Videos in GTA:VC?

[Agent Mulder 0]

I just wanted to put in my MPG-Videos in the main.scm but it seems like there is no such command, is it?

 

Is there any way to play videos in the game?

 

TiA!

[Demarest 24]

Nope. All cutscenes you see are either compiled animation sequences or SCM directed action.

[angrymule 0]

Could you tell me how to move defined objects using scm opcodes? Say for instance... The AIRPLAN model.

[random_download 0]

You could use

 

01BC: put_object @0 at $73 $74 $75

 

In a loop I guess, but I think there is an opcode for moving things along paths (though I may be wrong).

[angrymule 0]

Could I do the math/maths to create a parabola for the object to follow in a loop or should I investigate path movement further?

 

EDIT: I think this might work???

 

 

034E: move_object	$objectID, X1, Y1, Z1, X2, Y2, Z2, int (0)- moves an object (XYZ2 = speed), can be used inside "if" to check if this object moved completely

 

 

Edited September 11, 2005 by angrymule

[Agent Mulder 0]

Okay.

 

Is it possible to write files (f.e. savegame files) by modifiyng the main.scm? E.g. if you want to save some own-defined-variables?

 

Or can I leave the game and run another programm to write these files or play an MPG-video?

[Demarest 24]

What? People write code that sets their own variables all the time and the save game keeps it. That's what the save is for. I must not understand what you're asking.

[Agent Mulder 0]

What? People write code that sets their own variables all the time and the save game keeps it. That's what the save is for. I must not understand what you're asking.

I mean, is it possible that I save some things in the savegame files, wich are not built in by Rockstar? If that is possible than how can I modify the savegame-saving? And if it is not possible than is there any other way to write informations in other files?

 

Sorry for my bad English, but its just-..... I try to make you understand me but its difficult, if your not from America!

[Demarest 24]

The save game is a memory dump. It contains variable values, pickup locations, thread quantity, addresses, current positions, etc. It does what it does and is fully hardcoded. Code only save "bring up the save screen" and then checks to see if the engine has given control back to the code.

 

Unless you replace one of the intro vids or right an external EXE to somehow take over the video overlay when something happens in game and afterwards bring focus back to the game, you're not going to get an MPG into the game.

[Agent Mulder 0]

...an external EXE to somehow take over the video overlay when something happens in game and afterwards bring focus back to the game...

How? How can I write a external program that finds out what happens in game? or how can I make the main.scm call an EXE?

[random_download 0]

If you look in the memory address topcis you will see that there is a memory address for the main.scm block. This is the whole scm file loaded into memory byte for byte. You can have the scm write to a variable and have the external program check the address for that variable, and when it changes do something.