How to record and view a Demo in silEnT mod server

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How to record and view a Demo in silEnT mod server

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You suspect that someone is cheating and want to gather proof for this kind of activity. Then you have to record a demo of the accused cheater.

Open up the console by hitting the button ( § ) that is circled in this picture:
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Commands for Demorecording and Viewing:

/record - Starts a Demo

/record vvv - Records a demo and names it vvv (replace the vvv with what ever you want it to be called)

/stoprecord - Stop records

/r_shownormals 1 - If you are trying to catch a wallhacker. Use /r_shownormals 1 It acts like an inbuilt wallhack that can only be used if 1. The server has been devmapped (cheats are enabled) or 2 you are watching a demo. It gives you a lot of help when you are trying to catch a wallhacker like if you are trying to see if the person that has been suspected of wallhacking is tracing through walls or Pre-Firing.

/demo vvv - plays the demo that you have selected (replace the vvv with a demo name)

The recorded demo can be found in your installation folder. Basic install path is:


C:\Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\silent\demos



Remember that when you are trying to view a demo that is recorded from a silEnT-mod server, you also have to be running silEnT-mod. Same goes to every other mods:
You can only view the demo on the mod it was originally recorded from.

A popular program that helps with watching demos is Seismovision.
You can download it here http://www.seismovision.net/ it automatically finds your demos and plays them.
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Re: How to record and view a Demo in silEnT mod server

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A usefull toggle bind for demorecording.

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set demoon "autorecord; set nextdemo vstr demooff; echo ^1Recording ^7demo"
set demooff "stoprecord; set nextdemo vstr demoon; echo ^2Recording ^7stopped"
set nextdemo "vstr demoon"
bind F12 "vstr nextdemo"
This will automatically name the recorded demos to the date and time you recorded them.

You can add this to you configs. Sometimes the recording continues to the intermission. Then you will need to give the /stoprecord command in the console or in the intermission chat with silEnT to stop the recording.
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