Timelapse of Making a C&C Cinematic Cutscene

10-minute timelapse capturing the entire 4-hour process of creating a cinematic cutscenes for Command & Conquer: Generals, from start to finish
Should i turn this into a tutorial in future video?

[@newgate-zerohour]

This is pretty much spot on. Every time you make a change to the camera scripts, you need to replay it in-game to make sure you get it how you imagined. It's very tedious and there's a lot of back and forth, but the end result is always worth it. It's not just camera scripts either, you need to spend a lot of time going through the speech files to find ones that suit the cutscene. And there's even more work if you want to have the camera match the music you pick. There's so much planning involved and so much work you don't see that goes into just one cinematic of this level, which makes it even more amazing that Gramantio can keep pumping them out like crazy

[@gramantio2586]

And not to mention that this is just pure cinematic, in a mission there's a whole lot more things that we should reconsider while making the cinematic so that it doesn't affect the mission itself, and there's also Outro, Mid-Cine which make things a million times complicated at times But as you said it, as long as i do it just like a hobby, i just can't get enough of it, its really a bitter-sweet feeling making this stuff xD

[@mfinland2767]

Seriously, you're making me think like you're actually one of the C&C Generals developers or something.

[@gramantio2586]

Perhaps in the alternate universe :P

[@thinh231]

Bro's cutscene planning is better than my timetable plan 💀 Making these must be wild back then with those Cinematic series

[@gramantio2586]

Not to mention that i'm not as good back then, i even rewatch my old stuff and just.. "Ohh wow, this feels terrible" oh well, you live and you learn

[@yazanus4530]

I watched 3 of your videos today and i asked myself : "how can someone make these cutscenes?" And then BOOM, This Video dropped💀

[@rx-0gundam393]

Jesus, I never how goddamn tedious making Cinematics were. You and all other map creators that makes Cinematics have my utmost respect, holy shit

[@gramantio2586]

Yup, it can be really tedious at times, however the final result is just as sweet :P

[@elixir536]

Wow man, you using the old WB to make cinematics. What a legend!

[@leonarddominguez1049]

Hello there's General Hu tao Nuke general of Wangsheng funeral parlor

[@TK1BAHZAD]

oh wow, now after seeing how you make these cinematics i appreciate your hard work even more. great work dude

[@gramantio2586]

Thanks, really appreciate it!

[@insomniaccoffee9121]

This is actually somewhat a tutorial for me on how to use world builder and I like how the cutscene looked like the Chinese version of the Generals USA vs GLA standoff in Mission 1.

[@gramantio2586]

You're indeed correct, its a combination of ZH China 2 nd vGen USA 1

[@DimaZava]

This is freaking awesome 😮

[@o-zone1217]

Do i need to remind you that this game is decades old? Damn.. bring back memories!

[@اسامةعبدالله-ك2ع]

Man Seriously, I really respect you and your love and dedication to work. I think special people are always few and difficult to find, but you are one of them and it is good that I found you. ❤❤❤

[@ehsan45]

wow i never thought it would be that hard to make a cinematic and if consider the mission and outro ... I respect you man and all the other mappers ❤

[@gramantio2586]

Yup, especially when you tried to make it as pleasing as possible, much appreciated!

[@NGxZeroHour]

Good job. You have talent and deserve to be recognized in the community. I hope it continues, that it reaches greater places.

[@gramantio2586]

Thanks man, really appreciate it!

[@martindejonge695]

My journey was Ghost Recon's Igor -> Homeworld's MissionMan -> AOE3 Editor -> C&C3/KW World Builder -> MOWAS1/2 Editor -> Arma 3 and the SQF langauge and editor is the reason I keep coming back to Arma every year

[@BananaSavior_71thecupipi]

Hell no, ur an expert and did a very great work, keep up them amazing work man❤

[@gramantio2586]

Thanks a ton!

[@m.o.etwist924]

dude thats crazy my patience can not handle thid

[@gramantio2586]

I usually do it while watching stuff, if i do it like the timelapse here i would get bored as well xD

[@NeoMaurice]

Only 4 hours for a cinematic is pretty impressive. I usually need over 12 hours for my AOD/AOA maps + some extra hours if it contains map.ini and cutscenes. Cutscenes are just such a pain to do in this game, especially in COOP missions where you are even more limited with camera scripts!

