Need to Record Gameplay...How?

.Kencs · 22 Nov 2009 at 15:52

I play a game called CrossFire which is a really addictive game, but I wanna know how to make a short video on my game play...

I was told to download and install something called Fraps but im not sure what I'm doing, is there an easier way?

Thanks

paradigm · 22 Nov 2009 at 15:53

Easier than Fraps? Fraps is the most simple program in the world.

.Kencs · 22 Nov 2009 at 15:56

paradigm said:
Easier than Fraps? Fraps is the most simple program in the world.

Well I must be doing something wrong

I clicked on 'Movies' and then set the key to F9, so do i just start the game, and press F9 and it starts recording or do i have to do something else?

benjo · 22 Nov 2009 at 15:58

Thats pretty much it. You can mess around with the FPS and recording resolution if it affects the gameplay too much.

orderoftheflame · 22 Nov 2009 at 16:10

.Kencs said:
Well I must be doing something wrong

I clicked on 'Movies' and then set the key to F9, so do i just start the game, and press F9 and it starts recording or do i have to do something else?

You'll get a watermark unless you purchase fraps as well iirc.

Once you've recorded a bit, you'll have a folder full of AVIs to process in your editor of choice.

soundb0y · 22 Nov 2009 at 16:14

try xfire, its really simple to record while playing.

.Kencs · 22 Nov 2009 at 16:20

orderoftheflame said:
You'll get a watermark unless you purchase fraps as well iirc.

Once you've recorded a bit, you'll have a folder full of AVIs to process in your editor of choice.

Can u only record 30sec clips? I have to keep pressin F9 every so often as the counter goes back to yellow agen

orderoftheflame · 22 Nov 2009 at 16:51

.Kencs said:
Can u only record 30sec clips? I have to keep pressin F9 every so often as the counter goes back to yellow agen

Yep that's another limitation of the free trial version. The full version has no limit.

Kosmiche · 22 Nov 2009 at 16:56

xfire is free and has no limit, no brainer if you ask me

Digital · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:03

Fraps is the daddy, and considering it's a one-off payment and comes with regular updates (and access to the betas if you ask nicely) why waste time looking at lesser alternatives.

Neverwhere · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:04

Fraps and snaggit are your best options. Fraps being the easiest to use, snaggit has more options.

LoSt · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:11

wegame

simple to use program with your own space on thier website, the program does all the uploading and encoding, so easy easy easy

for example, a couple of vids i took to test the quality

http://www.wegame.com/watch/MW2-Afghan/

http://www.wegame.com/watch/Failing-Against-Bonehead/

www.wegame.com

[EDIT] tis free an'all

Macky · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:18

Xfire all the way. I don't even have it, but have seen it. Good stuff.

Dan.m · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:31

Yea i play Crossfire too, fraps free version is pretty bad as 30second clips isnt really long enough.

Xfire is another you can use that some people swear by/

Beware that the files if you record long periods will be huge.

It can affect your fps, but play with the settings to sort it out.

Stuff · 22 Nov 2009 at 17:36

I use FRAPS as the others have said, pretty simple to use

Bane · 23 Nov 2009 at 22:35

GameCam v2 choice of two versions. Don't know if you'll get a longer recording out the trial version than FRAPS.

But the free xfire sounds good option to try first.