General Video Questions
Q: How do you make your videos?A: I record most games now with OBS Studio. For those tricky games that refuse to play nicely, I go back to Shadowplay. I then use Vegas Pro 16 to balance out the audio and cut out the not so fun stuff.
For console games, I use an Elgato HD60 S+.
Q:What Microphone do you use?
A: Currently I'm using a Samson Q2U that's connected to a Behringer UMC22. Probably not the best set-up, but what do I know? Before this, I used a Prosound Podcast mic (basically Maplin's store brand mic). Before that one I think I used a Singstar mic. Not best idea, but hey, I was new at this and didn't know any better back then.
A: Currently I'm using a Samson Q2U that's connected to a Behringer UMC22. Probably not the best set-up, but what do I know? Before this, I used a Prosound Podcast mic (basically Maplin's store brand mic). Before that one I think I used a Singstar mic. Not best idea, but hey, I was new at this and didn't know any better back then.
Q: Will You Facecam?
A: Short answer, no.
Long answer, I don't like the idea of Facecam as I feel when you watch a Let's Play video, the game is what you want to focus on and a Facecam is distracting. Plus you don't really need to see my ugly mug staring at a monitor.
Q: What about VTubing?
A: I do have that crappy VTuber model I went through all that effort to make, so maybe...
Q: Who drew your avatar?
A: Clackspoon drew it for me a while ago. Like, so long ago I didn't have a beard. I'll sometimes edit it a bit for whatever reason, but the base version was by them.
Q: What games have you played?
A: I've got a section at the end of the list of possible games. For the Mo' Ponies games, I've got a separate list.
Q: What games won't you make videos of?
A: To make this simple, I'll make it a list
- Games I really don't like (to the point where I'm having no fun at all)
- Games I can't get
- Games with content that can't go on YouTube
- Games that heavily feature copyrighted content
- Games I can't get to work
- Games that my PC can't handle
- Games by companies that take down Let's Play videos
- Games in a language I don't understand
- Games that require microtransactions
Q: Why isn't *game title here* in your possible games list?
A: Either it's due to one of the reasons above or it's because I'm more likely to do a one off video instead. Mind you, it could also be because I keep forgetting to update that page.
Q: What do the titles mean?
A:
Let's Play: This is where I play through the whole game (side stuff isn't guaranteed). There are obvious exceptions when it turns out I can't bring myself to continue or something goes really wrong and I can't continue.
Let's Play Mini: This is a one off video. Though now I just call them Let's Plays. So I guess the one offs are just the ones without "Part 1" at the end.
Let's Play Minis: This is where I play a group of small games. Much like the Mo' Ponies series, these are typically Flash based games that you can play for free.
Let Us Play: This is where I play something with someone else. I no longer use this title as it seems kind of pointless.
Mr. Nutt Quest: I attempt a special challenge in a game.
Mr. Nutt Tries: This is where I try out a classic game that I never got the chance to play while growing up.
Let's Test: I play a game that is in either Alpha or Beta.
Mo' Ponies: This is a series where I play games based off of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Mr. Nutt Plays: This is a video that I've edited much more than normal. Typically, this will be 2 or 3 hours of footage cut down to something much more watchable.
Q: Will you play *Nintendo Game title*
A:
Nintendo's back on the menu! But since I still haven't played that many games by them I'm going to need a little help with picking out which games I should try.
Specific Game Questions
Q: How did you play Half-Life 2 in Garry's Mod?A: If you have Half-Life 2 installed then you should have maps from that game available when you go to start a game. To start from the beginning, choose d1_trainstation_01.
Q: ____ has gone wrong with Garry's Mod, how can I fix it?
A: Due to the nature of Garry's Mod, I can't say I know how to fix your problem. Chances are an update broke something and you can't do that thing now until an update fixes it. To be honest, you'll have a better chance of looking up the problem on your web search of choice than getting any good ideas from me on this sort of problem.
Q: What's the deal with that Dream Team™?
A: It was just a dumb joke I came up with with some randomly selected NPCs. Some weren't available when I was making Garry's-Life Source, so I also took some suggestions.
Q: How do I do ____ in 3DMM?
A: No idea how, but my joke tutorial somehow got me a lot of questions on how to do this and that in 3DMM. Honestly, the best way to learn how to do most things is to just mess about with the tools. As for a few more specific things, here's a short list
- For sounds and voices, you can only import wav files
- For music, you can only import midis (though v3DMM has a glitch where the file browser won't show them.
- 3DMM is open sourced abandonware, so you'll have a hard time buying a copy. I'm sure there's an archive somewhere that'll help you out here.
- All addons I use came from 3dmm.com
- For higher quality sound imports, you'll need Py-Q.
- You can add extra frames by holding "ctrl" and clicking the next frame button.
- Every addon you have activated will be included in the file when you save your movie, even if you didn't actually use them.
- I don't actually know how to make addons, you'll need to search for a tutorial yourself for this one. Keep in mind this is a very old program for Windows 95 with no hardware acceleration support, so expect a lot of technical limitations.
