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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: holyknight on September 16, 2006, 08:12:28 pm

Title: demo
Post by: holyknight on September 16, 2006, 08:12:28 pm

how do you make demos?  :oops:
sorry if this is kind of a spam, but I couldn't find anything of how to make a demo through search thing

Title: demo
Post by: DarkRogue on September 16, 2006, 09:16:27 pm

/record demoname

Title: demo
Post by: Aninhumer on September 17, 2006, 03:23:55 pm

It's not as bad as people repeatedly asking what codec they need to play the demo movies  :roll:

Title: demo
Post by: Taiyo.uk on September 17, 2006, 03:51:30 pm

Quote from: "Aninhumer"

It's not as bad as people repeatedly asking what codec they need to play the demo movies  :roll:

trempeg  :wink:

Title: demo
Post by: dispater on September 19, 2006, 08:39:06 am

yes iknow a /demo (name) will start the recording but what about stopping it?
imean i want to record then stop it then still be on the server. iknow this may sound stupid but plz help..iknow /stoprecord stops it and then /demo (name) replays it but where is the file when i log out? its not there and then when i restart trem the file doesnt exist...

Title: demo
Post by: Luskan on September 19, 2006, 11:05:45 am

/stoprecord   I think (Not being sarcasted i'm not 100% sure =p)

Title: demo
Post by: Undeference on September 19, 2006, 01:26:11 pm

For demos it's /record and /stoprecord
For AVIs it's /video and /stopvideo

Title: demo
Post by: Glunnator on September 19, 2006, 02:05:10 pm

Quote from: "Undeference"

For demos it's /record and /stoprecord
For AVIs it's /video and /stopvideo

I'd advise you to stick with /demo and /stopdemo unless you have the VERY LATEST BADDASS SUPERCOMPUTER.

When i use /video my game goes all laggy to about 5 fps and when i find and watch teh avi it is made of ONLY those 5 fps, but still at the usual speed! Meaning Super-fast forward! 0.0

Title: demo
Post by: Undeference on September 19, 2006, 09:41:54 pm

Whoa! I could see this thread being very confusing due to the misuse of /demo in place of /record. If anyone is confused:

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/demo demonamePlays a demo named demoname.

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/stopdemoDoes not exist. You probably meant /stoprecord.

Code: [Select]

/record demonameRecords a demo named demoname (or demoXXXX.dm_69 where XXXX are some numbers).

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/stoprecordStops recording a demo.

Title: demo
Post by: rasz_pl on September 19, 2006, 10:26:17 pm

Quote from: "Glunnator"

Quote from: "Undeference"

For demos it's /record and /stoprecord
For AVIs it's /video and /stopvideo

I'd advise you to stick with /demo and /stopdemo unless you have the VERY LATEST BADDASS SUPERCOMPUTER.

When i use /video my game goes all laggy to about 5 fps and when i find and watch teh avi it is made of ONLY those 5 fps, but still at the usual speed! Meaning Super-fast forward! 0.0

did you set it up to save in mjpg?

btw, can you do /video blabla while playing back the demo?

Title: demo
Post by: holyknight on September 19, 2006, 11:33:01 pm

Quote from: "Undeference"

Whoa! I could see this thread being very confusing due to the misuse of /demo in place of /record. If anyone is confused:

Code: [Select]

/demo demonamePlays a demo named demoname.

Code: [Select]

/stopdemoDoes not exist. You probably meant /stoprecord.

Code: [Select]

/record demonameRecords a demo named demoname (or demoXXXX.dm_69 where XXXX are some numbers).

Code: [Select]

/stoprecordStops recording a demo.

you can just go /record and the demo will be saved as "demo0000"

Title: demo
Post by: Undeference on September 20, 2006, 02:55:50 am

Quote from: "holyknight"

Quote from: "Undeference"

Code: [Select]

/record demonameRecords a demo named demoname (or demoXXXX.dm_69 where XXXX are some numbers).

you can just go /record and the demo will be saved as "demo0000"

Title: demo
Post by: dolive on September 29, 2006, 03:38:41 am

i can get it to access a video and start playing it, but right after it loads the map, its send me right back to the first main menu screen?   Point is: the vids wont play for me!

Title: demo
Post by: 1337 1 on September 29, 2006, 07:15:11 am

I use fraps.  Its a good little program that allows you to start and stop recording at the press of a button.  It also takes screenshots.  If you really like taking demos etc, then you have to get it.

Title: demo
Post by: holyknight on September 29, 2006, 11:31:12 pm

what's fraps? And where do I get it...?

Title: demo
Post by: Ryanw4390 on January 17, 2007, 06:09:57 pm

Yeah I know its an old topic or whatever but where do you get fraps?

Title: demo
Post by: Caveman on January 17, 2007, 07:47:43 pm

www.google.de|com|whatever

What a surprise to see only links to where one can d/l this.

Title: demo
Post by: Baxter on January 17, 2007, 08:03:10 pm

fraps laggs for me but my video card 64 mb <.<

Title: demo
Post by: OverFlow on January 17, 2007, 10:02:30 pm

Probably the best solution to making videos of gameplay is to first 'demo' it live, while its happening, then play back the demo with nice settings (AA and all that) but set timescale to .5 or lower, then reduce your recording framerate accordingly.  Although it doesnt work well with sounds...

Title: demo
Post by: Ryanw4390 on January 18, 2007, 03:16:17 am

Quote

What a surprise to see only links to where one can d/l this.

Thanks, would have never tried to locate it on google first before I posted here... May I ask what you type in the search box on google?

Title: demo
Post by: Diggs on January 18, 2007, 05:04:54 pm

Quote from: "Ryanw4390"

Quote

What a surprise to see only links to where one can d/l this.

