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pyrAXE
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posted 13 November 2001 03:20     Click Here to See the Profile for pyrAXE   Click Here to Email pyrAXE        Reply w/Quote   
I'm trying to make an intro for my D2 mod. In the D2video.mpq there are 2 bink files for each movie, one with 640x292 and 640x146. Which one does D2 play? And why would they need 2 different resolutions.

Some people have said that it's because the D2 exp has an option for 2 different resolutions. But there are 2 files for Classic Diablo 2 aswell (which didn't have res options), which kills that theory. Any ideas?

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]chAos[Gore
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posted 13 November 2001 03:48     Click Here to See the Profile for ]chAos[Gore   Click Here to Email ]chAos[Gore        Reply w/Quote   
one might be the LOD video...just take a look,which one is higher

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pyrAXE
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posted 13 November 2001 05:51     Click Here to See the Profile for pyrAXE   Click Here to Email pyrAXE        Reply w/Quote   
I found out that D2 and LOD use the 640x292 resolution videos. But then why did Blizz include the 640x146 ones? Anyway... I was browsing the LOD CD and found a file called "D2com_01.exe", all who read this should run it, it's pretty cool.

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Elves Rune
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posted 13 November 2001 10:32     Click Here to See the Profile for Elves Rune   Click Here to Email Elves Rune        Reply w/Quote   
mmmmmmmm maybe my datalist is out of date.........my mpq doesn't open any video files where can I get the newest one?!

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pyrAXE
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posted 13 November 2001 10:55     Click Here to See the Profile for pyrAXE   Click Here to Email pyrAXE        Reply w/Quote   
ou should have the list for all the original movies, but I don't even have the one that lets me use mpqview with D2XVideo.mpq. I extracted the LOD Movies with CV5 (that dosen't need a list with mpqs).

www.cs.tu-berlin.de/~mickyk/cv.html

Hope this helps

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FoxBat
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posted 13 November 2001 18:25     Click Here to See the Profile for FoxBat   Click Here to Email FoxBat        Reply w/Quote   
It plays a different resolution movie depending on what Blizzard thinks of your computer speed. On slower computers it will play lower resolutions.

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pyrAXE
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posted 13 November 2001 21:55     Click Here to See the Profile for pyrAXE   Click Here to Email pyrAXE        Reply w/Quote   
oxBat is right. I replced both videos with different ones, when running the D2 intro from the cinematics menu on a fast PC I got the one changed video and the other changed video was displayed on a much slower PC.

Thanks for your time,

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Dr Slue
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posted 14 November 2001 01:30     Click Here to See the Profile for Dr Slue   Click Here to Email Dr Slue        Reply w/Quote   Visit Dr Slue's Homepage!
Yeah i'd found that D2_Com1 file before. Pretty cool, especially since i live in Aus and had no way of seeing it otherwise. Another thing is, go to extras and click on war3a, it's that AWESOME Warcraft 3 trailer. Too bad i had it already. Now we just gotta hope that War3 the game will actually be half as cool as that trailer.

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pyrAXE
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posted 14 November 2001 02:50     Click Here to See the Profile for pyrAXE   Click Here to Email pyrAXE        Reply w/Quote   
hat Warcraft 3 movie rocks! I've also seen that one before though, from a gaming magazine CD. Blizzard rule at cinematics.

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