[@gramantio2586]

Hey i meant, making a fully functional map for 12 hours is even more impressive, 1/3 of that time is literally just me making the cinematic and map :D

[@Mr_Jensenn]

Really cool video, you should do more timelaspe and maybe yes, turn this into some tutorials !

[@gramantio2586]

I'll try to find interesting stuff to make into a timelapse, appreciate it mate!

[@SaddestDev]

Interesting, i shall take this for... Educational purposes Still though, this is charming to see (even if it took a long time to make 1 cutscene with such quality) Huge respects!!

[@GirogiArts]

Heya Gram! Great tutorial; have always been curious towards the production process of these cinematics. On another note, have you ever tried making a custom shellmap like those used in the main menu? It would be awesome to see what creative scenes you can make on a loop, hehe Anyways, love the stuff!

[@gramantio2586]

There's 1 shellmap i made with the theme of christmas, it's available in CNCLabs if you're curious As for other scenario, hmm.. I might make smth sweet for zero hour 22nd anniversary :P

[@GirogiArts]

@@gramantio2586 Haha! Yes I've seen the Christmas one, very well done with that one~ Also excited for the future and that supposed anniversary scenario ^u^

[@ShadowKiller-h7w]

Bro thought he could sneak in that anime girl photo in but I saw

[@ajfeliciano4516]

Cinematic: 8:32

[@generalgaming4118]

You are c&c generals developer from the alternative universe 😅

[@aing_maungg]

Mantap Cuy

[@masterpurple_]

As someone who is trying to learn cinematics for red alert 3 (ik different, but they use similar if not the same scripts) for my reverse campagin (normal campagin, but the player plays the enemy from the original mission) I wish to see the how the camera works, as ik scripting is a pain in the ass sometimes, tho red alert 3 is simple for that because you dont need to close the game every time when you want to watch the cutsceen.

[@ZF_C]

man i really need that file you are using for Cutscene unit quotes, were did you get it ? and great job, you are really talented

[@musaalt4075]

In 3:22 why don't you use flag or hunt scripts these scripts will only attack random snd if you fo this it will attack the closer one Because if you do this this will counts as a move attack more than guard However these arrows will go executive exactly and in the end it will be stop and start attacking enemies wherever they are

[@gramantio2586]

There's a lot of randomness when using Hunt script, there's nothing wrong with it, i just want my cinematic to run in a controlled manner

[@mizuiro3494]

9:45 Hu tao 胡桃 😅❤

[@OnlyOne-x1n]

why did you remove the emp rockets from the andro cannon ? it was nice man

[@gramantio2586]

Not just from Andro Cannon, i remove EMP Rockets entirely from the United Factions gamemode One of the top reason for it is because this thing is highly toxic gameplay, if the enemy has it then the map can became way to difficult but if the player has it defending became so easy and uninteresting, also aircrafts for the most part were useless and not worth spending because of it Soo yeah.. In my opinion, EMP missiles just doesn't belong here

[@The_Joker_whysoserious]

Bro recreated the USA Vs GLA first missiob but chinese

[@assassinanas3382]

Is this going to be a mission?

[@gramantio2586]

Most likely not, since this is just a cinematic representation and i have no plan on what to do if i were make it into a mission However, if you have some ideas then let me know ^^

[@assassinanas3382]

@@gramantio2586 This can be like china mission 2. Where u have to defend for 5-10 min and after that the map expends to destroy gla bases with reinforcement arriving or just the map expends

[@VeLoXiuS]

Maybe i should try making sketch for my map be4 i went to world builder and start to ruin my own map 😅.

[@gramantio2586]

You should, it makes planning events on the map that much easier, and it also help you to not lost track of what you actually want to do with the map

[@gulmiraismailova4430]

❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😮😮😮😊😊

[@DanteTheMan.]

how many hours did it take?

[@gramantio2586]

Around 4 hours

[@gabrielcabarce270]

Nice 😊can be used as shellmap intro in Zero Hour original

[@gramantio2586]

Any cinematic can be used as a shellmap as long as it keeps on looping

[@gabrielcabarce270]

@@gramantio2586 yes bro thankful your the best ever

[@how_to_be_a_Old_legionary44]

holz shit. this taked 4 hour?