Exciting New Replay Details for Grand Theft Auto IV on Windows PC

Posted November 7, 2008 by matt stanyon in News.

The Windows PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV has an amazing set of replay tools that makes the replay feature of old GTA games look ridiculous by comparison. Here are the details:

1. Record replays that can range from 0 to maybe even 60 seconds.
2. Save by hitting the “back” button at any point on your Xbox 360 controller which you can swap for a mouse and keyboard if you wish.
3. Access the editor from Niko’s phone. Save hundreds of clips and chain multiple clips together before merging them into one fluid production.
4. Markers can be set at any point along the Time Bar in the editor to initiate a change of camera angle/field of vision, a different filter for the display, slowing down/speeding up the playback speed, or even adding music and text.
5. The camera work allows the user so much creative freedom. It’s possible to switch between a bunch of camera view pre-sets such as Chest, Overhead, Front and Rear. You can also move into free-cam or revolve the angle around different target points which are designated to other NPCs within a certain radius of Niko’s position in the game world.
6. Variables such as field of vision (a techie word for zoom), pitch (height), as well as the ability to revolve the camera around any fixed point offer near limitless amounts of scope.
7. There are nine speed settings. -4 to 4 with 0 being default speed.
8. You can choose from Sketch, Sepia, Noire and Cinema for some of the filters, but I beg of you to not overuse them like so many people do with real life videos. Green, Red and Colors are other filters. Colors has fluorescent primary colors. The editor’s Green filter is similar to a night vision camera but without the interference. Red is reminiscent of the bleed-out screen in Gears of War.
9. Players will be able to custom build a soundtrack for their creations by selecting music from the existing list of radio stations in GTA IV. You can even add add text to playback at any point along the Time Bar and the editor has supplied a variety of fonts, colors, and sizes for this feature.
10. You can upload your video in either 720p or 1080p to the Rockstar Social Club.

Sources : PlanetGTA & TVG

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