✅ Verified in-game — deeper pass: surfaced the temp_placeholder default texture and the forced-zero fade times, documented the slide-chaining behavior of PlaceholderSequence, noted the MrxUtil import is unused; both functions and zero-Event.* re-confirmed

MrxCinematic

Module: mrxcinematic.lua

Overview

The MrxCinematic module is a placeholder slideshow system used for displaying sequences of slides in the game’s HUD. It provides functions to chain and display slides with zero fade times, using default textures if none are specified.

Inheritance

Inherits from: none — base/utility module
Imports: MrxUtil (imported but no MrxUtil.* call appears in the two functions — the import looks vestigial)

Instance pattern

This is a stateless manager/utility module (no per-instance tables). It does not track any persistent state.

Functions

`PlaceholderSequence(tSlides, fCallback, tCallbackArgs)`

Chains slides so each _DisplaySlide calls the next. The last slide carries the final callback with arguments. Sets fade times to zero for all slides.

`_DisplaySlide(tSlideData)`

Displays a single slide using the HUD’s cinematic placeholder system. Defaults the texture to "temp_placeholder" if none is provided and shows the slide.

Events

Listens for no specific engine events (internal chaining mechanism).

Notes for modders

This is exactly what the name says — a placeholder. Every fade time is forced to 0 and any slide without an sTexture falls back to the debug texture "temp_placeholder". It renders through Hud.CinematicPlaceholder:Show(tSlideData). Treat it as stand-in cinematic scaffolding, not a finished slideshow system.
Slide table shape: pass PlaceholderSequence(tSlides, fCallback, tCallbackArgs) where tSlides is an array of slide-data tables (each may carry sTexture, plus whatever Hud.CinematicPlaceholder:Show consumes). PlaceholderSequence rewrites the fCallback/tCallbackData/nFadeInTime/nFadeOutTime fields to chain the slides, so don’t set those yourself — the final callback you pass fires after the last slide.