Erm... help?

[Kalos]

I took my shortcut to Medieval 2 and put movie_cam right after the " in the targets spot, just as the instructions say you are supposed to. But when I start the program it goes to the launcher, I click play, and it says "Medieval II has encountered a fatal error and will now quit."



EDIT: I'm stupid, just read the readme on Cinematic Editor and I'm trying that now.

Alright, even checked the official "Cinematic Editor Tutorial" written by a guy at CA and it still doesn't work. It just starts up MTW2 in a windowed mode and then quits.

[Aeneas Veneratio]

Posted the simplified version of the CinEditor a while ago...here it is again.

The first part is for just plain Vanilla version of the game

(Vanilla - Just basic)Make a new cfg file called Cin.cfg in the Medieval 2 total war folder

copy paste the following into it.
________________________________________________________________
[video]
windowed = true
movies = false
tga_width = 800 #tga capture size

[capture_tga]
fps = 20

[misc]
tga_front_buffer_capture = true

[audio]
disabled = false

[cine]
show = true
width = 800
height = 600

[replay]
play = true
file = replays/Name of your replay.rpy
camera = cameras/cam1.cam #default camera to load

#The file will also need to contain one or both of these options:
[cine]
capture = false #captures the movie as .tga files using the default camera (required)
avi = true #use this if you want an AVI instead of .tga files
______________________________________________________________
Now you need to make a Bat file called mtw2cin.bat with the command line:
Medieval2.exe @Cin.cfg (to make a bat file: Open Notepad and save it into the Medieval folder(The file name needs to contain "name.bat"). Remember to make it into a bat file the "filetype" needs to be "All files"

To Enter the Replay you wish to, go to "file = replays/Name of your replay.rpy" in the cfg file and change the part in bold to be the exact same as the replay you want to enter. Check your Replay file and just copy paste the title of the replay there.

Movements:
The "Play"/"Pause" buttom is Enter
WSAD can be used to move the view
Also the numlock numbers can be use to move it
"+" and "-" are for the angle
The mouse also add some options to move around - by holding right mouse key you can turn the view alot faster compared to other movement keys
To take pictures use the PrintScreen buttom, which will work as "copy paste". The copy pasted picture needs to placed(Control + V) in a photo editing program like Paint.

Okay, I hope all understood that.
Now to get it work along side a mod (in this case the SicilianVespers), do this.
Make a new cfg file called SicilianVespers2.cfg(or just another mod's name "mod name 2") and copy paste this into it.
___________________________________________________________
[features]
editor = true
mod = the mod's name
[io]
file_first = true

[video]
windowed = true
movies = false
tga_width = 800 #tga capture size

[capture_tga]
fps = 20

[misc]
tga_front_buffer_capture = true

[audio]
disabled = false

[cine]
show = true
width = 800
height = 600

[replay]
play = true
file = SicilianVespers/replays/Name of your replay.rpy
camera = cameras/cam1.cam #default camera to load

#The file will also need to contain one or both of these options:

[cine]
capture = false #captures the movie as .tga files using the default camera (required)
avi = true #use this if you want an AVI instead of .tga files
________________________________________________________
Now to the Bat file part. Call it Cin_SicilianVespers.bat(or "Cin_Mod name.bat") and add this command line into it: medieval2.exe @SicilianVespers2.cfg (medieval2.exe@Mod name2.cfg)

Remember to check the bold sentences in the file.

[Kalos]

I did everything exactly the way you said it but it still opens Stainless Steel in a window and then crashes.

[gunnigolfer]

I did everything exactly the way you said it but it still opens Stainless Steel in a window and then crashes.

The excact same thing happens for me

[Aeneas Veneratio]

How my Medieval folder looks like in the targeted area.


In the file "Cin.cfg"
____________________________________________________________
[video]
windowed = true
movies = false
tga_width = 800 #tga capture size

[capture_tga]
fps = 20

[misc]
tga_front_buffer_capture = true

[audio]
disabled = false

[cine]
show = true
width = 800
height = 600

[replay]
play = true
file = replays/River Crossing FrEn.rpy
camera = cameras/cam1.cam #default camera to load

#The file will also need to contain one or both of these options:

[cine]
capture = false #captures the movie as .tga files using the default camera (required)
avi = true #use this if you want an AVI instead of .tga files
_____________________________________________________

To add the command line to the mtw2cin.bat rightclick the icon and choose Edit.
Add this.
Medieval2.exe @Cin.cfg

For a mod (Still SV as example):
In the file "SicilianVespers2.cfg"
______________________________________________

[features]
editor = true
mod = SicilianVespers
[io]
file_first = true
[video]
windowed = true
movies = false
tga_width = 800 #tga capture size
[capture_tga]
fps = 20
[misc]
tga_front_buffer_capture = true
[audio]
disabled = false
[cine]
show = true
width = 800
height = 600
[replay]
play = true
file = SicilianVespers/replays/The End of Venice.rpy
camera = cameras/cam1.cam #default camera to load
#The file will also need to contain one or both of these options:
[cine]
capture = false #captures the movie as .tga files using the default camera (required)
avi = true #use this if you want an AVI instead of .tga files
_____________________________________________________

Now to the Cin_SicilianVespers.bat - add this command line
_________________________________
medieval2.exe @SicilianVespers2.cfg
_________________________________

Remember that you need to add the name of your replay in the "file = SicilianVespers/replays/The End of Venice.rpy" / "file = replays/River Crossing FrEn.rpy"

[Trajan]

Moved to the Mod Workshop.