Watching a .dem file?

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:47 pm

Snake sent me a demo clip of a new map, ending with a .dem extension.

Anyone know how to watch this? Should I just open it with Windows Media Player?

Thanks

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:49 pm

LOL, I tried to Google it and EVERY result is in German.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 1:58 pm

whump

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:02 pm

DEM Demo file (Descent)
DEM A file with USGS standards for Digital Elevation Models (Vista Pro)
DEM Graphics file (Vista Pro)

http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormat ... d9,00.html

Hey I located Vista Pro for only $69!!

http://www.interplay.com/descent/

Still don't see how to view it...

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:04 pm

Great site Ken!

I'm still not sure either though.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:08 pm

*stabbing in the dark...*

http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/quake/Qde ... 0.2-1.html

CoolJ · Post by **CoolJ** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:09 pm

Download Geekplay

Very easy to find.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:10 pm

It seems that maybe you could view it while your game is loaded by using command lines...

EDIT-I forgot the link!!

http://www.gamers.org/dEngine/quake/Qde ... 0.2-1.html

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:18 pm

if it's something like a half life demo...
u go into the console or something and type in play xxx.dem

it's either that or I don't know..

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:19 pm

Originally posted by Ken
It seems that maybe you could view it while your game is loaded by using command lines...

I was looking at that too, I assume it would have to be within the same game directory as the game that captured the demo in the first place though.

Snake e'ed it to me, so I'm not sure which HalfLife folder it should go into.

Thanks for the tip CoolJ, I'll look for that too.

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:25 pm

I think it goes to the defaul one.. which is sierra/half-life/
u know.. default!

HalfLifer · Post by **HalfLifer** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:27 pm

What game was it recorded in? TFC, HL, CS? If it was recorded in HalfLife, put in valve dir, and go to console in a game or w/e and type: playdemo demoname.dem

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:44 pm

Originally posted by HalfLifer
What game was it recorded in? TFC, HL, CS? If it was recorded in HalfLife, put in valve dir, and go to console in a game or w/e and type: playdemo demoname.dem

Hey HalfLifer, thanks for the tip.

I'll have to ask Snake, I know it's either straight HLDM or CS.

Ever tried any mapping?

HalfLifer · Post by **HalfLifer** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 2:56 pm

Yep ive made a map before.

It was a pink box and I spawned in the void and kept falling

Mapping is

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 3:03 pm

Originally posted by HalfLifer
Yep ive made a map before.

It was a pink box and I spawned in the void and kept falling

Mapping is

Got to watch those voids

Heh, I know exactly what you're talking about though.

One of my first maps has a spawn point that's a good 20 feet off the ground

When you spawn in, you plummet and smack, losing 10 health right off the bat.

Funny as hell to watch.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Mar 12, 2002 4:01 pm

Originally posted by CoolJ
Download Geekplay Very easy to find.

Humboldt i sent "geekplay" with the map so you could play it, it does not matter where the demo is to play it with geekplay. i put my demos in a folder on my desktop.

sometimes it takes a few tries to get geekplay to work right , it did for me anyways.