Script Request

[Caid]

i know there's an option in serioussam to output a buncha frames in .jpg (i think) format so that one could make a movie out of them. i was wondering if someone could make a script to this ende.
say, i press m, movie starts, i'm notified of this by some text or object on the hud somewhere | the hud changes colour, i press m again, the movie stops, everything goes back to normal

[kill O zap]

Now this is a hard to do task. The only hint on JPGs i found was in the game.dll in the \bin folder when I viewed that file using the textviewer of my good old Norton Commander.
The function for taking screenshots is SaveScreenShot() which is declared as :

void SaveScreenShot(void);

This means the function doesn't accept parameters and gives no return values. So you can't tell the function to save the screenshot in a specific format.
I quit this task (until Croteam publishes more specs on scripting, syntax, variables etc.) ...

:) kill-O-zap

[Caid]

i'm pretty sure there's an actual var that does the outputting for ya. not sure what format tho

[Grand Master Shinobi]

Wouldnt it be easier to record a demo instead?

[SuperTech]

But with a series of jpgs you can make avi or any other format and edit it. You can not do that with a demo.

[Alen Ladavac]

There is a way to convert a demo into a sequence of .tga pictures. Search the forum for more info.

Alen

[chrisk]

I tried the search under demo and tga and didn't find anything. Could some please shed a light upon me?

[justshawnf]

The link to the thread is:
http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~serioussam/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=3&topic=284

Hope that helps. :)