Lgvidsubs

LgVidSubs

Modified "lgvid" from unofficial NewDark patch to support external subtitles in cut-scenes.

Source code and releases available at https://github.com/bibendovsky/lgvidsubs

Original link to the NewDark patch: http://ariane4ever.free.fr/ariane4ever/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4287&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sid=5fb30e2ac9f6a8491c14c973b7176eb1

WARNING! The project is obsolete. Use NewDark patch v1.22+ for Thief/Thief2 and v2.43+ for System Shock 2.

System requirements

NewDark patch (v1.20 Thief/Thief2, v2.42 System Shock 2).

Installation

Extract "lgvid.dll" into the game folder.

Compilation

You need Visual Studio 2013 or higher (express/full) to compile the project.

Dependencies:

1. *Microsoft Detours 3.0 (included).
2. *Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2010) headers and libraries.
3. FFmpeg 2.2.2 (or higher) headers and static libraries.

• • Only needed if you building a project with subtitle support.

Configuration options for "cam_ext.cfg"

Note, some values can be marked as percent. In that case the value will be converted to pixels by the following expression:

value_pixels = screen_height * value_percents / 100

subs_font_filename <filename>

Temporarily registers specified external font. Default value: <empty>

subs_font_family <name>

Font family name. Default value: Arial

subs_font_size <pixels|percent%>

Font size. Default value: 7% Valid range (%): 1.5 .. 13 Valid range (pixels): 8 .. 64

subs_font_weight <value>

Font size. Default value: 0 Valid range: 0 .. 1000

Some useful values: 0 - don't care/default; 300 - light; 400 - normal; 700 - bold.

(See LOGFONT structure in MSDN for more info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/dd145037%28v=vs.85%29.aspx)

subs_font_color <r> <g> <b> <a> subs_font_color #rrggbbaa

Text colour. Default value (fp): 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (solid white) Default value (#): #ffffffff (solid white) Valid range of colour component (fp): 0.0 .. 1.0 Valid range of colour component (#): 00 .. ff

subs_shadow_color <r> <g> <b> <a>

Text's shadow colour. Default value: 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (solid black) Valid range of component: 0.0 .. 1.0

subs_shadow_offset_x <pixels|percent%>

Text's shadow offset by X. Default value: 0.42% Valid range (%): -1.45 .. 1.45 Valid range (pixels): -7 .. 7

subs_shadow_offset_y <pixels|percent%>

Text's shadow offset by Y. Default value: 0.42% Valid range (%): -1.45 .. 1.45 Valid range (pixels): -7 .. 7

subs_space_after <pixels|percent%>

Offset of text of screen's bottom. Default value: 3.5% Valid range (%): 0 .. 13 Valid range (pixels): 0 .. 64

Example:

subs_font_filename my_arial.ttf subs_font_family arial subs_font_size 8.0% subs_font_weight 700 subs_font_color #cc0000ff subs_shadow_color 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 subs_shadow_offset_x 2 subs_shadow_offset_y 1 subs_space_after 4.0%