Frequently Asked Questions » Replaying ETTV demos on a local Windows server
Setup Guide
If you have ETTV Demo files (*.tv84), you can watch them locally on your windows machine. in order to do so, you will need a ETTV-Server. Download the latest version (currently: http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6529) and proceed with the following steps:
* Extract ettv.exe into your "Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory" root directory (not etmain).
* The tvgame.mp.i386.dll file goes into the etpro directory.
* Put the *.tv_84 files in your etpro\demos directory
* Create a shortcut to ETTV.exe (Right click in explorer windows, "new..." -> "Shortcut").
* Change the program call in the shortcut (Right click, "Properties") to: '"path\ettv.exe" +set fs_game etpro +set ettv_autoplay 1 +demo demo0000
When you double click on the shortcut, ETTV should come up displaying a console and starting the playback. Note that the demo files are required to be named like demo0000.tv_84, demo0001.tv_84, etc. in order to work like this. The server will autoplay all demos in successive order. You can now start your ET and connect to your local server (choose "Internet Play", then "connect to IP" 127.0.0.1.
Known Issues
You have to install the complete etpro package for servers - the pk3 file that clients have is not enough.
You may encounter MAX_GAMESTATE_CHARS while playing back demos. To prevent this, make sure only the .pk3 files actually required to play the demo are installed, and make sure things like serverinfo cvars, mods etc are as short as possible. You may even want to install a second copy of et to run this local server.
If you have ETTV Demo files (*.tv84), you can watch them locally on your windows machine. in order to do so, you will need a ETTV-Server. Download the latest version (currently: http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6529) and proceed with the following steps:
* Extract ettv.exe into your "Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory" root directory (not etmain).
* The tvgame.mp.i386.dll file goes into the etpro directory.
* Put the *.tv_84 files in your etpro\demos directory
* Create a shortcut to ETTV.exe (Right click in explorer windows, "new..." -> "Shortcut").
* Change the program call in the shortcut (Right click, "Properties") to: '"path\ettv.exe" +set fs_game etpro +set ettv_autoplay 1 +demo demo0000
When you double click on the shortcut, ETTV should come up displaying a console and starting the playback. Note that the demo files are required to be named like demo0000.tv_84, demo0001.tv_84, etc. in order to work like this. The server will autoplay all demos in successive order. You can now start your ET and connect to your local server (choose "Internet Play", then "connect to IP" 127.0.0.1.
Known Issues
You have to install the complete etpro package for servers - the pk3 file that clients have is not enough.
You may encounter MAX_GAMESTATE_CHARS while playing back demos. To prevent this, make sure only the .pk3 files actually required to play the demo are installed, and make sure things like serverinfo cvars, mods etc are as short as possible. You may even want to install a second copy of et to run this local server.
