How Does Resident Evil 4 Remake Work Off Camera

[@mariusj6004]

While I was playing the game I kept asking myself how did Capcom managed to do these cutscenes in real time. Lighting in particular was a puzzle. After seeing this video everything makes so much sense. These tricks aren't revolutionary but they are so well thought out and placed.

[@braydentbh9658]

And keep all items left there

[@thenonexistinghero]

Capcom's been doing this since at least REmake 2, but probably even before that with RE7.

[@Izanagi-Arsene]

​@@thenonexistinghero Highly likely as the RE engine was developed with RE7 in mind and has been their go to engine for new games and remakes since. they still use the gen 7 engine for ports, remasters and collections.

[@thenonexistinghero]

@@Izanagi-Arsene That's why I said RE7, I just forgot to mention that they all use the same engine. Haven't played RE7 all that much though. Wanted to wait with it until I could do so in VR... but I've played for a few hours in VR on PC by now (with a mod) and I'm really not enjoying it all too much so far. I haven't actually killed anyone since they just keep reviving and all you can do is run away. I've never been too fond of hide & seek gameplay. Anyhow, I'll try again later after I'm fully done with RE4 remake (which I should also try in VR some time), but I'd be surprised if I were to find enough enjoyment at this point to make it through the whole game (I'm probably like 10%-15% through at best).

[@happilyisolated]

Sometimes you don't need to remake (ha) the wheel, you just need to make, and use it well.

[@Andre_APM]

3:08 Maybe those Umbrella medicine bottles are Hunnigan researching Luis' past work for them?

[@LoreTlouG]

The Leon and Ada fight scene was still very smooth, even in out of camera. So cool

[@adriangmz623]

12:01 "Ever seen a Resident Evil chicken lay an egg?... You have now!" (Relaxing safe music plays)

[@NicholasSalay]

I don’t suppose it’s possible to watch the village fight from a different view? Many people have suspected enemies teleport around the map throughout this whole fight. It would be great to see this first hand

[@ironeleven]

I'm curious but I get the feeling there's just spawn points spread throughout the village perimeter and the remake's AI doesn't have the quirk they had in the original that made them less aggressive if they were offscreen.

[@SkylarKhoshekh]

I've actually seen exactly this with the demo, there was no enemy teleporting

[@Wyse-Gaming]

@@SkylarKhoshekh Djisso actually has a video where the chainsaw guy from the village fight teleports.

[@RADkate]

They do start teleporting on the harder difficulty levels

[@brad7073]

Yes it’s how all the enemies end up in that one room when you go to throw your first grenade before you get into the shotgun house.

[@NikHem343]

It’s kind of amazing how lights move around in video game cutscenes just like a real cinematographer would light each shot

[@InfectedDurian]

I'm thinking that the cube at 17:10 could potentially be what holds the animations/textures for the scenes/gameplay sections where Leon has Las Plagas coursing through his veins. I'm just basing this off of visuals alone, though.. so I may be wrong!

[@Anteater92006]

this remake was incredible, glad to see you cover it in a video.

[@HAZARDOUS88]

I think it's so cool seeing the light sources move in each cutscene.

[@theworldwhosoldtheman9906]

I'm pretty sure 9:04 is the game over screen used when Ashley is captured by any Ganados at the castle.

[@SpooNFoy]

I have consumed a LOT of REm4ke content, and this is inarguably the single greatest piece of it. Brilliant from all angles. 🤘🏻

[@Dreamora-lorekeeper]

2:59 Those bottles could be related to Luis' background check. After you call Hunnigan, a file appears in your collection screen that talks about how he worked on Umbrella drugs, and it mentions (see attached file) at the end. Maybe there was meant to be a picture of the drugs and it was cut?

[@xandersore3442]

It's also possible that it might have just been a duplicated asset from the RE2/3 remakes. There's a bunch of assets within 4 remake that are taken from those games with some minor graphical improvements and it wouldn't surprise me if they just grabbed a random medicine asset they wanted in the background that was from maybe one of the nest's and didn't worry about the story implications of a logo you can't really see without modding the game.

[@PlayHelix]

@@xandersore3442 yeah pretty sure it's just a reused asset from Jill's nightstand in re3 remake

[@Lambdaleth]

Just started the video but wanted to share how impressed I am with your thumbnail, that's the first time I've seen that "3D" effect used on KZbin and I'm sure it will bring a bunch of others to your channel as well like it did for me.

