Cut Screen help, Advanced?

[KiwiRanger]

Sup all, I'm new to the forums and have been looking around to try find a possible awnser to my questions, But I have had no luck. Prehaps Iv'e been looking for the wrong stuff but anyway. This is what I want help with.

Ok so first off i'm creating a single player mission. It starts off as a cut sceen. This is what I want to know how to do.. I'll just say what I want happening and see if you can awnser. Okay..

3 Blackhawk choppers are flying in onto a island. The camera starts in from behind the helicopters and zooms in around the middle chopper, ("This is where the main character is") The camera is then taken into first person view and the main character is being briefed by a officer sitting infront of him..
Soon after 5mins of flight the main character turns and watches a black hawk fly along aside the chopper he is inside of. They are just about 100-200m inland and then suddenly the Blackhawk the main character is taken out by a AA Missile from ground troops... The 3rd chopper takes Altitude and then move out left. Both remaining choppers take heavy damage but enough to sustain flight. The main chopper's pilot then decides the chopper must be landed. It then bearly lands and  everyone is getting out.. But then are pinned down by Heavy mg fire.. The cut sceen now finishes and the mission starts..

Okay so Anyhelp around there?? Also how do you have players start inside of a chopper?? I always end up drowning and the helicopter sinking.  :'( lol

any help will be apreciated

[Messiah]

Read these tutorials to get started with camera scripting:

Beginners Tutorial

Advanced Tutorial

u must read and understand the first one to make use of the second. As for you other questions, they are better directed in the General Editing forum.

:thumbsup:

[MeKillYou]

Okay so Anyhelp around there?? Also how do you have players start inside of a chopper?? I always end up drowning and the helicopter sinking.  :'( lol

any help will be apreciated

Put the chopper so it is flying at start you can do that when you make the
chopper! Says "in formation" change it to "flying" otherwise your chopper will start in the sea! Or at the ground!

And for the soldiers you also have to change the "in formation"
to "cargo" so they will start in chopper and not in sea!

[MeKillYou]

And remember there must be a green line from chopper to the soldiers
So that they are all in same group!
And make sure there is space in chopper for all soldiers!

[GrimMonkey]

If you want soldiers to start inside the chopper but not be under the pilot's command, all you have to do is:

1: name the chopper and all soldiers you wish to put in the chopper.
2: in the init. line for each soldier put: 'SoldiersName' moveincargo 'ChoppersName'

Just don't put the '' marks.

[GaryP]

Ok, so I read (and printed) both tutorials.  They did not tell me how to go inside the blackhalk to film the player being briefed.

I am reading everything I can get my grubby little hands on about cameras.

Just found switchcamera command tutorial. Mmmmmmmmmmm