Cutscene Libraries

Cutscene libraries, also called "message databases", contain voice lines and a reference to an associated audio recording. These files are used in conjunction with scripts to facilitate PC to NPC conversations in-game. Cutscene libraries are found within the _work/data/scripts/content/cutscene/ directory of Gothic and Gothic II installations.

CC++C#JavaPython

Example

#include <zenkit-capi/CutsceneLibrary.h>
#include <zenkit-capi/Vfs.h>

int main(int, const char** argv) {
    // Load from a file on disk:
    ZkCutsceneLibrary* csl = ZkCutsceneLibrary_loadPath("OU.csl");
    ZkCutsceneLibrary_del(csl);

    // ... or from a VFS:
    ZkVfs* vfs = ZkVfs_new();
    ZkVfs_mountHost(vfs, "_work/", "/", ZkVfsOverwriteBehavior_OLDER);
    csl = ZkCutsceneLibrary_loadVfs(vfs, "OU.csl");
    ZkCutsceneLibrary_del(csl);

    return 0;
}

Example

#include <zenkit/CutsceneLibrary.hh>
#include <zenkit/Stream.hh>
#include <zenkit/Vfs.hh>

int main(int, char const** argv) {
    zenkit::CutsceneLibrary csl {};

    // Load from a file on disk:
    auto r = zenkit::Read::from("OU.csl");
    csl.load(r.get());

    // ... or from a VFS
    zenkit::Vfs vfs;
    vfs.mount_host("_work/", "/", zenkit::VfsOverwriteBehavior::OLDER);

    r = vfs->find("OU.csl")->open_read();
    font.load(r.get());

    return 0;
}

Example

using ZenKit;

// Load from a file on disk:
var csl = new CutsceneLibrary("OU.csl");

// ... or from a VFS:
var vfs = new Vfs();
vfs.Mount("_work/", "/", VfsOverwriteBehavior.Older);
csl = new CutsceneLibrary(vfs, "OU.csl");

Example

import dev.gothickit.zenkit.csl.CutsceneLibrary;
import dev.gothickit.zenkit.vfs.Vfs;
import dev.gothickit.zenkit.vfs.VfsOverwriteBehavior;

// Load from a file on disk:
var csl = CutsceneLibrary.load("OU.csl");

// ... or from a VFS:
var vfs = new Vfs();
vfs.mount("_work/", "/", VfsOverwriteBehavior.OLDER);
csl = CutsceneLibrary.load(vfs, "OU.csl");

Example

from zenkit import Vfs, VfsOverwriteBehavior, CutsceneLibrary

# Load from a file on disk:
csl = CutsceneLibrary.load("OU.CSL")

# ... or from a VFS:
vfs = Vfs()
vfs.mount_path("_work", "/", clobber=VfsOverwriteBehavior.OLDER)
csl = CutsceneLibrary.load(vfs.find("OU.bin"))