Adding "Faction Destroyed" video

**Seether** · May 13, 2018, 04:12 PM

So I've searched and haven't found what I was looking for, so I figure I'd post my questions here... In my mod I want to have a short video play whenever a faction is destroyed. I already have the video, it has been converted to .bik, and I can confirm that it plays outside of the mod. It is named minor_lose.bik, placed in fmv/faction, and I have entries for every faction in descr_faction_movies.xml to use that video for both defeat and death. Yet, when a faction is destroyed and the message comes up, no video, just a black box above the text.

Now, my questions are:
1) Is this type of video considered "defeat" or "death" in regard to entries (in below mentioned file)? Also, what is the difference between the two entries?

2) In descr_faction_movies.xml, do I have to have every entry (intro, victory, defeat, death) for every faction or can I only put entries for defeat/death?

3) Can all factions use the same minor_lose.bik video? Are specific factions considered "major" and need their own ***_lose.bik video?

4) Do I have to have videos "enabled" for a mod? If yes, where do I look at aside from medieval2.preferences.cfg ?

Actually, any other advice to help with getting this to work would very much be appreciated!

**selv** · May 14, 2018, 04:30 AM

1, I think defeat is for the player when a other faction reach it's victory conditions first, and death for any faction destroyed in the campaign.

2, I think you need the four entries.

3, All factions can share the same videos, you can even have the same video in each entries from my experience.

4, I don't think campaign events need videos_enabled to show up but why take the chance? Make sure you have the video enabled in the cfg of your mod.

Else, I already saw the black box above events but it was because of rushy mistakes in the said campaign_script events, for those you mean there is no script needed so I am not sure. Are your bik files in the same video size that the vanilla movies? If there is a mandatory size, I am just thinking since I didn't often added new videos.

**Withwnar** · May 14, 2018, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Seether

I have entries for every faction in descr_faction_movies.xml

I can't see that file anywhere. Did you mean descr_sm_factions.txt?

4) Do I have to have videos "enabled" for a mod? If yes, where do I look at aside from medieval2.preferences.cfg ?

Not sure about this but I thought that that was only for cutscene movies like assassination attempts etc.

**selv** · May 14, 2018, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by Withwnar

I can't see that file anywhere. Did you mean descr_sm_factions.txt?

In the imperial campaign folder, the one with factions intros movies path and so on.

**Seether** · May 14, 2018, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by Withwnar

I can't see that file anywhere. Did you mean descr_sm_factions.txt?.

What selv said above. Same folder as descr_strat and campaign_script.

**Seether** · May 14, 2018, 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by selv

1, I think defeat is for the player when a other faction reach it's victory conditions first, and death for any faction destroyed in the campaign.

2, I think you need the four entries.

3, All factions can share the same videos, you can even have the same video in each entries from my experience.

4, I don't think campaign events need videos_enabled to show up but why take the chance? Make sure you have the video enabled in the cfg of your mod.

Else, I already saw the black box above events but it was because of rushy mistakes in the said campaign_script events, for those you mean there is no script needed so I am not sure. Are your bik files in the same video size that the vanilla movies? If there is a mandatory size, I am just thinking since I didn't often added new videos.

Thanks for clearing things up! +rep

So, just to be clear, it is fine to have an entry for a video (ie: victory) in descr_faction_movies, but not actually have the video file? It won’t cause a CTD?

Not sure if same size as vanilla. I was actually going to ask if there was a mandatory size or if the video would be stretched or cropped by the engine to fit a specific dimension.

**selv** · May 14, 2018, 12:50 PM

Don't know if it would cause a crash but if you point a video path, it would be much safer to have the said bik file there. But it should be easy to test, give a automatic condition for 'winning' at campaign start, own one settlement or the like and you will see.

As for bik format size, I am not sure, just checked tutorials on videos and it wasn't mentionned. Tests might be the best way to find out, or maybe it was a wrong conversion in bik?

**Seether** · May 14, 2018, 02:32 PM

Excellent, thanks for the input selv!

**Seether** · May 14, 2018, 08:34 PM

Talked with Gigantus and got it figured out. To be used globally, as I intended, it has to be defined in descr_event_images under the faction_defeated heading. And, of course, the bik file must be in the fmv/faction folder as well.