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aaa, that's it! Thanks a lot, I thought it was just reading the object's name from the editor.

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So, here's another question: yesterday I finally made a decent video, and today I was surprised to find that cameras 2, 3, 4, and 7 have been deleted. I checked with WinRAR, and cameras 1, 5, and 6 are still there. I recreated the cameras, but with different names, exited the editor, and checked in WinRAR – they're gone. I went back into the editor – yes, they're really gone. However, the camera movements, texts, and animations are all saved; it's just the files where you need to write "start cam" and "finish cam" that are being deleted. So, restoring them takes just a few seconds, but it's annoying that the editor has stopped saving them :smile35: <<<---- this wall will collapse soon =)

To be honest, I don't know why anything is being deleted there; I haven't experienced that myself. If I were you, I would experiment a bit, try saving more often, and so on. I don't remember if the ReloadMap button works in video creation mode, but if it does, you could also try pressing it just to see what happens.

the problem is that only saving works. I can't copy the file using WinRAR because half of the video is simply not visible, and when copying through the editor, all objects with animation are removed, which takes even longer to restore.
I opened my map, exited, and opened it again, and now the editor doesn't recognize the video at all, not even the remaining part. I guess I'll have to resort to the old-fashioned method of inserting files into the video using Notepad.

By the way, there's another well-known issue. In this case, it's unlikely to be that, but it's still worth mentioning. Files experience an unpleasant issue if they are named using Cyrillic characters. They don't disappear, but they are often renamed, which is enough to make them inaccessible.

yes, I got used to this back when I was just naming maps in the editor =) besides, their names differ by only one letter, "a" =)

Added 3 hours 32 minutes ago
ugh, I can't see the maps again. I guess I won't be able to make videos. And it's very strange, I created a video in the editor right next to the remnants of the first one, but WinRAR only shows the first one. How is this even possible...

Added 1 hour 22 minutes ago
phew, in general, I finally made a decent video, made 3 copies just in case, but now the problem is different:

StartDialogScene("/Maps/SingleMissions/NewRandomMap 19/StartScene2/DialogScene.xdb#xpointer(/DialogScene)"); --- the game freezes

StartDialogScene("/Maps/SingleMissions/NewRandomMap 19/StartScene2/DialogScene.xdb"); --- nothing works

Does anyone know what this #xpointer(/DialogScene) part of the script affects, and what does it even mean? :smile27:

Who knows what this #xpointer(/DialogScene) piece of script affects, and what it even means? :smile27:

This is a link to an element within the document. The script uses this to retrieve information from the map (archive). Everything before '#xpointer...' is the path to the .XML (or .XDB) file within the archive.

And why does the game crash so unpleasantly sometimes?

But then why does the map crash so unpleasantly?

This means there is an error somewhere – either in the link or in the file itself.

"either in the link or in the file itself" - and is it possible that the video works perfectly during testing in the map editor, but an error occurs when the map is launched?

Could it be that the video works perfectly during testing in the map editor, but an error occurs when the map is launched?

I don't know. It's hard to understand the cause of the crash without the map itself.

I can definitely share it... upload it?

I can share them, of course...

No, it's okay. People on the forum know more about dialogue scenes than I do :) I used to make these videos, and everything worked fine without errors or crashes, although I didn't delve too deeply into them. In general, I think it's a waste of time – they turn out to be too crude on the game engine ;)

too pathetic

exactly. =)

the game freezes

Of course, I agree with JonnyP, it's difficult to understand the reason... But I have a theory. What intervals did you set between sentences? Not in milliseconds, by any chance?
Although, it's unlikely. I'd like to know the nature of the freeze. Does anything happen before the freeze?

intervals between sentences? --- which sentences? if you mean the ones in the video, then I have one sentence per camera shot, and that's it. regarding the nature of the freeze, it occurs immediately when the corresponding function is launched, i.e., the game error appears right away. nothing is displayed on the panel at that moment.