Cinema Director [RELEASED]

Hey guys, just bought cinema director a few days ago, and I have a quick question for you.
Is it possible to have several cinema director cutscenes in 1 unity scene, and have some kind of manager object that controls which cutscene to play now?
If so how would you go about building this system?

Many thanks

 

hi there,
is there any support for legacy animation i can t find it accept mecanim animation.
thanks

 

Someone having tips on what's the best way to animate Blendshapes with Cinema Director ???

I'm using characters from Daz3D and Mixamo as well.

 

Good question...

 

Hoping for a good answer as well lolll

But seriously, I know I can have a script manipulating my blendshapes and then call that script from Director but I was wondering if there's trick to control those sliders in a Skinned Meshed Renderer.

 

Usually importing a FBX file with the blendshapes on it is more than sufficient ... and just access the properties of the model in the timeline.

 

My exported frames are black. Please help. Many many hours of trying to get my frames from the animation to export. Using the provided prefab script for frame export. Everything works correctly in CD but it just wont spit out frames that are not black. So close to deadline, please advise.

 

I'm not too familiar yet with Director , but can't find a way to access Blendshapes properties of my skinned mesh. I've imported a Mixamo character no problems, I can see and manipulate the blend shapes through the editor but can't find a way to access it through my cutscene. Any clue ?

 

Hello all,

This is Michael from Crazy Minnow Studio, one of the developers behind the SALSA with RandomEyes lipsync, eye movement, and facial animation system. We have finished beta 1 of our free (for SALSA customers) SALSA and RandomEyes actions for Cinema Director, and we're looking for testers for a closed beta. If you own Cinema Director and SALSA, and are interested in participating, please email your SALSA invoice number to assetsupport@crazyminnow.com and let us know you'd like to participate in the Cinema Director add-on closed beta.

Check the link for more information:
http://crazyminnowstudio.com/posts/salsa-and-randomeyes-actions-for-cinema-director/

Thanks,
Michael

 

Hey,

I would like to extend the Character Track/Dialogue Track to allow me to use a LipSync asset rather than just simply an AudioClip. Is there any plans to support this? I'm able to get the clip into the sequencer but the wavelength doesn't appear and playback doesn't really work. Is there some magic going on somewhere with the CinemaAudio class that I'm not seeing?

 

OK I got it to play/preview correctly by adding a AudioSource component to the Track actor. Does the CinemaAudio require this? It seems to me this AudioSource is redundant as I already have one on my Character but CinemaDirector timeline doens't work without it...

 

Sorry for the delayed response! If you do have Director and are looking for more active support please make sure to email us - support@cinema-suite.com or visit our forums - www.cinema-suite.com/forum

Here is how to get access to those values with curve clips:
- Create an Actor Track Group.
- Add your GameObject (with theskinned mash renderer attached to it) as the Actor for that track group.
- Add a curve track.
- Add the properties associated with your blend shapes.

 

Legacy animations are supported in Actor Tracks. Just assign an animation event to your gameobject that you've assigned to the track and you should be set.

Mecanim animations are handled through the Character Track Group.

Please email us - support@cinema-suite.com for help on this.

 

For all of you currently using Cinema Director, we have just finished developing a new tutorial series, updated for the latest version. Please check them out here!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkTFhf2jQXOkn0Un8ej8THMVG8ccZH2y8

 

The problem has been resolved.
build setting > Player setting > Api Compatibility Level >
.NET 2.0 subset ==> .NET 2.0

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we've got error~ plz help me..

The unity editor works perfectly. But, mobile phone and an error occurs.
Unity3d Version : 4.6.8f1
Target platform : Android

11-29 08:36:36.954: W/Unity(30038): Timeout while trying to pause the Unity Engine.
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): ReflectionTypeLoadException: The classes in the module cannot be loaded.
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaSuite.Common.ReflectionHelper.GetTypes (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllSubTypes (System.Type ParentType) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllowedTrackTypes (CinemaDirector.TrackGroup trackGroup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetAllowedTrackTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetTracks () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.Optimize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.Cutscene.Optimize () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.Cutscene+<PreparePlay>c__Iterator2.MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine_Auto(IEnumerator)
11-29 08:36:44.472: I/Unity(30038): UnityEngin
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): ReflectionTypeLoadException: The classes in the module cannot be loaded.
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaSuite.Common.ReflectionHelper.GetTypes (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllSubTypes (System.Type ParentType) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllowedTrackTypes (CinemaDirector.TrackGroup trackGroup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetAllowedTrackTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetTracks () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CutSceneManager.initCutScene () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): at CutSceneManager.Start () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038):
11-29 08:36:44.932: I/Unity(30038): (Filename: Line: -1)
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): ReflectionTypeLoadException: The classes in the module cannot be loaded.
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaSuite.Common.ReflectionHelper.GetTypes (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllSubTypes (System.Type ParentType) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.DirectorRuntimeHelper.GetAllowedTrackTypes (CinemaDirector.TrackGroup trackGroup) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetAllowedTrackTypes () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.GetTracks () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.UpdateTrackGroup (Single time, Single deltaTime) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.Cutscene.UpdateCutscene (Single deltaTime) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): at CinemaDirector.Cutscene+<updateCoroutine>c__Iterator3.MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
11-29 08:36:46.003: I/Unity(30038): UnityE

 

Awesome! Glad to hear you got it solved, and that you've shared it with the community. Thanks!

