64 bit happened since I last recorded demos.
What does TFTV currently use? The stickied thread is 11 years old and is super outdated.
My setup before was:
*Use Lawena to generate VDMs. This automatically plays demos, records, plays next demo, etc
*Use Lawena for creating the TGAs
*Use AVIRecorder at the same time to create the AVIs from the TGAs
AVIRecorder still works afaik (just need to rename the hl.exe in its settings to the new name). But it has no VDMs.
I currently have 50ish bookmarks so recording manually would not be an option.
I tried creating the VDMs with Lawena, removing the record commands, then recording the demos with OBS at 1080p60. but it seemed to tank my fps below 60 at times
I tried creating the VDMs with Lawena, then replacing the Lawena record commands in the VDM with AVIrecorder's avi_recorder_startstop command, but this sped up the demo during the recording instead
64 bit happened since I last recorded demos.
What does TFTV currently use? The stickied thread is 11 years old and is super outdated.
My setup before was:
*Use Lawena to generate VDMs. This automatically plays demos, records, plays next demo, etc
*Use Lawena for creating the TGAs
*Use AVIRecorder at the same time to create the AVIs from the TGAs
AVIRecorder still works afaik (just need to rename the hl.exe in its settings to the new name). But it has no VDMs.
I currently have 50ish bookmarks so recording manually would not be an option.
I tried creating the VDMs with Lawena, removing the record commands, then recording the demos with OBS at 1080p60. but it seemed to tank my fps below 60 at times
I tried creating the VDMs with Lawena, then replacing the Lawena record commands in the VDM with AVIrecorder's avi_recorder_startstop command, but this sped up the demo during the recording instead
I would highly recommend the program Méliès for generating the VDM files and scanning demos along with something like SVR or SparklyFX for actually rendering the footage itself.
I'm admittedly a little bit biased because I made the program but Méliès is an extremely powerful tool for automating clip recording. You can use bookmarks from the auto-recording demo system that valve has built into TF2 but you can also scan demos themselves and pick out events from the demo.
https://imgur.com/3HZv08I
https://imgur.com/YLXHoxO
https://imgur.com/jtcP4pt
As for the encoder, SVR and SparklyFx are both amazing.
SVR can actually record FASTER than real time (significantly so at times) so adding that to automation means the recording process itself is extremely quick and takes little effort on your end.
SparklyFX is also really fast but more importantly, it has the ability to record streams and mess around with the visuals of the game. This allowed me to create the effect in the LAN opener video as well as everything in the LAN frag video. While technically I could've done 80% of it by just re-recording the same thing over and over, having multiple streams record at once saved me HOURS!
If you just want a fairly basic replacement for what you're used to I would recommend this tutorial by Shears TF as a great starting point. Otherwise if you want to be able to use the whole thing to its fullest extent, you can join the Discord and we'll be happy to get you started and learning anything you could ever want to know.
I would highly recommend the program [url=https://github.com/Mark-Prime/Melies/releases/tag/v1.2.3]Méliès[/url] for generating the VDM files and scanning demos along with something like [url=https://github.com/crashfort/SourceDemoRender/releases]SVR[/url] or [url=https://github.com/cademtz/sparkly-fx/releases]SparklyFX[/url] for actually rendering the footage itself.
I'm admittedly a little bit biased because I made the program but Méliès is an extremely powerful tool for automating clip recording. You can use bookmarks from the auto-recording demo system that valve has built into TF2 but you can also scan demos themselves and pick out events from the demo.
[img]https://imgur.com/3HZv08I[/img]
[img]https://imgur.com/YLXHoxO[/img]
[img]https://imgur.com/jtcP4pt[/img]
As for the encoder, SVR and SparklyFx are both amazing.
SVR can actually record FASTER than real time (significantly so at times) so adding that to automation means the recording process itself is extremely quick and takes little effort on your end.
SparklyFX is also really fast but more importantly, it has the ability to record streams and mess around with the visuals of the game. This allowed me to create the effect in the [url=https://youtu.be/u5hlkU0K80U]LAN opener video[/url] as well as everything in the [url=https://youtu.be/h8du87_0b3U]LAN frag video[/url]. While technically I could've done 80% of it by just re-recording the same thing over and over, having multiple streams record at once saved me HOURS!
If you just want a fairly basic replacement for what you're used to I would recommend [url=https://youtu.be/Y_3oevTJeK4]this tutorial by Shears TF[/url] as a great starting point. Otherwise if you want to be able to use the whole thing to its fullest extent, you can join the [url=https://discord.gg/dxbWgTu]Discord[/url] and we'll be happy to get you started and learning anything you could ever want to know.
RyukI would highly recommend the program Méliès for generating the VDM files and scanning demos along with something like SVR or SparklyFX for actually rendering the footage itself.
Big thumbs up to SparklyFX. I made a TFTV Tutorial for it a couple of months back. After using Lawena for god knows how long, SFX has much more quality-of-life features that the switch was worth it.
RyukIf you just want a fairly basic replacement for what you're used to I would recommend this tutorial by Shears TF as a great starting point. Otherwise if you want to be able to use the whole thing to its fullest extent, you can join the Discord and we'll be happy to get you started and learning anything you could ever want to know.
Shears tutorial is great if you have never used anything like Lawena or SFX before and the castellum discord has proven helpful whenever a niche question needs an answer.
[quote=Ryuk]I would highly recommend the program [url=https://github.com/Mark-Prime/Melies/releases/tag/v1.2.3]Méliès[/url] for generating the VDM files and scanning demos along with something like [url=https://github.com/crashfort/SourceDemoRender/releases]SVR[/url] or [url=https://github.com/cademtz/sparkly-fx/releases]SparklyFX[/url] for actually rendering the footage itself.[/quote]
Big thumbs up to SparklyFX. I made a [url=https://www.teamfortress.tv/64685/how-to-sparklyfx-post-64-bit-fragmovie-creation#1]TFTV Tutorial[/url] for it a couple of months back. After using Lawena for god knows how long, SFX has much more quality-of-life features that the switch was worth it.
[quote=Ryuk]If you just want a fairly basic replacement for what you're used to I would recommend [url=https://youtu.be/Y_3oevTJeK4]this tutorial by Shears TF[/url] as a great starting point. Otherwise if you want to be able to use the whole thing to its fullest extent, you can join the [url=https://discord.gg/dxbWgTu]Discord[/url] and we'll be happy to get you started and learning anything you could ever want to know.[/quote]
Shears tutorial is great if you have never used anything like Lawena or SFX before and the castellum discord has proven helpful whenever a niche question needs an answer.