MORDHAU

MORDHAU

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[ENG] Demorecord feature
By Luna and 1 collaborators
This guide can help you learn how to use demorecord feature.
   
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What do I need demorec for?
Would you like to make a cinematic montage?


Or capture an awesome moment?


Or maybe you want to take screenshots of your great characters?



If you answered yes to any of the above, you came to the right place!
Commands
Before you can start recording, you have to use these two commands:
  • demo.useadaptivereplayupdatefrequency 0
  • demo.recordhz 120 (if I got it right, this command tells how many frames of animations will be recorded, if you set it to 5, characters will move almost without animations)
You need to use these commands only once.
Now you can start recording.
  • demorec <recordname> - start recording.
  • demoplay <recordname> - play recorded demo.
  • demostop - stop recording/playing.
  • demopause - pause (pauses everything, camera and all, change the speed of the playback to very slow for making screenshots; command demo.timedilation 0 does the same thing.)
  • demo.timedilation x - change the speed of playback. (set it to 10 to speed up the playback 10x, likewise you can set it to 0.5 to play back the saved game at half speed.)
  • demo.gototimeinseconds x - skip to x second of the recording.
  • demo.WithTimeBurnin 1 - it will show you what time in second of event that occur. (set it to 0 to disable.)
  • demo.skipTIme x - skip x seconds forward / -x seconds backward.

All demorecords by default are saved in this folder:
C:\Users[Username]\AppData\Local\Mordhau\Saved\Demos
  • You can save demorecordings at low graphics and play them back at high to make high quality screenshots.
  • In order to bring back original colours to characters recorded in team match you should enable no team colours on gear in settings before playing your record.
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Advanced camera commands:
  • SpectatorCmd cinematic - cinematic mode.
  • SpectatorCmd aspectratio x - sets the aspect ratio of cinematic mode.
  • SpectatorCmd noclip - allows to move the camera through objects.
  • SpectatorCmd aperture x - sets the aperture of the cinematic camera. ( can be set to from 1 to 22)
  • SpectatorCmd lens x - sets the field of view while in cinematic mode.
  • SpectatorCmd focus x - manually set focus distance.
Control keys
Camera has the same control keys as the spectator camera:
  • WASD - camera movement
  • MMB - change camera mode (first/third person/free camera)
  • LMB & RMB - spectate previous/next player
  • Q & E - vertical camera movement
  • Mouse wheel - change camera movement speed
  • T - Save camera position & rotation
  • R - reset camera to saved position & rotation
These keys work only with cinematic mode
  • F - set focus to what you're looking at
  • G & H - raise/lower focus distance
  • O - set focus to track whatever you're looking at (O again to disable)
UPD: If you press i player menu with timeline, speed and pause buttons will show up. When it's enabled you can't control the camera. To use buttons double click on them. Press f to disable it.
Problems and solutions
Demorecord feature is still a work in progress, so you might encounter some problems
  • Can't move camera in record playing. Solution: create local match, go to spectator mode and then load your demo.
  • After playing demo HUD disappeared. Solution: use m.HideHUD 0 command.
  • Characters don't have animations. Solution: restart the game.
  • Camera froze and stuck inside the textures. Solution: restart the game.
Source
All the information was taken from the official Mordhau forums:
https://mordhau.com/forum/topic/14391/what-are-the-commands-for-replay-editing/
Share your original characters
Want to share your original characters with other players? Submit them in this guide:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1795536622
17 Comments
Egossi 6 Jan, 2022 @ 10:25am 
when i demoplay a recording it just puts me in a spot and freezes me permanently, i can't even press ESC or anything, any solutions for this?
Ulfkarl 26 Sep, 2021 @ 3:35pm 
how to remove motion blur in cinematic mode?
ChocolateBar 25 Apr, 2021 @ 10:35am 
why when i press i and press f i can't press i no more?
ayougeo 10 Oct, 2020 @ 11:02pm 
alright!
you have my thank!
Luna  [author] 10 Oct, 2020 @ 3:30am 
sorry i don't keep track of the game anymore and don't know if they changed something
ayougeo 10 Oct, 2020 @ 1:01am 
thx for your patient answer;i didn't named demo with such special characters.
What my situation is i recorded demo before the Patch #19-Hotfix 3.
The demo still works before,but after updating in 10.3;
the situation i met in my last reply happened.
It just return to menu without any hints!:steamsad:
Luna  [author] 3 Oct, 2020 @ 2:27am 
<recordname> implies you come up with your own name for the record, it probably doesn't support special characters like "<" ">" so try any name without those
ayougeo 3 Oct, 2020 @ 12:52am 
guys,i met a serious situation that is my game frame will return to the original menu when i input 'demorec <recordname>', so how can i do ?
b17&t 24 Mar, 2020 @ 11:11am 
Thanks man
Luna  [author] 4 Sep, 2019 @ 7:51am 
you can watch demos only in the game