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Playing Movies -- Blender 3D Game Engine


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Steps 1-2
Add movie screen.  Add a material.  Set to shadeless.
 
Steps 3-5
Add a texture.  Add a UV texture.  UV Unwrap texture.
 
Steps 6-9 
UV map texture.  Set Map Input to UV.  Add Movie.py.
 
Steps 10-13
Add a python controller.  Add Property named material.
 
Steps 14-16
Optional stuff.
 

movie trailer
Movie trailer for Big Buck Bunny.
 
Movie249.txt
script for Blender 2.49
 
Movie250.txt
script for Blender 2.5
 
starting blend
starting blend
 
finished249 blend
blend for Blender 2.49
 
finished250 blend
blend for Blender 2.5
 
 

 

 
1.  Add the object to be used as the movie screen

Note:
For this example, I will be using a plane for the movie screen.
For this example, I will be naming it MovieScreen.

Add a plane:
Spacebar >> Add >> Mesh >> Plane
or
User Preference menu >> Add >> Mesh >> Plane

Plane: Object mode

Give it a unique name
N key
or
3D View menu >> Object >> Transform Properties
Transform Properties OB:  MovieScreen
   
2.  Add a material to the Screen.  Give it a unique name.  Set to shadeless

Mirror selected:  Object mode

Add a material
Buttons Window menu >> Shading (F5) >> Material buttons
Links and Pipeline tab
Link to Object
Add New

Give it a unique name
Links and Pipeline tab
Link to Object
MA:  Screen
   
Set to Shadeless
Material tab
Shadeless button

 
 
The Blender 3D and game engine tutorials were created as a series of step by step instructions and help you create computer games. Use the tutorials to make casual video games, First Person Shooter games, role playing games, racing simulation games and more. Use the tutorials as a self paced learning tool to model and program your own three-dimensional world and then play on your computer.