms of having someone join in and help you out. Other RTS' may not have the same reaction.
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If I remember the SC1 campaign correctly, you should just be prepared to cut out a lot of waiting around and building your armies since those missions aren't designed with pacing in mind. Also, if you don't want to use scripting and/or not pay for your editing software, try Avidemux. Very easy to do basic editing like cutting and deinterlacing in that. anilEhilated fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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anilEhilated posted:If I remember the SC1 campaign correctly, you should just be prepared to cut out a lot of waiting around and building your armies since those missions aren't designed with pacing in mind. Yeah that's fine, I even have little cards of the marines animations to pull up on the screen and talk about the characters / Unites / EU when I have time. Jobbo_Fett posted:If you want (good) examples, I'd suggest checking out Jsor's WC3 thread or SovietPotatoe's Tiberian Sun thread OR Raldan's SC2 thread What did you like about each of these LP's in particular? what made them appealing to you? Turtlicious fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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I'm personally a bigger fan of screenshots for RTSes. If only because I like being able to Pg Dn through the images to get to the major events. spookydonut is doing one of C&C: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3696752
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Turtlicious posted:What did you like about each of these LP's in particular? what made them appealing to you? First of all, I like all the games that I mentioned. Raldan does a good job on commentary, and his guest helps out too. He's also playing SC2 on the hardest difficulty and it's interesting to see how that level of gameplay differs from mine (Which is worse), SovietPotatoe shows off the game pretty well and has/had some interesting info about the development and internals/coding of the game. Jsor has some neat editing along with good explanations of the game and the differences in multiplayer and singleplayer after so many patches.
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Geop posted:I may as well repost it for Dr. Fetus To be blunt, I'm kinda wondering what's the point of doing an EO LP if you're only using one team. That's showing off, what, 20% of the content an LP reader might be interested in? A reader isn't getting too much out of the individual fights or explorations, and the story is a fairly small part of things, so a lot of the interest is going to be in showing off synergies and various ways to break the game. Your party seems kind of low on interesting tricks and synergies, and it isn't very high in the power tiers, either. So what's the angle, here?
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anilEhilated posted:If I remember the SC1 campaign correctly, you should just be prepared to cut out a lot of waiting around and building your armies since those missions aren't designed with pacing in mind. Yes, I looked into doing a SC LP at one point, and it involves a ton of turtling. There is an alternate approach in that if you have pretty insane micro you can do some speedrun bullshit. I could do it, but it made a lot of maps with those tricks maybe 1-8 minutes and I couldn't pull it off consistently in one take, which means editing out a lot of saves/reloads while you micro your ultralisk tank JUST RIGHT while you micro your army to the objective or whatever. There was one Brood War one in particular, I think it's the one where you get like 5 minutes to prepare before 90% of the map wakes up and wrecks your poo poo, and the most viable strategy that's not 2 hours of playing-it-safe tedium is a constant Zerg rush wave. Without it, it's still like a 30 minute map and you have to make sure you don't completely screw up your constant unit building. (And I'm not joking about constant. The strategy involves something crazy like 10 hatcheries all producing hydras and zerglings nonstop) I don't think it's impossible, but Starcraft predates a lot of things modern RTS games (especially Blizzard RTS games) do to make maps engaging. This is assuming the mod doesn't make balance tweaks, of course. Linear Zoetrope fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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The mod is actually created to mitigate that, it uses different scripting / strategies to get your poo poo going, which is part of why I want to show it off. E: But yeah will definitely be editing out a ton of the "Then I placed my third barracks and nothing happened." bits.
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Einander posted:To be blunt, I'm kinda wondering what's the point of doing an EO LP if you're only using one team. That's showing off, what, 20% of the content an LP reader might be interested in? A reader isn't getting too much out of the individual fights or explorations, and the story is a fairly small part of things, so a lot of the interest is going to be in showing off synergies and various ways to break the game. Your party seems kind of low on interesting tricks and synergies, and it isn't very high in the power tiers, either. Oh, that's not my actual plan for the LP. I was just laying out a skeleton so I could get feedback on the screenshots, audio stuff, and video. I'm not starting it for a while, but I might as well prepare for it. I'll be letting readers vote on what classes I'll be using throughout the course of the LP. Speaking of which. Dragonatrix posted:Yeah, if you want to make a new save to use to record from later, you have to make a savestate, close DeSmuME, re-open it, load the state and then save so that it is actually registered. It's kinda annoying, really. Well that works, so thanks for the advice!
