How to play old ns demos!?

Router_BoxRouter_Box Join Date: 2004-09-07 Member: 31483Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">tell me pls</div>ok so I have bunch of old ns demos and no matter what I try, i can't seem to figure out how to play them. Perhaps you pro-stars could figure it out for me.


<a href="http://www.routerbox.org/ns/demos.zip" target="_blank">http://www.routerbox.org/ns/demos.zip</a>

these were taken in either 3.2 or 3.1, can't remember, it was years ago. Please amazing ns community, rez them for me!

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  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    edited February 2010
    I would guess the same way you watch any HL1-based replay.

    Drop the .dem files in your ns folder (Steam/Steamapps/<username>/half-life/ns/). Then fire up Natural Selection.

    Once in-game (just at the title menu is fine), open up the console (use the ~ key) then type the following:

    viewdemo <file name>
    spec_autodirector 0
  • TalisTalis Join Date: 2005-01-21 Member: 36519Members, Constellation
    After the hl version was updated, you have had to change some lines in the demo files with hex editor. I just couldnt find the article that fana made of it in ninelegends.com, I just recall that you had to open the demo file with some hex editor and change lines 2F into 30. There was 2 of them.
  • spellman23spellman23 NS1 Theorycraft Expert Join Date: 2007-05-17 Member: 60920Members
    Oh... we're talking that old...
  • TalisTalis Join Date: 2005-01-21 Member: 36519Members, Constellation
    It's not so long ago, maybe year or little more. When playing older than that demos it says something like "the server has older protocol 47". They changed something, but I have no idea what, dunno really if it was a version update of some sort.
  • ShYShY Join Date: 2005-04-28 Member: 50328Members
    ANYONE REMEMBER HOSTESS?????
  • JirikiJiriki retired ns1 player Join Date: 2003-01-04 Member: 11780Members, NS1 Playtester, Squad Five Silver
    Get HLAE and use the Demotools to convert the demo to new protocol version.

    Then download the <a href="http://www.ninelegends.com/files/index.php?dir=Games/Natural%20Selection/" target="_blank">specific version</a> and play it from console. You can use NS wiki's NS release dates and the demo's modification dates to figure out which version. Demofreak's demo tool can help you there aswell.

    viewdemo somedemo.dem
  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    edited March 2010
    <!--quoteo(post=1754557:date=Feb 22 2010, 07:50 AM:name=Talis)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Talis @ Feb 22 2010, 07:50 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1754557"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->After the hl version was updated, you have had to change some lines in the demo files with hex editor. I just couldnt find the article that fana made of it in ninelegends.com, I just recall that you had to open the demo file with some hex editor and change lines 2F into 30. There was 2 of them.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <a href="http://www.ninelegends.com/features/fixing-old-ns-demos/" target="_blank">http://www.ninelegends.com/features/fixing-old-ns-demos/</a>
    <a href="http://www.ninelegends.com/features/demo-archive/" target="_blank">http://www.ninelegends.com/features/demo-archive/</a>

    Nowadays you can just use HLAE demotools to do it automatically, as jiriki says.
  • Cj_the_DjCj_the_Dj Join Date: 2004-03-18 Member: 27398Members
    that is so cool the website has old archives of CAL matches!

    i can't wait to watch them again

    oooohohoohooo nostalgia <3
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