Demo Recording Tips?

KazyrasKazyras Join Date: 2002-11-23 Member: 9722Members
in NS General Discussion
<div class="IPBDescription">Sluggy/laggish demo playback</div> I just recorded my first full length NS demo.. and when I watch it, boy is it laggy. You can basically only tell I'm jumping because of the sound it makes, it's really hard to tell by just looking at the screen. Any way to fix this? Any way to make it as (or nearly as) smooth as the actual gameplay? Is this a recording problem or a playback problem? Is this normal? The HUD isn't showing up either. Besides my weapon, you can only see the res count, the comm name, and the health/armor.
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  • KazyrasKazyras Join Date: 2002-11-23 Member: 9722Members
    Anyone?
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    I don't really know that much about the missing frames, but I do know that a lot of the ingame sprites don't show up in demo's.
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  • N1ghtN1ght Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15301Members
    this maybe a one off type thing, theres quite a few bugs associated with hldemos, i suggest trying another demo
    im assuming you werent really lagging in game or having much packet loss ? because that would effect your demo
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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 6146Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Hmm... try increasing your "rate" before you take the demo.
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  • SandrockSandrock Join Date: 2002-12-16 Member: 10905Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Though I don't know where the exact post is, I believe MonsE said there is a problem recording demos in NS when running over 60FPS. I know other mods dont have this problem, but apparently NS does. Try recording a sample demo at less than 60FPS and let us know if it still happens.
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  • un_lapinun_lapin Join Date: 2003-07-21 Member: 18323Members
    cl_updaterate 100 will make the demo smooth
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  • MonsieurEvilMonsieurEvil Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 4Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    72 FPS <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->. Just set your max to 72 ingame and it will look less jumpy.

    And yes, other mods have the same issue (it's engine, not mod).

    As someone who does a lot of movie work, I might suggest ditching HL demo recording and move up to <a href='http://www.fraps.com' target='_blank'>http://www.fraps.com</a> . NS does not allow you to record some portions of action correctly right now, and probably will continue until a post 2.0 patch. Using FRAPS means you can make some decent (and portable!) AVI's, edit them, add titles and effects, share with friends, loved ones, etc. The latest version is $30 (I bought it the moment I noticed), but the previous 1.99 and earlier versions are freeware.
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