 

Just purchased Cinema Director, trying to run the Director Basic scene, but at runtime, it's black with two errors in the console. I found someone reporting a similar problem on your forum, and your reply was "works for me" which doesn't help me much. I'm using 5.2.3. It does work when I open it in a fresh project, but that doesn't help much since I purchased it to use in a particular project. Any suggestions based on the errors?


NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
CinemaDirector.Helpers.RevertInfo..ctor (UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour monoBehaviour, System.Object obj, System.String memberName, System.Object value) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Helpers/RevertInfo.cs:46)
CinemaDirector.CinemaActorClipCurve.CacheState () (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TimelineItems/CinemaActorClipCurve.cs:127)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene.saveRevertData () (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:493)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene.initialize () (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:471)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene+<PreparePlay>c__Iterator10.MoveNext () (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:561)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
CinemaDirector.<freshPlay>c__IteratorF:MoveNext() (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:95)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
CinemaDirector.Cutscenelay() (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:84)
CinemaDirector.<PlayCutscene>c__Iterator12:MoveNext() (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Helpers/CutsceneTrigger.cs:42)


NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
CinemaDirector.CinemaActorClipCurve.SampleTime (Single time) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TimelineItems/CinemaActorClipCurve.cs:147)
CinemaDirector.CurveTrack.UpdateTrack (Single time, Single deltaTime) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TimelineTracks/CurveTrack.cs:25)
CinemaDirector.TrackGroup.UpdateTrackGroup (Single time, Single deltaTime) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TrackGroups/Base/TrackGroup.cs:68)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene.UpdateCutscene (Single deltaTime) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:193)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene+<updateCoroutine>c__Iterator11.MoveNext () (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:577)
UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
CinemaDirector.<freshPlay>c__IteratorF:MoveNext() (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:102)

 

Hi gecko,

If you email me adrian@cinema-suite.com I can send you a new version to try. This version will be on the asset store soon.

This is typically caused by either an error in your existing project, or if there is some naming conflicts between your existing project and Cinema Director.

 

thanks. email sent.

 

Hi Cinema director team,

I would like to know if you confim that Cinema director is able to export the sequence as images files and what is the format ? PNG that's it ?
If yes, is it possible to choose the resolution, rate,...?
Thanks in advance for your answer.

hlx

 

Anyone ?

hlx

 

Hi,

It is possible to transition from a cut scene to gameplay, or gameplay to cut scene in a same Unity scene ?
I man be able to play a cut scene without loading a Unity level containing the cinematic we want to play after a gameplay level.

 

Still no answer from the CD team ? Maybe holidays ?

hlx

 

As far as I know it is not possible with Cinema director to export sequences as image files. There are assets out there which you could use to export image files (with pros and cons) or you could use a script like this to export the images (saves png's, you can set frame rate and resolution multiplier):

 

I was thinking earlier about suggesting uRecord. It should work just as well with Cinema Director as with uSequencer.

Yes. You can set up your cutscene to trigger on all kinds of conditions, such as entering a trigger collider. You can even have a cutscene playing during gameplay, as long as your cutscene doesn't try to control the same things as the gameplay such as the player's camera.

 

In the Cinema Suite -> Cinema Director -> Prefabs folder you have a ScreenshotCapturer script (similar to the one from MS80).
It works fine; I just have tested it to make these .png files transformed into a .gif file with Animation Shop :

 

It's from my educational project "3D Theater"... so easy to do with Cinema Director !

 

Thanks p6r, did not know that!
Your "3D Theater" looks great, I like the toon shading and the characters!

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems CinemaDirector's "SetParent" actor track does NOTHING ?!?
I attached a script which does set the actor to a parent (actor track) with option to set the local position or not. If you want to unparent the actor, just leave "Parent" (in inspector) empty.

 

Thanks a lot MS80.
And thanks for your scripts too...
6R

 

Yes...we've been away on holidays. Sorry about that.

We do provide frame by frame export - here's some instructions on how to use it:

Sorry again for the delay,

Dan

 

Thank you for your help on this. Much appreciated!

 

This may be a bug. I know that the way hierarchy works in Unity 5.3 is a bit different. Can you let me know some more details about what you think should happen and what did happen with this event?

 

No Problem, Dan. Holidays are always welcome. I wish you all a happy new year.

Thanks to keep in touch with my question. About CD and Unity personnal edition, it seems that my issue related to livescrubbing on a rotation track ( track http://cinema-suite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=395) happens with the 5.3 too. Do you have an approximative date of fix ?

Regards,

 

Is in the Cinema Director a solution for multi-language included?
Let's say i have a cutscene built with CD and i want to play the voice-wave files depending on the selected language.
How is this possible?

 

This is perfect. (And I wish I didn't miss the cinema director sale, been away on holiday) Especially for doing demo reels and in engine

 

Hello!

