My demos are playing really choppy.

Everytime I play a demo through demoui or just the playdemo command, they come out very choppy when watching them. They seem almost laggy, as if the choke was sorta high. I don't really know what to do at this point, because when recording, the game is very smooth. Any help is appreciated.

Mr. Nervous wrote:Everytime I play a demo through demoui or just the playdemo command, they come out very choppy when watching them. They seem almost laggy, as if the choke was sorta high. I don't really know what to do at this point, because when recording, the game is very smooth. Any help is appreciated.

I've found when I play on certain servers, such as the xs ones it tends to have a really choppy effect on the demo, but when I play on the Synergy ones I don't have this problem as much, there still is a little, but not as bad. Try a different server first and if that doesn't solve the problem it might be a hardware issue (Typically the HD)

Hmm, well I've been doing most of these on my server, but also most pubs come out the same? What should my server's settings be at? Such as the rate, updaterate, and cmdrate in the config for the optimal effect on demos?

Mr. Nervous wrote:Hmm, well I've been doing most of these on my server, but also most pubs come out the same? What should my server's settings be at? Such as the rate, updaterate, and cmdrate in the config for the optimal effect on demos?

To be honest, I dont think its a settings thing, I think it has to do with the servers hardware / connection. Just my experience though.

Oh, alright. Well thanks.

I have also found that if you have a slow or older hard drive you have choppy demos. I always had choppy demos till I bought a 640 GB wd with a higher platter density after that they were more smooth.

I believe its to do with rate I used to use a Raptor and still got choppy demos on theose 30000 capped servers and still do.