Recording yourself

valherus

Date: Sunday, 2008-10-26, 8:40 AM | Message # 1

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Here is some info from OA.ws forums:

command for record a demo:

/record <filename>
/autorecord (if u are on cpma or osp)
/g_synchronousclients 0 (so wont lag as hell)
/stoprecord (to stop it)

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To record you can turn the settings down a bit in fraps to record videos that arent nearly as huge. it also helps if you use a lower resolution (640x480 works nicely) when recording videos if you are recording them at full size in the fraps settings. changing the fraps recording framerate to 25fps helps a bit as well.

I would also suggest recording with xfire instead (edit quake 3 arena's entry in xfire to work with open arena or make a custom config), but in my experience for some reason it makes all of my recordings really dark.

Useful commands:

/set timescale 0.1
/video
/demo [your-demo]

Path:

in windows C:/Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\OpenArena
always saved as: <filename>.dm_68

jessicaRA

Date: Sunday, 2008-10-26, 3:56 PM | Message # 2

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this works for me as long as the demos are renamed after a session meow:

Code

bind f5 vstr drecord
bind f6 stoprecord
bind f7 vstr rerecord
set drecord "vstr dr0"
set dr0 "record tmp0; set drecord vstr dr1; set rerecord vstr dr0"
set dr1 "record tmp1; set drecord vstr dr2; set rerecord vstr dr1"
set dr2 "record tmp2; set drecord vstr dr3; set rerecord vstr dr2"
set dr3 "record tmp3; set drecord vstr dr4; set rerecord vstr dr3"
set dr4 "record tmp4; set drecord vstr dr5; set rerecord vstr dr4"
set dr5 "record tmp5; set drecord vstr dr6; set rerecord vstr dr5"
set dr6 "record tmp6; set drecord vstr dr7; set rerecord vstr dr6"
set dr7 "record tmp7; set drecord vstr dr8; set rerecord vstr dr7"
set dr8 "record tmp8; set drecord vstr dr9; set rerecord vstr dr8"
set dr9 "record tmp9; set drecord vstr drx; set rerecord vstr dr9"
set drx "echo 10 demos are recorded already, meow!"

HITMAN

Date: Thursday, 2009-02-05, 5:28 PM | Message # 3

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Quote from Gerbil

->play the demo by typing /demo <demoname>
->manipulate the cfg so it looks pretty
->type /video <desired video name> OR record it with a program like http://www.fraps.com/
->wait for the demo to play out

this will convert it into a .avi file, so you can use a movie editing program to change it into something that's a little less memory hog, as well as get some editing done (all I did was add music to it )
When you do /video, you will find the video file in the same spot your screenshots and demos are saved. You will see that it created a new folder called 'videos'.