[karajorma]

Originally posted by Executor
I tried copying the INTRO.MVE file into my FS2 directory, then removing the CD. However, when I started the game, it did not play the MVE. Does anyone know if FS2 will only play the MVE files if they're on the CDs?

I also have a copy of a MVE player that turns the FS2 MVE files into EXE files so anyone can play them. Wouldn't that be easier than converting them into AVI files, considering all the compressing you'd have to do?

You can't play .exe files in Freespace. FS2_open however can play .avi files.

As for not playing the mve files where did you put them? I know for a fact that FS2 can play MVE files from the HD cause I once dropped the FS1 intro into my data folder when I was playing the FS1 port and got that instead of the FS2 intro

[Exarch]

For FS2 to play cutscenes from your hard drive, you need to go to the data directory, make a new subdirectory called 'movies', and place the cutscenes there.

[Executor]

^ Tried that. Doesn't seem to work, at least not for the INTRO.MVE (placed it in F:\FreeSpace 2\data\movies). I even went into the Tech Room and tried to play the cutscene from there, but it said "Movie not found. Put the FreeSpace 2 CD 2 into drive".

[Taristin]

Theres actually a file somewhere that says where the movies are located. I think I saw one for FS 1 atleast...

[karajorma]

Try this. Put Bastion.mve (the smallest one) in the folder but rename it to intro.mve. It might be that the game looks for the CD automatically but plays off of the HD anyway.

What happens if you click cancel to it's request for CD2?

Originally posted by Raa Tor'h
Theres actually a file somewhere that says where the movies are located. I think I saw one for FS 1 atleast...

That will be Cutscenes.tbl I had a look at it and all you can do is specify the CD which the cutscene is on. I don't think you can tell it to look elsewhere.

[Executor]

Originally posted by karajorma
Try this. Put Bastion.mve (the smallest one) in the folder but rename it to intro.mve. It might be that the game looks for the CD automatically but plays off of the HD anyway.

I tried renaming Basion.MVE to Intro.MVE but that doesn't work either. If the FS2 CD 2 isn't in the drive when you start Freespace, it will not play anything and instead goes straight to the pilot selection screen.

Originally posted by karajorma
What happens if you click cancel to it's request for CD2?

Nothing, it just returns me to the Tech Room cutscenes screen. Neither clicking OK or Cancel on that dialog screen will play the movie.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Executor
I tried renaming Basion.MVE to Intro.MVE but that doesn't work either. If the FS2 CD 2 isn't in the drive when you start Freespace, it will not play anything and instead goes straight to the pilot selection screen.

Actually I meant with the CD in the drive. I wanted to know which one it would play.

You could try a no CD crack.

[Taristin]

It doesn't care which intro.mve it plays, just that it plays one off a cd. I had the FS1 cd in, and FS2 was playing FS1'a intro, so... :/

[Executor]

Originally posted by karajorma
Actually I meant with the CD in the drive. I wanted to know which one it would play.

That does seem to work. With the Bastion.MVE renamed to Intro.MVE and with the second CD in my drive, it plays the Bastion cutscene.

I don't have a no CD crack for the game, though, so I can't test that.

[KnossosS]

i hear u executor....
but still if your willing to give me the mve files, i will be glad, coz i can do the converting & fiddling etc... myself.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by KnossosS
i hear u executor....
but still if your willing to give me the mve files, i will be glad, coz i can do the converting & fiddling etc... myself.

Let me put it this way. The Avi files for all the cutscenes in FS2 are 134 Meg in size. The intro alone is a 200Meg MVE file. Can you see why no one is prepared to upload the MVE's now?

Secondly there is little point in uploading them anyway. If you download the MVE files you'll find they don't play in FS2_open so you'll need to download the avi files anyway.

[Executor]

The cutscenes are 700MB in total. I could first convert the MVE files into EXEs using the (illegal?) MVE player then upload them.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by Executor
The cutscenes are 700MB in total. I could first convert the MVE files into EXEs using (illegal?) MVE player then upload them.

Don't bother. I'm on this problem already.

[Executor]

OK, I've tested the no CD crack with the cutscenes, and the movies play if they're in the data/movies directory.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by karajorma


Don't bother. I'm on this problem already.

I didn't want to say anything while I was still uploading. The cutscenes and campaign file to make them work in FS2 are now available.

[KnossosS]

someone said that they were already uploaded, where are they now!
if the mve files ar eupto 700mb in size, i don't mind ...
anyways before i download the mve files i would like to get the avi files as they are only 134mb.
where can i download all the cutscenes as avi files...

[karajorma]

Their on Fractux's FTP server. There's a thread about it on this board called Get your Cutscenes Now which I thought might be noticable