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StartRecording crashes Torque

by Nicolai Dutka · in Torque Game Engine · 09/18/2007 (7:17 am) · 4 replies

I went into my console and tried:

$client.startRecording("starter.fps/test.avi");

Every time, it crashes Torque and there is NOTHING in my console.log about what happened. And yes, $client is a global variable that I set equal to the client in the game.cs and I can verify it is valid by doing a $client.dump command. When I do that, the methods startRecording() and stopRecording() both show up in the list for $client, but yet it still crashes every time I try to use it.

Any ideas?

#1
09/18/2007 (7:32 am)
I can verify it is making a file, but because it crashes right away, it's a blank file of 0kb.
#2
09/30/2007 (4:57 pm)
Nobody uses the demo recorder or what?
#3
09/30/2007 (9:29 pm)
Torque does not record AVI movie files!

What it can do is record inputs and events and play them back through the engine.
#4
09/30/2007 (9:32 pm)
Thanks!

That's pretty weak though... why call it a demo recorder if it can't record demo videos? Sheesh! At least name it better instead of getting my hopes up! (Yes, I have Fraps and will continue using it)