[@SlippySlides]

Thanks. I've been making thumbnails like this for a while. I think they give that 'out of bounds' feel to go with the content. I'm glad you like it!

[@ptitserpent]

Imo, the cube is here for two purposes : - Aim point for Ganados, they'll always try to hit this spot. - The texture for the corrupted blood in Leon's veins.

[@rabbyd542]

I turned on Ray tracing on my Series X and the game still runs extremely smoothly. I was actually amazed. The RE engine has amazing optimisation.

[@modernyin6275]

I have it on resolution mode ray tracing off and hair strains on and without v sync it lagged a lot but with v sync it’s perfect lol

[@hanserfratz]

i can confirm the calls with the small scenes of the characters are pre rendered as i have a mod that turns Ada's outfit white instead of Red and in her calls it is still red

[@SlippySlides]

Interesting, thanks for confirming that!

[@SlippySlides]

If you do have any requests you think I missed, drop a comment and I'll try to include them in a future video or even a 'short'. Thank you for the support and I hope you enjoy the video!

[@donnaandangiebeneviento7758]

I loved the video! Also, I'm kinda curious about most of Ada's scenes, like the helicopter and where she goes when she disappears. Also, you showed it for a second, but what is the room that Albert Wesker is sitting in? Your videos are so neat and they tickle my game design fancy, please never stop🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@chillmushroom6016]

I want to see every single death scene. that would be really cool to see

[@Miryemo]

I want to see if Leon really does stab Krauser in the chest or not.

[@J_A_P_E]

Can you prove or disprove the claim that enemies magically teleport behind the player? I keep hearing people complain about this but I have never felt like an enemy has teleported behind or near me, even during the infamous cabin siege

[@chillmushroom6016]

@Jape felt like they do because one enemy spawn on the 2 story and the cut scene haven't triggerd yet when they climb on the ladder

[@OSW]

I love that you're posting again and that you're covering RE4R! Esp. after your stellar videos on RE7 & 8. Lovely to get a bit of British banter into the videogame sphere

[@SlippySlides]

Hey, thanks for stopping by again and thanks for the support! Much appreciated as always.

[@itsmohdmustafa]

So happy to see you back Slippy! Always loved watching your videos, it is so interesting to see how these games work off screen and your production quality is amazing!

[@Dynamaximometer]

What I'd like to know is if those villagers do in fact go to Bingo after that initial battle 😂

[@Александр-т7й1м]

it was always interesting to see what happens under Salazar's boss arena

[@sandsquid1683]

this was my GOTY for 2023, so getting to see this look into the behind-the-scenes stuff is *really* cool. thank you so much for making and sharing this video!

[@Fedoteh1991]

Makes sense it runs so well-everything is handcrafted and hidden very carefully. Kudos to the devs!

[@luiswalla9778]

There's something special about watching how the magic is done!! Amazing video!!! 👏

[@glitcherallyawesome3414]

Its great to see this legend get back into content creating

[@SlippySlides]

Hey, thanks for the support!

[@rockgoblin9686]

that tiny room off camera in the castle section is where Ashley gets taken when she’s captured

[@bubz3404]

Are we not going to talk about how PHENOMENAL those intro transitions were!?!? Practically seamless!!

[@budthecyborg4575]

14:57 Confirmed Leon has the ability to teleport at will, but keeps his momentum just like how real teleportation would work.

[@fenix_tx_1342]

Hunnigan having a note to get contact lenses is likely a reference as to how she's not wearing her glasses at the end of the og game, my head cannon was that she simply lost them and didn't have a backup pair at hand, I guess her getting contacts makes more sense.

[@mitiamed]

Leon also hit on her, I think? Commenting on her not wearing glasses?

[@randomt800kiddo2]

@@mitiamed yep, he hits on her and then hunnigan turns him down by reminding him he's still on the clock, i guess that got cut since in the remake they already knew each other prior to the mission

[@LEWIS1992]

@@randomt800kiddo2 Nah, it got cut to appeal to "mOdErN aUdIeNcEs".

