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Hello! I need some help. I'm creating a cutscene in the map editor, and the editor displays and plays it perfectly. Everything seems fine. I save it, switch to the regular map editor, select this scene in the StartScene tab of the properties tree, the path to it remains correct, and the editor sees it. But when I enter the game, nothing happens; not even a black screen appears for a second. It's as if the cutscene doesn't exist. Then, I tried to launch it using the StartDialogScene script. I made sure the path was correct, but when I enter the game, nothing happens again, and the console says "DialogScene not exist." Can you please explain how the editor can see and play the cutscene, but the console claims it doesn't exist?
The script looks like this:
StartDialogScene("/DialogScenes/MyM1/S1/DialogScene.xdb#xpointer(/DialogScene)");
The path is correct, and the script seems to be as well, but the console says otherwise...

The console doesn't make mistakes. You made a mistake; you wrote the wrong address...
Write this in the script:

StartDialogScene("/Maps/SingleMissions/MyM1/S1/DialogScene.xdb#xpointer(/DialogScene)")

Your video is located in your map, not in the root of the data.pak archive...

Initially, I had a similar animation sequence, the entire scene was the same, and the path was written correctly. I then created a folder called DialogScene/MyM1 in the root directory of the map using an archiver and moved everything related to the animation there. I decided to organize the folder structure similarly to how the developers do it, thinking it would help, but unfortunately, it didn't. So, I have both Maps and DialogScene in the root folder, which means the script should be written correctly. And I wrote the path to the animation from the string in the property tree of the editor and checked it 100 times... Everything seems to be correct, the StartScene window in the property tree sees this cutscene, and when it's selected, it doesn't reset, and in the editor, everything opens and plays normally, but in the game itself, neither through the script nor through StartScene, there's no reaction. I suspect that maybe I have a corrupted version of the game because this doesn't make any sense, but everything else works perfectly, which is strange.

1) Saving. After performing the necessary manipulations with the camera, characters, etc. (saving every minute) and exiting the editor, I discover the next day that my project is gone. Neither in the editor, nor in the game files, nor in the script editor.

2) StartCutScene and StartDialogScene. What is the difference between them (the definitions of these scripts do not give me an answer), which one should I use to play my animation, and are triggers needed?

3) HeroLink. The editor displays the herolink for one hero, but when I add another, the editor does not see it.

The most unpleasant thing is that I cannot predict the behavior of my editor, as it may, for example, not save the work, or it may save it, but it will be a save from an hour ago. The same applies to herolink: it may show it, or it may not.

The game, as well as the editor, is not a pirated version; everything is completely legal. If possible, please suggest a solution to the problems (issues). Thank you in advance!

Hello, dear map-making experts!
Recently, I started creating my own map, and after watching a video by someone on YouTube, I decided to try my hand at creating an animated scene. This has led to a few problems:

1) Saving. After performing the necessary manipulations with the camera, characters, etc. (saving every few minutes) and exiting the editor, I found the next day that my project was gone. Neither in the editor, nor in the game files, nor in the script editor.

2) StartCutScene and StartDialogScene. What is the difference between them (the definitions of these scripts don't give me an answer), which one should I use to play my animation, and are triggers needed?

3) HeroLink. The editor displays the herolink for one hero, but when I add another, the editor doesn't see it.

The most unpleasant thing is that I can't predict the behavior of my editor, as it may not save the work, or it may save it, but it will be a save from an hour ago. The same goes for herolink: it may show it, or it may not.

The game, as well as the editor, is not a pirated version; everything is completely legal. If possible, please suggest solutions to these problems. Thank you in advance!

To troubleshoot the issue, please tell me: how do you close the editor with an open map? Do you simply click the close button, or do you go to File => Close? This is important.

StartDialogScene launches a dialog scene (which is what you were doing). StartCutScene launches a cutscene, but the technology for creating those has been lost.

I didn't mention this in the video, but I personally use the following function when creating: pressing the Spacebar opens the suggestion list window. By pressing Add, you can add a new suggestion, immediately specifying the "actor" (e.g., Svey 16:32), the text, and the duration (Pause after actors). You can specify a link to any unit in the animation here. HOWEVER: if you choose a link to a hero, the game may crash.

Just in case, I'll share my experience, which might help.
When creating a dialog scene, the very first thing I do is place a monster (an object in the Monsters tab) Random Any in some out-of-the-way place that definitely won't be in the frame. In each suggestion, I specify MonsterLink (a link to this monster), and not HeroLink. In the MonsterName field, I choose the appropriate file with the name of the speaking character, or a file with empty text. For each suggestion, the same MonsterLink is used. If you do this and don't make any major mistakes, the probability of a crash will be close to zero.

I close the editor by clicking the "X".

I understand. What about scripts?

I'll try it.

Added 2 minutes ago

Thank you. I'll try this option. And how do I change the name in this case, i.e., so that the monster's name is not the default, but a custom one?

We launch the video using the function

StartDialogScene("/Path/DialogScene.xdb#xpointer(/DialogScene)", sSavename --Save name before the video(optional), sFunc --Name of the function to be executed after the scene ends(optional));

The custom name is specified in the CustomMonsterName parameter of the prefab's properties. A text file is created with the name, saved, and that's it.