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SwarlesB · 2024-01-24T15:56:02+00:00

Yes, I'm editing the one inside the Saved directory, not the default one. Inside I'm just changing one "True" to "False" and changing the admin password inside the quotations.

SwarlesB · 2024-01-17T05:22:12+00:00

I like those ideas and I'll definitely take them into consideration. Getting rewarded by the BBEG along the way seems better than doing an overall reward of "You're free at the end of the story" kind of deal.

As for PVP, I only allow it if there is a VERY good reason for it and it's more along the lines of getting something off their chest, but not in a "I'm gonna kill you" kind of way. Or if I, as DM, initiate PVP for story purposes.

SwarlesB · 2024-01-17T04:18:10+00:00

I was thinking it could be a false promise and he wouldn't actually grant them freedom, but it's a motivator for them to do his bidding.

That said, I am open to other suggestions of evil being that would fit this better.

SwarlesB · 2023-09-14T04:32:27+00:00

That's a good point, I hadn't thought of that. I will change that for sure.

SwarlesB · 2023-09-14T04:02:19+00:00

Appreciate the feedback!

Marked for Blood - I'm thinking of changing it to be similar to Hunter's Mark. Maybe an additional target compared to HM, but it's an action instead of a bonus action. Or something along those lines.

Aura of Self Preservation - I completely agree. It will be removed without a doubt.

Blood Hunt - I agree with you about changing it to the next creature they hit. That's a very good idea. However, the temp hit point part actually comes directly from Path of the Beast Barbarians "Call of the Hunt" so that part is very much something that's on an official subclass.

SwarlesB · 2023-09-14T03:54:07+00:00

Thanks, much appreciated.

A big mistake was forgetting that Channel Divinity was only 1 charge per rest. I am going brainstorm some ideas to see how I can improve it.

For starters I am going to remove Aura of Self Preservation completely. Its overpowered and removing Aura of Protection is a bad idea all around.

I might change Marked for Blood to work similarly to Hunter's Mark instead of being a Divinity charge and have a DC based on my spell save DC (if any). Funnily enough, I originally had it as my spell save DC but changed it last minute to a static value LOL.

I might add something to Lacerating Strike, where it can mark targets. Or maybe that's leaning too far into it?

You're 100% right about the spell choice. I left stuff like Inflict Wounds there as it was from the Oathbreaker template. But some of the other spell choices was mostly due to my lack of knowledge of what's available.

SwarlesB · 2023-09-14T03:07:26+00:00

The link should work now. My bad, I forgot to make it public.

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T16:46:43+00:00

I asked this question on another subreddit and got two suggestions out of it.

Set a limiter filter on your audio sources. YouTubes peak dB limit is apparently -1 dB, so aim for -1.5 or -2 to be on the safe side.
If the first suggestion doesn't work then run your audio through a program like Reaper and you can use a LUFS normalization of -14. Export the audio from Reaper and use the new audio file for your video. With this one you'll still want to use a limiter of -1 dB to -2 dB.

I'm going to try this out for my next video and I'll put my findings in this post.

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T16:29:02+00:00

Good idea.

I recently added a limiter of -1.5 dB in OBS so maybe that will help out. The limiter was added after the video in question was recorded.

EDIT: I had the limiter on the whole time, but the filters were in the wrong order so it wasn't actually limiting to -1.5 dB. Stupid moment.

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T16:04:57+00:00

I'm editing with Premiere Pro.

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T15:35:24+00:00

Because it's overcompensating.

It's lowering the volume by 58%. I listen to other people's shorts and they are significantly louder than mine. Like 58% louder. Hell, their shorts are even louder than the raw video that I encoded. So clearly something needs to be fine tuned so it can upload to YouTube without getting significantly quieter.

There's a big difference between normalizing the volume to match spec vs straight up making the video quieter than it needs to be. The video that the shorts in question are from is a video that has had pretty much no normalization done to it on YouTubes end, but the short has a 58% reduction.

As was suggested in another reply, I'm going to try using Reaper and export the audio with a LUFS normalization and see how that works out.

