How to Record Video Games for YouTube!

How to record video games, render, and upload to YouTube

Before we get into the meat of it you have to see if your computer can handle recording gaming footage.

What you need:

1. Middle to high-end computer
2. Hard drive with fast write speeds or multiple hard drives
3. Recording program like Fraps or Xfire
4. Editing software like Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere

Step 1: In order to record gaming footage you need some form of video capture program like fraps or x-fire. Fraps is the most popular because it records in high quality but beware because it takes up a lot of hard drive space. Remember to record full screen for optimal frame rate.

Note, if you are having lag issues you can alleviate them by doing some of the following :

• Record footage to another drive. If your game is on C:\ then set your fraps folder to D:\
• If the drive you are recording to is too slow you might have to upgrade to one with faster write speeds
• Lower your settings from Full-size to Half-size, the quality will be the same but smaller
• Turn on Vertical Sync within your game which will help with lag, but can severely reduce frame rates

Avendawn of the Alliance

Be the Light in the Darkness

This is Justice! By the Light be purged.

Avendawn the Berzerker

Strike With a Vengeance

The drums of war ring loud throughout the kingdom, who will pick up arms? Who will bring justice to the land?

This is Justice! By the Light, all evil will be purged.

Avendawn the Lightbringer

Strike With a Vengeance

In the midst of chaos and the imminent threat of the Horde, A hero emerges. Purging the land and bringing peace to those who seek it.

How to Install Car Mods in Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV - Car mods

How to install car modifications into your game. Try to stick to only a few car mods in order to avoid the "taxi bug," or install one of the listed bug fixes.

What you need:

• Patch 1.0.7.0
• GTAIV Mod Essensials (unless your game is mod ready)
• SparkIV
• Your car mods,  each will need a .wtf and .wtd file
• Handling Values
• gta4 real traffic taxi texture fix chikamru OR trafficload vfinale
• Winrar or similar
• Remember to back up your files

Directions:

Step 1: Update GTA IV to patch 1.0.7.0

Step 2: Extract GTAIV Mod Essensials

Step 3: Copy the contents to C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\GTAIV

Step 4: Extract the car files you downloaded, doesn't matter from where from as long as you have one of each that end in .WTD and .WTF. For this example we will be replacing the patriot with an H2 Hummer.

Step 5: Open Sparks IV

1. Go to browse
2. Scroll down to GTAIV\pc\models\cdimages
3. Double click on vehicles.img
4. Click import and search for the .wtf and .wtd you extracted in step 4
5. Click save
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for any vehicles you want to add.

How to Install Left 4 Liberty: Infection

How to Install Left 4 Liberty: Infection

Enjoy installing Left 4 Liberty: Infection! Turn Grand Theft Auto IV into a zombie game!

What you need:

• Patch 1.0.7.0
• GTAIV Mod Essensials
• Winrar or similar
• L4LIv5.1
• Remember to back up your files
 

Directions:

Step 1: Update GTA IV to patch 1.0.7.0

Step 2: Extract GTAIV Mod Essensials (Unless your game is mod ready)

Step 3: Copy the contents to C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\GTAIV

Step 4: Extract L4LIv5.1 and copy the contents (see below) to C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\GTAIV\scripts.

• Left4Libertyv5.1.vb
• Left4LibertyFireBullets.vb
• Left4Libertyv5.1.ini
• Left4LibertyFireBullets.ini

Step 5: Press F7 to start the mod.

GTAIV Realistic Car Pack v4

GTAIV Realistic Car Pack v4

-A side by side comparison. For installation guide click here!

Note that some cars have been mixed up and will probably not get fixed for a while so let others know if you have a solution for the issue. This guide was put together via trainer and should more or less represent the type of car you will spawn as supposed to its original counterpart. Enjoy!

Admiral - '10 Bmw 7 Hamann F02 by VIT@LIK1993

Admiral

'10 Bmw 7 Hamman F02

Banshee-    '03 Dodge Viper SRT-10 V2.0 by Deadyshka

'03 Dodge Viper SRT-10

Banshee