Treadster Media, makers of cool, fun, high quality Unreal Engine machinima. Created by Dave Tyner.

Archive for May, 2009

Unreal Engine FaceFX tutorial part 3

Posted by m3 On May - 31 - 2009

Part 3 of our Unreal Engine FaceFX tutorial.

Unreal Engine FaceFX tutorial part 2

Posted by m3 On May - 31 - 2009

Part 2 of my FaceFX series

Treadsters new look

Posted by m3 On May - 31 - 2009

I have updated the look of our site. It certainly looks better, hopefully things are a bit easier to find now. Having some problems with the redirect but as soon as that’s done the blog will replace the entire site.

Unreal Engine FaceFX tutorial part 1

Posted by m3 On May - 31 - 2009

A comprehensive start to finish tutorial. I will do another one with the existing meshes either soon or a long time from now. *Video was too long, re-uploading now…

Catch the Train – GTA IV machinima

Posted by m3 On May - 28 - 2009

really great work by crazeefool for you action junkies. I thought the driving scenes drug on a bit but hey…those things are fun to shoot! Some really nice shots of the motorcycle ride as well. Nice Job!

More Unreal ..ugh..renders?

Posted by m3 On May - 25 - 2009

Sorry, this was a 3D render…but cool none the less!  This one by Jan3d

Hilarious Pepsi Advert

Posted by m3 On May - 24 - 2009

My dad always told me..

Posted by m3 On May - 22 - 2009

..that a person is less able to communicate effectively when they are upset.  Rather he said to cool off and wait till your senses come back annnnd yady yady blah blah blah.  Well screw that.  I know this is old news but I was perusing the machiniweb tonight and stumbled across this…http://www.mprem.com/omf/page.php?44 – Its the winners of the OMFF (Congrats to the winners btw!).

Now I realize DK doesn’t compare to say someone frapsing flybys of a map and putting it to music but I noticed that Treadster was not even nominated for the technical achievement category and I’m like HOLY F*CK MAN, do the judges even know what it takes to produce all that content and get it back in to the game and then film /edit / sound it???  Technical achievement is the ONLY thing DK IS ffs!!!

I almost single handedly figured out the mesh/animation AND FaceFX workflow for the Unreal Engine. That was sofaking DIFFICULT!  Fun fact: all of the vehicles AND characters  were custom animated too. Did I also mention I designed and assembled and animated the motorcycle that is in DoubleKill v1 and 2? DK was good enough to win 1st place in the Make Something Unreal Contest but not good enough to even be nominated at the OMFF or any other festival for that matter. I hate to sound like a snob but the facts are the facts.

Suggestion: at least try to understand what the creators have to go through to make their films and not just the ones you pal around with, us newbs deserve a fair shake too…just sayin…  But I am digressing…don’t go posting on your blog when your all bent about something, its not a very good idea…sorry Dad.

Thanks for coming out

Posted by m3 On May - 16 - 2009

Thanks to the everyone that came out to see our Make Something Unreal Contest entry “Jess” last night.  It was a very successful launch and we have been getting a lot of positive feedback.  Hoped you liked it!  For those of you that missed it, stop on by when you can and check it out.  Thanks!

DoubleKill “Jess”

Posted by m3 On May - 15 - 2009

This episode takes us way back to before “Chance of Rain” and shows us a window into our heroins back story. Lots of fun action and violence, may not be suitable for the whole family! Click HERE for HD version

I have released our latest short film called “Fate of the Union”  - Enjoy :)


click image to watch!





Special thanks to:


President Obama for being a good sport and knowing that the ONLY thing that matters right now is getting people back to work!!


TermiATT for the score idea.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TermiATT



deucer for the great title!


Ricky Grove

http://rgrove.com/



Phil Rice

http://z-studios.com/

The Fate of the Union

Posted by m3