ezQuake Manual: Demo Handling Variables

Description

How often to request ping updates when recording demos. This variable doesn't affect ping updates when the scoreboard is shown (they are always one update per 2 seconds).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 5

Values

value	description
0	Disable automatic ping requests.

cl_demospeed

Description

Controls the speed of demo playback in percentage (can be changed during demo playback if you wish).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Variable is float.

cl_startupdemo

Description

Demo that should be played on client's startup.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Variable is string.
File name of the demo.

demo_autotrack

Description

Enables server-side autotrack to be accepted

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

value	description
1
0

Server-side autotrack is recorded in MVD demos and in QTV stream allowing all the observers of the match observe the same player at the same time

demo_benchmarkdumps

Description

Allows you to automatically dump timedemo benchmark results into $log_dir/timedemo.log file. The output is in XML markup format and contains info about your operating system, hardware configuration, client version, rendering, screen resolution and the result FPS.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1	Dump results of timedemo benchmark
0	Disable timedemo result dumping

See timedemo command description for more info. Note: The result file is not a well-formed XML file.

demo_browser_democolor

Description

Color of the demo entries in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 255 255 255 255

Variable is string.

demo_browser_dircolor

Description

Color of the dir entries in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 170 80 0 255

Variable is string.

demo_browser_interline

Description

Size of the space between entries in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Variable is integer.

demo_browser_scrollnames

Description

Toggle scrolling of the filenames in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_selectedcolor

Description

Color of the selected entries in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0 150 235 255

Variable is string.

demo_browser_showdate

Description

Toggle the date column in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_showsize

Description

Toggle the file size column in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_showstatus

Description

Toggle the display of the status bar in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_showtime

Description

Toggle the time column in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_sortmode

Description

Sorting mode in the demo browser. Each number represents one column. Their order represents the priority of the sorting.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Variable is string.

demo_browser_stripnames

Description

Toggle stripping of the filenames in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1
0

demo_browser_zipcolor

Description

Color of the zip entries in the demo browser

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 255 170 0 255

Variable is string.

demo_capture_codec

Description

Determines what codes should be used for captured video stream compression. E.g. XVID, DIVX, ...

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Variable is float.

demo_capture_dir

Description

Change the default capture directory.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: capture

Variable is float.

demo_capture_fps

Description

Change the default capture fps.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 30.0

Variable is float.

demo_capture_mp3

Description

When set to 1 .avi capturing captures sound compressed in MP3 format.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Values

value	description
1	Captures sound in MP3 format
0	Captures uncompressed sound

See demo_capture_mp3_kbps too.

demo_capture_mp3_kbps

Description

Sets bitrate for captured sound stream when demo_capture_mp3 is set to 1.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 128

Variable is float.

demo_capture_steadycam

Description

Changes behaviour of keyboard/mouse input when capturing.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 0

Variable is float.

demo_dir

Description

Change the demos and autorecord directory.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default:

Variable is string.

demo_format

Description

Specifies the demo file format used when recording demo with Match tools.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: mvd

Values

value	description
qwd	Original QuakeWorld demo format.
qwz	Qizmo compressed demo.
mvd	MultiView Demo, usually contains less frames per second.

See qwdtools_dir, qizmo_dir, match_auto_record.

demo_getpings

Description

This toggles whether the client should always record pings into the demo or only when the player died and show(team)scores are being shown (QWCL default).

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: 1

Values

value	description
1	always update pings
0	only update pings in the demo when the player died and show(team)scores are being shown

qizmo_dir

Description

Change the default qizmo directory.

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: qizmo

Variable is float.

qwdtools_dir

Description

Specifies the qwdtools utility placement

Support: Windows: OpenGL Windows: Software Linux: GLX Linux: X11 Linux: SVGA Mac OS X FreeBSD

Default: qwdtools

Variable is string.
Use path relative to you quakedir

ezQuake Manual: Demo Handling Variables

cl_demoPingInterval

Description

Values

cl_demospeed

Description

cl_startupdemo

Description

demo_autotrack

Description

Values

demo_benchmarkdumps

Description

Values

demo_browser_democolor

Description

demo_browser_dircolor

Description

demo_browser_interline

Description

demo_browser_scrollnames

Description

Values

demo_browser_selectedcolor

Description

demo_browser_showdate

Description

Values

demo_browser_showsize

Description

Values

demo_browser_showstatus

Description

Values

demo_browser_showtime

Description

Values

demo_browser_sortmode

Description

demo_browser_stripnames

Description

Values

demo_browser_zipcolor

Description

demo_capture_codec

Description

demo_capture_dir

Description

demo_capture_fps

Description

demo_capture_mp3

Description

Values

demo_capture_mp3_kbps

Description

demo_capture_steadycam

Description

demo_dir

Description

demo_format

Description

Values

demo_getpings

Description

Values

qizmo_dir

Description

qwdtools_dir

Description