SFM Videos in Portal 2 Maps

Ace Ryder

45 Posts

Posted Dec 11, 2013

Hello TWP Community,
I was wondering if there was any way to insert a custom SFM video into a Portal 2 map. Kind of like the one at the end of Art Therapy. My sources say no on this one. But I was wondering if anyone has any ideas for an alternate route.
Thanks all
And Happy Holidays!

FelixGriffin

2,680 Posts

#102117

Posted Dec 11, 2013

Replied 35 minutes later

Hello, Ace,

In fact, there is! You need to convert your final video to a BIK using the Rad Video Tools, then insert it into a map with the logic_playmovie entity.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to do this on the Workshop. You will need to distribute your map the old way.

CamBen

973 Posts

#102124

Posted Dec 12, 2013

Replied 3 hours later

Alternatively, you can split your video into frames and use it as an animated texture that displays in front of a view control entity.

Gemarakup

1,183 Posts

#102125

Posted Dec 12, 2013

Replied 10 minutes later

But what about audio?

Arachnaphob

412 Posts

#102127

Posted Dec 12, 2013

Replied 31 minutes later

Extract the audio from the movie and make an ambient_generic.

Ace Ryder

45 Posts

#103389

Posted Feb 02, 2014

Replied 1 month later

Thank you for all your ideas. However the video I have the intention of creating and adding is flexibly a minute long. And either it would go in a workshop map or not at all. I don't see how I could fit a minute's worth of video of 24 fps in an animated texture, or even in the map.

iWork925

1,080 Posts

#103431

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 2 days later

Ace Ryder wrote:
...a minute long.

Distribute via http://youtube.com

We're here to play maps, not watch movies.

Dafflewoctor

415 Posts

#103435

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 6 hours later

iWork925 wrote:
Ace Ryder wrote:

...a minute long.

Distribute via http://youtube.com

We're here to play maps, not watch movies.

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

Two minutes long. Did you get bored?

laakkone

47 Posts

#103436

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 1 hour later

Dr.Toaster Waffles wrote:
iWork925 wrote:

Distribute via http://youtube.com

We're here to play maps, not watch movies.

[Portal 2 ending video]

Two minutes long. Did you get bored?

Ace Ryder

45 Posts

#103437

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 2 hours later

To be honest I'm not proposing this idea to entertain everybody. I'm proposing it because I want to try something that I have not seen thus far, and it works for the idea I have in mind. I don't know why you think I have a target audience. If it appeases you in any way, I was planning on giving the option to skip.

FelixGriffin

2,680 Posts

#103438

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 1 hour later

Logic_playmovie should automatically do that. A BIK is really the best choice for showing a video, unless you want to painstakingly rebuild your SFM setup in Hammer with tracktrains and func_rotatings.

Ace Ryder

45 Posts

#103442

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 54 minutes later

But, Felix, I was told logic_playmovie's can't be included in maps exported to the workshop...

FelixGriffin

2,680 Posts

#103444

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 2 hours later

No, they can't. But it's really your only option, other than using a script to pop up an overlay with a YouTube link.

iWork925

1,080 Posts

#103452

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 5 hours later

FelixGriffin wrote:
...YouTube link.

FelixGriffin

2,680 Posts

#103454

Posted Feb 05, 2014

Replied 22 minutes later

If you really want to do it that way, I can explain it. But it won't look nearly as nice and will be limited to about 1/4 of the player's screen space (I have no idea what would happen if you used fullscreen mode on the video).