Demo / Game Recording ?

ChromeAngelChromeAngel Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 14Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
in NS2 General Discussion
I don't recall this being mentioned before. Is the NS2 game engine planned to include a sub-system for recording and playing back games?

Something similar to how Source does it maybe?
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  • rsdrsd Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13405Members
    I really, reallyreally hope there is some demo recording mechanism. Some kind of HLTV like proxy for high profile matches would also be useful.
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  • BacillusBacillus Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58241Members
    I can't see them skipping such features as long as they're trying to create a competetive game.
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  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    Heck, even if it's not geared for competitiveness, making videos in-game is useful for publicity and such and people want it, so I sure hope they include it.
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  • GaussWaffleGaussWaffle Join Date: 2008-02-22 Member: 63708Members
    Ya, that'd be sweet. I'd like to look back at some inevitably epic games I'll play ;p
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  • badtripbadtrip Join Date: 2008-07-24 Member: 64689Members
    You really don't want the game to be released? there's softwares that do that...like fraps....
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  • ChromeAngelChromeAngel Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 14Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--quoteo(post=1699479:date=Feb 4 2009, 09:00 PM:name=badtrip)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(badtrip @ Feb 4 2009, 09:00 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1699479"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->You really don't want the game to be released? there's softwares that do that...like fraps....<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    To record the video and audio of a whole game with FRAPS would take gigs of data and impact on performance, not something you want while your playing a competitive game. You certainly wouldn't record a 45 minute game speculatively, just in case something interesting happened as you can with a more efficient built in recording system.
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  • BacillusBacillus Join Date: 2006-11-02 Member: 58241Members
    HLTV is absolutely brilliant too btw.
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  • RideRide Join Date: 2003-11-11 Member: 22511Members
    True, some sort of HLTV like spectating mode would be terrific, even though I guess it’s not very high on UWEs priority list..

    As for demos, I’d stick with the old fashioned HL way of recording demos, just that it should be like it when you were watching HLTV demos (so that you can actually choose the player you wanna watch, their angle, anything) - plain HL demos were way too flat.

    Savage 2 has this system that EVERY game ever played is being stored in their replay database. Kind of not neccessary if you ask me, especially their problems when it comes to competitive games - some fail to get recorded while some completely boring game does.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    Yes, but we may not have that right at launch. We'll see.
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  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    Good to hear.
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  • PrefixPrefix Éirinn go Brách Join Date: 2006-12-31 Member: 59353Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1699483:date=Feb 4 2009, 09:10 PM:name=ChromeAngel)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ChromeAngel @ Feb 4 2009, 09:10 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1699483"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->To record the video and audio of a whole game with FRAPS would take gigs of data and impact on performance, not something you want while your playing a competitive game. You certainly wouldn't record a 45 minute game speculatively, just in case something interesting happened as you can with a more efficient built in recording system.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    To add to this point, you have to pay for fraps.

    You've already paid for the game, and other titles in the same genre include inbuilt demo systems.
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  • tigersmithtigersmith Join Date: 2004-11-11 Member: 32749Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter
    <!--quoteo(post=1699494:date=Feb 4 2009, 07:19 PM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Max @ Feb 4 2009, 07:19 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1699494"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yes, but we may not have that right at launch. We'll see.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Excellent max as long as its coming
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