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Cut scenes missing - bleh :(

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eNRGy

Landlubber
I'm not getting any story cut scenes during the game. In particular I think one is meant to play the first time you leave Oxbay?

They don't play and there is no indication that anything should be playing - I got in my ship and was instantly looking at the map screen.

I only noticed because the story is REALLY disjointed - when I arrived in Redmond and started telling the Governor about a French attack that I knew nothing about.. wtf?? <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" />

I haven't been playing long and I'm not sure where else the cut scenes are meant to play so I cant tell if it's just that first one or all of them.

I can play the cut scene files in Media Player from the games directory so there is nothing wrong with those.

I run all recent drivers on my Ninja Rig (well it was ninja once..! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="8)" border="0" alt="cool.gif" /> )

2300mhz Athlon, Radeon 9800 pro, 1gb etc

Any ideas?
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> I purposely got rid of that "Oxbay 1630" invasion cutscene because it was waaay too long and I got tired of waiting for it to end with my countless testings of the game for my Fred Bob quest - but I don't know why you should NOT be seeing yours.

At the beginning of the game, when it loads, you should get the three logos, Disney, Akella, and Bethesda.

Other cutscenes are when you die (corpse with ants on land, bones in sand for sea, or the mutiny where you hang), when you encounter a storm, when you encounter the Black Pearl at the end, and the temple scenes.

Otherwise, that's it for the movies - the credits, the trailer that runs at the beginning of the game if you do not right away choose to load a saved game or start a new one...

If you're getting those, then maybe there's something wrong with the file that calls for the Oxbay 1630 cutscene... ???

The file that calls the video is:

PotCPROGRAMQUESTSquests_reaction.c

You can open this in any text editor such as Notepad - don't open it in Word tho, if you change it there and save it you may inadvertently add some things that will screw up the file - has to be Notepad...

The "case" you need to look for is <b>case "Story_leavingOxbay":</b>

At the end of that case, which is long, you will see this section:

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->      SetQuestHeader("Story_OxbayCaptured");

     AddQuestRecord("Story_OxbayCaptured", "1");

     PostVideoAndQuest("Invasion",500,"Story_MapLoadAfterleavingOxbay");

     bSkipSeaLogin = true;

     Locations[FindLocation("Oxbay_town")].reload.l2.disable = false;

     Locations[FindLocation("Oxbay_town")].reload.l55.disable = false;

 break;<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

The line to check is <b>PostVideoAndQuest("Invasion",500,"Story_MapLoadAfterleavingOxbay");</b>

I can't figure how this might have been corrupted but this is where it calls the video to the game.

HTH! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
I'm not getting any of those cut scenes you mentioned, I didn't even realise they existed.. and I have seen a few storms and died lots (and lots!)

In fact I'm not getting any videos at all apart from one.. I installed the WaltDisneyLogo.wmv replacement that I found somewhere on this forum - and that works fine as the game starts up. The file it overwrote never showed and no other videos show during start up at all.

My quest_reaction.c file looks just like that. There is a line of mangled characters immediately above SetQuestHeader("Story_OxbayCaptured");
but I assume that's meant to be there?

Is there any error logging anywhere? I can't see any log files.
 
The credits button on the games main menu does nothing either - the game screen skips to black and back to the menu.

Could this be a codec issue? What codecs would the games videos need?
 
<!--`QuoteBegin-eNRGy`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eNRGy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I'm not getting any of those cut scenes you mentioned, I didn't even realise they existed.. and I have seen a few storms and died lots (and lots!)[/quote]<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> Weird...

<!--`QuoteBegin-eNRGy`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eNRGy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In fact I'm not getting any videos at all apart from one.. I installed the WaltDisneyLogo.wmv replacement that I found somewhere on this forum - and that works fine as the game starts up.[/quote]Heh, is it the one with the cannonball? I made that one. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />: It shouldn't effect anything other video tho...

<!--`QuoteBegin-eNRGy`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eNRGy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->My quest_reaction.c file looks just like that. There is a line of mangled characters immediately above  SetQuestHeader("Story_OxbayCaptured");
but I assume that's meant to be there?[/quote]It's probably an ascii interpretation of the Cyrillic Russian alphabet. It's commented out, and doesn't effect anything in the game.

<!--`QuoteBegin-eNRGy`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eNRGy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Is there any error logging anywhere? I can't see any log files.[/quote]

There is something you can do for logging errors - In the directory

PotCtools

there is a utility called PotC ModHelper.

