rafalh / dashfaction

A community patch for the Red Faction (2001) FPS game
https://www.factionfiles.com/ff.php?action=file&id=6252
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Suggestion: Load .bik files from TC mod folders #234

Closed GooberRF closed 6 months ago

GooberRF commented 6 months ago

This is pretty low priority, but would be a great feature for mod developers.

Currently, the game only loads .bik video files from \data\movies. If the game loaded .bik video files from TC mod folders, mod developers would be able to include custom intro and ending cinematics in their mods.

Proposed implementation options:

  1. Load .bik video files from the root of the mod folder (ie. RedFaction\mods\MYMOD\intro.bik)
  2. Load .bik video files from the mod folder using the same directory structure as the base game (ie. RedFaction\mods\MYMOD\data\movies\intro.bik)
  3. Load .bik video files from .vpp files in the mod folder like all other mod assets (ie. RedFaction\mods\MYMOD\modmovies.vpp)

Option 1 would be ideal in my view, but I suspect option 3 may be easier to implement(?) given all files loaded from mod folders currently are from .vpp files.