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Recording POV match demos
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One nice thing about the ESEA client was that it automatically recorded POV demos for you. I have never really played UGC or other leagues so I haven't had to worry about demos or perhaps I straight up forgot them for CEVO and other things I've played. Well now in RGL we need to make sure we are all recording our POV demos. There's lots of ways to achieve this and many people here need no help since they're very cvar fluent but here's one simple way to do this that ry4n helped me whip up real quick and maybe this will help someone. It utilizes the in-game demo recording system but is enabled manually. You can also disable manually or just disconnect from the server to stop...just need the discipline to remember to hit F8 when the match starts going live. Obviously modify this to suit your own needs and beware that it may overwrite your preferred settings if you already use the in-game demo recorder.

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[matchrecord.cfg]
//bind F8 "exec matchrecord"
//bind F9 "stop"

ds_enable 0
ds_log 0
ds_sound 1
ds_dir ""
ds_prefix rgl_match_jag_
ds_notify 1
ds_record

say "---POV demo recording started---"

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/443112883505594425/613758298151190528/unknown.png

One nice thing about the ESEA client was that it automatically recorded POV demos for you. I have never really played UGC or other leagues so I haven't had to worry about demos or perhaps I straight up forgot them for CEVO and other things I've played. Well now in RGL we need to make sure we are all recording our POV demos. There's lots of ways to achieve this and many people here need no help since they're very cvar fluent but here's one simple way to do this that ry4n helped me whip up real quick and maybe this will help someone. It utilizes the in-game demo recording system but is enabled manually. You can also disable manually or just disconnect from the server to stop...just need the discipline to remember to hit F8 when the match starts going live. Obviously modify this to suit your own needs and beware that it may overwrite your preferred settings if you already use the in-game demo recorder.
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[matchrecord.cfg]
//bind F8 "exec matchrecord"
//bind F9 "stop"

ds_enable 0
ds_log 0
ds_sound 1
ds_dir ""
ds_prefix rgl_match_jag_
ds_notify 1
ds_record

say "---POV demo recording started---"
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[img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/443112883505594425/613758298151190528/unknown.png[/img]
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#2
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doesn't p-rec work just as well or is it broken?

doesn't p-rec work just as well or is it broken?
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#3
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That's a good point-- It might. I remember it broke and caused issues some time ago with some TF2 updates and I sort of ended up abandoning it.

That's a good point-- It might. I remember it broke and caused issues some time ago with some TF2 updates and I sort of ended up abandoning it.
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#4
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from what I've found it was actually fixed in an update post jungle inferno and v2.0.5 is used by ETF2L players. I'm not actively playing so I'm sure someone else knows better

from what I've found it was actually fixed in an update post jungle inferno and v2.0.5 is used by ETF2L players. I'm not actively playing so I'm sure someone else knows better
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#5
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ds_enable 3 is inbuilt prec that works with player ready up
prec still works as long as it is a server with team ready up, not player ready up
ex: in pugchamp prec won't record demos
the benefit of prec is that it starts the recording when the match starts instead of when you connect to the server

tl;dr prec still works with the rgl config and you won't have to remember to press a key to start recording, if you want pugchamp pov demos use ds_enable 3 instead

ds_enable 3 is inbuilt prec that works with player ready up
prec still works as long as it is a server with team ready up, not player ready up
ex: in pugchamp prec won't record demos
the benefit of prec is that it starts the recording when the match starts instead of when you connect to the server

tl;dr [b]prec still works with the rgl config[/b] and you won't have to remember to press a key to start recording, [b]if you want pugchamp pov demos use ds_enable 3 instead[/b]
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#6
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Yep, those are all valid ways to get it done. I've always felt like there's some kind of compromise with all the modes of the ds_enable in-game recorder. They don't quite do what I want. P-REC was pretty good but these days I don't think I want to record every scrim and pug I play and then have to delete those files (pov demos make huge files), or pick out the RGL matches from them and rename them. I can remember to hit a button when the match is starting and this does just what I want and nothing more or less.

Yep, those are all valid ways to get it done. I've always felt like there's some kind of compromise with all the modes of the ds_enable in-game recorder. They don't quite do what I want. P-REC was pretty good but these days I don't think I want to record every scrim and pug I play and then have to delete those files (pov demos make huge files), or pick out the RGL matches from them and rename them. I can remember to hit a button when the match is starting and this does just what I want and nothing more or less.
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#7
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JaguarFiendYep, those are all valid ways to get it done. I've always felt like there's some kind of compromise with all the modes of the ds_enable in-game recorder. They don't quite do what I want. P-REC was pretty good but these days I don't think I want to record every scrim and pug I play and then have to delete those files (pov demos make huge files), or pick out the RGL matches from them and rename them. I can remember to hit a button when the match is starting and this does just what I want and nothing more or less.

ds_autodelete / prec_delete_useless_demo, disable killstreak tracking and just have a button bound to bookmark

this would also give you a failsafe incase you forgot to start recording as as long as you bookmark at any point during the demo it will save

[quote=JaguarFiend]Yep, those are all valid ways to get it done. I've always felt like there's some kind of compromise with all the modes of the ds_enable in-game recorder. They don't quite do what I want. P-REC was pretty good but these days I don't think I want to record every scrim and pug I play and then have to delete those files (pov demos make huge files), or pick out the RGL matches from them and rename them. I can remember to hit a button when the match is starting and this does just what I want and nothing more or less.[/quote]
ds_autodelete / prec_delete_useless_demo, disable killstreak tracking and just have a button bound to bookmark

this would also give you a failsafe incase you forgot to start recording as as long as you bookmark at any point during the demo it will save
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