Texts in cut scenes

[nayava]

Texts in cut scenes

Could someone tell me how to create texts in cut scenes? Not dialogues, just texts like that, that announce the begin of a new Chapter.

 

[Karasu]

Could someone tell me how to create texts in cut scenes? Not dialogues, just texts like that, that announce the begin of a new Chapter.

So they appear like a narration, yeah? It works like with dialogues, actually. You set up a dialogue file first, where you write down all what´s spoken in the scene. When you open the cutscene editor, click rmb on "cutscene" in the "cutscene objects" menu. There you must set up a conversation with "set dialogue file". When you click on it, another window opens, from which you can choose your dialogue file, you want to use in the .cut movie.To check out how it works, you can load the "price of neutrality" adventure and open the cutscene *m1_cs03.cut or you can search for the Witcher intro cs itself.

 

[ailinon]

NOT dialogues, as NayAva wrote. I believe the question was about the "caption" texts, like the opening to Price.

 

[username_2075278]

NOT dialogues, as NayAva wrote. I believe the question was about the "caption" texts, like the opening to Price.

Yes, but they ARE dialogues. I mean - not real dialogues, there are no speakers - but you create them as dialogue files. Honestly. It works.When the phase three judging is fially completed, look at the opening cutscene in Birth and Virgins - it works just as you want. And that is as dialogue.

 

[Karasu]

NOT dialogues, as NayAva wrote. I believe the question was about the "caption" texts, like the opening to Price.

Yes, but they ARE dialogues. I mean - not real dialogues, there are no speakers - but you create them as dialogue files. Honestly. It works.When the phase three judging is fially completed, look at the opening cutscene in Birth and Virgins - it works just as you want. And that is as dialogue.

Right. It works just like that. Just open the cs in the "price of neutrality" and look through it and check it out.

 

[nayava]

Thanks but I know how conversation in dialogues work. Let me reword my question. How can I get a simple Text like "Chapter I" in the centre of the screen during a cut scene?

 

[Karasu]

Thanks but I know how conversation in dialogues work. Let me reword my question. How can I get a simple Text like "Chapter I" in the centre of the screen during a cut scene?

Hmm, I´m not sure if it´s possible to modify the text this way. But what you could do is trying to load a tga or a bik, which you can fade out then. Maybe that would work.

 

[Karasu]

Thanks but I know how conversation in dialogues work. Let me reword my question. How can I get a simple Text like "Chapter I" in the centre of the screen during a cut scene?

Hmm, I´m not sure if it´s possible to modify the text this way. But what you could do is trying to load a tga or a bik, which you can fade out then. Maybe that would work.

Still thinking? I always wondered if there was something like that you mentioned, and YESSS, there are CHAPTER Descriptions in TW. Holy moly. Only when starting the cutscenes in Djinni there is a possible Chance (it is high) these won´t show. =.=´ Well, sorry, I´m a total ignorant concerning scripts, as I´m actually no scripter at all! I more assumed it would be done with some certain command in the dialogue menu, which I simply didn´t find. :dead:You probably meanwhile found out it´s created with a LUA script. If not - look into the Price of Neutrality, CS... (with a 3 in the end and the scene in the INN - don´t remember the correct names, sorry) there is following stuff:INN:g_pGuiMan:ShowOneLiner(976,-640,512,"OrientCenter",1,1,1,.5,"gui_huge",1.5,2,2,true,1280)KAER MORHEN:g_pGuiMan:ShowOneLiner(1262,-640,512,"OrientCenter",1,1,1,.5,"gui_huge",1.5,2,2,true,1280)To modify the text, which should appear on screen - you must look into the 2D arrays. Maybe it helps a bit, fellow witchers

 

[ailinon]

It was figured out on the Polish forums - sorry, I should've copied some stuff over.The lines found are indeed valid. What's of most interest to you is the first number.g_pGuiMan:ShowOneLiner(976,-640,512,"OrientCenter",1,1,1,.5,"gui_huge",1.5,2,2,true,1280)This is the number of the string in the dialog*.tlk file. You need a TlkEdit tool (google it up, it's easily found) to edit that file and add your own lines to it. Then, you put those numbers in the ShowOneLiner line, and use these in a cutscene or anywhere.Just remember, it's g_pGuiMan:ShowOneLiner(976,-640,512,"OrientCenter",1,1,1,.5,"gui_huge",1.5,2,2,true,1280)in the cutscenes' "lua line" track, but RunClientLua('g_pGuiMan:ShowOneLiner(976,-640,512,"OrientCenter",1,1,1,.5,"gui_huge",1.5,2,2,true,1280)');in the NSS scripts.-- Sinus