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This isnt a knit picking thread, but I was rewatching trailer 2 when something kind of stood out. When the Jet shoots the police chopper the explosion that ensues seems kind of wierd.

 

The explosion seems like it was pasted over the top of the video. Further, just seconds after the helicopter explodes you can see that the chopper is virtually undamaged, rotor blades and all, just before the jet crashes into it.

 

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Now normally I wouldnt give this any attention but the explosions in GTA IV were pretty spot on, and there appears to be a clear difference in what seems like a post production explosion in the V trailer and an in-game explosion in GTA IV. Just watch this video. Notice how the explosions come from within the ogject, not on top of them.

 

 

 

Personally I think that the explosion in the GTA V trailer was tweaked in post production as a dramatic affect, especially since it syncs up with "Getting ready to BLOW" with the song. What do you guys think??

 

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To show the second explosion is definitely in game footage I made this which shows the explosion form within the Chopper. But then I noticed there is a stray missile from somewhere else that hits the chopper. WTF

 

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I think you have bad eyes because I can see parts of the chopper in front of the explosion as it happens. no extra effects were added. kind of pointless to speculate anyway.

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I think you have bad eyes because I can see parts of the chopper in front of the explosion as it happens. no extra effects were added. kind of pointless to speculate anyway.

The chopper is unscathed after the fact... soooo?

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Yeah, the second hit looks abit better thanks to the angle probably, but this might be something they are still working on.

I have almost blind faith in Rockstar when it comes to such things.

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I think you are right. It DOES look like it was placed on top of the heli and this is coming from someone who does not know a lot about special effects. It looks "weak".

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You made the Chop thread didn't you...

Dude relax. Read the first f*cking sentence. Im just bringing this up for discussion.

 

I just wanted to know your opinions on this. Im not one of these "GTA V is gonna suck" members. I wouldnt have been here so long if I felt that way

 

I dont think that the in-game explosions are gonna look like sh*t, I think that this explosion in the trailer was added for cinematic affect.

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You made the Chop thread didn't you...

Dude relax. Read the first f*cking sentence. Im just bringing this up for discussion.

 

I just wanted to know your opinions on this. Im not one of these "GTA V is gonna suck" members. I wouldnt have been here so long if I felt that way

 

I dont think that the in-game explosions are gonna look like sh*t, I think that this explosion in the trailer was added for cinematic affect.

I'm just messing with you man tounge.gif

 

I agree that it looks like an an added cinematic affect. Do you think they are still tweaking the damage effects?

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I think you have bad eyes because I can see parts of the chopper in front of the explosion as it happens. no extra effects were added. kind of pointless to speculate anyway.

The chopper is unscathed after the fact... soooo?

no it's not. look closely. it gets bent out of shape a bit

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You made the Chop thread didn't you...

Dude relax. Read the first f*cking sentence. Im just bringing this up for discussion.

 

I just wanted to know your opinions on this. Im not one of these "GTA V is gonna suck" members. I wouldnt have been here so long if I felt that way

 

I dont think that the in-game explosions are gonna look like sh*t, I think that this explosion in the trailer was added for cinematic affect.

I'm just messing with you man tounge.gif

 

I agree that it looks like an an added cinematic affect. Do you think they are still tweaking the damage effects?

No because in other scenes the affects look great. Im not sure why this was done (if it is after affect)

 

The missiles almost look fake as well, but thats a bit harder to distinguish

 

 

no it's not. look closely. it gets bent out of shape a bit

 

Looks perfectly straight to me. And why would there be a bent frame but none of the aircraft skin or paint would be damaged?

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I agree that it looks like an an added cinematic affect. Do you think they are still tweaking the damage effects?

No its gonna stay that way for all explosions. sarcasm.gif

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You made the Chop thread didn't you...

Dude relax. Read the first f*cking sentence. Im just bringing this up for discussion.

 

I just wanted to know your opinions on this. Im not one of these "GTA V is gonna suck" members. I wouldnt have been here so long if I felt that way

 

I dont think that the in-game explosions are gonna look like sh*t, I think that this explosion in the trailer was added for cinematic affect.

