[Feature] Optionally play GEARUP.LFD

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Modern "Jedi Engine" replacement supporting Dark Forces, mods, and in the future Outlaws.

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[Feature] Optionally play GEARUP.LFD #179

Open NightFright2k19 opened 1 year ago

NightFright2k19 commented 1 year ago

It would be nice if TFE automatically played the "Gear-Up" cutscene (gearup.lfd) from the DF demo if placed in the LFD subdir of the DF game dir. It's supposed to play as a part of the intro sequence, just before the Dark Forces logo appears.

I am not sure if this file is installed in the final DF release as well and just isn't used, but vanilla behavior could be maintained by creating a menu toggle for it (something like "Play Gear Up Intro (if installed)") which is deactivated by default.

mlauss2 commented 1 year ago

I implemented this in #223 , but quite frankly, I don't see the appeal at all; rather it gets annoying really quickly and I can see why LucasArts omitted it from the shipped version.