Is usage of videos in Campaign maps possible?

[Player]

Hey guys, I was wondering whether it is possible to use video in between or even during maps, like those that blizzard shows sometimes during the Campaigns?
(I mean the videos, not the Cinematics, like the battle between Grom and Thrall vs Mannoroth or the fight between Illidan and (Lichking)Arthas)

- didn't find a tutorial about that... should the videos be converted in some specific file format?

 

[Daffa]

I believe it's possible via making the file a MPQ file and keep it at Movies Folder.

 

[KarassuTheFourth]

Yeah, Daffack is right. Or you can also save the scenes as pictures, frame by frame, and use the cinematic filter.

 

[Rheiko]

Yeah, Daffack is right. Or you can also save the scenes as pictures, frame by frame, and use the cinematic filter.

how could you be so sure? you didn't even tried it

 

[Player]

Okay Daffa I'll try that out... but how do I order WE/Campaign Editor to run a movie in between the maps?

Any ideas?

 

[Rheiko]

that's what was bothering me

 

[KarassuTheFourth]

Well, you can use cinematic filters to show pictures. So you can save the movie as frame by frame pictures, then use the cinematic filter.

 

[Rheiko]

AFAIK, too many frame could cause the game crash

 

[KarassuTheFourth]

It depends on how long the "movie" is.

 

[Daffa]

there's actually an action that I believe might do the job, but I can't ensure that.

• Cinematic - Play the cinematic movie called >Your Movie<

or in JASS Form
call PlayCinematic( ">Your Movie<" )

 

[Rheiko]

maybe we should do some testing, no?

 

[KarassuTheFourth]

Why don't you? Yes?

 

[Rheiko]

yup, i will.. maybe later

Spoiler

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[Daffa]

since this movie will require a separate MPQ, it's a necessary for all people who plays your map to have this Movie in their Movies Folder [or it might screw the map, either crash or knock out of game in a snap]

 

[Rheiko]

but blizzard's movie is played before the map is loaded
if we use that action, it'll be played after the map is loaded?

 

[Daffa]

This is why Blizz has "Player X Leaves Game with Victory" as event.
We can use that even so it will snap the game into Cinematic and it will just run normally after the cinematic ends.

 

[Player]

Yeah, actually I would need to run a short movie before the first map and then even shorter ones in between maps...

Hm couldn't find such an option in trigger editor "Cinematic - play cinematic called..." or anything similar to it...

 

[GreeN!X]

I think this feature is available in the Campaign Editor. This is a wild guess though, since the movies are only played during the start or the end of the cinematic, then I think the campaign editor has something to do with this.

BTW, I don't think this is possible with multiplayer maps since you can't run some triggers while the movie is playing so there could be some problems when one of the players skip the movie and the others don't.

 

[Player]

Okay Hera_ it is a single player campaign not a multiplayer map, so we don't think in that direction - still it is very good that you mention this as somebody might wonder about it and read it here... Thanks +rep for that!

Guys found it:

• Game - Enable the Human Ending Cinematic

This is the option that blizzard used to make a video run after the finishing (victory) of the map. (though I have not experimented with custom video yet, only with the ones present but it works)
As for the starting cinematic used before the first map of the campaign used (in Reign of Chaos - Humans) I still have no idea how blizzard have done this...