Free Camera?

[Cypek]

Hello,

I am looking for any way to record demoa and then watch it with free camera and no HUD (the reason is that I want to make a small Q2 movie).

However its hard to find anything about it and I know that it might not be possible since the server never sends what the client can't see.

But maybe are there some mods which would provide me those options?

[knightmare]

What exactly do you mean by "free camera"? Q2 demos are recorded from the player's point of view.

Unless you mean the "serverrecord" command, which writes out a demo of everything on the server, and is meant to be edited, not played directly.

But you shouldn't bother with recording demos with any KMQ2 0.20u8 test builds, as the network protocol is subject to change.

BTW, if you want to hide the HUD in KMQ2, set the cvar cl_drawhud to 0.

[Cypek]

Hey sorry but I didnt precise it well.

I was looking for an method to record demo with free camera. this would help me to make some cool frames Q2 movies.
I know base game can only record players point of view but I am trying to find any method (maybe some mod) which would allow me that recording. Thats why i asked there.

In Half-life when you record demo and then play it, you have acces to player where you can set up camera positions. Thats very useufl for making movies. I would like to get something like that but seems it is not possible

[grieve[Q2C]]

can't you edit the camera position with keygrip ?

[knightmare]

Demo recording is done in the Q2 .exe itself, the game DLL has absolutely no input on that.

Q2 demos are just a recorded stream of network messages received by the client. Making any significant change to that on the client side would require a Q2 engine customized for that purpose.

The "serverrecord" command and an external demo editor are probably what you need.