09-12-2016, 06:50 PM
I'm indifferent about them.
Intro/outro is just additional visual tool for the mission maker. It is coating, fluff. A well made intro is a nice mission detail, but that's it. While I do appreciate mission makers effort I much rather play good mission with no intro rather than flashy stuff in start but no other content.
It should serve some kind of purpose and fit the mission context and style. Increase immersion/mission mood, provide additional information of mission/storyline, etc. If it is just rolling camera over desert with authors name and logo and ripped music of local underground black metal band for several minutes it is just annoying. I liked ALIAS intros in Hello Tanoas. A bit of storytelling with cartoon theme worked well in mercenary style missions.
If intro is long, there should be option to disable it, or bypass it while running. Watching even good intro over and over again if retrying mission is tiresome. It might also be a good idea to disable it for JIPpers.
I don't usually do them simply because I don't know how to. Making them dedicated server compatible is another pain. I have so far made one start cutscene to MP mission, and one to my unreleased SP mission and that's it. I'm likely more inclined to attempt them in a single player missions.
Intro/outro is just additional visual tool for the mission maker. It is coating, fluff. A well made intro is a nice mission detail, but that's it. While I do appreciate mission makers effort I much rather play good mission with no intro rather than flashy stuff in start but no other content.
It should serve some kind of purpose and fit the mission context and style. Increase immersion/mission mood, provide additional information of mission/storyline, etc. If it is just rolling camera over desert with authors name and logo and ripped music of local underground black metal band for several minutes it is just annoying. I liked ALIAS intros in Hello Tanoas. A bit of storytelling with cartoon theme worked well in mercenary style missions.
If intro is long, there should be option to disable it, or bypass it while running. Watching even good intro over and over again if retrying mission is tiresome. It might also be a good idea to disable it for JIPpers.
I don't usually do them simply because I don't know how to. Making them dedicated server compatible is another pain. I have so far made one start cutscene to MP mission, and one to my unreleased SP mission and that's it. I'm likely more inclined to attempt them in a single player missions.