Creating Bink Movies

[Freedom-Fighter]

To those EE cinematic makers,

I've just found out that you can actually make Bink movies with just the use of your EE trigers, and a few free softwares, by reading a guide in Rise and Fall Heaven(Rise and Fall editor is just exactly the same as the EE one). So why create Bink Movies?

Traditionally, in SSSI games like Empire Earth and Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, designers used the “Start Cinematic” effect to launch cinematics during the game. A reoccurring problem was that the units in the cinematic had to be the same units that the player was controlling during game play. These units were never in the right position for all of the camera angles, so designers had to use “Task” and “Face” effects to move the units into the right positions for the cinematic. Some designers even made a separate area of the map where the cinematics would be shown which could not be contaminated by other game play. All of this extra effort could have been used in other areas of the scenario, improving other parts of the game. Even though the process of setting up and learning BINK movies takes more time at first, in the future it will save designers a major headache when it comes to creating cinematics. Not having to worry about the placement of units when a cinematic begins is a feature all scenario designers should be aware of.

Although he was actually talking about Rise and Fall. But I'm 100% sure this will work on Empire Earth too. So please do take a look at the guide. It's not a very long guide, if you're a fast reader you can read the whole thing within 5 minutes.

raf.heavengames.com/downloads//showfile.php?fileid=13

[PzK]

good job ff

[Bruno]

Sounds cool, and I've downloaded it and I'm reading the guide. But so far, I think that this feature might not work in EE.<_<

But anyways, good job.n_n

[Freedom-Fighter]

Well, if it doesn't work for EE, at least you can still be able to make Bink movies using the EE program.

[sPiRiTnInJa]

Sounds like a good idea, AoC movies could be made for those without it.

[Freedom-Fighter]

If you can't get the bink movies to play in the middle of the game, you can, play your movie before the game starts(before your introductions stuffs come up). Put your movie inside the Movies folder. Then go to the editor and in the Story/instructions page, you can select the movie to play before the game starts.

[Bruno]

Well, that's true.>_____<

Probably I'll see if I make BINK Movies for my campaign Wirish Tale: Bruno and Marshall. Since each scenario needs the house surrounded by snow and the ACTUAL house, using BINK video files could help...I think.

And if it in fact would include BINK movies, it'd be the first campaign with it! Isn't that just cool?

[ŁאPёńg]

It is always nice to have an eye out for new ideas, but you must always figure out how to make these new ideas convenient and fit in. In this case, bink movies are really large. You have to consider the fact that there will be other people who will download your works (that's the whole point, right?), and they might be put off by the file size. You will obviously think it's worth the download time, but others may not.

[‡ NøRMÅNDÝ887 ‡]

Oh so these are the kinds you can put at the beginning of the instructions screen?

[Freedom-Fighter]

yep.

[sPiRiTnInJa]

I'll archive this thread.