how to got a cinematic in to a game

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hi there i am creating a game and i want to put cinematic cuts in to the game for example like uncharted. Can someone explaine how i can do it.
Than you

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You mean Cutscenes?
First of all: Apply a Property to your Player Character like [“ingame”] or [“active”] and set the Movement up that Way that the whole Movement of the Player and his Camera is only controllable while that Property is True.
Then Logic Bricks: Player Touches an invisible Wall or gets Near to an Object and then a Script gets executed or several Logic Bricks, to activate some particular Camera Movement, Character Animation and Soundfile Playing.

edit:
The Rest is up to you. Naughty Dog have not always had the same Standard, when you think back to Crash 1 – Cutscenes were very simple. So don’t expect your Cutscenes immediately to look like Uncharted – just as a Warning for you to avoid any potential Disappointment. : }

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thanks no i was the use that is an example of a cutscenes. So what scripts will i need thank you

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Well, a Script could for example control the Camera with Commands like


from bge import logic as g #bge logic setup
scn=g.getCurrentScene() #get Scene
cam=scn.active_camera #get Scene's active Camera 
 
#Position
cam.worldPosition[0] = 0.0
cam.worldPosition[1] = 0.0 
cam.worldPosition[2] = 0.0
 
#Rotation
cam.worldOrientation.to_euler().x = 0.0 
cam.worldOrientation.to_euler().y = 0.0 
cam.worldOrientation.to_euler().z = 0.0

That would be for Placing the Camera. You could then use a Timer Property to change the Values for a floating Camera or something.
But I guess the more common Way would be to apply an F-Curve to the Camera and play the Animation. You really have to try and find your own Favorite there, since Blender offers several Ways to do it.

5

ok thanks for the advice

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Cut-scenes are a part of the game where the player’s controls are disabled that he is not disturbing the executed logic ;).

As the player can’t continue with the game flow, the logic needs to do that.

You should create a story board with all the details you want to show. Then add the story elements to your game with the tools of your choice (motion/f-curve/physics/timers …).

This sounds a bit high-level and it is. When you ask for more specific things we can help you with more details.