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Rocket Arena Demo Problem
Posted: 28 Jan 2004, 20:13
by SMEGHaMMeR
I've got demos for an older version of RA3. Obviously they don't work with seismo, so i installed older versions of RA3, i think i recorded them in 1.6 or 1.65. Anyway i made an arena_old dir and tried both versions, both returned no joy. Basically quake loads up, does the white screen thing, then quits back to menu. I've got other ra3 demos to work, but i'm presuming they were made in 1.7. The demos that i'm trying to get to work, used to work, but aren't now, so....what's going on eh? Any help would be appreciated.
oh i tried other mods, like CPMA and stuff BTW, but still no joy.
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Ta
Laters
Posted: 28 Jan 2004, 20:15
by SMEGHaMMeR
Oh i'm usin latest version of seismo too..
new ra3 version
Posted: 28 Jan 2004, 21:20
by homicide$apiens
head over to
http://www.ra3planet.com and grab the latest beta 1.75 client ... it includes a fix to play old demo's ...
i'm not sure if it's well documented in the readme allready, but it will be when the final 1.75 is out.
Until then i hope this will help you:
posted by ElqueffoEdit:
Something that's not in the changelog:
cg_demoVersionOverride.. set it to "1.5 0" for 1.5 and "1.6 5" for 1.65, "1.7 0" for 1.7 and so on! This will allow you to watch old demos.
Posted: 28 Jan 2004, 21:24
by homicide$apiens
addition:
the old demos might not play correcty, if you want to make sure they play like they were recorded u should use the client version the demos were recorded with.
To seismovision dev: maybe you can add autodetection for ra3 demo version and include a patch that sets the client cvar to the corrosponding value before starting to play the demo
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thx for your tool
Posted: 28 Jan 2004, 21:36
by OomJan
I want to add it but it is not possible at the moment. =C
Posted: 29 Jan 2004, 18:49
by SMEGHaMMeR
Thx for the help dudes, i'll start tryin those suggestions right away.
Hmm
Posted: 24 Feb 2004, 04:19
by Guest
OomJan wrote:I want to add it but it is not possible at the moment. =C
Why not? I even have this spiffy tool you could use with output like this:
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E:\Quake III Arena\ra3\tools\demotool\Debug>demotool.exe test.dm_68
Building Huffman trees... done
GAME: "RA3170"
VERSION: "1.7 0"
I could even make you a quick customization that's easier to parse :>
-ElQ
(Note: I don't read this forum so either email me or post on ra3planet.com)