Major problem with cl_avidemo in RTCW:ET.

(Defunk) #1

while im viewing a demo im pressing the F4 button , but instead of recording @ 25 fps , it records only @ 1 fps ! wtf !? can any1 help me ?
:’<
i dont think its a hardware problem cuz my fps is rather good.

my system spec r :
R9600Pro
p4 ht 2.8
512mb ddr (twinmos).
WD 120 gb 7200 rpm HD.

(digibob) #2

cl_avidemo controls the number of frames per second it writes directly, i.e. setting it to 1, will give you 1 fps, setting it to 10 will give you 10 fps, so you need to bind a key to setting it to 25, not 1 :slight_smile:

(Defunk) #3

:slight_smile: its on 25 , and i tried setting it 2 30 , the problem is that no-matter which value it is , it records on 1. :<

(digibob) #4

werid… :slight_smile:

(Defunk) #5

lol nice answer :stuck_out_tongue: …

any1 else has an actual asnwer ?

(nUllSkillZ) #6

How do you set the No.'s of frames that should be reorded?

(Sauron|EFG) #7

Have you tried typing it in the console?

(Defunk) #8

yeah i tried everything … cl_avidemo 30 , cl_avidemo 25 , pressing the F4 button , pressing the F5 button … any other ideas ?

(Sauron|EFG) #9

cl_avidemo X
X is no. of frames/second (0 to stop recording).

Note that some keys are hardcoded and cannot be bound unless you change b_predefineddemokeys (ETPro), like F4 which records TGAs at 20 FPS.

(Defunk) #10

any1 ? :frowning: :???:

(Domipheus) #11

When you do cl_avidemo 25 or whatever, it will be slow as feck, and no doubt ssay on the screen fps: 1 - but its not recording at 1 fps - its just capturing the screen and writing to disk is expensive and it will take alot longer to get the tgas needed.

so your not actually getting 1 fps, just use the tgas.

(Sauron|EFG) #12

And don’t capture with cg_drawfps and all that other crap visible! :wink:

(DarkangelUK) #13

have you actually rendered a batch of tga’s to see how it plays back?

(Defunk) #14

A. im checking the fps with “fraps” the reason i dont use fraps for recording is cuz its shity quality :<
B. i got 1 frame per sec, for every 20 sec of gameplay i got 20 tga’s.

(Domipheus) #15

your doing it wrong then, plain and simple

(DarkangelUK) #16

use VirtualDub to render it. Also try removing you autoexec and deleting all instances of etconfig.cfg, play a demo then try capping with cl_avidemo 30. That way you can rule out a wrong cvar.

(pgh) #17

Simple, same problem I had…

If its ETMain then check your using the correct cl_avidemo key and you must make sure that /timescale is set on 1 and not 0. I kept loading a demo, exec a config to reset me demokeys with my own as well as some extra F keys binds yet it would be slow as hell avidemoing regardless of what avidemo I had used. Turns out that config I wrote was /writeconfig while I had reset timescale to 0 somehow. If its ETPro then the same above applies but I would highly reconnmend disbaling b_predefineddemokeys and creating a short config to rebind there F keys.

God its been a while since i’ve posted ere… :wink:

(Salteh) #18

pgh :o
Happy Birthday :o :o :o

(pgh) #19

tar :]