EPTOnce I've noticed that isn't is the Goliath's. It just shows as a screen of static (and not the cool looking guy).
Why is this?
Question about Goliath Avatar
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GTR
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Once I've noticed that isn't is the Goliath's. It just shows as a screen of static (and not the cool looking guy). Why is this? | ||
IntoTheWow
is awesome32274 Posts
rephrase your questions t_t | ||
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Raithed
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Aesop
Hungary11291 Posts
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alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
i dont know. never seen that happen o_O | ||
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GTR
51447 Posts
watch a vod you know the little advisor chick under the menu? thats the thing i'm talking about everyone of them is fine, except the goliath isn't! | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
 99% of the other avatars have a large animation, well the goliath doesnt!! | ||
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KrAzYfoOL
Australia3037 Posts
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IntoTheWow
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skuj
United States302 Posts
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Goosey
United States695 Posts
On August 07 2008 18:43 Plexa wrote: thats because the goliath only breaths... its a small animation (nothing significant) and hence difficult to notice 99% of the other avatars have a large animation, well the goliath doesnt!!To clear this up a little bit (and I think this is what Plexa is trying to say, so if not sorry for putting words in your mouth  )The encoding in VODs, especially on youtube, is such that they try to calculate areas of the image with movement and only generate new framedata for those areas. You probably have noticed that the encoding works in lots of little 8x8 pixel blocks and sometimes when the OBS moves slowly it looks like the ground jerkily 'shifts', this is because rather then recalculating those pixel blocks they re-use ones from previous frames to achieve better compression. Ahem, so since the Goliath avatar moves very subtley the compression algorithm tries to use prev-existing blocks in that area. The pre-existing blocks are, of course, the static that appears briefly when you switch units. Unfortunately this static represents a lot of motion so it gets picked up strongly, while the subtle breathing of the goliath does not. If anyone is more an expert on MPEG-style encoding then me and wants to correct me feel free, I am no expert, but I believe this is what is happening. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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skuj
United States302 Posts
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
GTR, why do you care? | ||
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Sanity.
United States704 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On August 08 2008 08:57 Goosey wrote: To clear this up a little bit (and I think this is what Plexa is trying to say, so if not sorry for putting words in your mouth )The encoding in VODs, especially on youtube, is such that they try to calculate areas of the image with movement and only generate new framedata for those areas. You probably have noticed that the encoding works in lots of little 8x8 pixel blocks and sometimes when the OBS moves slowly it looks like the ground jerkily 'shifts', this is because rather then recalculating those pixel blocks they re-use ones from previous frames to achieve better compression. Ahem, so since the Goliath avatar moves very subtley the compression algorithm tries to use prev-existing blocks in that area. The pre-existing blocks are, of course, the static that appears briefly when you switch units. Unfortunately this static represents a lot of motion so it gets picked up strongly, while the subtle breathing of the goliath does not. If anyone is more an expert on MPEG-style encoding then me and wants to correct me feel free, I am no expert, but I believe this is what is happening. I'm not really an expert either- But i do know that the encoding works in 8x8 blocks, which is just about the size of the golaith's face. If you know what a keyframe is, you can see the golaith's animation face thing move slightly if the face moves through a keyframe. Every other block other than the golaith's ends up moving a lot more, hence why youtube actually animates that block. | ||
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Goosey
United States695 Posts
On August 08 2008 22:49 skuj wrote: goosey that is correct, however what he's referring to is the fact that there is no avatar displayed at all when the goliath is selected. its just white noise/static/snow or whatever you call it. i noticed that after he mentioned it and im curious as to why it happens as well. Reread my post, i covered that. | ||
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jhNz
Germany2762 Posts
![[image loading]](http://intothesunset.kilu.de/stuff/zGoliath01.gif) | ||
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skuj
United States302 Posts
yes you did, that was my bad | ||
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thoraxe
United States1449 Posts
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keit
1584 Posts
On August 09 2008 04:16 thoraxe wrote: why do the pilots need air masks? They're not piloting an airplane. It's space they can't breathe without it. And it looks really cool! | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
On August 09 2008 05:50 keit wrote: It's space they can't breathe without it. And it looks really cool! Civilians can live in space. But then, they also have as much HP as a fully armored marine, so whatevs. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
On August 09 2008 06:11 Ancestral wrote: Civilians can live in space. But then, they also have as much HP as a fully armored marine, so whatevs. And medics have more life AND armour than a marine, or even firebat for that matter, WTF? | ||
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keit
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