Thanks, would have never tried to locate it on google first before I posted here... May I ask what you type in the search box on google?

Geez - I can't take this anymore...

Try typing Fraps into google (Ya think?)

Better yet, try (wait for it) www.fraps.com

Now that wasn't so hard now was it.  (Sorry for all the sarcasm.)


Diggs

Title: demo
Post by: tomek-k on January 18, 2007, 06:28:20 pm

lol

Title: Rewind/Forward
Post by: FisherP on January 19, 2007, 01:29:24 am

I know how to make, stop and play a demo but it there a way to rewind, fastforward etc???

Title: Re: Rewind/Forward
Post by: Lava Croft on January 19, 2007, 08:23:13 am

Quote from: "FisherP"

I know how to make, stop and play a demo but it there a way to rewind, fastforward etc???

This has been asked and answered several times and I am not linking another lazy person.

Title: Re: Rewind/Forward
Post by: Foobicam on January 20, 2007, 05:26:28 pm

Quote from: "FisherP"

I know how to make, stop and play a demo but it there a way to rewind, fastforward etc???

http://tremulous.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2702

What it doesn't say is if tremulous itself or a derivative application is capable of:

* editing a native demo (not video) file after it has been created, e.g. to extract a clip
* viewing a demo following a player other than the one used during recording, or from an overhead tracking, fixed, or free spectator camera
* playing in reverse, jog/roll, jumping to a specific timecode

Presumably none of these things are currently supported, but with open source they could be some day.

Title: demo
Post by: Glunnator on January 20, 2007, 05:44:11 pm

I think this stuff should all be put into a single locked sticky topic ( And i'm NOT talking about the FAQ!), so that we never have to listen to these questions again, and if we do, we can have the joy or shouting 'noob! look at stickies!' and such. Although I don't feel like we really _have_ to start shouting noob as soon as anyone overlooks something...  :roll:

Title: demo
Post by: Foobicam on January 20, 2007, 06:05:56 pm

Quote from: "Glunnator"

I think this stuff should all be put into a single locked sticky topic ...

Agree, although I'm not sure why the FAQ shouldn't be the place.

The bitchers can continue to bitch, the explainers can continue to explain (even to lazy noobs), and the overmind can judge which is best.

Title: demo
Post by: FisherP on January 20, 2007, 07:24:06 pm

Quote from: "Glunnator"

I think this stuff should all be put into a single locked sticky topic ( And i'm NOT talking about the FAQ!), so that we never have to listen to these questions again, and if we do, we can have the joy or shouting 'noob! look at stickies!' and such. Although I don't feel like we really _have_ to start shouting noob as soon as anyone overlooks something...  :roll:

I think this is a GOOD idea, if as Lava_Croft says, this question has been asked SOO many times that Lava can't either answer the question or make the sticky post himself then it should be sticky, or in the manual, the FAQ, or somewhere easly accessable. Oh and if it is a FAQ, then why not put it in the FAQ?

Foobicam, Thank you for spending the time to link to this post. The problem isn't in finding Demo related stuff, its in finding everything in one post. The answers to "how do you play.." are in different posts from "can you do... in a demo"

Title: demo
Post by: Lava Croft on January 20, 2007, 07:55:22 pm

Quote from: "FisherP"

if as Lava_Croft says, this question has been asked SOO many times that Lava can't either answer the question

The thing is, why should I spend time on linking you to stuff you can easily find yourself, because you ask a question that has been asked and answered before. That makes you either lazy, devoid of initiative, or both.

Title: demo
Post by: FisherP on January 22, 2007, 01:15:06 am

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

Quote from: "FisherP"

if as Lava_Croft says, this question has been asked SOO many times that Lava can't either answer the question

The thing is, why should I spend time on linking you to stuff you can easily find yourself, because you ask a question that has been asked and answered before. That makes you either lazy, devoid of initiative, or both.

Lava, if you weren't going to be of any help why did you spend the time to post a responce? If you are going to be abusive, or post derogatory responces then maybe it's time you have a holiday. Please note that I have not called you lazy or used any derogatory terms in reference to you. Why should you be disrepectful of me?

Title: Re: Rewind/Forward
Post by: FisherP on January 22, 2007, 01:24:06 am

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

Quote from: "FisherP"

I know how to make, stop and play a demo but it there a way to rewind, fastforward etc???

This has been asked and answered several times and I am not linking another lazy person.

WHO said I wanted an answer from you????
 

Quote from: "Lava Croft"

Quote from: "FisherP"

if as Lava_Croft says, this question has been asked SOO many times that Lava can't either answer the question

The thing is, why should I spend time on linking you to stuff you can easily find yourself, because you ask a question that has been asked and answered before. That makes you either lazy, devoid of initiative, or both.

If you weren't going to be of any help why did you spend the time to post a responce in the first place?

Please note that I have not called you lazy or used any derogatory terms in reference to you. What makes you think that you should be disrepectful of me? If you are going to be abusive, or post derogatory responces then maybe it's time you have a holiday.

Title: Re: Rewind/Forward
Post by: next_ghost on January 22, 2007, 11:25:57 am

Quote from: "FisherP"

If you weren't going to be of any help why did you spend the time to post a responce in the first place?

Please note that I have not called you lazy or used any derogatory terms in reference to you. What makes you think that you should be disrepectful of me? If you are going to be abusive, or post derogatory responces then maybe it's time you have a holiday.

He DID the ONLY thing that can help you.

Title: demo
Post by: v0rt3x on August 18, 2007, 08:58:57 pm

I don't s'pose there's a (prefereably free) screen recorderfor mac is there? i'd love that :) also, is there a macintosh compatible version of fraps?