Really dumb Quake question...

[TrackMan]

Morticia and a couple others are gonna want to string me up for this...

What is the Quake 3 console command to set up a infinite demo loop? I'm embarresed to have to ask such a dumb question , but I am in a greater need to stress test my new Radeon 7500 overclock. Bought to watch DVD's only... right...

[MacGyver]

isn't it

timedemo "1"

to make demos run endlessly?

[TrackMan]

Nope, \timedemo 1 just sets you into benchmarking mode. After this you can type \demo [demoname] and it will give you a FPS reading.

I don't care about the benchmarks at this point as I do finding the max core/mem settings I can get without artifacts.

[jaeger]

Don't know the command but I googled this up.

<a href="http://www.3dcenter.de/dsc/index_english.php" target="_blank">Demo Show Creator</a>

[Morticia Addams]

[quote]Originally posted by TrackMan:
<strong>Morticia and a couple others are gonna want to string me up for this...

What is the Quake 3 console command to set up a infinite demo loop? I'm embarresed to have to ask such a dumb question , but I am in a greater need to stress test my new Radeon 7500 overclock. Bought to watch DVD's only... right... </strong><hr></blockquote>


String you up Naw.. Give you a couple slaps with the whip maybe..
Just kidding really ..
I dont even know how to do that one either ..
Im pretty all DUHHSSS when it comes to the computer. I know a bunch of little things that I picked up from Taz thru the time weve been together,But im still as they say Clueless about some stuff.
Hope you find what your looking for.

[+Daemon+]

timedemo 1
demo demo001

[ephmynus]

[quote]Originally posted by Daemon:
<strong>timedemo 1
demo demo001</strong><hr></blockquote>

That just puts you in benchmarking mode and runs demo001 once. It's not quite as easy as a single switch in the console. See below.

First, if you haven't already done this, you must rename the demoq3 folder to baseq3 and put the productid.txt file in there.

Next, using a text editor, create a new document and insert the following text:

set demoloop "demo DEMONAME1; set nextdemo vstr demoloop"
vstr demoloop

Substitute DEMONAME1 for the name of the demo you want to loop. Two demos are included in the 1.08 release: q3demo1 and q3demo2, running maps q3test1
and q3test2, respectively.

Save this text file as demoloop.cfg in the baseq3 folder.

Finally, launch Q3Test and bring down the console (hit the tilde key: ~) and type:


(before typing this, type timedemo 1 if you want to run the demos as fast as your system is capable of)
exec demoloop.cfg


*To have demoloop.cfg change demos when one finishes, you can edit it to
something like this:

set demoloop "DEMONAME1; set nextdemo vstr demoloop2"
set demoloop2 "DEMONAME2; set nextdemo vstr demoloop"
vstr demoloop

[TrackMan]

[quote]Originally posted by Aplustech:
<strong>

That just puts you in benchmarking mode and runs demo001 once. It's not quite as easy as a single switch in the console. See below.

First, if you haven't already done this, you must rename the demoq3 folder to baseq3 and put the productid.txt file in there.

Next, using a text editor, create a new document and insert the following text:

set demoloop "demo DEMONAME1; set nextdemo vstr demoloop"
vstr demoloop

Substitute DEMONAME1 for the name of the demo you want to loop. Two demos are included in the 1.08 release: q3demo1 and q3demo2, running maps q3test1
and q3test2, respectively.

Save this text file as demoloop.cfg in the baseq3 folder.

Finally, launch Q3Test and bring down the console (hit the tilde key: ~) and type:


(before typing this, type timedemo 1 if you want to run the demos as fast as your system is capable of)
exec demoloop.cfg


*To have demoloop.cfg change demos when one finishes, you can edit it to
something like this:

set demoloop "DEMONAME1; set nextdemo vstr demoloop2"
set demoloop2 "DEMONAME2; set nextdemo vstr demoloop"
vstr demoloop</strong><hr></blockquote>

Thanks, this is exactly the what I was looking for. Time to stress test my card!