I just downloaded these and ive been watching them but these are almost all scenes that I remember from the PS1 version... were they not in the PC version or something? Havent had time to play it yet but..

Of wing commander 3 that is

That's right--they're in the PSOne (and 3DO) ports, but not the PC version.

Back in 1994, a lot of people still had first generation 1X CD-ROM drives, which couldn't read the now-standard 74-minute CDs. The original plan wasn't to support these drives at all, but late in the game Origin realized they needed that audience even if they couldn't run the game very well... so the game had to ship on 63-minute CDs instead. Which meant cutting unnecessary video, which ended up being the news reports and (oddly) Hobbes' explanation of why he betrayed you.

I see. How depressing. seems if they had to cut things they coulda cut those unnecessary transitions lol. Oh well. Thanks for the info

Most if not all of the videos can also be seen at http://www.wcnews.com/. Excellent site for WC related material.

True! Although these ones should be a little nicer than the ones that have been at wcnews forever--we ripped them straight from the Playstation version and encoded them in a more modern format. (That's true of most of the extras--made a point of making them a little nicer than what was already available.)

I I was lucky enough to buy the official origin guide to WC3 back in the day that came with the behind the scenes CD-ROM, I still have it in my closet somewhere...

I loved that guide. Mine is still sitting right beside me even now.

Mine is on my bookshelf, I'll pull it out after I fire up WC3 (probably after football season)...

Is there a guide to when these scenes are supposed to take place? Preferably as spoiler-free as possible (eg- "sc_138 after Orsini 1", or whatever).

^ i second this. it'd be cool to have some sort of reference.

Sure thing! Here are the notes from the script on where to include each scene, and an index of which series is which below.

SC_138A
Available for play and replay throughout Series L, M and N

SC_219A
The ground scene for Freya 2.

SC_220A
The ground scene for Hyperon 1.

SC_221A
The ground scene for Kilrah 4.

SC_501A
Available throughout Series B/C, or Series E/F, or Series H/I.

SC_502A
Available on Losing Track, throughout Series C and Series F.

SC_503A
Available throughout Series D (could also be available in Series E and Series F).

SC_504A
Available only If Mission D2 lost. Can by played throughout Series F, Series G and possibly even Series I.

SC_505A
Available after first mission of Series G, and throughout Series H, Series I and Series J.

SC_506A
Available throughout Series L and Series M

SC_507A
Available throughout Series L and/or Series M.

SC_508A
Available throughout Series M and N.

SC_509A
Available throughout Series M.

SC_510A
Available throughout Series N.

SC_511A
Available throughout Series R (until Mission R2 commences).

SC_512A
This newsbrief can be placed almost anywhere (as needed). (Wherever placed, however, it should span a maximum of 3 series.)

SC_513A
This newsbrief can be placed almost anywhere (as needed). (Again, it should not span more than 3 series.) Should this be placed prior to Mission E2, however, the player may actually be rewarded for playing (and paying attention to) the newsbriefs.

SC_514A
This newsbrief can be available anywhere from Series D through Series I.

SC_515A
This newsbrief should be available from Series J through Series N.

Index:
Series A - - Orsini System
Series B - - Tamayo System
Series C - - Tamayo System (Losing)
Series D - - Locanda System
Series E - - Blackmane System
Series F - - Blackmane System (Losing)
Series G - - Ariel System
Series H - - Caliban Nebula
Series I - - Delius System
Series J - - Torgo System
Series K - - Loki System
Series L - - Alcor System
Series M - - Freya System
Series N - - Hyperion System
Series P - - Kilrah System
Series R - - Proxima System