Sunday, May 18, 2008

TF2 Demo Recording Info

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Demo_Video_Creation

http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Help:Recording_demos


-First you must have your console enabled in game.

-To enable console go Options > Keyboard > Advanced > Enable developers console

-Use the ~ key to open console

-record [demoname] - Starts recording a demo of the current gameplay under the specified filename. The demo will be saved as demoname.dem in the \Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\[username]\[game name]\[game name]\ directory along with all its associated files.

stop - Stops recording the current demo.

demoui or SHIFT + F2 - Opens a small demo user interface which looks like a media player, but makes the opening and playing of demos much easier, including the ability to FF, REW and skip to specific points in the demo. You can use demoui2 to open the advanced demo user interface.

playdemo [demoname] - Plays back a pre-recorded demo of name demoname.dem.

stopdemo - Stops playback of the currently playing demo.

demopause - Pauses playback of the currently playing demo.

demoresume - Resumes playback of the currently paused demo.

listdemo [demoname] - Provides details of the specified demo file.

demo_recordcommands [0,1] - If set to 1, records any commands typed at the console into demo files.

startmovie - Starts recording movie frames, stored in the \Program Files\Valve\Steam\SteamApps\[username]\[game name]\[game name]\ directory as .tga files.

endmovie - Stops recording movie frames.