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Blondeshell: /* Creating Custom Movies */ update links

2013-12-14T05:33:34Z

‎Creating Custom Movies: update links

Blondeshell: /* Creating Custom Movies */ update links

2013-12-14T03:50:24Z

‎Creating Custom Movies: update links

Blondeshell: /* Playback Via A Demo Launcher */ update link

2013-12-14T03:13:14Z

‎Playback Via A Demo Launcher: update link

Blondeshell: /* Capturing Screenshots */ update link

2013-10-31T04:04:03Z

‎Capturing Screenshots: update link

8691RGI: /* Stopping Playback */

2011-04-05T21:51:02Z

‎Stopping Playback

Samuraiko: /* Creating Custom Movies */

2010-11-08T05:55:40Z

‎Creating Custom Movies

SekoiaBot: Robot: Cosmetic changes

2009-06-10T01:48:58Z

Robot: Cosmetic changes

Scuzzbopper: /* External Links */ new codex url

2008-12-13T21:04:25Z

‎External Links: new codex url

Scuzzbopper: /* External Links */ +color

2008-12-12T17:16:00Z

‎External Links: +color

Scuzzbopper: /* External Links */ Codex TWC fubar

2008-12-12T17:14:40Z

‎External Links: Codex TWC fubar

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 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115141343/http://homepage.mac.com/rhmoon/Movies/movies.html MoonHill Productions]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/samuraiko Samuraiko Productions]
-* [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=591&page=1 Hype Zero], [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=592&page=1 Hype Won], and [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=593&page=1 Hype Too] at [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=5 Vitae Rising] (also lo-res copies of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkr31uTI1Q Hype Zero] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzyPgDQ1Tk Hype Won] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20081211122659/http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=591&page=1 Hype Zero], [http://web.archive.org/web/20081211122734/http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=592&page=1 Hype Won], and [http://web.archive.org/web/20081211122740/http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=593&page=1 Hype Too] at [http://web.archive.org/web/20090503095053/http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=5 Vitae Rising] (also lo-res copies of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkr31uTI1Q Hype Zero] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzyPgDQ1Tk Hype Won] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])
 === Measuring Frames per Second ===

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 * [http://maximilia.net/Thankyou.wmv CoH Thank You] at [http://maximilia.net/ Maximilia.net] (also a lo-res copy of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzVZ97cSnI CoH Thank You] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGF0MYORADE The Dance Gun] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
-<!-- * [http://wiki.trimmertools.com/index.php/Sabotage The Operatives - Sabotage] -->
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070205060500/http://wiki.trimmertools.com/index.php/Sabotage The Operatives - Sabotage]
-<!-- * [http://wiki.trimmertools.com/index.php/Crash_Landing The Operatives - Crash Landing] -->
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070205060425/http://wiki.trimmertools.com/index.php/Crash_Landing The Operatives - Crash Landing]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGrp_InCVNY The Operatives - In The End] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]
 * [http://verticalstudio.blogspot.com/ Vertical Studio] featuring Night Prayers, Princess of Dusk, and Dies Irae videos
-* [http://homepage.mac.com/rhmoon/Movies/movies.html MoonHill Productions]
+* [http://web.archive.org/web/20080115141343/http://homepage.mac.com/rhmoon/Movies/movies.html MoonHill Productions]
-* [http://samuraiko.com/Videos.html Samuraiko Productions]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/samuraiko Samuraiko Productions]
 * [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=591&page=1 Hype Zero], [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=592&page=1 Hype Won], and [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=593&page=1 Hype Too] at [http://www.vitaerising.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=5 Vitae Rising] (also lo-res copies of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkr31uTI1Q Hype Zero] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BzyPgDQ1Tk Hype Won] at [http://www.youtube.com/ YouTube])

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 An alternative to playing back a demo via a shortcut to the game client is to use an application specifically designed to play back a demo (the application still does this via the game client but handles all of the operations required for demo playback automatically).  Many people find this less cumbersome than launching via a modified shortcut or other method.  Another advantage of using a demo launcher is that is may also perform automatic functions to "fix" certain aspects of demo playback if there are known playback issues resulting from playing the demo directly.
-Probably the most popular demo launcher is [http://home.roadrunner.com/~dasloth/CoH/Demos/DemoLaunch.htm Zloth's CoH Demo Launcher] program.
+Probably the most popular demo launcher is [http://web.archive.org/web/20081211140044/http://home.roadrunner.com/~dasloth/CoH/Demos/DemoLaunch.htm Zloth's CoH Demo Launcher] program.
 === Stopping Playback ===

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 The ability to edit and customize demos gives you the capability to produce [[screenshots]] of situations or events than can not be produced during actual play.  You can replace players with NPCs like [[Ghost Widow]] or [[Statesman]], change a player's costume or alter their sliders to make them taller or shorter, remove powers you don't want in your screenshot (like the glowing hands effect that comes with Hasten), give the enemies special powers (like the Freakshow disguise on the left), or even remove players or NPCs entirely!
-For a further example of what can be accomplished with screenshots of customized demos, see the [ftp://ftp.cityofheroes.com/comics/i12comic-final.pdf Guide to Issue 12: The Midnight Hour comic book] on the [http://www.cityofheroes.com/media_and_downloads/official_comic_archive/comic_archive.html City of Heroes Comic Book web page].
+For a further example of what can be accomplished with screenshots of customized demos, see the [ftp://ftp.cityofheroes.com/comics/i12comic-final.pdf Guide to Issue 12: The Midnight Hour comic book] on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20121014173246/http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/media-and-downloads/comic-archive/ City of Heroes Comic Book web page].
 Please note that the game user interface (UI) is not displayed during demo playback.  If you require a screenshot that shows your chat windows, health/stamina bars, your enhancement screen, or other parts of the UI, this can not be captured from a demo.

