WC3 Movies

I wasn't sure if I should place this topic in Warcraft 3 Tools or here as it would require a 3rd party tool. If the mods feel it should be moved I am sry for the trouble.

Anyways...

I was wondering. how to create movies that are in the same format as Warcraft 3 movies?

Avi? Any movie maker can make that.

When I looked at the movies inside the movie folder in my Warcraft 3 program folder i saw a mpq file for each movie. However my mpq editors can't open them as it says they're not mpqs

They are AVI files with their extension renamed to .mpq. Try playing them in windows media player or your video player of choice.

Edit: Tell me about it.

Create it as an avi, rename it to have the extension .mpq instead, place it in the Movies directory, and then use the PlayMovie native like this:

EDIT: People post fast here.

EDIT 2: Better: http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showpost...79&postcount=4.

Thanks I'll try it

it won't play

I put the video in mpq file name then did the trigger and it won't play

I don't think it will load from within an mpq archive. Maybe you have to put it into the movies folder on your harddisk.

Warcraft 3 movies are just avi movies with their named changed to mpq which is what i did, also the movie is in the warcraft 3 movie folder.

You made sure of everything stated here?
http://wc3campaigns.net/showpost.php...79&postcount=4

How did you make the Avi (Program you exported from)?

I downloaded the movie (too lazy to make my own for testing)

Something must be wrong with either the movie or your trigger. Try to make your trigger play one of the original movies, to see if that works and eventually show your code.