Escape the Backrooms

Escape the Backrooms

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How to get a custom death screen
By Zealous
This guide will show you how to put your own custom video into the game!!!
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How to locate your current death screen file
Right click on "Escape the Backrooms" in your games tab and go to Manage > Browse Local Files.

Next you want to navigate to:
EscapeTheBackrooms > EscapeTheBackrooms > Content > Movies

The video will be named "Eject". I would recommend copying/saving this video to your desktop or somewhere else safe in case you want to revert these changes later. Another option is naming it something else so the game will not be able to locate it, and you can store it with the rest of the game files.
Uploading your own file into the game
I have done some testing and troubleshooting for this part. What I have found is that you can only use mp4 files.

The good news is that any length of mp4 so far has been accepted as a death screen. Not-so-bad news, the game will not play the whole video, only five seconds. However, it plays regardless and also bug-free.

YOU MUST RENAME YOUR CUSTOM VIDEO TO "Eject.mp4" FOR THIS TO WORK

Examples of successful changes:




None of the 'mov', 'webm', etc. extensions have worked for me so far. They all produce this:

If you can get it to work that would be awesome, just post a comment of which file type you used so I can update the guide. I doubt it would work however because the developer most likely used a line of code that has a direct reference to the file "Eject.mp4". We'll see...

YOU CAN ALSO PROBABLY DO THIS FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL MOVIE ON PURIFYING ENTITIES.
What a failed upload looks like
This is an example of what it looks like if you upload a file that isn't an mp4:

The "Eject" file will become an exception, if not an mp4, and handled accordingly. It should not crash the game, but it also will not show at all.
Good luck putting random memes into the game :DD
Idk if you can tag or anything, but you could comment on my profile if you want to send me your end results. Have fun!!!

Comment any problems you have so I can help troubleshoot :D
12 Comments
type 9 Jul @ 4:09am 
no one commeted on this so far so im just gonna say that im going to put a wasted screen effect from gta V
peopleperson 5 Apr @ 1:05pm 
the zealous starfury
peopleperson 5 Apr @ 1:05pm 
good stuff zealous, you are one of the best rarities of items in terraria
*insert player name here* 22 Oct, 2023 @ 2:51pm 
thanks know i can look at my own short videos
Zealous  [author] 12 Jul, 2023 @ 2:42am 
forgot to mention no audio. oh well
ginjuken 11 Jul, 2023 @ 8:24pm 
NOTE: No audio is present (RIP gnome OOH)
ginjuken 11 Jul, 2023 @ 8:23pm 
Thanks for the funny guide Zealous
ginjuken 11 Jul, 2023 @ 8:23pm 
also, Stormz's suggestion works
ginjuken 11 Jul, 2023 @ 8:23pm 
this actually works
xXIIStormzIIXx 1 Jul, 2023 @ 9:22am 
found out that if it does not work even with ''Eject.mp4'' then just using ''Eject'' (as it is the real ones name) will work :steamthumbsup: