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3. March 2005 - 3:01
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3. March 2005 - 4:33
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Where we can see your movie??? Big grin

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3. March 2005 - 6:36
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Please do not stream this video!!
Right click and Save Target As.

ftp://ftp.excessiveplus.net/incoming/Giblet_E+_Test_Vid(Divx 5).avi

This is only a short test demo that took me a weekend to do. It is encoded with Divx 5.
I should have used Xvid, because for game films it would have looked so much better IMO.

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22. March 2005 - 21:06
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Alright...another lesson Big grin

Ok this might be kinda complicated...so here goes...

Making a demo as we all know is super easy. Demo's are thus made into .dm_68 files. I will make an attempt to help everyone convert their demo's into .avi files.

Here is a command that might be unfamilair to many, it is called cl_avidemo

What this command does is take every frame of movement and convert them into .TGA files. As we all know at the end of every game, Q3 takes a screenshot that becomes a .TGA file.

Here are the basics that can be used. Use bind keys to make this easier:
cl_avidemo 0 means no frames will be made. This command will be used to stop your conversion.
cl_avidemo 30 means that the conversion will be made at 30 Frames Per Second (FPS) or for our european M8's perhapse 25 FPS. If the number is lower, you will achieve slow motion & thus a higher number will become fast paced. Winking

So the next question might be, how big will all of this become? Well try to imagine 30 .TGA files for every 1 second of game play. Considering that .TGA files are uncompressed images, you will need a large hardrive. 1 minute of game time will equal about 1,800 frames, thats 1,800 .TGA files. Shock

.......nice 'eh?

So...have we really achieved a true .avi yet? The answer is no. If you were to look into your excessiveplus screenshot folder you will find all the screenshots that the command cl_avidemo has created.

One thing I would NOT recommend is using cl_avidemo while playing your game. If you do this, you will see your frame rate DROP like a BMW 745i into the English Channel. I suggest you record your demo then convert later.

Be sure when converting your demo that you select the same mod for which the demo was originally recorded. If you record with ExcessivePlus, make sure you choose the ExcessivePlus mod when converting your demo with cl_avidemo

Time for a break...I will return soon to explain how to convert these .TGA files into a simple .avi when I return from shopping.

:mrgreen: Cheers :mrgreen:

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