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Old 04-27-2008, 04:19 AM   #1
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Error recording demos

Hey

I have a issue recording demos (and Yes I DO know how to record demos)

Whenever I try to record one, my game locks up. I can see everything move around me, I can hear people's voice and text messages, as well as all the animations go around me, but I cannot move around or move my mouse around at all. I can't type and I do not think my voice works either. Even when I type stop in the console, my game continues to lock up, though I can see everything happen around me. My console spits out some error about a string table/ variable. When I reconnect to the server, I can play like normal again.

Anyone have any advice? (And no, I don't want to reinstall )
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Old 04-27-2008, 05:04 AM   #2
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I got this same error the other night and was like WTF???!!!
it happened after about 20 minutes of demo recording. wierd.
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Old 04-27-2008, 09:09 AM   #3
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This is a known issue among the FF community, and hopefully it will be addressed as a possible fix in the future.

If this happens, rejoin the server, and try recording a demo again. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has to do with prematch time.
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Old 04-27-2008, 07:31 PM   #4
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Thx Mr. Waterstrafe
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:40 PM   #5
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im having a problem recording demo's too..

except in my case, my screen locks up and hear the same sound loop over and over until i alt-ctrl-del out or restart my system.

i've tried with dx8.0 and dx9.0 and same thing happens.

i'm using darktao's non-stop demo recording script and have also tried just typing in "record" with same results.

can someone help?

im running win xp pro sp2
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Old 06-02-2008, 04:54 PM   #6
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play your the demo with demoui

then type in Startmovie to start recording, then stopmovie to stop recording
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Old 06-02-2008, 07:08 PM   #7
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ill try that, thanks
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Old 06-02-2008, 08:40 PM   #8
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To have a working demo you need to start it right away when just getting into a server and it has to be when you first start up the game.

I've had this problem and this is what I do every time.

To make sure I get a good demo recording when the server switches maps, I exit right out of the game to the desktop, then go back in again, join a server (usually the one I was one) and soon as the game comes up I start recording.

So far i have over 8 gigs of demos done like this and everyone of them work. Its a bit of a pain but ya get used to it. It does suck that you just can't start a demo when you want, and I hope they find the reason for this and fix it, but at least this way works.
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Old 06-03-2008, 01:40 AM   #9
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play your the demo with demoui

then type in Startmovie to start recording, then stopmovie to stop recording
geo...does that really work? like consistently...pm me when you get a chance on steam man, I need to talk to you.
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Old 06-03-2008, 04:42 AM   #10
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It always worked for me, but yeah your asleep right now so I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow
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Old 06-04-2008, 04:06 PM   #11
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i gave what geo said a whirl and unfortunately my game's fps went from 100+ to 15-20. i tried stopmovie and my fps was still around 15-20. i tried it again, no luck. fps was fixed by restarting game

ps. anyone ever tried bunnyhopping with 15 fps? lol thats a challenge.. if possible

any other ways for me to get a demo? i want to show off my leetness
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