How to get the unused FS movies to work?

SeaMan

I have tried adding MEKATAK2.vqa and RAGDOLL.vqa to ecache, but neither of them plays ingame even I have set up triggers and Lose/Win movies accordingly.
Both movies are listed in art.ini Movies section.

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Banshee · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 7:24 pm Post subject:

are they in the correct format?

Tratos · General **Joined**: 01 Jan 2003

Have you got a dummy video added to the end of the list? Im sure i read somewhere that this is a hack by WW to get the videos to be read correctly, i may be completly wrong.

Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

I heard that too, Tratos.

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darkness · Cyborg Soldier **Joined**: 29 Jun 2003

Shouldn't they be put directly in the ra2 directory?

Banshee · Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject:

errr... you mean TS dir, dont you, darkness?

Tratos · General **Joined**: 01 Jan 2003

Kravvitz wrote:

I heard that too, Tratos.

You mean i might be right Very Happy

SeaMan · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:07 am Post subject:

So is 3=VEGAWIN a dummy entry?

Would this work?

91=RAGDOLL
92=MEKATAK2
93=DUMMY

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SeaMan · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:09 am Post subject:

Banshee wrote:

are they in the correct format?

Sure they are. They are copied off Firestorm CD.

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SeaMan · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 8:13 am Post subject:

darkness wrote:

Shouldn't they be put directly in the ra2 directory?

No, because TS reads only text files and voxels outside MIX files.
So they have to be in MIX.
WWLOGO is an expection, it is hard coded to play from CD root.

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SeaMan · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:34 am Post subject:

I tried adding a dummy entry, but the movie wasn't played Sad

Edit: Finally! It works! All movies must be placed inside expand.mix.

Here is the ragdoll FMV shot (you will see it in TSR if you lose the second FS GDI mission):

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The DvD · Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 7:40 am Post subject:

SeaMan wrote:

darkness wrote:

Shouldn't they be put directly in the ra2 directory?

No, because TS reads only text files and voxels outside MIX files.
So they have to be in MIX.
WWLOGO is an expection, it is hard coded to play from CD root.

Just for the sake of correctness (whatever), TS reads voxels, .ini's, .pkt's, .mpr's, .map's, .hva's, .aud's and ofcourse .mix files straight from the directory Wink

PilotstroupF15E · Vehicle Drone **Joined**: 21 Sep 2003

What other locked/hidden/lost movies are there in Tiberian Sun & FS that we should know about? And show screens if possible. Thanx

the_kid · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 12:12 am Post subject:

download the xcc av player

it can be found at the xcc webpage

or you can download it at CnC Central at the xcc programs page.

CnC Central = http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/cnc-central/

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Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

yes get XCC Mixer and XCC AV Player.

In XCC Mixer use the find feature to look for VQAs and then look on the CD-ROMs as well.

http://xccu.sourceforge.net

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The DvD · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:26 pm Post subject:

PilotstroupF15E wrote:

What other locked/hidden/lost movies are there in Tiberian Sun & FS that we should know about? And show screens if possible. Thanx

There aren't any. However there is this MPEG FireStorm video wich show a mobile stealth generator in action, that one was made but never put on any CD rom

SeaMan · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:53 pm Post subject:

The DvD wrote:

There aren't any. However there is this MPEG Firestorm video wich show a mobile stealth generator in action, that one was made but never put on any CD rom

I wish there was a way to convert it to VQA Sad

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The DvD · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:33 pm Post subject:

Well it would be to big to include in the mod IMO..

SeaMan · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject:

As included with the mod: yes
As included as seperate addon: no

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Kravvitz · Commander **Joined**: 25 Mar 2003 **Location**: USA

The DvD wrote:

PilotstroupF15E wrote:

What other locked/hidden/lost movies are there in Tiberian Sun & FS that we should know about? And show screens if possible. Thanx

There aren't any. However there is this MPEG FireStorm video wich show a mobile stealth generator in action, that one was made but never put on any CD rom

anyone know where I could find this video?

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