I'm just messing with you man tounge.gif

 

I agree that it looks like an an added cinematic affect. Do you think they are still tweaking the damage effects?

No because in other scenes the affects look great. Im not sure why this was done (if it is after affect)

 

The missiles almost look fake as well, but thats a bit harder to distinguish

The missiles look fine to me, but yeah, the chopper has no damage model after the explosion.

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You made the Chop thread didn't you...

Dude relax. Read the first f*cking sentence. Im just bringing this up for discussion.

 

I just wanted to know your opinions on this. Im not one of these "GTA V is gonna suck" members. I wouldnt have been here so long if I felt that way

 

I dont think that the in-game explosions are gonna look like sh*t, I think that this explosion in the trailer was added for cinematic affect.

I'm just messing with you man tounge.gif

 

I agree that it looks like an an added cinematic affect. Do you think they are still tweaking the damage effects?

No because in other scenes the affects look great. Im not sure why this was done (if it is after affect)

 

The missiles almost look fake as well, but thats a bit harder to distinguish

 

 

no it's not. look closely. it gets bent out of shape a bit

 

Looks perfectly straight to me. And why would there be a bent frame but none of the aircraft skin or paint would be damaged?

Looks bent to me. and idk about the paint. looks a little black around the explosion. I think the explosive effects may be less exaggerated in this game. like a car not being all black and charred every time they blow up. perhaps they will get black and charred as they are on fire, but after the explosion.

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Ok so to prove that the second explosion is legit I got this. You can see the explosion from within the chopper and also the deterioration of the aircraft immediately. But I noticed there is a stray rocket in the scene that comes from above.

 

WTF!?!?!

 

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Here is a still to show the explosion better

 

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I personally think the explosion looks great, and appears to be in-game, odd that the chopper didnt appear to be damaged though.

 

Secondly, good find on that 'stray missile'. Not sure if thats what it is, but it appears to be. Very odd.

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I personally think the explosion looks great, and appears to be in-game, odd that the chopper didnt appear to be damaged though.

 

Secondly, good find on that 'stray missile'. Not sure if thats what it is, but it appears to be. Very odd.

Looks like a rocket from a rocket launcher, too small to be a missile

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Maybe they spawned a RPG rocket to add the extra effect. Lil cheap trick it happens so fast most people wouldn't notice tounge2.gif

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Maybe they spawned a RPG rocket to add the extra effect. Lil cheap trick it happens so fast most people wouldn't notice tounge2.gif

That would be interesting indeed

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Maybe they spawned a RPG rocket to add the extra effect. Lil cheap trick it happens so fast most people wouldn't notice  tounge2.gif

That would be interesting indeed

Maybe something is shooting at it off camera?

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Yeah it looks really stupid the way the jet crashes into the helicopter, I said that when the trailer first came out.

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Explosion itself looks fine to me. Only thing odd is that the helicopter stays intact and does not break apart like in GTA IV.

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Explosion itself looks fine to me. Only thing odd is that the helicopter stays intact and does not break apart like in GTA IV.

Whats your take on the random rocket>?

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Explosion itself looks fine to me. Only thing odd is that the helicopter stays intact and does not break apart like in GTA IV.

Whats your take on the random rocket>?

 

That one is strange. A 2nd fighter out of view maybe?

 

haha.. this speculation reminds me of this seinfeld episode.. The rocket came from BACK AND TO THE LEFT!.

 

 

 

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lol excellent eye OP. I never noticed that stray rocket, Wonder who's arse that came from, maybe it was a long range air to air missile, shot from LC.

 

Either way, the first hit does look rubbish, No damage at all, the collision was better but I guess its clear that wings won't get damaged.

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Explosion itself looks fine to me. Only thing odd is that the helicopter stays intact and does not break apart like in GTA IV.

Whats your take on the random rocket>?

I think it may have been included for extra effect. so weird tho

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Similarly, I kind of thought that the fire effect in the "car on fire on the freeway" scene in Trailer #1 looked like an overlay or some kind of quickly-made effect, not the intrinsic fire that you would expect to be emanating from the 3D car itself. The spirit of the OP is to ask if (or how much) Rockstar has spiced up the trailers with post-production effects or other eventually non-game elements.

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