In-game Theora object for TGE 1.3

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The following resource relies on this one being implemented first -> www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=8820

Here is a forum thread which gave rise to this post - there is a little video demo in there. (I have just thought - that forums for TSE so heres the video link if you cannot access that post - 13 MB example in mpeg encoding - video is a clip from megadeth (c) Capitol Records)

A quick way to get theora video files playing inside a game. This object is based heavily on Melv Mays fxRenderObject which is probably one of the most useful things on here for learning about TGE :)

1, Integrate the "1.4 Theora support in 1.3" resource above. NB I changed the file locations from that resource to keep their correct paths as they were under TGE 1.4. You may need to edit the includes in the 2 files for this resource if your paths differ.
2, Add the 2 files (fxvideorenderobject.h and fxvideorenderobject.cc) from this resource to your build and recompile (I placed them in /game/fx/)
3, Add the following functions to script (these are the instructions at the top of the cc file modified from the original fxRenderObject) :-

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//	Put the function in /example/common/editor/ObjectBuilderGui.gui [around line 458] ...

function ObjectBuilderGui::buildfxVideoRenderObject(%this)
{
	%this.className = "fxVideoRenderObject";
	%this.process();
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
//	Put this in /example/common/editor/EditorGui.cs in [function Creator::init( %this )]

%Environment_Item[ 'next free entry' ] = "fxVideoRenderObject";  // 'next free entry' = the next number

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Add the following binds somewhere (I had them in client/scripts/default.bind.cs)

//moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "alt 0", "commandToServer('stopvideofile');", "");
//moveMap.bindCmd(keyboard, "alt 9", "commandToServer('playvideofile');", "");

Add the following 2 functions to script (I had them in server/scripts/commands.cs)

function serverCmdPlayVideoFile()
{
   %filename = "control/data/video/killtheking750.ogg"; //obviously change this name to a valid video and path :)
   VideoCon.setfile(%filename);
}

function serverCmdStopVideoFile()
{
   VideoCon.stop();
}

Start TGE, load up a mission, add an fxvideorenderobject, call the object VideoCon and set a valid background picture file. An example of what is added to the mission file is as follows :-

new fxVideoRenderObject(VideoCon) {
      position = "287.155 42.8313 241.882";
      rotation = "0.133388 0.133388 -0.982046 91.0378";
      scale = "1 1 1";
      QuadSize = "5";
      ScreenWidth = "40";
      ScreenHeight = "30";
      QuadRotateSpeed = "0";
      Texture = "~/data/video/vibackground.jpg"; //change this to a valid name and path to texture
      done = "0";
      stopOnSleep = "0";
      backgroundColor = "0 0 0 255";
   };

If you use that one you will need to position and size accordingly.

The screen can be resized but try and keep the proportions to 3 high to 4 wide (assuming your video is standard 4:3 stuff)

When the video is not playing, the object displays whatever texture file you specify (you must specify a texture file or the object will not render).

Alt 9 will play the file you specify in the function, Alt 0 will stop the playback.

The object is network aware so in a multiplayer game, video playback starts and stops for all players at once.

Known Issues :-
1, The Theoratexture sometimes does not report the correct sizes so the UV coords gets messed up.
2, Playing a file twice in a row results in unsynched sound.
3, Use the newest openal32.dll from creative labs (saves all sorts of nastiness)
4, Have fun with it - its only a demo object but isnt far off a useful game object with a few script changes.