How to record a good gaming clip.

[extremelyhotsauce]

First off, I will not go into demo smoothing because this is just a quick way to get your demos looking decent.

First off the best way to get a good clip is to be as lag free as possible. There are many factors contributing to lag but I will only list not server related

• CPU usage: Right click on your task bar and you should see "Task Manager" click that. A green box (this is for windows BTW) should appear. The LIGHT GREEN (LIGHT) Shows you how much of your cpu your using. Sometimes the higher it is the laggier you are. Solution: Game BOOSTER

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  I have gone from 99% to lower 30 percents and went from a 20 FPS to upper 70's. It also showed me I have a keylogger on my computer and it shut it off for me
• Downloads or renders: active torrents, regular downloads, or renders (move editing or 3d programs) will most definitely hinder performance and I suggest stopping them or waiting before playing.
• Viruses of the sort, malware spyware etc.

To get a good recording.
Turn off all commands that show fps and such in game (net_Graph or something). Get your cpu usage as low as you can. Record WITH A DEMO FIRST. THEN record with fraps (BTW fraps is the best program period PERIOD to capture clips with, I don't recommend it for machinimas for stuff like that.

EXTRAS: If you are going for a lag free clip, lower your video settings in the game. cl_drawhud 0 when sv_cheats 1 is on takes away your hud. FOV 200-300 or something gives you a more wider view and looks cool when you sprint but dont go to high or your screen will turn upside down .

WARNINGS: don't screw with commands in game like fog and such it will get you KAC banned. Test it on your own time

GAME BOOSTER
Unmentioned but have a similar purpose
Game accelerator
Game Gain 2
Magic Speed
GameOS

 

[Ledzo-INACTIVE]

Looks like a good "how to" thread
But I'll understand better with a microphone...

 

[extremelyhotsauce]

I have no idea what that means but I will add more later THANKS though