My Idea is to replace the video thing to the left of the main menu with a map like the Shell Map on Generals. Of course it will not rotate but I was wondering if it is possible at all.
Just need to create an appropriate single frame video.
By this do you mean record it in a certian way not known to me straigh off the computer say using a digital Camcorder or what.
Please tell me what you ment by that.
I assume you are intending to have an ingame screenshot of a map. As such, the video only needs to have that shot as a single frame - thus keeping the fileesize of the video small. For that you would just use a cropped screen capture.
If you are planning on having some actual video footage then you'd have to look into the game's recording system (don't ask me about that cos I know nothing about it).
Or use handheld pointed at the screen but the quality in that case would be poor. If you have and know how to use digital video output direct from the computer then that would work well.
As for tutorials, not sure. I've seen one or two around but as for where I can't recall. Just use a search engine to try and find appropriate sites - that's all I'd be doing if trying to find out for you. I know you'll need RAD video tools which can be downloaded from DeeZire's download section.
Shell Map in RA2
