Document Title Real-Time Movie Studio - Readme
Author Tuomo 'Tuco' Korva
Web http://www.planetunreal.com/reactor4
E-mail reactor4@planetunreal.com
Version 1.1
Release Date July 9th, 2001
Description

This document contains the basic info about RTMS 1.1. It includes the introduction, installation procedure and getting started section. This should be the first document for a new user to read.

 

 

Introduction

This is a readme file which helps you get started with the use of Real-Time Movie Studio for UnrealTournament.

Real-Time Movie Studio (RTMS) is a tool for Unreal Tournament which allows people to make impressive cutscenes using the game engine. Features include:

  • Windows-style interface makes RTMS easy to use. You don't need any additional software and even the use of UnrealEd2 isn't necessary.
  • Use any Unreal Tournament level you want as the set for your movie. All movie editing will be done in-game, so you don't need to add any special actors to the level in the editor. Of course you can save your movies and edit them later.
  • Unique player motion capture technique allows you to "play" the roles of different actors in the scene one by one. You can use as many takes as you want to get it right.
  • Four different event types (HUD, pawn, scene and camera) make it easy to use special effects like slomos, explosions, fades, picture in picture and gravity changes in your movies.
  • You can use your own player classes, models, weapons, images, music and sounds in RTMS.

 

 

 

Requirements & Installation

Requirements

You need a retail version of UnrealTournament to be able to run Real-Time Movie Studio. It's also recommended that you have the latest version of UT (as I'm writing this the latest is v436). You also need 10 MB hard drive space.

You can find the latest UT updates from www.unrealtournament.com and unreal.epicgames.com.

Installation

UMOD: Uncompress the zip file and double-click the file RTMS11.umod
Non-UMOD: Uncompress the zip file to your UnrealTournament directory.

Uninstallation

UMOD: Run setup.exe in the UT\System directory and choose to uninstall RTMS.
Non-UMOD: You have to delete RTMS files by hand. The file list is below.

 

 

 

Getting started

Watching RTMS Movies

To watch RTMS movies in the RTMS save file format just download them, unzip and doubleclick on the movie file (usa extension). Some movies require to be unzipped to the UT folder. If Windows asks to find a program to open the file with, simply browse to your UnrealTournament.exe file in your UT\System folder and click OK. You should also have RTMS installed to your UT to be able to watch the movies.

To watch the StrikeForce sample movie coming with RTMS v1.1 follow these instructions:

1) Make sure you have StrikeForce 1.60 or later and RTMS v1.1 installed on your UT
2) Copy "strikeforce.ini" located in your UT\System directory with name "strikeforce2.ini" to the UT\System directory
3) Edit "strikeforce2.ini" file and in [Engine.Engine] section change console from SFMenu.SFConsole to UTMenu.UTConsole
4) Edit "Play_RTMS_SF.bat" located in your UT\Help directory and change the path to point to your unrealtournament.exe (if you don't happen to have UT installed to d:\UnrealTournament).
5) Run the "Play_RTMS_SF.bat" file

Making RTMS Movies

To learn how to make movies yourself reading the manual (UT\Help\RTMS_Manual.htm) is a good place to start. After reading it once through I suggest making your first small movie with the help of a tutorial we have made (UT\Help\RTMS_Tutorial.htm). Also studying the sample movie by exiting the playback mode using the RTMS Main Menu (see manual) is one way to proceed.

File list

RTMS contains the following files:

  • System dir: RTMS_v11.u, RTMS_v11.int, RTMS_v11.ini, RTMSWindow_v11.u, RTMSWindow_v11.int and RTMSWindow_v11.ini.
  • Help dir:MoviHier.gif, RTMS_Manual_v11.htm, RTMS_Readme_v11.htm, RTMS_Tutorial_v11.htm and RTMSLogoInst.bmp

 

 

Credits

RTMS is made by Tuomo 'Tuco' Korva, lead designer of the Reactor 4 mod team.

Thanks to Heikki, Lado, Marja, beta testing team for their efforts, Epic for the great engine, PlanetUnreal and all the Reactor 4 supporters!

July 9th, 2001
Copyright Reactor 4, 2000-2001. All Rights Reserved.
E-mail: reactor4@planetunreal.com
Web: www.planetunreal.com/reactor4

If you want to use Real-Time Movie Studio in anything (CD-ROM Mod/Mutator packs, Feature of the Week, TV Spot.etc..), please email us.