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Intro

The first movie a mission plays when it starts fresh, ahead of its briefing movie.

Specification
Applies to
scenarios
File
map file
Section
[Basic]
Value
movie
When omitted
<none>
map file
[Basic]
Intro=INTRO
Brief=GDI_M02

The value is a movie name from the art file’s [Movies] list, not a filename; the engine adds .VQA to find the file. <none>, an empty value, and a name the list does not contain all leave the mission without an intro movie.

The movie plays after the map is read and just before Brief, and only when the mission starts fresh. Replaying a mission after a loss, or restarting it from the menu, skips both movies. In skirmish and multiplayer games, the movie plays only when the launch file turns on PlayMoviesInMultiplayer.

The movie is skipped when its file is missing, or when its picture is both narrower than 320 pixels and shorter than 200.

Keep names registered in [Movies] to fifteen characters or fewer. A longer name overruns the buffer the filename is built in when the movie plays; VQA video describes the overrun.

See also — Brief, Action, Win, Lose, PostScore, PreMapSelect