I've noticed a complete lack of players streaming Aces High...
Not only is it a lot of fun, but you can share it with non-Aces High players (via Twitch or other services) and also easily export to YouTube. It's also nice for Aces High forum browsers at work, as they can just click the link without the film viewer installed.
A large volume of consistent AH streamers will promote the game!That being said, it's NOT a replacement for the film viewer, you should always record your flights when possible.
(An example of a Twitch stream "highlight":
http://www.twitch.tv/x80hd/c/5313110)
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What you will need:
- A PC more than capable of running Aces High. It's not a huge drain, but if you can barely play AH, you might not be able to stream well.
- Some extra bandwidth. If you're on a Cricket or some other regulated bandwidth allotment, I'd say skip it and stick with just film replays.
- An account on a streaming site. I use http://www.twitch.tv/ it is free and it works alright.
- Streaming software (Such as OBS, which is what I will describe below.)
Set up a free Twitch account, and download OBS from here
https://obsproject.com/Once you install OBS, you'll want to configure the following settings (tweak these as needed)...
Encoding
1. Go into your Twitch settings (On the Twitch website) and click "Dashboard"
2. Once in your Dashboard, go to the far right and click "Stream Key" - Click the little "Show Key" button (Don't share this key) highlight it, and copy it. You'll need to paste it in your Broadcast setting (see next spoiler)
3. In the OBS application, pick the Twitch server closest to you (Or if you know what you're doing, the one with the least latency to your ISP)
Video Settings
Advanced Settings
Now, once you're all done with that, you'll need to set up a game capture for Aces High.
Back on the main OBS page, there is a column that says "Sources". LAUNCH Aces High (Fully log in and get into the tower)
Once Aces is running, alt-tab out, right click in that Sources pane and click "Add -> Game Capture". Name it whatever cheeky bastard thing you want. It will ask you for the source binary in resident memory... it should already be on [aceshigh]: Aces High II. Select that, close out, and you're ready to start streaming!
Any time you want to stream (Which means EVERY time you fly! Don't miss a single highlight!) Just launch OBS, Launch AH, then click "Start Streaming". Now, remember, once you're streaming anyone with the link to your Twitch page can see everything you're doing inside AH, as well as hear everything on the various Vox channels.
HighlightingAfter you've flown a mission, if you stop and restart your stream it will basically separate your flights for you in Twitch. If you're like me (lazy) you just let the thing run.
Go back to your Twitch Profile page and click "Past Broadcasts" and look for the proper broadcast (sorted newest to oldest). Watch your handiwork! Now, once you get to a good point, note the exact time... write it down if you need to. Now, find the end time. Write this down as well, if you need to.
Now, click the gear and then click highlight:
This will bring you to a new page where you get this yellow slider thing... you don't need this yellow slider, it's stupid and beneath you. You are not some yellow slider using peasant.
Since you noted your start and end times (because you're not a peasant) simply input those where shown in the upper right. Then publish your highlight.
Make sure you put in a decent title, and a description is also required.
DO NOT be an idiot like me and put stuff like "Awesome shot at 1:34:45" <--- when you publish, it cuts the video down to 1:45 or whatever slice you are highlighting, so using markers from the original video as references is ruined.
Once you finalize it, it will open in a new link... just go copy the URL and post away!
Once you have a cherry highlight that you'd like to send to YouTube (you'll need a YouTube account, obviously) go into the highlight and click the gear icon again and select "Export". It takes a few minutes, depending on the length of the video. Once it shows up on YouTube it'll take a couple MORE minutes to show up in High Def...
Anyway, rock and roll and stream away!
