Mod - Movies

[NathanKell]

Just got stuck watching the Oxbay video again.
Argh!

This mod will enable you to (well, sorta) turn off movies, and it makes _all_ movies skippable.
First, add
#define ENABLE_VIDEOS 0 //set to 0 to disable videos
somewhere in build settings.

Then, open interfaceinterface.c
Find function void StartVideo(string vidName)
scroll down to
bPlayVideoNow = true;
Replace from there until the end of the function with:
<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->bPlayVideoNow = true;

    // NK enable break all videos

    /*if( vidName=="Artefact" ||

 vidName=="BlackPearl" ||

 vidName=="Ending" ||

 vidName=="Invasion" ||

 vidName=="Temple"

 ) {*/ bBreakVideoDisable = true; //}

    //else {bBreakVideoDisable = false;}

    // NK <--



    // NK allow disable videos

    if(!ENABLE_VIDEOS)

    {

 PostEvent("ievntEndVideo",0);

 return;

    }

    // NK <--



    SetEventHandler("Control Activation","IVideoBreak",0);

    if(!IsEntity(aviVideoObj))

    {

 Trace("Can`t create video player");

 PostEvent("ievntEndVideo",0);

    }

}<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

This is a hack. The video will play for ~1/4 of a second and then stop.
I didn't want to wast the time finding how to _actually_ skip the video. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

 

[Colosseum]

I just delete the movies from the game files. I've seen every one of them so many times it's not even funny.

 

[Kieron]

i rename them. i can't bring myself to actually delete them <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />



<b>nathan</b>, was there a problem with doing this:

find this line:

<b>SendMessage(&aviVideoObj,"ls",MSG_SET_VIDEO_PLAY,GetVideoFileName(vidName));</b>

(just above the chunk of code yuo quoted)
and replace with:

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->    if (ENABLE_VIDEOS == 0)

    {

 Trace("Video was skipped. MWAHAHAHAHA!!!");

    }

    else

    {

 SendMessage(&aviVideoObj,"ls",MSG_SET_VIDEO_PLAY,GetVideoFileName(vidName));

    }<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->


? i dunno if you've already tried that, seems a bit less `hack-y` that way <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

otherwise, i've found another hack. you could edit this function in PROGRAMINTERFACEinterface.c:

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->string GetVideoFileName(string baseName)

{

    if( GetTargetPlatform()=="pc" ) return baseName+".wmv";

    return baseName+".xmv";

}<!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->

because if it doesn't find a video with the right filename it simply skips <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

 

[CatalinaThePirate]

Heh, yes, I rename them too... Although there WAS that Disney one I overwrote with my PA! cannonball meltdown, LOL... The only thing was, it had the wrong URL on it. I should look into fixing that, except that it's just like the other movies, well, ya seen it once, and think it's annoying the other 99 times you see it. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" />

I *do* like that one in the Temple, tho. That one is pretty cool.

And the Trailer one is pretty nice, I have to say...

Anyhoo, sorry, <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" /> Rambling ...

 

[Kieron]

hey nathan i dunno if you read this? i think it's nicer if you add the 'if' statement around the sendmessage command, which doesn't even let the videos start, rather than stopping them after they've started <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/happy.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="^_^" border="0" alt="happy.gif" />

 

[NathanKell]

Shoot, sorry, forgot to reply here. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/oops3.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="ops2" border="0" alt="oops3.gif" /> Yeah, changed it to your method before comitting. <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />
{The rename filename version}