Cutscenes: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 11:02, 6 November 2021

A cutscene refers to an in-game cinematic sequence. There are two kinds of cutscene used in Jedi Academy and Jedi Outcast.

Full motion video, using .roq files
Cinematic scenes rendered within the game engine run by ICARUS scripting, using NPC characters.

Cutscenes play out encounters or story line events in a way that the player cannot interact with. If g_subtitles is toggled to "1", the game will display the subtitles for any dialogue in the chosen language.

Trivia

Pressing the key bound for "+use" or typing "+use" in the console skips the cinematic
The player can control npc actors by using the "control" command

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 # Full motion video, using [[.roq]] files
-# Cinematic scenes within the game engine run by [[ICARUS]] scripting, using [[NPC]] characters.
+# Cinematic scenes rendered within the game engine run by [[ICARUS]] scripting, using [[NPC]] characters.
 Cutscenes play out encounters or story line events in a way that the player cannot interact with. If [[g_subtitles]] is toggled to "1", the game will display the subtitles for any dialogue in the chosen language.