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new (fun?) program - DemoPlotter 1.1
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:29 pm
by NRGizeR
This is something I've been working on for the last couple of weeks, it's a program that will take one or many demos and draw the player movements or whereabouts on a rendering of the map in question (it can also just render the map, or just draw the demos on a transparent background) It hasn't been that extensively tested yet, so I'm bound to have included some bugs in this version, but hopefully I'll be able to fix those as they emerge.
UPDATE! I've just uploaded version 1.1 (and updated the manual as well), with some extra features, and a few bug fixes...
you can get it from here:
http://www.abo.fi/~cbjorkel/apps/DemoPlotter.zip and I do recommend reading the manual at
http://www.abo.fi/~cbjorkel/apps/demoplotter.html.
if you find bugs, please post them here or send me a mail.
-NRG
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 1:56 pm
by Stric
I like it a lot man!
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:59 pm
by Serpent
some screenshots would be nice...
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:33 pm
by Flunx
This program rox so much it hurts!
Really!
This program is the mappers new best friend. Also it's good for making tactics or just having fun with. :-)
Two thumbs up (Y) (Y)
Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 7:35 pm
by n99
NRG is a gift unto and by itself. From whom, not clear, but to whom, well go figure.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 2:50 am
by NRGizeR
n99 wrote:NRG is a gift unto and by itself. From whom, not clear, but to whom, well go figure.
Thanks you guys
and Serpent... here's a shot rendered with DemoPlotter: (the shots of the program itself are all over the manual page)
http://www.abo.fi/~cbjorkel/apps/lines.jpg
http://www.abo.fi/~cbjorkel/apps/dots.jpg
http://www.abo.fi/~cbjorkel/apps/areas.jpg
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:46 am
by JezeT
Looks nice. Must try it when i get back home.
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 3:55 am
by Haudrauf
Nice indeed.
I remember a very similar application for quakeworld. But this one looks much nicer.
gg
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 4:41 am
by NeoFight
Looks very good
.
But I cant test it here at school gotta do that tonight when I'm home
Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:23 am
by Serpent
Thx NRGizer...Kinda... cool... <3
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 12:36 pm
by L4nt0m
How long does it actually take to make such a file?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:23 pm
by NRGizeR
L4nt0m wrote:How long does it actually take to make such a file?
depends on your computer, the map, the options, and the number and size of demos..
on my Athlon 2700+ it takes about 10-15 seconds to render a map with one demo...
if it takes REALLY long, the program might have crashed. To make sure that it has/hasn't you can start the program from the command prompt (cmd.exe or command.com) with "java -jar DemoPlotter.jar" in the directory where you extracted it... all crashes and other errors will then be printed in that window when/if they occur...
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:23 pm
by L4nt0m
hmm, it still is kinda weird, it gets stuck at rendering demos...
Yesterday i kept it on for like 20 mins, but nothing happened
(my comp specs are right, got a 2800+).
The doubleclick doesnt work, cuz it'll be opened by winrar then and if i select other programs to open it with: java.exe doenst do anything it seems, javaws.exe cant start it, and javaw.exe can start it, but gets stuck...
(using cmd.exe didnt work too well either, but it could be i did something wrong there)
Hope some1 can help me out!
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:57 pm
by NeoFight
L4ntom do u use JAVA2?
If not try this link and then see what happens cause I havent got a single problem
:
JAVA2
And there click on
Download J2SE JRE. After that its accepting an agreement. Then download the right version
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:30 pm
by NRGizeR
Still, this is a program very fresh out of the oven, and I would be very surprised if there were no bugs/problems with it... also different maps and demos (recorded on different clients too) could give some unforseen input to DemoPlotter, causing it to crash...
