Demo Editing/Demo Problems And FAQs

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Overview

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Model Does Not Appear During Playback

1. Destructible Model, needs HP
2. Mission Objective (SEQ)
3. POS issues (off screen)
4. PYR issues (upside down and underground)

Player FX Do Not Display

Previously, demos have at times experienced problems where not all FX will display properly for the Player (the specific demo entity designated by the Player demo command. Usually, FX attached to other player characters or to NPCs function normally with this issue and it is specifically and solely the Player-designated player character that experiences the problem. With this problem, some FX may play normally for the Player while others do not.

This problem can be by-passed by re-designating the entity designated as the Player for the demo recording. Although, the Player is, by default, the POV player character of the demo recording, this designation can be given to another, different entity. One way this can be done is by adding one of the invisible entity models, such as "Puddle" to a demo file and re-designate that entity as the Player. To do this begin by finding the current Player entity in the demo file. For example:

1 0 Version 2
0 0 Map maps/City_Zones/Trial_06_01/Trial_06_01.txt
0 0 Time 21.028650
0 CAM POS 1818.146851 -318.060516 9450.268555
0 CAM PYR -0.346 1.370835 0
0 1 Player
0 1 NEW "Super Dude"

Where "Super Dude" is currently designated as the Player and has an Entity ID of "1".

If this character is having difficulty with an FX appearing, edit the demo file to insert a new entity as the Player. Remember that this entity must be given a new unique Entity ID distinct from the ID number of the player character with the FX difficulty. For example:

1 0 Version 2
0 0 Map maps/City_Zones/Trial_06_01/Trial_06_01.txt
0 0 Time 21.028650
0 CAM POS 1818.146851 -318.060516 9450.268555
0 CAM PYR -0.346 1.370835 0
0 50 Player
0 50 NEW "Invisible Placeholder"
0 50 NPC Puddle
0 50 POS 1803.004883 -319.173309 9443.212891
0 50 PYR 0 3.11 0
0 50 MOV READY
0 1 NEW "Super Dude"

Puddle is an invisible NPC model, so by inserting Puddle as the Player this will remove that designation from the player character model with the FX difficulty. This will usually restore normal FX function to the POV player character (which should continue to function normally in spite of losing the Player designation). As Puddle is an invisible model, and you are not attaching any other visual effect or action to it apart from bearing the burden of the Player flag, it will not have any further impact on the demo.