Staredit Network

I want to make a campaign. Here's the catch, though: I want to include the pictures and text screens that appear between missions in the actual campaigns. So I'm pretty sure this isn't a map-making problem. I know that .dat editors have a "campaign" tag, but I don't really know what it does...essentially, how can I put my custom levels in place of Blizzard's and edit the black-screens-with-green-text or change the transition scenes?

Very easy my dear friend. If you look, there are CHK's in the MPQ librabry. These are un-MPQ'ed(I dunno how to say that) Maps. just add them into a new MPQ file, call the CHK staredit\scenario.chk, rename the MPQ to be Mapnamehere.scx//scm
(Depending on Expansion or normal) and edit it from there.
GL HF DD DR!

Thank you very much, I think. Quite frankly, I have no idea what you just said. I'll look up "CHK", but what MPQ library are we talking about here?

Make an MPQ, including replacements for these (or files you used):[codebox]campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss04\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss05\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran04\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran05a\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran05b\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expterran\terran08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\bonus\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04a\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04b\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04c\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04d\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04e\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg04f\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg05\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg09\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expzerg\zerg10\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\multisw\(2)byways\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\multisw\(2)byways\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss04\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss05\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss09\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\protoss10\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\protoss\tutorial\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran04\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran05\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran09\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran10\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran11\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\terran12\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terran\tutorial\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\terran03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\tutorial\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\terraned\tutorial\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg02\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg03\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg04\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg05\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg06\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg07\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg08\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg09\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\zerg\zerg10\staredit\scenario.chk[/codebox]
The text screens (the txt files include what images to change.. I don't really want to dig thoes up too; this is alot as it is.):[codebox]rez\epilog.txt
rez\epilogx.txt
rez\estp01.txt
rez\estp01x.txt
rez\estp02.txt
rez\estp02x.txt
rez\estp03.txt
rez\estp03x.txt
rez\estp04.txt
rez\estp04x.txt
rez\estp05.txt
rez\estp05x.txt
rez\estp06.txt
rez\estp06x.txt
rez\estp07.txt
rez\estp07x.txt
rez\estp08.txt
rez\estp08x.txt
rez\estp09.txt
rez\estp0t.txt
rez\estp10.txt
rez\estt01.txt
rez\estt01x.txt
rez\estt02.txt
rez\estt02x.txt
rez\estt03.txt
rez\estt03x.txt
rez\estt04.txt
rez\estt04x.txt
rez\estt05.txt
rez\estt05ax.txt
rez\estt05bx.txt
rez\estt06.txt
rez\estt06x.txt
rez\estt07.txt
rez\estt07x.txt
rez\estt08.txt
rez\estt08x.txt
rez\estt09.txt
rez\estt0t.txt
rez\estt10.txt
rez\estt11.txt
rez\estt12.txt
rez\estz01.txt
rez\estz01x.txt
rez\estz02.txt
rez\estz02x.txt
rez\estz03.txt
rez\estz03x.txt
rez\estz04.txt
rez\estz04x.txt
rez\estz05.txt
rez\estz05x.txt
rez\estz06.txt
rez\estz06x.txt
rez\estz07.txt
rez\estz07x.txt
rez\estz08.txt
rez\estz08x.txt
rez\estz09.txt
rez\estz09bx.txt
rez\estz09x.txt
rez\estz0t.txt
rez\estz10.txt
rez\estz10x.txt
rez\finz09bx.txt[/codebox]
Then the SMK files (some may not need editing, I did not sort through them):[codebox]smk\preprotoss_1.smk
smk\preprotoss_2.smk
smk\preprotoss_3.smk
smk\preprotoss_4.smk
smk\preterran_1.smk
smk\preterran_2.smk
smk\preterran_3.smk
smk\preterran_4.smk
smk\prezerg_1.smk
smk\prezerg_2.smk
smk\prezerg_3.smk
smk\prezerg_4.smk
smk\protoss1.smk
smk\protoss2.smk
smk\protoss3.smk
smk\protoss4.smk
smk\starintr.smk
smk\starxintr.smk
smk\terran1.smk
smk\terran2.smk
smk\terran3.smk
smk\terran4.smk
smk\xprotoss.smk
smk\xterran.smk
smk\xzerg.smk
smk\zerg1.smk
smk\zerg2.smk
smk\zerg3.smk
smk\zerg4.smk[/codebox]
You can use MPQDraft to make the campaign into an SeMPQ.

Have fun.

Edit: Oh, and to get the CHK files, open your map with WinMPQ and extract the contents.
Put all wav files into …\wav\Filename.wav
E.g.: for "campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\scenario.chk", the sound "combeep0.wav" would go in "campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\wav\" so it would be "campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\wav\combeep0.wav" (Yeah that is confusing)

campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\scenario.chk
campaign\expprotoss\protoss01\staredit\wav\combeep0.wav

That all seems to make sense. I think I could do it if I set my mind to it. At this rate, however, I actually think I'm willing to forsake the pretty little text screens and such in exchange for the ability to make a branching campaign--which is what I'm aiming at. I'll keep this in mind, though, if I decide to make another. I assume the .smk files are the scenes like the Gantrithor floating over the mountains or the infested platform shot?

SMKs are animations I believe

I'm pretty sure this little article will help you

http://www.campaigncreations.org/starcraft.../pc_intro.shtml