Start saving your demos!

dusterduster michigan, US Join Date: 2014-01-19 Member: 193329Members
Right now there seems to be a lot of editing potential in spark, however it is untapped and difficult to do. In the future, there is a chance that some of these editing tools will be streamlined and some nice work will be able to be done.

Of course, if you start saving demos (and keeping the ones with decent plays on them.) then community frag movies will be a much easier project in the future.

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  • DecoyDecoy Join Date: 2012-09-11 Member: 159037Members, Super Administrators, Playtest Lead, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Playtester, Subnautica PT Lead, Pistachionauts, Retired Community Developer
    Who even records demos anymore?
  • dusterduster michigan, US Join Date: 2014-01-19 Member: 193329Members
    Nobody because, well, you know why, but people should be recording demos of their matches and saving the exceptional ones for the future.

    It's not optimal that if you want to have highlights from the last nsl seasons or something, the best format you can get them is a compacted mp4, and only one viewpoint and graphical setting.
  • fanaticfanatic This post has been edited. Join Date: 2003-07-23 Member: 18377Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue
    Demo playback is essentially broken and will likely never be fixed. Pointless.
  • WasabiOneWasabiOne Co-Lead NS2 CDT Join Date: 2011-06-15 Member: 104623Members, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Gold, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Have to agree with Fana on this one, DEMOs are not worth using at all.
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    Also, correct me if i'm wrong here, but they don't carry over very well between builds right? Not to mention recording it on one rig and then playing it on another one, some stuff just weirds up in ... weird ways :P
  • JektJekt Join Date: 2012-02-05 Member: 143714Members, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow
    Not being compatible between builds is much less of an issue these days. Playback features common to Source games like camera drive, pause, fast forward, rewind, go to tick is the crux now. That and not having uniform playback speed as mentioned already.
  • RoobubbaRoobubba Who you gonna call? Join Date: 2003-01-06 Member: 11930Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    shadowplay on the other hand is really rathe good :)
  • vartijavartija Join Date: 2007-03-02 Member: 60193Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Onos, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Roobubba wrote: »
    shadowplay on the other hand is really rathe good :)

    Still, on tough spot one would prefer dropping 100-120fps range rather than 80-100fps.

  • kmgkmg Join Date: 2008-02-28 Member: 63758Members
    vartija wrote: »
    Still, on tough spot one would prefer dropping 100-120fps range rather than 80-100fps.

    i use OBS with the nvenc hardware encoder and i don't see any fps drop in game whatsoever.
  • LocklearLocklear [nexzil]kerrigan Join Date: 2012-05-01 Member: 151403Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, WC 2013 - Shadow
    edited May 2014
    Not everyone has 600 series+ kmg :3

    When you're in north tunnels and you're trying to squeeze out every last frame of that 45 fps combat in a siege.. you'll wish you weren't streaming :D
  • kmgkmg Join Date: 2008-02-28 Member: 63758Members
    i should just buy you a damn card locklear
  • GibsGibs Join Date: 2013-09-25 Member: 188455Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Diamond, Subnautica Playtester
    edited May 2014
  • LocklearLocklear [nexzil]kerrigan Join Date: 2012-05-01 Member: 151403Members, NS2 Playtester, NS2 Map Tester, WC 2013 - Shadow
    edited May 2014
    kmg wrote: »
    i should just buy you a damn card locklear
    @kmg
    Buy one GTX680, get one happy Locklear free :)
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