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+====== ArmA 1 Cutscene Tutorial ======
+[[https://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=42|ArmA 1 Forum]], [[:arma|ArmA 1 Home]], [[arma:config|ArmA 1 Config]], [[arma:tools|ArmA 1 Tools]], [[arma:file_formats|ArmA 1 File Formats]], [[arma:missions|ArmA 1 Missions]], [[arma:modeling|ArmA 1 3D Modeling]], [[arma:terrain|ArmA 1 Terrain]], [[arma:texturing|ArmA 1 Texturing]], [[arma:scripting|ArmA 1 Scripting]]
+**ArmA 1** aka Armed Assault (ArmA)
+You can and should use SQF for camera scripts also, like this:
+<code cpp>
+// camera basic initialization
+_camera = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
+_camera cameraEffect ["internal","back"];
+[]; execVM "PMC\PMC_ArmA_Default_Music.sqf";
+// start
+_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700;
+_camera camCommitPrepared 0;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+sleep 3;
+titleText ["", "plain down", 3];;;
+titleText ["", "plain down", 2];
+titleCut ["", "black out", 3];
+fademusic 0;
+sleep 4;
+// Destroy the camera
+camDestroy _camera;
+// end the intro
+endcut = true;
+</code>
+Note that the above is just a example, its not working script in itself.
+====== Making SP Cutscene ======
+Making a single player (SP) cutscene. Mission editor, choose Intro from the drop down.
+Place soldier and make it player.
+Place trigger, END#1 and put on condition line: endcut
+On the mission / cutscene dir, make a script file called: movie.sqf
+Place a gamelogic where you want to start your first camera run, and put on its init line this:
+<code cpp>
+this exec "camera.sqs";
+</code>
+Preview mission and camera is activated on the gamelogic's position.
+Now with the default ArmA key configuration settings you can move the camera by using mouse, A S D W Q and Z keys. Camera rotates from the keypad numbers 4 left, 6 right, 8 tilt down, 2 tilt up etc. Most importantly every time you press FIRE button on your mouse, a clipboard.txt file in ArmA profiles directory root is updated with the camera settings for this particular viewpoint.
+Do all your camera viewpoint savings like this, when you are done, press either ESC -> Abort, or V to exit camera and then ESC -> Abort to abort the cutscene/mission.
+Open the clipboard.txt file in your ArmA profiles dir, copy paste the contents into your movie.sqf file, perhaps it might look something likes this now:
+<code cpp>
+// camera basic initialization
+_camera = "camera" camCreate [0,0,0];
+_camera cameraEffect ["internal","back"];
+[] execVM "PMC\PMC_ArmA_Default_Music.sqf";
+// start
+_camera camPrepareTarget [-89221.44,12628.88,-17693.45];
+_camera camPreparePos [8883.85,4817.06,2.84];
+_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700;
+_camera camCommitPrepared 0;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+sleep 3;
+titleText ["Special Forces are waiting on the shore for regular infantry to arrive.", "plain down", 3];
+sleep 2;
+// pan 1
+_camera camPrepareTarget [-41745.95,91052.38,309.53];
+_camera camPreparePos [8883.85,4817.06,2.84];
+_camera camCommitPrepared 10;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+// pan 2
+_camera camPrepareTarget [-41745.95,91052.38,309.75];
+_camera camPreparePos [8883.85,4817.06,2.84];
+_camera camPrepareFOV 0.120;
+_camera camCommitPrepared 10;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+sleep 3;
+// pan other side start
+_camera camPrepareTarget [2127.08,-94323.03,-5927.63];
+_camera camPreparePos [8662.31,5286.23,2.00];
+_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700;
+_camera camCommitPrepared 0;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+sleep 3;
+// pan 1
+_camera camPrepareTarget [73720.75,-69923.09,-10517.73];
+_camera camPreparePos [8662.31,5286.23,12.08];
+_camera camCommitPrepared 10;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+// pan 2
+_camera camPrepareTarget [68009.46,-75128.52,-3350.77];
+_camera camPreparePos [8662.31,5286.23,12.08];
+_camera camPrepareFOV 0.233;
+_camera camCommitPrepared 10;
+waitUntil { camCommitted _camera; };
+sleep 5;
+titleText ["", "plain down", 2];
+titleCut ["", "black out", 3];
+fademusic 0;
+sleep 4;
+// Destroy the camera
+camDestroy _camera;
+// end the intro
+endcut = true;
+</code>
+Remember to save movie.sqf script file.
+Now go back to the mission editor and to you player character, on its init line put
+<code cpp>
+this = [] execVM "movie.sqf";
+</code>
+Preview mission and your finished cutscene :)