Add background video

[_.Dardo._ 15]

Hello,i'd like to know how can I add a loading video in the background of the main menu. I saw that a lot of mods have done it. Thank you.

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[cybercoco 16]

I'm also interested in learning this. Anyone knows how ?

[_.Dardo._ 15]

 

 

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// Play 

playMusic "Track";

addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {[] spawn {sleep 10; playMusic "Track"}}];        // I suppose that the duration of the track,in this case,is 10 seconds

 

// To hide the mini lag between the loops

cutText ["", "BLACK FADED", 69];                                                                                //Don't know why,but it could be useful

 

// No bullshit

enableEnvironment false;

showCinemaBorder false;                                                                                              //Self explanatory

 

// Loop video

while {true} do 

{

_video = ["path/to/video"] spawn BIS_fnc_playVideo;

waitUntil {scriptDone _video};

};

[cybercoco 16]

Did you try it and make it work ?

[_.Dardo._ 15]

Did you try it and make it work ?

It should work,testing it right now

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[cybercoco 16]

In which directory did you put the video directory in ?

// Play 
playMusic "Track";
addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {[] spawn {sleep 10; playMusic "Track"}}]; // I suppose that the duration of the track,in this case,is 10 seconds
 
// To hide the mini lag between the loops
cutText ["", "BLACK FADED", 69]; //Don't know why,but it could be useful
 
// No bullshit
enableEnvironment false;
showCinemaBorder false; //Self explanatory
 
// Loop video
while {true} do 
{
_video = ["path/to/video"] spawn BIS_fnc_playVideo;
waitUntil {scriptDone _video};
};

Edited January 13, 2016 by cybercoco

[_.Dardo._ 15]

In which directory did you put the directory in ?

// Play 
playMusic "Track";
addMusicEventHandler ["MusicStop", {[] spawn {sleep 10; playMusic "Track"}}]; // I suppose that the duration of the track,in this case,is 10 seconds
 
// To hide the mini lag between the loops
cutText ["", "BLACK FADED", 69]; //Don't know why,but it could be useful
 
// No bullshit
enableEnvironment false;
showCinemaBorder false; //Self explanatory
 
// Loop video
while {true} do 
{
_video = ["path/to/video"] spawn BIS_fnc_playVideo;
waitUntil {scriptDone _video};
};

If you want to test it,just put it in the misions folder onto My Documents.

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[J0K3R 5 93]

Rip mine apart to see how its done.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7f7inkZ9lkad2lwNGhxN244R2c/view?usp=sharing

 

 

How Ive got mine setup:  @Mod Name -> addons folder -> intro_mod.pbo + rest of your pbo files if any

 

 

 

[cybercoco 16]

Thank you very much Kaysio, that's nice !

[J0K3R 5 93]

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7f7inkZ9lkaZGhyNWhialAxVzA&usp=sharing

[7Y-Loki 10]

That's excellent, thanks  :rolleyes:

[gingerlikeme 6]

how would you do this with a photo instead of the video? and what would be the photo size?

 

+1 to creator the video works!

[J0K3R 5 93]

If I remember correctly, the picture size has to be 2:1 aspect ratio.

For example : 1024x512 pixels.

 

 

This is a mod on steam workshop that changes the background picture, just reverse engineer it, ofcourse with permission.

 

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=517701906&searchtext=menu+background

[gingerlikeme 6]

Thanks man will try later!

[(AEF)Duck 12]

Hey All,

I'm having a go at this and I can't get the videos to play, there are no errors coming up, and all the splash images seem to be working

Can anyone advise what the correct file extensions are? ie: MP4?

 

@kaysio - As A test, I ran yours and had the same result. No video. Could this be something that was broken in the graphics update?

[J0K3R 5 93]

Hey All,

I'm having a go at this and I can't get the videos to play, there are no errors coming up, and all the splash images seem to be working

Can anyone advise what the correct file extensions are? ie: MP4?

 

@kaysio - As A test, I ran yours and had the same result. No video. Could this be something that was broken in the graphics update?

 

Im looking into a fix.

[narrundo 11]

hey, the splashscreen didn't work but it shows on main menu below menu ribbons. Any suggestion ?

[Gunter Severloh 4067]

This video is the last vid i created with a menu video and loading screen, although with Apex, loading screen wont work now, but the video does, but the video only shows up after I've exited VR,

might show up after other stuff haven't tested enough.

In previous versions of arma3 I was able to create many background videos, for example:

The loading screen i used Iron front from IFA3, and the video itself is a trailer i edited that was for Iron Front game itself:

 

 

You can see how i did it here, heres a thread i created a while back for this:

http://ironfront.forumchitchat.com/post/ifa3warmod-menu-videos-7780264?pid=1289738997#post1289738997

This may not work with current version of Arma3, or it will but it wont show til you exit something, idk

30 minutes ago, narrundo said:

hey, the splashscreen didn't work but it shows on main menu below menu ribbons. Any suggestion ?

Have no idea, with Apex my splash screen or loading screen as i like to call it dont show up anymore either,

however i do get the pic for my mod on the main menu.

[narrundo 11]

1 hour ago, Gunter Severloh said:

Have no idea, with Apex my splash screen or loading screen as i like to call it dont show up anymore either,

however i do get the pic for my mod on the main menu.

 

yeah I have Apex too and the splash screen didn't show up though there is no error in the log.

[Gunter Severloh 4067]

My guess is the boxes in the center are blocking it, idk, tbh i preferred the old look, overall I'd prefer to bypass the whole thing and take me straight to the editor apon starting the game.

[Djavu 9]

Hello everyone, I'm sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place, but I have a problem with displaying a video so my team is aware of the mission objective. This video is broadcast on a screen, but only those who start the video on the monitor can see, or each player has to start the video for them to see. It seems to me that it is like local. I'm trying to run on a dedicated server. This is the command I am using in a script started with an addAction:

PlayVideo.sqf
table setobjecttextureglobal [0, "scripts \ video \ action1.ogv"];
bigScreen setobjecttextureglobal [0, "scripts \ video \ action1.ogv"];
["scripts \ video \ action1.ogv", [10,10]] spawn bis_fnc_playvideo;

Since "table" and "bigScreen" are the objects that will transmit the video.
In some research I saw that maybe I have to use remoteExecCall, but I have no idea how to use it. An example would be welcome.