Hi,

Just wondering if it's possible to put cut scenes into games created with the Gamestudio suite? If so, is it easy to do and what format do these cinematic scenes need to be in, i.e. Quicktime, AVI etc.? Thanks for the help

Yes, you can.

A7 takes .avi, .mpg, .divx, .wmv, .wma, .wav, .mid, .mp3 and .ogg through it's media_play instruction.
syntax: media_play(STRING* name,BMAP* target, var volume)

Name: Name of the multimedia file. The file must exist in the game folder, it won't be found in the path or in a resource .

Target: Pointer to a bmap that serves as target texture for the video stream, or NULL. The bmap must be a 16 bit texture without alpha channel, like from a .pcx or .bmp image. If at NULL, the video is played on the whole window or screen.

Volume: Individual audio volume of the stream, 0 ..100. The master volume for all streams is controlled by the midi_vol variable

Awesome, thanks. I have to admit, I don't yet fully understand the programming jargon, but I'll jot down your instructions and integrate the cut scenes once I get better on the scripting end. Thanks again!