Any software that fits this description?

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  1. JMJ405

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    I was extremely bored and decided to play my very, very old Nintendo Gamecube and even older Nintendo 64. I was thinking about how the games would look today, and thought it would be hilarious to see all these games take on a new, first-person, more modern form. Is there any software that can do that? I am not looking for a progam that could make a game, just one that I could make a 3D movie from a first person view. If your having trouble picturing what I'm talking about, just picture a Call of Duty style gameplay, only in a game like Super Mario Sunshine. I plan on making a series of these videos, basing them off old games. For anyone who still doesn't understand I basically want to do this:
    YouTube- Halo 3 Uncensored (machinima)

    to games like this:
    http://firsthour.net/screenshots/pikmin/pikmin-cover-thumb.jpg
    (I'm too lazy to embed it =P .)

    Only I'm not going to just use a screen recorder and add blood, I want a program where I can start from scratch and have many customization options, so I can re-create a game, only from a first-person point of view. Is there any such program?
     
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  2. Vinny

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    No, if you want to do this, you are going to have to do everything from scratch including animation and models.

    Good idea, difficult execution.
     
  3. RaVNzCRoFT

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    lol gary's mod mario :p

    Anyway no i don't think there is a program that will do this for you, looks like you're gonna have to do it from scratch :(
     
  5. JMJ405

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    Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. And since it appears I'll have to do it from scratch, are there any 3D, first-person movie makers? (Preferably for a fair price)
     
  6. Beefi

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    well you could get gary's mod off steam, i think it requires 3 other games but there all around £10 for digital download. Its not a movie maker its a game maker but you could use it to make a movie, it's what was used to make that super mario vid that RaVnzCRoFT posted
     
  7. RaVNzCRoFT

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    Well, it seems to me like this will pretty much require 3d-modeling and animation. That is very complicated stuff as is, believe me--I've done it a number of times before and I'm still not great at it.

    Nonetheless, Gmax is a free and dumbed-down version of Autodesk 3ds Max, which is arguably the best 3d-modeling software available for video games (to my knowledge, most professional video game companies use it). I say dumbed-down because 3ds Max costs $3500, so clearly you're not getting everything in Gmax that you would get in 3ds Max. However, Gmax still leaves you with everything you would ever need for a project like this: modeling tools and animation compatability.
     

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