Karajorma's Guide to getting the cutscenes to work in FS2_open.
Unfortunately getting the cutscenes to work isn't as simple as bunging them on your hard drive. It's relatively painless though if you follow these simple steps.
1) Put the movies in your FREESPACE folder. Don't put them in data. Don't put them in data\movies. Even if you run freespace with the -mod switch they won't work if you put them anywhere except in your main Freespace folder.
2) Download
this file. Unzip it and stick the file inside your freespace\data\missions folder.
That's an updated version of the campaign file with the names of the movies altered.
3) Download FS2_open if you don't alreay have it. The most current update can be found
here 4) Use the launcher to run FS2. In the Custom section type -dshowvid
5) Hit run. Wince as the small glitch I was unable to correct makes a nasty noise and then sit back and watch some of the best cutscenes ever made.
