Loadvideo

[Bonaparte]

How to use a loadvideo instead of a loadscreen in a map?

[HJGF]

is possible u need to have a .bik video i think u have to put in the "Movies " folder (biks cant be in rfa tough)

so u put these lines in the menu init.con of ur map

game.setLoadPicture ../../Mods/mod name here/Movies/video name here

[Apache Thunder]

Correct. You must path to the video to an external folder. BIKs don't work when packed into RFAs.

[HJGF]

wow i tough i was wrong lol

[Apache Thunder]

lol.

Here is what the setting for one of the maps in my DCU mod that has videos as loading screens:

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game.setLoadPicture ../../Mods/DC_UNAUTHORIZED/Movies/rah66.bik

If you use enough ../ you can even path to stuff outside the game folder.

Also, you can have videos on meshes too! Just make sure they are resized to a power of 2 resolution like 512x512 or something similer or else they won't fit the uvmap of the mesh correctly. (they will still work though) I've even seen someone use videos on the terrain too.

Here is an example of how to path to a video in a RS file. DO NOT use the ../ stuff as this will cause a CTD. Plus it is not required for RS files anyway:

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texture "Mods/DC_UNAUTHORIZED/Movies/video_for_meshes/tvset_video2";

That is one of the videos used on my TV object in DCU.

[Bonaparte]

Thanks! I'm glad that you told me that it's not working when packed as rfa, that was the problem that has been keeping me busy

[mikex222]

I Might plan on making and illusion room hehe

uh but how do you map the bik to the rs tho.... like in max you can map a texture to the object... but what about the video...
how would i position it to a tv.

[HJGF]

get DCU apache made a cool tv also a laptop right?

[Apache Thunder]

Yes the last version I released a month back added a laptop to the car bomb control table.

[Bonaparte]

yeah that laptop was cool