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Baby's first let's play: Any feedback at all is appreciated. My commentary is pretty "eh", mostly because I have an obnoxious reliance on starting sentences with "so..." The things you notice in post. Adventures in street fights and money lending: Let's Play Yakuza 4  What is this game? If you look at the introduction to IGN's guide of Yakuza 4, you'll find this: quote:Yakuza 4 is a heavily plot-driven game about four men, the woman that connects them, a twenty-five-year-old murder mystery that nobody thinks is a mystery, a hundred billion yen in cash, and a city where fifty percent of the population are muggers and one hundred percent of them are about to have their teeth kicked in. This game was released in Japan in March 2010 and later came to the west almost exactly one year later. While the series has been immensly popular back in its homeland, it's barely been scraping by in all markets out west. For a while it seemed that the fourth game would be the last "real" installment of the series we'd ever see. Sega had seemingly given up on localizing the fifth game until Sony offered to pay the bill. Yakuza 5 is expected to have its western release sometime later in 2015, three years after coming out in Japan. You can consider this LP my own meager attempt to give this series some much-needed exposure. These are great games, and if I can sell just one person on them, then I can walk away happy. Will I need to play the previous games to understand the story? Not at all. Like I said, three of the four main charcaters here are completely fresh faces; the story is (mostly) independent to the events of Yakuza 1-3. Any references to previous games are pretty easy to read for newcomers. What's more, each new game comes with narrated recaps of each game that preceded it. Yakuza 4 is probably the most accesible sequel for anyone coming in blind. If you want more, Jamesman did an LP of the first game. You can find that Here Geop also started an LP of Yakuza 2, but he was forced to axe it after about 10 updates. What about the LP? I'll be playing through the game and commentating on it with my friend Lauren, who's coming in completely blind. A lot of the appeal to these games is the story. You won't be hearing us babble over cutscenes; you'll only hear that when we're exploring, fighting and doing side missions. I'd like to hit 100%, but that's a super daunting task that includes learning the formal rules to games like shogi and mahjong. I'll do my best but I also make no promises. I feel like a fool for never knowing about these games. How can I play? Don't be too hard on yourself. It's still easy enough to find retail copies of 3 and 4 on Amazon. A digital version of 4 was released a few months ago at the Playstation Store. You can also find a version of the original game in the same place; it's under PS2 classics. There's also a zombie spin off called Dead Souls that's easy to get anywhere, though your mileage may vary. Yakuza 1 Recap Yakuza 2 Recap Yakuza 3 Recap Part 1: The worst loan shark
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I'm so glad someone else is looking at this series  Hoping to get back to LPing it in the future, but it's more of a distant goal that'll never pan out, I'm sure.Video quality looks good! This is more of a minor item/tip, but when auto-ducking, you can make the sloping much more gradual by playing around with the wave/graph in Audacity. There's also an option to allow more of a pause, which is nice if you have two people or if you have a habit of pausing a lot. It gives you a lot more control over how often the audio ducks, and how gradually it does so.
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I personally prefer not using autoduck. Instead I use a consistent volume level for commentary and only raise it for dialogue and cutscenes or other things I really want to highlight. It's not nearly as much work as one might think as it's a thing that can be adjusted fairly quickly when watching the video back. For my Dark Souls II LP I used about -8 db for the regular bits of the video at first and later -12. Audio I wanted to highlight was just set to base value. The problem I have with autoducking is that it's often jarring. The audio will go up and down, sometimes way too frequently. I'd really only recommend autoduck if the commentary is rather scarce and there are a lot of long pauses. Just to avoid the audio going up for two seconds until the commentary starts again.
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I also want to say that having switched from Audacity to Adobe Audition, it's a lot easier and more fun for me to make good-sounding audio. You don't realize how much Audacity sucks until you go to a better program.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:16
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Agreed, but in your typical free vs paid debate Audacity does pretty decent for what it is. Honestly if Premiere's audio editing tools had a properly automated noise removal tool I would avoid Audacity and Audition entirely (just use the inbuilt mixing in Premiere) but hey it's Adobe they're always a little rough around the edges with that kind of stuff.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:21
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If people don't wanna pay for things I usually suggest they get REAPER for audio work. It's pretty amazing for what it is and what it can support. Only hurdle is well, getting used to how things work with it. Still quite a powerful program though.
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Mar 27, 2015 00:33
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Zeratanis posted:If people don't wanna pay for things I usually suggest they get REAPER for audio work. It's pretty amazing for what it is and what it can support. Only hurdle is well, getting used to how things work with it. Still quite a powerful program though. Is REAPER going with the free unlimited trial again? Last time I checked they ditched that. Either way it's a good program. However for the editing you typically need to do for LPs Audacity is better in my opinion.
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