QuickNickel14 Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 Hi all! I want to create an intro movie for a campaign I made in DCS. I wanted to know how do I import the movie file to the campaign and what format should it be? If you can recommend me for some good movie maker software I will appreciate it. :)
Hardcard Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 @QuickNickel14 I believe that only pictures can be can be imported (don't take my word for it, though) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Backy 51 Posted January 20, 2019 Posted January 20, 2019 That would be a great addition to the Briefing section ... are you listening ED? I don't need no stinkin' GPS! (except for PGMs :D) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Frag Posted January 20, 2019 Posted January 20, 2019 You can't in game ... but you can record clips and create your own youtube movie. This is something indeed that is heavily used with Arma 3. DCS has all the camera goodies linked to keys, but did not linked those functionalities in the script API. Briefly, there are no scripting control for the cameras. Ironically I started a thread on this earlier this week. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=230037
QuickNickel14 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 First thank you people for your answers. There is no way maybe to make a trigger as Start Mission and it will run my intro movie and than the player can continue the mission?
BaD CrC Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 OK, long time ago, Wags posted this solution for Black Shark 1.01 ( I told you it was long time ago). At that time, the trick was working for SP missions only. Post is still here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK PLAYBACK PRIOR TO MISSION START (MISSION INTRO) It's now possible to create missions with a pre-recorded introduction track. The procedure to create a mission with an intro track is as follows: 1. Create a mission with the necessary triggers, graphical and audio material. 2. Launch the mission, record the intro track and save it. 3. Create a new file, called "continue_track" with the number '1' inside. The file can be created with Notepad or other similar program. The file should have no extension. 4. Open the TRK file with your archive opener (winrar, etc.) and insert the "continue_track" file inside the "track_data" folder of the TRK archive. 5. Rename the TRK extention to MIZ. As a result you will have a MIZ file that includes a track file inside. When the mission is launched, the track will be played back, after which the player will be handed control automatically. https://www.blacksharkden.com http://discord.gg/blacksharkden
Frag Posted January 22, 2019 Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) OK, long time ago, Wags posted this solution for Black Shark 1.01 ( I told you it was long time ago). At that time, the trick was working for SP missions only. Post is still here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK PLAYBACK PRIOR TO MISSION START (MISSION INTRO) It's now possible to create missions with a pre-recorded introduction track. The procedure to create a mission with an intro track is as follows: 1. Create a mission with the necessary triggers, graphical and audio material. 2. Launch the mission, record the intro track and save it. 3. Create a new file, called "continue_track" with the number '1' inside. The file can be created with Notepad or other similar program. The file should have no extension. 4. Open the TRK file with your archive opener (winrar, etc.) and insert the "continue_track" file inside the "track_data" folder of the TRK archive. 5. Rename the TRK extention to MIZ. As a result you will have a MIZ file that includes a track file inside. When the mission is launched, the track will be played back, after which the player will be handed control automatically. Ho interesting... but I guess you cannot control the cameras and angles right? This is a good first step though! I was not aware of this. I will test it out for sure. Edited January 22, 2019 by Frag
QuickNickel14 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 Ho interesting... but I guess you cannot control the cameras and angles right? This is a good first step though! I was not aware of this. I will test it out for sure. @Frag can you please update me with your results?
QuickNickel14 Posted January 22, 2019 Author Posted January 22, 2019 OK, long time ago, Wags posted this solution for Black Shark 1.01 ( I told you it was long time ago). At that time, the trick was working for SP missions only. Post is still here. --------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK PLAYBACK PRIOR TO MISSION START (MISSION INTRO) It's now possible to create missions with a pre-recorded introduction track. The procedure to create a mission with an intro track is as follows: 1. Create a mission with the necessary triggers, graphical and audio material. 2. Launch the mission, record the intro track and save it. 3. Create a new file, called "continue_track" with the number '1' inside. The file can be created with Notepad or other similar program. The file should have no extension. 4. Open the TRK file with your archive opener (winrar, etc.) and insert the "continue_track" file inside the "track_data" folder of the TRK archive. 5. Rename the TRK extention to MIZ. As a result you will have a MIZ file that includes a track file inside. When the mission is launched, the track will be played back, after which the player will be handed control automatically. Thank you @BaD_CrC. I will look into it.
Ironhand Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Ho interesting... but I guess you cannot control the cameras and angles right? This is a good first step though! I was not aware of this. I will test it out for sure. You can control the views during any track playback. You just need to step outside of the current view. From that point on you control the views and where the camera looks. So, if in the cockpit, press F2, for example. You now are in control of the views and where your eyes look. Press F1 again and you are back in the pit looking wherever you want. Edited January 23, 2019 by Ironhand YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB.
Frag Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 You can control the views during any track playback. You just need to step outside of the current view. From that point on you control the views and where the camera looks. So, if in the cockpit, press F2, for example. You now are in control of the views and where your eyes look. Press F1 again and you are back in the pit looking wherever you want. Hey thanks IronHand ... yeah I know about this. I meant let's say you want to shown a cut scene with specific angle, like any youtube or video games. I was spending HOURS and HOURS making those in Arma 3. Not much is missing from DCS ... simply having the camera controls offered by the keyboard in the LUA API.
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