Thank you for the amazing work you've put into this toolset!

I'm having a great deal of fun working with this, though I've encountered a few fiddly bits here and there.

One that seems consistently to be happening in 5.3.1: While scrubbing in the timeline editor on a curve track I'm editing, releasing the LMB seems to put a new keyframe in the edited track(s) - with inconsistent values. This made a mess of one of my sequences very quickly while I was editing. It does not do this all the time, but once it starts, I have to shut down Unity and restart.

Jacob

 

Hi Jacob. I had this issue and reported it at the CD support forum (http://cinema-suite.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=395). A fix seems to be in preparation. I hope it will be released soon.

hlx

 

hlx, thanks! I now see you mentioned it above as well. Apparently only happening when scrubbing transform rotation tracks for me also.

Jacob

 

Fix for the issue hlx and I mentioned, from the developer's forum:

"We have resolved the issue. To fix the problem, please follow these steps:

1. In your project, go to Assets > Cinema Suite > System > Editor > Controls > TrackItemControls, and open the CinemaActorCurveControl.cs file.
2. Change the value for THRESHOLD from 0.000001f to 0.0001f.
3. Save the file.

It seems that Unity 5.3 rounds rotation values to a max of 4 decimal places now. This should fix the issue, and the fix will be included in the next update for Cinema Director."

 

Yes, It works for me.It is so cool to scrub the timeline without creating so many undesired keyframes.
Thansk for giving the information, Jacob.

hlx

 

My video made with Cinema Director and Megafiers to test dynamic animations directly made within Unity :

6R

 

EDIT: I found it!!! The animation must be set to legacy (inspector debug). This was easy, now everything works like a charm! But how does "blend animation" and "cross fade animation" work?

Hi!
Could you please describe in detail how to use legacy animations with Cinema Director?
Does the gameobject itself need a "animation" or "animator" component assigned?
Is there any example scene how to play legacy animation?

I have created a actor group => Animation/Play animation, have selected a animation (it even shows me the correct duration of the animtion), but Director will not play the assigned animation => error:

The animation state New Animation could not be played because it couldn't be found!
Please attach an animation clip with the name 'New Animation' or call this function only for existing animations.
UnityEngine.Animationlay(String)
CinemaDirector.PlayAnimationEvent:UpdateTime(GameObject, Single, Single) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/Cutscene Items/Actor Items/Animation/PlayAnimationEvent.cs:50)
CinemaDirector.ActorItemTrack:UpdateTrack(Single, Single) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TimelineTracks/ActorItemTrack.cs:166)
CinemaDirector.TrackGroup:UpdateTrackGroup(Single, Single) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/TrackGroups/Base/TrackGroup.cs:68)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene:UpdateCutscene(Single) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:193)
CinemaDirector.Cutscene:ScrubToTime(Single) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Runtime/Cutscene.cs:246)
DirectorWindow:directorControl_ScrubCutscene(Object, CinemaDirectorArgs) (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Editor/DirectorWindow.cs:248)
DirectorControl:updateTimelineHeader(Rect, Rect)
DirectorControl:OnGUI(Rect, CutsceneWrapper)
DirectorWindow:OnGUI() (at Assets/Cinema Suite/Cinema Director/System/Editor/DirectorWindow.cs:307)
UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI()

How would you solve the following situation with CinemaDirector?
My assumption: using "play animation" (legacy) as the whole animation is shown as a clip with duration in Director?!

• scene with lots of simple animated gameobjects, no way to do this with curves in CinemaDirector
• animated parent objects with animated child objects and hierarchy
• no character animation

 

Hey, does Cinema Director support Quick Time Events? Best example of what I have in mind is Heavy Rain.

 

Hi guys, great asset!

Just letting people know that I've just added support for Cinema Director to LipSync, so you can now trigger LipSync dialogue from Cinema Director cutscenes, just download the extension package from LipSync's Extensions Window.

Thanks!

 

What would be the best way to move characters around (on uneven terrain) during a cutscene? The surface is not flat but with slopes up and down, so just settin an animation and moving position using a curve would not work in this case.

I can trigger a custom script that moves my character along a waypoint line, but then cinema director would not really know when the characters arrive at a certain point (short of pausing cinema director, and resuming at a certain destination - however then I cannot move the camera the way i want).

This may be a simple issue, but any tips would be nice

 

Hi, I've just seen there is an update to the cinema suite 1.2.0.0, but I cannot find the changelog.
Do you know where I can find it before downloading the package?
Thanks!

 

The fix went out a couple of weeks ago in v1.4.4.0. Hope that you are still using and enjoying the product!

 

That is an interesting problem. We do not have a turnkey solution for this. It really depends how different in length the audio clips are. If they can all be kept at approximately the same length, we could create a custom "Play Audio" script which loads the corresponding clip depending on the language.

If they can be widely different lengths, then it may be better to just copy/paste a cutscene, re-cut it to the new lengths, so that camera shots match, and load the appropriate cutscene at runtime.

 

Thanks for the kind words. Sorry that you were having issues. I saw that you got the fix, hopefully things are going smooth now, let us know if you run into any other problems.