Forever Stranded #10 - Meteor Chests and Two Cities (Spoiler)
Channel: Duncan Webb
Date: 14/04/2017

In this episode we see the location of the Meteor's chest and what the contain. We also make a quick trip to two cities. I've blurred out the minimap coordinates and hidden the waypoints hopefully I haven't give location away.

I make some Pigiron for Philippe Asselin he was having some problems with blood. I show a trick with portable tanks and the smeltery.

This video is the my tenth episode of Forever Stranded, a series of the Mod Pack by GWSheridan. Surviving in this pack is quite a challenge

Music by Daria Shakhova is available at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Owl/Fairy_Forest/the_owl_-_owls_secret

I'm using Avisynth and MeGUI to prepare the video for youtube and recording with Dxtory and Lagarith video codec for recording.

All the clips are wrapped with an avs script that has this (Python) template:

source = "${source}"
LoadPlugin("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MeGUI\\tools\\ffms\\ffms2.dll")
V = FFVideoSource(source, fpsnum=30, fpsden=1, threads=1).Lanczos4Resize(1280, 720)
A1 = FFAudioSource(source, track=1).Normalize(volume=1.0, show=false)
A2 = FFAudioSource(source, track=2).Normalize(volume=1.0, show=false)
commentary = MonoToStereo(A1, A1).AmplifyDB(1.5)
audio = MixAudio(commentary, A2, 0.9, 0.1)
AudioDub(V, audio)
return last

An avs script that is common to all episodes is:

LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\MeGUI\tools\avisynth_plugin\NicAudio.dll")

global s2 = "Until next time..."
global pngfile = "D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\ForeverStranded.png"
global endpngfile = "D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\ForeverStrandedShip.png"
global musicfile = "D:\dxtory\The_Owl_-_02_-_owls_secret.mp3"

function MakeVideo(clip c, string title, int "trim_in", int "trim_out")
{
    sx = 460
    sx = 70
    sy = 574
    sy = 460
    font="Copasetic NF"
    font="Gin Rai Italic"
    font_size=45
    text_color = $d6d6c8 #light gray
    halo_color = $ecb03c #light orange
    halo_color = $df8519 #dark orange
    fadein_frames = 0
    fadeout_frames = 90
    align = 5
    title_frames = 150
    
    pngclip = ImageSource(pngfile, pixel_type="RGB32", 0, 239).Lanczos4Resize(1280, 720)
    intro = Subtitle(pngclip, title, sx, sy, font=font, size=font_size, text_color=text_color, halo_color=halo_color, lsp=60)
    endpngclip = ImageSource(endpngfile, pixel_type="RGB32", fps=30, 0, 599).Lanczos4Resize(1280, 720).FadeIn(fadein_frames)
    music = NicMPG123Source(musicfile).AudioTrim(0, 20).FadeOut(150)

    ending = AudioDub(endpngclip, music)

    trim_in = Default(trim_in, 0)
    trim_out = Default(trim_out, c.FrameCount())
    base = c.Trim(trim_in, trim_out)

    Overlay(base, pngclip, mask=pngclip.ShowAlpha().FadeOut(fadein_frames), mode="blend", opacity=0.9)
    Overlay(last, intro, mask=intro.ShowAlpha().FadeOut(fadein_frames), 0, 0) 

    FadeOut(fadeout_frames)
    Subtitle(s2, first_frame=FrameCount-title_frames-1, last_frame=FrameCount-1, size=font_size, align=align, text_color=text_color, halo_color=halo_color, lsp=60)

    last++ending
    
    ConvertToYV12(interlaced=false)
    tweak(bright=10)

    return last
}

BlankClip(width=1280, height=720)

The clips are joined with this script:

Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\common.avs")

function FilterPart(clip c, string filter, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
  Crop(c, left, top, right, bottom)
  filtered = Eval(filter) # using implicit 'last'
  return Overlay(c, filtered, x=left, y=top)
}

video1=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0032.avi.avs")
video2=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0033.avi.avs")
video3=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0034.avi.avs")
video4=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0035.avi.avs")
video5=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0036.avi.avs")
video6=Import("D:\dxtory\foreverstranded\foreverstranded-0037.avi.avs")
video = TransMarbles(video1, video2, 60, 12, drop=false)
video = Dissolve(video, video3, 60)
video = TransMarbles(video, video4, 60, 12, drop=false)
video = TransMarbles(video, video5, 60, 12, drop=false)
video = TransMarbles(video, video6, 60, 12, drop=false)
MakeVideo(video, "Episode 10: Meteor and Two More Cities")
FilterPart("Blur(1.58).Blur(1.58)",1120,228,92,8)