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Article #387Re: Recording Doom Game
From: tmu... T. Murphy
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 19:47
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 1994 19:47
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In article <samathei.757848548@tortilla> sama...@tortilla.engr.ucdavis.edu (Sean Matheis) writes:
>rob...@netlab.cba.hawaii.edu (Robert Chu) writes:
>
>>In an earlier post someone recorded these commands to record a doom game to
>>a lmp file...
>
>>The pertinent commands to do this are:
>>doom -wart [1-3] [1-9] -skill [1-4] -record [filename]
>>doom -playdemo [filename]
>>doom -nodraw -timedemo [filename]
>
>>Ex.
>> doom -wart 1 1 -skill 4 -record demo1
>> doom -playdemo demo1
>> doom -nodraw -timedemo demo1
>>Demo files use a default extension of .lmp. You don't need to include
>>an extension.
>
>>The first command line runs properly as I go directly into doom, but once I
>>exit no file is created. Am I to end at a certain point in the game? do I
>>have to save? Is exiting the proper way to record the file?
>
>You need to either finish the level or die for the file to be written -
>I *think* this is in the FAQ :)
It doesn't work. I've tried
1) completing a level
2) Hitting F7 to end the game
3) dying
And there's no .LMP file to be found anywhere when I use the -record
<filename> option. It's definitely a bug!
-Tom
--
"Untouchable by all without, Lost in the silken web youth may weave,
Tangled threads seem a stronghold, but illusion can deceive."
- Fates Warning `The Ivory Gate of Dreams
( tmu...@sun490.fdu.edu / Tom.M...@f510.n2606.z1.fidonet.org )
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