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Deej: some spelling & punctation stuff

2006-07-05T13:41:14Z

some spelling & punctation stuff

Dersaidin at 07:12, 4 July 2006

2006-07-04T07:12:54Z

Fusen: Added as the rough data, a new layout wouldn't go amiss

2006-01-02T21:43:15Z

Added as the rough data, a new layout wouldn't go amiss

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EDV stands for Extended Demo Viewer it's a tool which gives you camera-moving possibilities. The most important options are the freecam and the weaponcam.

The freecam gives you the ability to watch a demo as a spectator, in other words you can freely fly around the map using your ingame movement
keys. type ''/freecam'' in the console to enable it. If you want fly through walls, you can use the well known "noclip" command.

'''NOTE:''' If you move
out of the pvs of the demo (the pvs of the player who recorded the demo), you won't see anything at all. Sometimes it's hard to find your way
back to the pvs, if you set the cvar b_demo_pvshint to 1, a line will be drawn from the camera origin to the demo-recorder's origin, in addition of noclip you will easily find your way back to the pvs. If ''b_predefineddemokeys'' is set to 1 you will be able to use the
hardcoded keys from the demohelpmenu, KP_ENTER is the key to toggle freecam, but I recommend that you set ''b_predefineddemokeys'' to 0 because in this doc the cvars/cmd's will be explained.

With "freecamgetpos" you can retrieve the position of the camera, and with freecamsetpos you can set it. When you set ''b_demo_lookat'' to a clientNum (default value is -1 = turned off) the camera will always look at
that player, you can reveal the clientNums with b_demo_nametag +4, nametags are actually floating playernames, +1 draws nametags from players who are in your pvs, +2 from every player, +4 adds the clientnumber to the nametag, +8 adds the class (letter) to the nametag , the same option exists
for dynamites: ''b_demo_dynamitecounter'' which draws a floating timer for every dynamite in your current fov.
If you want turn the camera with some keys, use:
<pre>
+freecam_turnup
+freecam_turndown
+freecam_turnleft
+freecam_turnright
+freecam_rollleft
+freecam_rollright
</pre>
the cvars '''b_demo_yawturnspeed b_demo_pitchturnspeed b_demo_rollspeed''', will control the speed of these commands

''b_demo_playersprites'' turns of player sprites in demoplay (the docs icon, the ! mark, ...)

The weaponcam attaches the camera to a missile (grenade, panzer, dynamite)

set:
<pre>
b_demo_grenadecam +1 to follow grenades
b_demo_grenadecam +2 to follow airstrike/smokegrenade cannisters
b_demo_mortarcam 1 to follow mortars
b_demo_panzercam 1 to follow panzers
</pre>
b_demo_teamonlymissilecam 1 if you only want to see the missiles of your teammates

next cvars control the distance from the camera to the missile:
</pre>
b_demo_followxDistance
b_demo_followyDistance
b_demo_followzDistance
</pre>
''b_demo_nopitch'' toggles the camera pitching when attached to a missile

if you want a good config, read this thread: http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3207

auto change timescale to b_demo_autotimescale in weaponcam if the weapon is set in b_demo_autotimescaleweapons (bitflag)
* 1 = panzer
* 2 = grenade
* 4 = dynamite
* 8 = mortar
* 16 = smoke

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-EDV stands for Extended Demo Viewer it's a tool which gives you camera-moving possibilities. The most important options are the freecam and the weaponcam.
+EDV stands for Extended Demo Viewer. It's a tool which gives you camera-moving possibilities. The most important options are the freecam and the weaponcam.
 The freecam gives you the ability to watch a demo as a spectator, in other words you can freely fly around the map using your ingame movement
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 hardcoded keys from the demohelpmenu, KP_ENTER is the key to toggle freecam, but I recommend that you set ''b_predefineddemokeys'' to 0 because in this doc the cvars/cmd's will be explained.
-With "freecamgetpos" you can retrieve the position of the camera, and with freecamsetpos you can set it. When you set ''b_demo_lookat'' to a clientNum (default value is -1 = turned off) the camera will always look at
+With "freecamgetpos" you can retrieve the position of the camera, and with "freecamsetpos" you can set it. When you set ''b_demo_lookat'' to a clientNum (default value is -1 = turned off) the camera will always look at that player. You can reveal the clientNums with b_demo_nametag +4 (nametags are actually floating playernames): +1 draws nametags from players who are in your pvs, +2 from every player, +4 adds the clientnumber to the nametag, +8 adds the class (letter) to the nametag. The same option exists for dynamites: ''b_demo_dynamitecounter'' which draws a floating timer for every dynamite in your current fov.
-that player, you can reveal the clientNums with b_demo_nametag +4, nametags are actually floating playernames, +1 draws nametags from players who are in your pvs, +2 from every player, +4 adds the clientnumber to the nametag, +8 adds the class (letter) to the nametag , the same option exists
 for dynamites: ''b_demo_dynamitecounter'' which draws a floating timer for every dynamite in your current fov.
 If you want turn the camera with some keys, use:
 <pre>
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 ''b_demo_nopitch'' toggles the camera pitching when attached to a missile
-if you want a good config, read this thread: http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3207
+If you want a good config, read this thread: http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3207
-auto change timescale to b_demo_autotimescale in weaponcam if the weapon is set in b_demo_autotimescaleweapons (bitflag)
+Auto change timescale to b_demo_autotimescale in weaponcam if the weapon is set in b_demo_autotimescaleweapons (bitflag)
 * 1 = panzer
 * 2 = grenade

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 next cvars control the distance from the camera to the missile:
-</pre>
+<pre>
 b_demo_followxDistance
 b_demo_followyDistance