Use that to start your game - start at the Oxbay port instead of the tutorial deck if you don't want to mess with the tutorial - you're starting a NEW game and won't have to save it - and exit Oxbay - go to Redmond, and find someone to pick a fight with and die. (haha)

When the game ends - or you get resurrected - quit the game and the PotC ModHelper will give you an error log... Copy and paste it here (take out some of the redundant parts as you may get about 100 lines that are exactly the same, just need one, LOL), and maybe we can figure it out from there.

The codecs question is a good one... Although, if you are able to play that one movie I made (with the cannonball), you SHOULD be able to play the others...

<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> Dunno. Check out the ModHelper and see what it says.

Hope this will help! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
If you are running the Build mod perhaps when you installed it you forgot to set it to the European Version. I know that if you don't and you do have a European version then some of the sound and video clips aren't moved and so won't show up when called for.

I suggest either running the Build installation again have the "European Version" and "Update" options ticked as well. You will have to be online so that it can fetch the update but it may well help.
Or you could try double clicking on the RunMe.bat file in your POTC dirtectory.
 
I'm at work right now so this will have to wait until tonight. The logging sounds like a good idea.

Sirus_Darke: I just may have not have selected euro version - I can't remember why but did it say "localised" or something? I may have assumed that meant none English languages..

Even so - the video files are there and in the right place but apparently only work if I replace them (as in the waltdisney one) so I'm not sure why that would make a difference? I'll give both suggestions a try though..

BBL <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p:" border="0" alt="pirate2.gif" />
 
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Error summary
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Error.log
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Compile.log
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System.log
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Or to put it another way - the log was blank! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ib012.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cry" border="0" alt="ib012.gif" />

`Re-running` the build installer with the right settings now...
...

Bleh no effect either <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ib012.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cry" border="0" alt="ib012.gif" />

One thing I have noticed - I get a message "The file you are attempting to play has an extension that does not match the file format..etc" when I try to play Catalina's (rather excellent) WaltDisneyLogo.wmv in Media Player.

I don't get that message for the game's original videos.

They all play perfectly in Media Player of course.
 
<img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Odd... <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":?" border="0" alt="unsure.gif" /> I don't know what to say with this - perhaps try an unstall and a clean `re-install` of everything? I know that's a lot to do, but it may straighten things out...

Glad you like my movie... Heh. I had fun making it - but there's an error! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />: It says "piratesahoy.com" not "piratesahoy.net" - Stupid mistake, I knew better but didn't fix it. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blah:" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

I have meant to `re-do` it but REAL LIFE (what's that?!?!!) intruded and I have not had the time to do so (and I think I ran out of time on my trial of the program I used to make it!)...

Let us know what happens after you do the uninstall and clean reinstall... I hope that helps! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
Just did a clean (Uninstalled AND deleted the old directory first) install of POTC and the videos still don't play.

It's got to be codecs or something else to do with my Windows XP install I guess.

I don't see how it could be codecs though because the files play in Media Player.

Incidentally this is just one more reason why games should tell their stories entirely "in engine" - `Half-Life` showed how much better that is than having cut scenes.

I'd still like to follow the storyline through though! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />
 
I guess it's time to give up. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ib012.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cry" border="0" alt="ib012.gif" />

I'll play the cutscenes after I finish the main story and see if I can work out where they were meant to go! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bounce.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":b:" border="0" alt="bounce.gif" />

Thanks for trying all. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
 
<!--`QuoteBegin-eNRGy`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(eNRGy)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Just did a clean (Uninstalled AND deleted the old directory first) install of POTC and the videos still don't play.
[/quote]
Err yes.. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pirate2.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p:" border="0" alt="pirate2.gif" />
 
That's what I meant by clean. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />

Seems to be a problem with my system although the vids play in MediaPlayer and I play loads of other games with no problems. Some obscure issue I guess. It's a shame but it's not a game killer.
 
Maaan, that one at the end of the main quest is fantastic, you will love that - and then beating the Black Pearl, well, there's another one there that is good... It is weird that you can play them with WMP but you can't get them to go ingame...

Thanks Rico, I'm glad you like my funny little `pre-game` movie. The URL is wrong, <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blush.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":eek:ops" border="0" alt="blush.gif" />: but the little laugh at the end of "Dead Men" is Steven Tyler from the rock group Aerosmith, haha! He has such a delicious little snicker! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheeky" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />
 
You're not alone, I have the exact same problem. I found it a bit weird that there were no title screen videos or anything for the game, and especially moreso when my friend told me about seeing a video when he left oxbay, and I saw nothing. No idea how to fix it though. At least I can still see them in windows media player through the folder, but I have no idea when the cutscenes actually take place.
 
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