So, I've started work on a little project, and an idea popped in my head: movie cutscenes. Are they possible to do with Source?
By movie cutscenes, I mean pre-rendered video files that the game plays, not in-game, in-engine cutscenes. I've been told the only way to do this would be to have an animated texture that plays every single individual frame, and a camera aimed directly at it, but I don't like this solution.
Basically, I'm trying to find a way to stream .mp4 or .avi files separate of the game altogether. I already know that the engine has some support for this, because the Valve logo is a separate movie file, and Half-Life 2: Episode 2 has an opening pre-rendered cutscene which plays after beginning a new game.
I'll look more into this in the meantime and tell you guys if I find anything of value, but this will probably take the work of a coder. If you guys could help me out with this endeavor, that'd be great!
Some initial poking around stuff:
I was looking at the opening chapter files, and I found this immediate difference between the first chapter and the second chapter.
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Well, that was a quick journey! I suppose use this for reference if you want to use cutscenes in your games.
There is no external location where the audio has to be located. As far as I know, you can put ANY .mov file at the beginning of any chapter, and it'll use that .mov file's audio. This was way easier than I thought it would be.
I'm surprised that there aren't a lot of people who have found this when it's actually quite easy. Use this as reference, I suppose.
