Donnie
October 3, 2003, 9:35 am
Hello my children i'm a Old School gamer and have loved shot em up games since as long I can remember.
Anyway I still play qw(quakeworld) and there u can REC yr game u just played! Then u can play it up in soldat.exe and not in some stupid program like windows media "crap"[xx(]. It's always funny 2 watch an old game when u had owned somebody [8D] It's not only fun, it's also very good for learning, for a example teammates in yr clan can help with yr flaws and for them without clans can look at good games and get some ideas from there. Maybe u wan't 2 see the FINAL in SCTFL! Who doesn't wan't 2 see that(I don't care because I will be in it, [:P])!!! Well n we will have less n00bs becuase they will see the vets(me [;)]) in action n learn 1 or 1000 lessons [^]
The world will be a better place! So michal u got 2 add this if u can't plzzzzzz take some HELP from somebody. We won't be mad if u can't. U have done enough for soldat [:X]
[:-idea]I hope u like the idea Michal
SFCM
October 3, 2003, 10:09 am
Your english makes me want to cry, anyway search for "fraps" on google. Thats an video recording program most people use for soldat.
doffencom
October 3, 2003, 10:52 am
Yeah that english and abuse of floppy shortages me me vommit. And fraps.. I had like a 6 second recording and it took me 40 min to dcc send! Fraps sucks..
Donnie
October 3, 2003, 12:02 pm
well i dont give a [:-censored] about my english because this ain't no test 4 school!!! SFCM fraps sucks hard!!!
If u have played quake world u know what i mean!
b00stA
October 3, 2003, 12:09 pm
Doffencom, of course they're so big because they're not compressed. Fraps can't compress the movies in realtime..
Have you ever heard of MPEG or DivX?
Read the manual, there's an explanation on how to decrease the file size of the movies.
Donnie, for someone who likes a movie like Donnie Darko you have some bad spelling habits :>
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Yes, a record feature should be implemented. I've been waiting for this to happen for about one year now.. I'll talk to Michal :)
Donnie
October 3, 2003, 12:18 pm
WOHOOOOOOOOOO do that b00sta!
I know my spelling sucks, because i don't have passions 2 read i through and I don't care! Only ppl understand what i have wrote =) I'm glad that I don't have worse spelling habbits :D
Middlemoor
October 3, 2003, 12:52 pm
Third party programs suck. If there's going to be a record function, it has to be part of Soldat.
b00stA
October 3, 2003, 12:57 pm
Yes MM but as long as we don't have a built-in feature we'll have to use Fraps or Camtasia and alike..
eyic
October 3, 2003, 1:12 pm
we need a built in feature, but i have a feeling that would be hard to implement..
Middlemoor
October 3, 2003, 1:57 pm
I wouldn't give it high priority, but I really, really would like Soldat videos to become more mainstream, especially clan matches. You can learn ALOT from watching good players.
Avskum
October 3, 2003, 6:52 pm
yes i would like this too. been wanting it a long time.
doffencom
October 3, 2003, 6:56 pm
I still wouldn't mind like
F3 : recording started (demo1.stfu)
f4 : recording stopped (demo1.stfu)
f3 : recording started (demo2.stfu)
b00stA
October 3, 2003, 7:45 pm
quote:Soldat Manual from www.Soldat.pl
[F1] - players list with scores
[F2] - player status
[F3] - statistics (FPS, ping, network bandwith)
[F4] - show real in-game lag
[F5] - stops/plays music
[F6] - next music track
[F7] - minimize the game
[F11] - takes a screenshot and saves it in the Screens folder
IF we used the F keys, then we'd just take the ones that are free, mmkay? ;)
I suggest the following: You press F8 and Soldat starts recording to "demo_.sdo". Now if you press F8 again it just stops. No need for 2 buttons.
() = Optional
/record (filename)
- records to a free file or to the (specified) file.
/stop or /record
- stops again
/play (filename)
- if !filename you choose a demo from a list
else you play the specified.
Left click while playing let's you follow different players.
Right click is free-camera mode.
Now we need something like the CL_AVIDEMO from Quake3:
/export
- This creates screenshots per second with a counter. After Soldat finishes you use a program like Bitmap2Avi to create a movie clip with those bitmaps.
I emailed Michal a list of suggestions I collected and I put this as the most important feature.
Let's just see what he thinks about it.
SFCM
October 3, 2003, 9:20 pm
I like boostas idea so you dont press any of the Function keys on accident and record useless crap.
doffencom
October 3, 2003, 9:22 pm
YEah course we use the free one's you ... I was making an example.
Outcast
October 3, 2003, 9:29 pm
quote:Originally posted by SFCM
Your english makes me want to cry, anyway search for "fraps" on google. Thats an video recording program most people use for soldat.
what if you cant record with that? eh...
b00stA
October 3, 2003, 9:39 pm
Try Camtasia? Or wait for Michal to implement teh /record feature :>
eyic
October 4, 2003, 2:37 am
boosta, would this mean he'd have to make a totally new program for recordign and implement it into soldat, or hes gonna use an existing program and build it in it?
"confused"
NuZZ
October 4, 2003, 2:59 am
It wouldn't realluy be that hard, if wort came to worst mich could simpily biuld in an allready biuld recorder (liike flaps or some horse dang)... :)
Dark_Noddy
October 4, 2003, 11:26 am
I Cant Use Fraps Eighter.. I would Love To have This Implanted !
b00stA
October 4, 2003, 12:07 pm
quote:Originally posted by eyic
boosta, would this mean he'd have to make a totally new program for recordign and implement it into soldat, or hes gonna use an existing program and build it in it?
"confused"
No, it would be a simple command in Soldat like /piss or /kill ...
Soldat writes everything that it needs to replay the current match to a file. Movement, shooting, reloading, kills, captures, scores, player joining etc. Everything you need to replay it...
Michal does not have to create an external program or something. Even the /export function is Soldat intern. Imagine it like the console-log.txt but with LOTS of more information.
This way the recording wouldn't take any noticable CPU or HD usage because only the coordinates are saved.
Then if you like the demo you just export it..
The only external program you would need is something like Bitmap2Avi, which is, afaik, freeware :)
NuZZ
October 4, 2003, 3:32 pm
Fraps will not work with my comp, ses my porssecor nees ssd instructions or something :/, mmm its a pitty, but ill download that camtasia thing...
Donnie
October 6, 2003, 9:26 am
B00sta have u said anything about this to MIchal? If u have what does he think about it?
It's great that yr asking him =)
LiL_FuKa
October 6, 2003, 6:20 pm
Guys, give Donny a break about his spelling. English is probably a second language for him as he is from Sweden. Oh and as for the recording thingi... I LIKE I LIKE I LIKE!!!
Kamikaze_Ninja
October 6, 2003, 7:57 pm
hey nuzz use 1.9d should work u prolly used 2.0 right? (2 doesnt work for me either lolz)
Donnie
October 7, 2003, 6:37 am
wohooo I woul easily register for record function!!! All veterans will love it :D
ReDevil
October 7, 2003, 9:07 am
this can be a nice idea Donnie, michal you really should do this and everybody could see how donnie losses to me =D