Intro Movies
Sol:
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If you don't mind me asking what is the intro movie you refer to
The flyover cam is the one when you first enter the hood if it has the right name. The other movie is the one where you choose which hood to play. All custom hoods just has a picture and the EAxis hoods has a little movie there.
talysman:
Although it's fun watching a big pile o' you fighting, I'll step in and simply report what I did last night. Actual data about a file format is always better than how someone *feels* about that format.
I don't have Pleasantview, Strangetown, or Veronaville anymore, but I have hoods in slots N001, N002, and N003, where they should be. They are not named the same as the default basegame hoods. I copied the .reia file to the appropriate neighborhoods. The animated buttons appeared for those neighborhoods; I'd hesitate to call them "movies", because they're more like really big animated GIFs. The animations were clearly for the original hoods, not the ones I created. Clicking on one of the buttons popped up the info for that neighborhood, with the PNG graphic I'd created. However, entering a hood did not trigger the flyover cam sequence.
Next, I peered inside a .reia file. The header identifies the file format as RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format), one of the many descendants of IFF. Specifically, it's the one Microsoft created for WAV and AVI files. I saw at least one chunk labeled "frameP", which makes sense if it's a video wrapper.
Conclusion: the flyover cam sequence is not part of the .reia file, but is hardcoded and linked to the names of the EAxis hoods. The .reia file is just an unexplored video format.
maxon:
Quote from: Nepheris on 2009 January 06, 23:32:08
the flyover cam motion in a hood. Naming your hood as one of the standard hoods (Pleasantview, Riverblossom Hills, etc) while that hood is not currently installed however, does. (Thank you Emma)
ooo - I did not know that. The trouble is I don't want to rename Little Carping, especially to Pleasantview. Still, maybe temporarily.
shc:
Sol:- Thank you. I have never given much thought to the animated pic in the Hood selection screen. I've always supposed it was akin to the animated avatars some people use.
maxon:- Thank you for your clarification and the information regarding RIFF, it was much appreciated.
Tigerlilley:
Just thought I'd step into say, good fight guys. Good work.
Mean and non-retarded noobs make me happy.
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