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SWBF Mod ToolsFLYTHROUGH MOVIES FOR STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT
      VIDEO ASSET DEVELOPMENT AND COMPRESSION:
      Star Wars Battlefront flythroughs, the short video clip showcasing the 
      level in the map select screen, are captured and edited as .avi’s and then 
      compressed into .bik’s using Bink Video by RAD Game Tools INC. The 
      flythroughs are titled using the naming convention of “map1fly.bik” where 
      “map1” is the name of the map. The .bik’s are following the recommended 
      compression guidelines listed on the Rad Game Tools website at: 
      http://www.radgametools.com/binkhcwb.htm. These guidelines are a helpful 
      reference, but of course results will vary depending on the content makeup 
      of the video clip. Experimentation to achieve the delicate balance of good 
      image quality at a low file size is the name of the game. 
      As a starting point, here are the settings used on average for the 
      flythroughs on Star Wars Battlefront: 
      Overall data rate settings: Compress to a data rate (bytes) of 750000
      Keep peak data rate under a multiple of the overall data rate 3.0
      No scaling compression
      How many frames to preview during bandwidth allocation: 12
      Width: 640
      Height: 480
      Contrast: 8
      Smooth %: 3
      Deinterlace: On

      SCRIPTING TO INCORPORATE INTO THE GAME SHELL:
      The next step is to get the .bik file into the shell of the game. 
      First, go to the folder of where the movie assets are contained: 
      Downloadable content\DataTAT3\_SOURCE_PC\Shell\Movies 
      This directory contains the .bik movie and a .mlst text file. For example
      Tat3fly.bik
      Tat3.mlst
      Place the flythrough movie in this directory and create a .mlst text file. 
      The .mlst text file is titled the map name with a .mlst extension, for 
      example, “tat3.mlst”. This is a text file that simply has one line of 
      text: 
      ..\..\_SOURCE_PC\shell\movies\tat3fly.bik 
      Second, go to another directory that contains the scripting file for how 
      the movie should behave: 
      Downloadable content\DataTAT3\Shell\Movies 
      This directory contains .mcfg text files. The .mcfg text file is titled 
      the map name with a .mcfg file extension, for example, “tat3.mcfg”. This 
      is a text file that has a few lines of scripting: 
// transition times used by all movies

MovieProperties()
{
    Name("flythrough_template");
    FadeInTime(1.0);
    FadeOutTime(1.0);
}


// Level fly throughs...
// TAT3

MovieProperties()

{
    Name("tat3fly");
    Inherit("flythrough_template");
    Movie("tat3");
    SegmentList()
    {
        Segment("tat3fly", 1.0, -1);
    }

}
These are all the components used in creating and displaying your 
      flythrough to accompany your map in the shell of the map select screen.