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Title: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: starbug on June 08, 2009, 01:40:31 pm

Does anyone know where i can get the cutscenes from mass Effect, ie the fleet battle at the citadel or of any software to convert bik files to wmvs? i have tried to convert the Bik files to avi but everytime i use the Binkconverter in the RADtools the avi won't play, i keep getting error messages in windows media saying windows media doesn't recognise the file.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: BloodEagle on June 08, 2009, 02:11:09 pm

Super © (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html) should do the trick. But if it doesn't, then odds are that nothing will.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: General Battuta on June 08, 2009, 02:15:48 pm

Wait, that wasn't rendered in real-time? GAH.

...wait, I'm pretty sure they were rendered in real-time.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: BloodEagle on June 08, 2009, 02:16:20 pm

Quote from: General Battuta on June 08, 2009, 02:15:48 pm

Wait, that wasn't rendered in real-time? GAH.

Cutscenes FTW!  :D

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: General Battuta on June 08, 2009, 02:17:30 pm

No, I think they were all in-engine and pretty much in real time.

EDIT: Okay, looks like the space scenes were pre-rendered. I was thinking about the wrong stuff.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: starbug on June 08, 2009, 02:20:28 pm

Cheers, they were in-engine but i am not sure about the space battle ones but they could have been as well.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: Dark Knight on June 08, 2009, 02:23:58 pm

They are in engine on the Xbox version 'cos they still have texture pop in, at least during the bit where Sovereign starts taking out the Taurian Fleet, however I don't know about the pc version.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: General Battuta on June 08, 2009, 02:24:41 pm

The scene of the Normandy in FTL flight that plays during some loading is definitely pre-rendered.

As for the rest...you'd have to look at the game files.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: Vidmaster on June 08, 2009, 04:19:13 pm

all cutscenes without a Shepard are prerendered on the PC (with horrible low resolution compared to my killer monitor, which makes ingame look much better  :rolleyes:). Not sure about the xBox, I think it was actually in engine there.

But the loading of course, since that would strech said loading screen if you would render it ingame.

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: Davros on June 10, 2009, 03:01:46 pm

if windows media wont play the avi files try converting to another format
or try the bik to exe option

Title: Re: Mass effect cutscenes
Post by: BloodEagle on June 10, 2009, 10:57:19 pm

Rad's converter probably just changes the package, not the codec.

For a good time, place the BF: 1942 introduction into your Oblivion movie folder, and change the filename proper.  :P