[@randomt800kiddo2]

@@LEWIS1992 if that's the case then why are ada and ashley caked the fuck up lol, or why did they add more instances of leon and ashley flirting? the only instance of any typa woke bs is lily gao's rants, but even that would be on the american side of capcom and not the actual game dev team in japan. hunnigan's appearances got cut across the board so dont blame woke politics for the glasses scene getting cut lol

[@Squant]

@@LEWIS1992 The fact you type that as if it's a dumb thing to do, and not the most sensible way to promote any piece of media, any any point in time, ever, just goes to show how desperate you are to be angry about irrelevant little details. I suggest therapy.

[@rubberwoody]

i just want to see wtf happens to the first regenerador that you see in the hallway before running off into a room with no exits and magically teleporting into the dissection room where he is napping on a chair.

[@217adaptiveperspective]

He probably just disappears offscreen, but you can find an open vent with a blood trail leading into it. It's probably the one you fight that becomes an Iron Maiden.

[@basedneet_n3w0rd3r]

​@@217adaptiveperspective where's that vent? o.o

[@217adaptiveperspective]

@@basedneet_n3w0rd3r It's to the right, right when you turn the corner the Regenerador disappeared around

[@basedneet_n3w0rd3r]

@@217adaptiveperspective thx!

[@StarRain6]

The Ada fight looks even sicker as a one-shot!

[@TheOthersparktank]

Frans Bouma's camera tools are top tier. The amount of work he puts into them is incredible. I base most of my purchases on whether or not there's a camera mod for it. It's fun to watch in-engine cutscenes from a fixed viewpoint to watch everything move around and the lights change.

[@SlippySlides]

Absolutely! I make my own tools for some of the videos but if there's a frans Bouma camera tool available, it's a no-brainer to use it! Saves hours and hours of hassle.

[@levelupfanatic]

Thank you for taking my request 😃 this is a another great and informative video, I was jumping up when I saw Wesker for the first time because that could mean a remake for RE5 and even if I love this game, the controls are killing me and I would love to see a fresh look on this game 😃😃😃

[@SlippySlides]

No problem Storrrm. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@acbilotta]

Hella excited for this! Just beat the game, honestly one of the best remakes I’ve ever played, they did a great job of trying to modernize it while keeping most of the feel of the original. Really Enjoyed the slight lean into the horror elements

[@eimran1178]

Finished it yesterday and felt exactly the same way.

[@therealkiwigamer]

On my 5th playthrough, and I'm still having fun :)

[@thomasjefferson2676]

I am blown away that the modeling for the cut scenes are the actual player models in game. That’s just blows my mind. I’m so impressed and proud of Capcom and that team hell of a job and thanks for the behind-the-scenes peaks.

[@Roach1]

fun fact about re engine, it cannot do real time reflections, or at least if it can then it does so in a very limited fashion, every single instance of mirrors in the games so far have either been prerendered videos (jill in the bathroom, lady D on the phone, krauser and leon looking at krauser's knife, etc) or the mirrors in question have been covered up or shattered

[@Lil_GSM]

In the room with Hunnigan, there's some easter eggs on a billboard with sticky notes on it

[@eduardobazani1988]

5:29 it seems capcom knew that we would have an out of bounds video

[@DISTORTEDNOISE]

Always find these fascinating, look forward to the boss analysis vid.

[@MegaGrawp]

I like how she has that oldschool hardware MIDI under her monitor. She plays doom and commander keen down there when she's bored and it sounds absolutely FANTASTIC.

[@strgsl]

you're doing the lords work, i appreciate it a lot!

[@Rashed1255]

Wow hairless Leon returns? Did not expect that!

[@City17]

This is so much better than the boundary break episode of this game!

[@EmileVinesh]

9:01 That room below the castle seems very similar to the Garrador dungeon fight. 17:13 I'm also curious what Leon's cube exactly is. Is it meant to represent the Plaga? Does Ashley also have a cube like that, since she's also infected and a playable character? Is it a data-cube?

[@themindwright9021]

Oooh maybe it stores the texture for the veins!? Originally I thought it was used to project the church puzzle lighting onto his model since the texture kind of looks the same.

[@AinTunez]

See what the reflection in the knife looks like if you're wearing the gas mask! If it still shows his face you'll have your answer on whether it's a pre-rendered video.

