Demos broken again? - HL2DMU Forum Archive

Walking Target

2007-06-13 19:12:45

Is anyone else having trouble playing old demos now? Recent ones appear to be working for me, but I have some from january that are just crashing me every time I try to play them. Anyone else getting this?

Thorofin

2007-06-14 04:52:07

I've heard of this happening before..I think maybe it was when people went back to watch the FIOS stuff....so AFAIK newer updates can fark up watching older demos.

Keeper

2007-06-14 05:23:18

Known issue. Quick with a beta now...

- Fixed a crash playing back demo files recorded with the previously-released engine

repeat this is only a beta. I have no demos so if you want to e-mail me your demo I'll beta it and see what happens.

Full text of beta:

The specific changes include:

- Fixed a client crash
- Fixed sv_allow_wait_commands restricting the server using wait
- Fixed a crash in "soundlist" command
- Reallowed fps_max value of 0 (= unrestricted fps)
- Fixed exploit that showed spectator radar when not a spectator
- Fixed a crash playing back demo files recorded with the previously-released engine
- Client forwards server commands it doesn't understand back to the server
- Allow servers to execute chooseteam in Counter-Strike: Source
- Allow servers to execute retry
- sv_pure 1 now allows custom spray decals by default
- Fixed "Has Users Playing" checkbox not using the new change where we only display human players in the players tab, so you'd see servers with 0 players (they actually had only bots) listed

ninojman

2007-06-14 18:03:52

w/o picus's Wt?

i have crashes in my old old demos but it i skip past the crash that seems to work

Walking Target

2007-06-14 19:35:44

Ohhh, thx Keep, glad to see they are staying on top of things. Here's hoping it fixes this issue.

Nino, I can't even load an old demo without crashing to desktop, let alone forward it, with and without Pincus' demo launcher.

Scar

2007-06-14 19:48:05

WT, I dl'ed a demo of another clans scrim and it crashed for me as welll when I tried to play it. It crashed in Pincus' program as well.

ninojman

2007-06-14 19:58:04

o god

ninojman

2007-06-14 21:30:22

well i guess another update is coming.......the fixes these issues?

i haven't updated my laptop yet so i have the files from b4 this update...if it has to be a community fix...

Walking Target

2007-06-15 00:11:04

See Keepers post above. Fix apparently coming from Valve.

ninojman

2007-06-15 00:24:39

Walking Target wrote:See Keepers post above. Fix apparently coming from Valve.

I read it, understood it, i just don't believe they can do that or if it will be for anything other then cs.s. but i hope i'm wrong. If i can watch those 10 demos that are so old pincus's doesn't work....I'll go buy another copy of hl2

Keeper

2007-06-15 00:44:06

somebody want to send me an old demo or demos I'll try them with the beta...

Walking Target

2007-06-15 01:30:40

ninojman wrote:
Walking Target wrote:See Keepers post above. Fix apparently coming from Valve.
I read it, understood it, i just don't believe they can do that or if it will be for anything other then cs.s. but i hope i'm wrong. If i can watch those 10 demos that are so old pincus's doesn't work....I'll go buy another copy of hl2

Sorry, misread the last sentence of your post. Keeper, PM me the address to email to and I'll send you a demo to test with.

GaTmAn

2007-06-15 11:40:28

I can provide some superold, old old and old demos too if you like, just shoot me a PM, or hit me up on msn, my address is in my profile... Pizzle!

Keeper

2007-06-15 16:26:25

WT the one you sent me works fine on the updated client. But you probably have already tried it.

Performance seemed jerky on mine, but might just be me

ninojman

2007-06-15 18:34:32

woot, hopefully just different video settings

Walking Target

2007-06-15 19:31:16

[KBH] Keeper wrote:WT the one you sent me works fine on the updated client. But you probably have already tried it.

Performance seemed jerky on mine, but might just be me

The demo might have been recorded during a high ping match with xfire running or something like that. Some matches I played the jitter was so bad aiming was basically guesswork. I also used to have horrible DSL which would crash frequently and the game would get messed up afterwards until a full restart of Steam. Lost a few matches that way...thankfully those days are over.