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Implement Video Broadcasts

hawke

Radio Bob Approved
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Add a script or addon that permits admins to stream videos from sources like YouTube, so that they can be utilized for in-game Combine broadcasts.

I'm pretty poggers at video editing and I want to make le epic supreme propaganda. If it doesn't work or is too performance costly, we can always remove it.

Some of my HL2-related video work.
 
Honestly not a bad idea. Could really help with immersion in some cases - you know; if it actually works. That was an issue with PlayX back when that was popular.
 
Add a script or addon that permits admins to stream videos from sources like YouTube, so that they can be utilized for in-game Combine broadcasts.

I'm pretty poggers at video editing and I want to make le epic supreme propaganda. If it doesn't work or is too performance costly, we can always remove it.

Some of my HL2-related video work.

Firstly. Fucking amazing work hawke. Second, I think Playx is our best venue.
 
Add a script or addon that permits admins to stream videos from sources like YouTube, so that they can be utilized for in-game Combine broadcasts.

I'm pretty poggers at video editing and I want to make le epic supreme propaganda. If it doesn't work or is too performance costly, we can always remove it.

Some of my HL2-related video work.

Just looked through your things, I never knew you did the consul's theme lol I loved that one.
Wish there was a way he could appear some how in lore/event one day. Coolest leader besides Captain Vance in half-life 2 lore.
 
This has been brought up in the past and declined by another Dev if I remember. This is extremely hard to pull off, it isn't a cakewalk by any means and consumes a lot of dev time. Not only does it come with a heavy dev time, but also can impact performance by a significant amount, one impact which would make me shake my head.

Keep in mind source is not by any means an advanced engine and lua is only extremely basic vs a lot of other languages, it can be incredibly limiting and such, making this suggestion an extremely hard one to grant. I will speak with Atle about it first, then return with the conclusion. And before anyone suggests using PlayX... no, even that has a hefty amount of problems of its own to deal with.

Not to drop any technical jazz on your heads, but to sum it up... the server may not work well with such an addon in place and it is along with the same reasons we decline the request for 3D stream radio on numerous occasions... but with some additional technical reasons on why not since PlayX is even heavier than 3D stream radio in comparison.

It may suck to hear this but welcome to Gmod and Source... it's limited. (Oh and you may have noticed PlayX has died out over the years and with good reason...)
 
This has been brought up in the past and declined by another Dev if I remember. This is extremely hard to pull off, it isn't a cakewalk by any means and consumes a lot of dev time. Not only does it come with a heavy dev time, but also can impact performance by a significant amount, one impact which would make me shake my head.

Keep in mind source is not by any means an advanced engine and lua is only extremely basic vs a lot of other languages, it can be incredibly limiting and such, making this suggestion an extremely hard one to grant. I will speak with Atle about it first, then return with the conclusion. And before anyone suggests using PlayX... no, even that has a hefty amount of problems of its own to deal with.

Not to drop any technical jazz on your heads, but to sum it up... the server may not work well with such an addon in place and it is along with the same reasons we decline the request for 3D stream radio on numerous occasions... but with some additional technical reasons on why not since PlayX is even heavier than 3D stream radio in comparison.

It may suck to hear this but welcome to Gmod and Source... it's limited. (Oh and you may have noticed PlayX has died out over the years and with good reason...)
Ugh stream radio would be great.
No more would we have to hear just walking in the rain @Furious for the 3000th time lmao.
 
After having a quick chat with Atle about the requirements of this system and the technical jazz I have semi-mentioned above. I am going to have to deny this post. This is not possible for us to implement, not without a massive performance impact.

DENIED - Performance and Technical Cost too large.

With this said, I can at least relook into the 3D Stream Radio and see if I can at least make some minor improvements to it to make it somewhat viable for the server.
 
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