Button-activated .bik video?
Okay, so I was thinking for my first chamber I was going to have the player walk over to a spot, press a button, and all of a sudden the reactor core explosion .bik video plays. (also starting dramatic music)
Is there a way to do this and have the video invisible until the player activates it? I also want to make it the size of the room and have the player able to walk through it like a hologram....
Yes, there is!
So what you want to do is make a vgui_movie_display entity with the following properties:
Movie Filename: media/bluescreen.bik
Loop Movie:Yes
Stretch to Fill: Yes (Make sure based on your size it still looks nice)
Now change the height and width of the screen in the properties.
Next to trigger the movie on with a button, make the output:
Onpressed, screen name, enable.
To be on the safe side I would also add this output to the button as well:
Onpressed, !self, lock
Hope that helps you out!
So what you want to do is make a vgui_movie_display entity with the following properties:
Movie Filename: media/bluescreen.bik
Loop Movie:Yes
Stretch to Fill: Yes (Make sure based on your size it still looks nice)
Now change the height and width of the screen in the properties.
Next to trigger the movie on with a button, make the output:
Onpressed, screen name, enable.
To be on the safe side I would also add this output to the button as well:
Onpressed, !self, lock
Hope that helps you out!
yes, this helps quite a lot :3
I wish there were demonstration videos for all the test elements.
it would be a lot easier than making those custom signs and whatnot...
Will the video itself be invisible until i activate it?
Yes, it will start invisible 
it would be a lot easier than making those custom signs and whatnot...
I also, but you can't make tutorials for every single thing. You sometimes have to figure out by yourself.
I'm trying to learn AfterEffects so I can make videos like that, but until then you're stuck with ones like in the Shadows of Time.