How to make intro movie (XP)

[CeraRain 0]

Hello everyone. I am new here and I wanted to ask a question.

My question to you all is how do you make a intro movie.

Not a scene something like this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfsrkVjf7Vc

 

How do you do it is it a script or event?

I need to know please.

[Nisage 31]

I believe you could set it up with events for something like this, and I know someone posted a demo of their game with an opening similar to the video you posted. Found the the demo but the link is gone, I'll post the topic link anyway.....

http://www.rmxpunlimited.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2351#entry16759

 

Edit: Found the demo link.....

http://www.mediafire.com/?zhxngjzeyym

 

Demo is created by Monkeydlu. The opening you're looking for is on Map 8: Anime Opening. Just place the Player's Starting Position anywhere on Map 8.

[Polraudio 122]

Looks like you would need to use lots of show picture commands with zoom, rotate and move.

[Obsession 3]

Haha, reminds me to fix my opening on my own project. Maybe I should get comissh someone to do some music for it >_>;

[localmotion34 0]

Just joined and saw this post. Instead of using tons of pictures, if you are proficient at any type of programming, you can make a custom DLL which can be called by Ruby. The DLL would then open a windowed DirectX screen the same position and size as your game window. My preference would be to create a *child* window of the parent window "RPG XP" with a rendering surface, and load an .AVI file using the windows API.

 

You need the handle of the RPG XP game window, which can be easily found with the windows API by GetmoduleHandle, or FindWindowA calls. You can trigger the playing of the AVI file by using Ruby to call PostMessage using HWND_Broadcast flag, which your DLL window would trap in its callback, and play the file.

 

 

If you have no idea what I just said, then go with the pictures, otherwise this would make a somewhat easy way to play any movie at any time in your game.