GUIDE · SCENARIO EDITOR
Scenario cinematics
Create camera sequences that introduce a mission, highlight locations, or present a story moment. Cinematics guide the player’s view without replacing the playable scenario.

Overview
Create camera sequences that introduce a mission, highlight locations, or present a story moment. Cinematics guide the player’s view without replacing the playable scenario.
How this system affects decisions
This rule affects scenario editor. Read the entry’s stated mechanics together with its requirements and related unit or technology pages; its practical value depends on which parts of that system are active in the current match.
How to use this reference
Create camera sequences that introduce a mission, highlight locations, or present a story moment. Cinematics guide the player’s view without replacing the playable scenario. In custom scenarios, this tool or rule shapes the authored map rather than an ordinary ranked-match opening. Its effect depends on the objects, conditions, and player slots used in that scenario.
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- Scenario Editor
- Signature / category
- How it works
- Release / context
- Age of Empires II system
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- Scenario Editor
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