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New Source Engine replay spec entering beta soon

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  • 08-07-2009 12:09am
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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,297 ✭✭✭✭


    Record

    Stop

    Record

    Stop

    I ****ing had the demo files. Actually never used them. Difficult to work with, tbh. And you never think to run one until youve already done something spectacular anyway. That moment is gone forever! Oh woe!

    Until now!
    Via email, Valve mentioned that it was developing a new demo type format — for Team Fortress 2 or perhaps all Steam Games. This comes as players have been breaking demo files after downloading new updates.

    Tell us about that Robin Walker! The Valve developer explains, "It's getting close to being releasable in a beta form."


    The basic idea is that after players die or finish a round you are particularly proud of, you can ask the server to send you a demo of it. "The server then sends you a demo that it recorded, which has the complete game state instead of just what your client saw, and it's in a format that's robust and won't break as easily when we update the game," Walker adds. "In addition, the format has a some side benefits, like supporting full backwards and forwards time scrubbing."
    Not bad!

    The way it should have been all along... but we'll forgive them. ta.
    http://kotaku.com/5308976/new-demo-format-for-team-fortress-2-nearing-beta


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    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,500 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Indeed - sorting through fecked user submitted demo files has been a nightmare for server managment. Tis good news.:)


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    Antar Bolaeisk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,091 ✭✭✭Antar Bolaeisk


    Nice, now I just need to do something epically cool which is demo worthy.


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,297 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    yeh. i need to get back into source games again altogether :p oblivion is still eating up all my game time and looks set to be doing that for a few more weeks at least. For Akatosh!


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    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Overheal wrote: »
    yeh. i need to get back into source games again altogether :p oblivion is still eating up all my game time and looks set to be doing that for a few more weeks at least. For Akatosh!

    TF2 FTW :P


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    Burgo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭Burgo


    so just an updated version of stv.


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    CutzEr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 837 ✭✭✭CutzEr


    Oh hey server! Was just wondering if I could get a demo file of that last match?
    Cool, thanks!

    Yeah, I'm good, what about yourself?


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,297 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    I can only imagine the god like omnipotence of admining a server now.

    "Nope your ban stands. You called our man a ****tard. Oh, and you got stabbed in the back while you were typing it. Ha HA."


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    Cunny-Funt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,748 ✭✭✭Cunny-Funt


    Let me get this straight, is this basically BF2's battle recorder for Steam games? If so and if they can get it working for Left 4 Dead, then it'd be a dream come true for me!


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