[@nathangraves1069]

in the minute 21:12 on wesker's monitor you can see pictures from Excella (from RE:5), the cave where Umbrella discover the flower to create the virus (in africa), on the left a picture with 3 shadows and on the right to me looks like Chris with the clothes he used in resident evil : revelations......excellent video as always, thank you !!!

[@limit504.]

It's amazing how a bunch of these models work off camera

[@neverpure20]

It's crazy how much the lighting changes during cutscenes. Sorta makes me wanna develop a game so I can direct those beautiful scene :D

[@cassandralipp7570]

Love the video Slippy!

[@SlippySlides]

Thanks Cassie!

[@BigSparky1316]

Capcom absolutely killed this one. I play it literally everyday as much as I can between work and training. RE has been my favorite series since 1998 and I was never a big fan of OG RE4 but this remake is has improved everything I didn't like about the old game. I'm so glad you came out with this Video it is so damn good bro.

[@jackjax7921]

Re 4 was my first RE game. After playing that I didnt have the urge to do so. Only Revelations 2, Re 2 remake, Re 5, and Re 4 remake are the only RE games made me excited to play it again and again.

[@andy24386]

Thanks for uploading this. I've been waiting for this one 😊

[@jagergerg9771]

Excellent video Capcom hit a home run with this game

[@miscellaneousmedia3753]

transparent portion of thumbnail is so cool

[@AB-gj8re]

I was so excited for the slippy video to come out on this game, cant wait to watch

[@PG4LIFE.]

YESSSSS new video 😃 finished the game yesterday it was awesome

[@zeruszephuros5419]

Always fascinated by these things and real-time cutscenes, always thought and felt like it's already a recordd movie and played back to us! Also funny&cute Hunnigan bubble/room/space 🤣😂

[@thethrowbackqueen]

Yay I looked the other day if there’s a video of re4!

[@SlippySlides]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@louismartin7608]

The green developer easter egg you mention at 20:00 is in fact referenced in the remake. In the shooting range, there is one target wearing a green shirt

[@ryancalderon2839]

when arriving to the island for the first time in the remake to the left you can find the original area for the Saddler boss fight in the original game.

[@gilgreen946]

I believe the room underground you mentioned at 9:03 ish might contain Luis' model during his Castle comms cutscenes. Just a guess

[@ptitserpent]

These cutscenes are pre-rendered I guess, just videos.

[@MrMyji4ok]

9:03 might be a simplified version of the room, where Leon falls down into blind berserker fight. Map geometry also sort of supports it, it beign below and to the left of the castle entrance

[@zerekblackford6094]

This is right!

[@rekindledphoenix]

@slippy slides At 19:14 you asked about removal of eyes, and for a developer explanation. Short answer: a micro-optimization related to animators and bones to skip calculating where eyes would be. --- *Long answer*: Eyes are typically a separated mesh but attached to bones that drive the head's animation. Developers who want to get the most out of every frame try to remove as many animated objects that are driven by bones/animation, if possible. (It's also possible that this mesh is simply hidden from being rendered, rather than deleted) Therefore, empty sockets.

[@SlippySlides]

Fantastic! Thanks for taking the time to comment. It's always interesting to see/hear explanations for this type of thing!

[@TK-King-Nyice]

I've been waiting for this!!!❤

[@Breadstick624Games]

Room under the lake is where Saddler appears during several cutscenes. I was expecting to fight him in there whenever we got to the island and was surprised to never see it, so I recognized it instantly here

[@grizzlywhisker]

Very cool video. This game was simply amazing. I played RE2/4 more than any of the other games in the series as far as the originals, and I was very impressed with the RE2 remake that came out back in 2019 so my expectations were obviously very high for this one. It's funny because I don't play a lot of video games these days, and I didn't realize that an RE4 remake was even being made until like a week before it came out lol. I went in completely blind with high expectations, and the game still impressed me and delivered on pretty much every level. I played through the entire game like 4 times in a row and had a blast, then realized I had never got around to playing the remake of RE3, nor had I got around to playing RE8 - The Village (I wasn't a huge fan of the first person perspective change that was done in VII and just never got around to checking out VIII, and it's funny because now I am now finding out that VIII is basically a return to the style of RE4 with the merchant/upgrades/attaché case and so on) so I have been on an RE binge for the past month and all three games were fantastic. Capcom seems to have a really solid and talented team working on this series nowadays, I'm really excited to see what they will do next.

