Q3 Demo Editting

[old.Teddyboy]

OMG!!! This is sooooo frustrating.

I have been after a program for Q3 demo's called Freecam for days now. What it does, is allows you to view and record i suppose, a demo from whatever angle you like. As far as I Know this is the only proggy that does it for Q3.

The link for freecam is http://www.machinima.com/files/Utilities/Quake_Family/Quake_III/freecam0-8.shtml
but the server is dead and I cant download it!!

So, if anyone knows and url that DOES not lead to this link , and allows me to download it. I would be as happy as a pig in shit

Alternatively, If there is another proggy that does similar, please point me in the right way.

 

[old.Requ!em]

Quake3 demos can be viewed from any angle you wish, you need a script that controls the cvars. Try the following simple script, exec at console before playback of demo and use F1-F12 keys

//Requiem
//Demo Playback speed
bind f1 "set timescale 0.25" //Slow Motion
bind f2 "set timescale 1" // Normal Speed
bind f3 "set timescale 2" // Speed x 2
bind f4 "set timescale 4" // Speed x 4

//Demo Fov View
bind f5 "set cg_thirdperson 0;set cg_fov 90"
bind f6 "set cg_thirdperson 0;set cg_fov 100"
bind f7 "set cg_thirdperson 0;set cg_fov 120"
bind f8 "set cg_thirdperson 0;set cg_fov 140"


//Demo Player View
bind f9 "set cg_thirdperson 1;set cg_thirdpersonrange 60;set cg_thirdpersonangle 0" //Quake2 Style Back
bind f10 "set cg_thirdperson 1;set cg_thirdpersonrange 120;set cg_thirdpersonangle 0" //Quake2 Style Back Long Range
bind f11 "set cg_thirdperson 1;set cg_thirdpersonrange 60;set cg_thirdpersonangle 180" //Quake2 Style Front
bind f12 "set cg_thirdperson 1;set cg_thirdpersonrange 120;set cg_thirdpersonangle 180" //Quake2 Style Front Long Range

Altering the script to rotate through complete range of angles for cg_thirdpersonangle will allow you to view action in the demo from any angle. Only helps with playback though, if you want to actually edit a Quake3 demo then you'll need a thirdparty utility.