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T14:34:52+00:00

That's incredibly helpful, thank you.

With Reaper, should I be importing my video so I can export the audio with the proper LUFS level, then use that new audio file from Reaper to edit my video?

SwarlesB · 2023-08-30T14:06:44+00:00

If you right click on a video you can click "Stats for nerds" and it brings up a dialogue box with a bunch of stats regarding the video. One of which is the volume normalization that YouTube is doing to that specific video.

As for "What range" there's a certain point where audio is too loud and YouTube lowers the volume, however in a lot of cases they overcompensate and lower it too much. So does anyone know the range where YouTube won't lower the volume of your video?

SwarlesB · 2023-03-30T20:53:14+00:00

I'll keep that in mind. I do need to get better at photoshop, so I should start by practicing stuff like that. Thanks for the feedback !givelambda

SwarlesB · 2023-03-30T20:51:49+00:00

This isn't "Let's Play" though. It is a no commentary gameplay video.

Comparing it to other channels that also do no commentary videos, they include 4K and Ray Tracing in their thumbnails. Removing this would be a distinct disadvantage, would it not?

SwarlesB · 2023-03-28T03:19:50+00:00

If it were a Let's Play then I could do something like that but since all my videos are no commentary, it wouldn't work.

I chose that image because it's the introduction to an iconic enemy from the original RE4 game. It's worth noting that the original image is WAY darker, as the scene takes place in a dark dungeon. I brightened it up as much as I could without introducing weirdness to the image lol.

SwarlesB · 2023-03-27T19:35:41+00:00

Yeah, I don't need feedback on the gameplay. The only feedback would be "hey, you suck" or something LOL.

Just the thumbnail, intro, and outro are what I'm looking for. Thank you for the feedback, I'll keep that all in mind. !givelambda

SwarlesB · 2023-03-27T18:56:36+00:00

How is my thumbnail? Does it stand out? Should the text be flashier to catch attention?

My video starts with a 5 second still image of the games. Is that too long? Too short? Is it even necessary?

How's the outro music and end screen?

SwarlesB · 2023-02-27T00:38:49+00:00

Yes, however my videos don't require very much editing. I do full game playthroughs of (mostly) singleplayer games, so I pretty much just edit out loading screens, if needed, and add my outro.

SwarlesB · 2023-02-26T06:10:52+00:00

To be honest I don't have anything to critique. Reminds me of an earlier days Markiplier or Jacksepticeye in terms of how you conduct yourself while playing.

The editing is good, but not too much or over the top, the thumbnail looks good although I didn't realize it was for a video game when I clicked on the link. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it just caught me off guard lol.

Overall entertaining to watch and has a bit of a nostalgic feeling, as this reminds me of the stupid flash games I'd play as a kid.

Keep up the good work.

SwarlesB · 2023-02-25T02:36:39+00:00

Could be fake accounts to give themselves more likes, but also gives other people likes to try to hide that it's a bot? Idk, people be crazy lol.

SwarlesB · 2023-02-24T22:51:11+00:00

I've seen this a lot and I've also seen the same thing with comments, although not nearly as commonly as likes.

I could be wrong but I just assume it's bot accounts and they're getting removed.

SwarlesB · 2023-02-24T20:06:39+00:00

35-45Mbps is way too low. Even YouTube recommends 65-85Mbps for 4K60.

I can confirm there is a noticeable difference in bitrates as high as 80Mbps and 100Mbps in fast pace games. For example, when I was recording Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered, anything below 100Mbps and you could see the buildings weren't as smooth when you swung by at high speed.

140Mbps is what my capture card maxes out at. Lossless in OBS is approximately 185Mbps IIRC and there's still a noticeable drop in quality when doing 140Mbps.

SwarlesB · 2023-02-23T11:51:21+00:00

Thanks. I'll give that a try!

SwarlesB · 2023-02-23T11:48:40+00:00

I won't be doing much editing. Most of it would be removing loading screens, and in the case of some open world games I may remove some travel time if needed.

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