how do you....

[kacation_man]

get that thing at the bottom right that says your fps and your ping and what not? I've gotten it to pop up on Cs:s but i dont know how i did it, i wanna know how to put it up and take it off... but me dont know! and does source have its own screen recording?

 

[Login_Here]

This is just from my memory, so I'm not sure if these are the exact commands, but I'm almost certain that they are.
net_graph (possible options are 0, 1, 2 and 3) to get a graph in one of the corners (which displays how much information is being sent and received, but also displays your current fps).
You could also use "cl_showfps 1" if you only want to know your current fps.

 

[kacation_man]

well i never typed anything... it just poped up im guessing if i maybe hit a button acidentally or something... my friend also made it come up one time while play DOD:S.... i was like "wtf did you do?" hes like " i dont know... ?"

 

[Login_Here]

Didn't read your post carefully, I thought you wanted to enable it...
Anyway, try typing "net_graph 0" and "cl_showfps 0" in your console and see if it disappears.

 

[kacation_man]

alright I'll give that a shot. ... also DOES source have screen recording built in... just kinda seems like it would be a feature it would have...

 

[The Brick]

You can record demos...

"record demo1" demo1 can be anything
"stop"
"playdemo demo1"

 

[kacation_man]

but can you save them as avi file or what not?

 

[giant384]

but can you save them as avi file or what not?

it only saves them in a dem. file but idk if you can covert it or not.

 

[The Brick]

You can playback the demo and record it to .avi with screen capture tools like Fraps.

 

[Asus]

The best way to record video from Source is to record a demo as you play. Then when you play back the demo there is a command to export each frame as a picture. Then load them into a Video program and export as an AVI or whatever. link

FRAPs is the easy way, no mess. But not as good for keeping the quality.

 

[kacation_man]

is this FRAPS free or no? if so can you give me link to a download?

 

[Login_Here]

http://www.fraps.com/
The trial version is free, but has a few limitations (your recorded videos can only go up to a certain size, limited recording-time, your video will be watermarked, and probably a couple of other limitations).

 

[kacation_man]

sounds like i might as well just buy it.

 

[diluted]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54048
Better, free method. But slightly more work.