[@ronthorn3]

Yeah I’ve been on a RE binge myself after getting all the trophies of 4 remake! I’ve platinumed 1 hd, 2 remake, 3 remake, RE Revelations 2, 7, and 8! I’m now on 5, then onto 6, then RE Revelations 1, then RE 0! I’ve played maybe half of these over the years, played the old ones years ago, love me some RE.

[@KcTc344]

Bro the transitions are hitting different

[@CaptToilet]

I love these videos. Glad to see you are back Slippy

[@Dorraj]

Dude El Gigante even has freaking tonsil stones and pits! Why did they go to THAT much detail? That's crazy

[@JOSHISAZOMBIE]

Yay! Just finished the video, your scene transitions are 👌🏻

[@elliottstokes3917]

eyyyyy its our boi slippy, glad to see you back

[@Andreas0424]

Great video! About when Leon looks at his reflection in Krauser's dagger, it changes depending on the costume you're wearing.

[@BRAVOSIX-GOINGDARK]

I think this is the vid Ive been waiting for!!

[@neoshenlong]

9:30 So, you just made me realize that creating lighting effects for 3D Cinematics is basically like planning the lights for a stage theatre play.

[@jamesshyla]

Had this for my Game Cube

[@MrGravity747]

Excellent video Slippy!

[@CheesyLittleMouse]

Amazing video, looking forward for episode 2

[@YourGamingTeam]

PLEASE do Dead Space remake! Thank you! you are doing an awesome job

[@SlippySlides]

I'll certainly add it to the list!

[@remaxxx]

Yes! I've been waiting for this one!

[@stefmotovt]

Great content! Love to see more :)

[@cheesydanishgaming3333]

4:35 that’s where saddler appears in Leon’s hallucinations

[@ImSoConfucius]

Some beautiful editing in the beginning

[@10gg]

Very cool video I liked it. You must have seen the original RE4 comparator video to see the great work the studios have done

[@bradleyharris774]

4:24. My guess, that's the room they use for Saddler's scenes when he's communicating through the Plaga hivemind.

[@Artician]

4:25 So far in the video, my guess is that it is the room where Saddler's monologues take place at points of the game (like after the del lago fight for example).

[@alexkempken8113]

4:35 That pillar room, if I’m not mistaken, appears to be the one that Saddler appears in during the cutscenes in which the parasite is having an affect on Leon.

[@thimbletoe]

Bro good video and all but tbh the thumbnail is the real hero

[@susanaustgen6441]

Maybe the cube in Leon is supposed to be his Las Plagas and responsible for the Plaga veins that show up on him later?

[@ethereal5322]

Been waiting for this one

[@sabalghoo]

18:18 this actually Can't be a pre-rendered video, because the reflection actually changes based on the facial accessory Leon has equipped! So I'm guessing a Live camera angle on Leon's face rendered on the knife's surface

[@budthecyborg4575]

The cutscenes in this game feel every bit as impressive as a blockbuster movie.

[@vegadanial7240]

17:39 Leon is actually malding after not getting the greetings from Ada

[@LordSoundWave]

Thank you so much for pronouncing El Gigante proper

[@MavisXe]

I knew that under-lake room was for Saddler 😂 it just reminds me too much of a “spooky antagonist talking to himself” room

[@greatestgamer00]

i love these vids. so cool to see how things work behind the scene we cant manualy see with out mods glitches and such.

[@irvin_jax01]

Excellent video 👏🏻 Bit since i saw the original RE4 y want to see one of RE5

[@crossadam]

I came to your channel a month ago to turn notifications on...waiting for this video!

[@SlippySlides]

Hope it was worth the wait haha. Just out of curiosity, did the notification work?

[@crossadam]

@@SlippySlides 100%, a living legend!

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

Interesting to have a peek behind the stage :D

[@Luke4Smith]

love how krusers knife is so shiny that not even blood clings to it

[@OffBrandChicken]

4:40 the room under the lake is actually the room in the cutscene you see right after Leon passes out and you see the vision of Sadler.

[@zylent8251]

You really always do professional work, and your voice is interesting.😊 I always come to see your videos when i see notification or on instagram 😊