Post demo's here. Wanna see how u all play

Isn't there a way to make a demo someone without hl2 can see? Wanna convince a buddy to buy it.
 
Adrien C said:
How do I do to vuew the vids ?
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Put these .dem files into the half life 2/hl2 directory. Start up the game. Open up the console and type playdemo "demoname" without quotes of course.
 
The_Monkey said:
I'll aska again: How to get the console down?
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This is a problem that many Scandinavians are experiencing. Here's what you do:
Create a txt-file in your cfg-dir. It's in
".../valve/steam/steamapps/you-steam-id-handle/half-life 2/hl2/cfg"
open the txt-file and enter this line (or copy-n-paste to make sure it's right):

bind "\" "toggleconsole"

Close and save it, and rename the file to autoexec.cfg. Violá, now you can press § to spawn the console.
 
Shazbot said:
go to options-keyboard-advanced
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And then add -console to the shortcut.
*edit*
Sorry, I didn't know about the way elGee described. But is there no way to open a .dem file without opening hl2?
 
I have another demo here. This one is a fight with a helicopter on the airboat. Rather easy :p At one point I blow up and go flying in the air...I think I backed over an explosive barrel because it wasn't a mine or a rocket or anything. After the fight you'll see it glitch out for like 5 seconds or so. This is me going into the console and typing "stopdemo" apparently that doesn't stop recording...and I mess around a bit getting some health back. I move on and it glitches out again. Me going back to the console to record another demo only to see it says Still Recording... Oh well...another short fight. And a G-Man spotting to top it off.

http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=E41C1BCC4DC46F034905F3C175EF2AB3
 
eLGee said:
This is a problem that many Scandinavians are experiencing. Here's what you do:
Create a txt-file in your cfg-dir. It's in
".../valve/steam/steamapps/you-steam-id-handle/half-life 2/hl2/cfg"
open the txt-file and enter this line (or copy-n-paste to make sure it's right):

bind "\" "toggleconsole"

Close and save it, and rename the file to autoexec.cfg. Violá, now you can press § to spawn the console.
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There is no txt-file there.

EDIT: I had to create it myself. I really need to read thing through before I post. :D
 
use FRAPS everyone!

i have the full version of fraps!

it is so great!

i mean using fraps for doom3/cod/moh lag and get very low fps....BUT....for some very wierd reason when i use fraps with half life 2 the game STILL runs smooth!? it is like it isn't even running! it is so fantastic!
 
commando said:
i mean using fraps for doom3/cod/moh lag and get very low fps....BUT....for some very wierd reason when i use fraps with half life 2 the game STILL runs smooth!? it is like it isn't even running! it is so fantastic!
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fraps WILL chop frames reguardless how smooth it seem during capturing
the internal source renderer is much better as u can render at a steady framerate even if u have a very slow hd/video card/cpu/ram.

examples:
http://hl2.digital-ambulance.com/manhacks_appear_sound.avi
http://hl2.digital-ambulance.com/barnacle_small.avi
http://hl2.digital-ambulance.com/end_small.avi <-- be aware spoiler

all rendered on a rather bad pc.
2000+ athlon
512 ram @ 266Mhz
gf4 ti 4200 64mb
 
if ure getting choppiness while using fraps, make sure u record the demo first, then record while playing back the demo. that way u dont have to deal with the choppiness as you actually play.

btw jasen what program did u use to encode your demo to divx. im having a hard time getting a decent quality video. and u used fraps i presume at 30 fps?
 
no no. what im sayin is USE fraps! it is great to use for hl2 because it doesnt effect the game play at all! love it :)
 
cheese04 said:
if ure getting choppiness while using fraps, make sure u record the demo first, then record while playing back the demo. that way u dont have to deal with the choppiness as you actually play.
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choppy videos suck as a whole.
why would you make a choppy video when u can make a perfect fluent video at even better quality?
 
commando said:
no no. what im sayin is USE fraps! it is great to use for hl2 because it doesnt effect the game play at all! love it :)
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still it wont deliver the same quality then source rendered videos
+
not every1 has the pc to render videos on the fly.

basically: fraps is for noobs that dont know shit about video creating. :p
 
jacen said:
choppy videos suck as a whole.
why would you make a choppy video when u can make a perfect fluent video at even better quality?
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no im trying to figure out how u made such a nice quality vid. if u can tell me more about how u did it that would be great thx.
 
cheese04 said:
no im trying to figure out how u made such a nice quality vid. if u can tell me more about how u did it that would be great thx.
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its described in the cs:s forums in the sticky thread, but not on the first post ... its somewhere on the page 4 i think

basically u only need:
bind "F11" "host_framerate 30; startmovie temp"
bind "F12" "endmovie"

and then put the images that get dumped to your hl2 folder together to an avi with either vdub or bmp2avi.
 
jacen said:
its described in the cs:s forums in the sticky thread, but not on the first post ... its somewhere on the page 4 i think

basically u only need:
bind "F11" "host_framerate 30; startmovie temp"
bind "F12" "endmovie"

and then put the images that get dumped to your hl2 folder together to an avi with either vdub or bmp2avi.
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thanx for the tip.
 
Anddos said:
heres a nice new demo from me , its the level just after novaprospek, i forgot the name of it for those who dont like spoilers :D
enjoy some fine shotgun action :D
http://up1.fastuploads.com/anddos20.rar
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not bad not bad. pretty good actually. lets have a little battle going on who can do better at any particular part of the game. you pick a map, and we'll both play that section and let the forum decide whose a better player. this could be a fun idea.
 
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