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 === Stopping Playback ===
-Just hit the ESC key.  The game will pop up a message box asking if you really want to quit.  Unfortunately, under Windows Vista, this popup will often appear behind the game!  Just alt-tab to it and select Yes to quit.
+Just hit the ESC key.  The game will pop up a message box asking if you really want to quit.  Unfortunately, under Windows Vista and Windows 7, this popup will often appear behind the game!  Just alt-tab to it and select Yes to quit.
 == Uses For Demos ==

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 Demos can also be useful for capturing [[Screenshots]].  If you have a particular screenshot in mind that requires specific timing, it can often be difficult to capture that specific moment during actual play.  Particularly if you are rather busy trying to stay alive at the opportune moment.  Demos have some answers to this problem.
-[[Image:Dead Drone2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Precision timing made possible by -demodump]]
+[[File:Dead Drone2.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Precision timing made possible by -demodump]]
 The most straightforward way to do this is to play back the demo and take screenshots.  Your screenshot key won't work <!-- maybe it will in windowed mode? --> but you can bring down the console (see below) and type in "screenshot" to take the shot.  If you miss on the timing, simply replay the demo and try again.
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 To use the image dump method, you'll need to turn on the -demodump option and set the -demofps to a number.  (If you are using Zloth's Demo Launcher, select the Demo Dump option then set the "Speed (FPS)" number.)  The higher you set the FPS, the more screenshots you will get. For instance, if you set the FPS to 7, you will get 7 screenshots for every second your demo plays back.  When the demo is done, you simply go into the client_demos\screens directory and pick out your favorite screenshot(s) and delete the rest.
-[[Image:Freaky DE.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Terra in a Freakshow disguise??  No, the power of demo edits at work!]]
+[[File:Freaky DE.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Terra in a Freakshow disguise??  No, the power of demo edits at work!]]
 If your demo is huge, you might not have room on your hard drive for all the images that would be generated.  The demo console comes in handy for this.  Start your demo up with the FPS number you want and let it play until you start getting close to the area where you want screenshots saved.  When you're ready, type the tilde (~) key on your keyboard and a command prompt will be shown.  Enter "demodump 1" (without the quote marks) and the game will start saving screenshots.  Type the tilde key again to get rid of the conosole.  Let the demo play through the part you want to save.  After that you can either quit the demo completely or do the tilde again and enter "demodump 0" to stop the screenshots from saving.  Unfortunately, the -disable2D option will make it impossible to see the command console.  The console still works but, without being able to see what you type or even if the console is open or closed, it's tricky to use.
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 == Limitations of Demos ==
-Demos are not a perfect recording of the game and have a number of limitations/bugs.[[Image:Crazed Sliders.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An example of the arm-slider problem]]
+Demos are not a perfect recording of the game and have a number of limitations/bugs.[[File:Crazed Sliders.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An example of the arm-slider problem]]
 * You must have the game to see the demo!  If you email your demo to a friend that doesn't have CoH, your friend will have to download the entire game to see your demo.
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 * -demopause &lt;milliseconds>
 :Stops at ''milliseconds''
-<!-- -demosize{{red|?}} I don't recognize this one.  Is this just the -screen command you're thinking of? yes it is--><!-- Zloth: I've never heard of the command, either. -->
+<!-- -demosize{{red|?}} I don't recognize this one. Is this just the -screen command you're thinking of? yes it is--><!-- Zloth: I've never heard of the command, either. -->
 * -demoloop &lt;loops>
 :Causes the demo to repeat ''loops'' times before quitting
 * -demoframestats 1
-:When the demo completes, the game will display detailed statistics on how fast the display was being drawn.  Normally used with the -demoloop command to run through the demo 3 or 4 times.
+:When the demo completes, the game will display detailed statistics on how fast the display was being drawn. Normally used with the -demoloop command to run through the demo 3 or 4 times.
 * Other [[Game Client]] commands like -renderthread will also work.
 <!-- Most registry entries can also be put in as commands.  For instance, -useDOF 1 will cause your demo to display with depth of field turned on. -->
 === Console Commands ===
 * ` or ~
-:Use the ` (backwards apostrophe) or tilde key to turn the console command area on and off.  If you have used the -disable2d command to start your demo then the console will not be visible.  It will work, you just won't be able to see what you're typing.
+:Use the ` (backwards apostrophe) or tilde key to turn the console command area on and off. If you have used the -disable2d command to start your demo then the console will not be visible. It will work, you just won't be able to see what you're typing.
 * demodump &lt;OnOffFlag>
-:Demodump 1 starts saving screenshots of each frame to your hard drive.  Demodump 0 to turn it off again.  This is a handy thing if you only want screenshots from a small part of a large demo.  Note that the console area will appear in your screenshots until you close it.
+:Demodump 1 starts saving screenshots of each frame to your hard drive. Demodump 0 to turn it off again. This is a handy thing if you only want screenshots from a small part of a large demo. Note that the console area will appear in your screenshots until you close it.
 * demodumptga &lt;OnOffFlag>
 :Same thing as demodump but saves the screenshots in TGA format instead of JPG.
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 :Take a screenshot in TGA format
 * screenshotui &lt;OnOffFlag>
-:Screenshotui 1 will cause all following screenshots to display the user interface which, in this case, is the command console.  Screenshotui 0 will make it so the command console doesn't get in the way of your screenshots.
+:Screenshotui 1 will cause all following screenshots to display the user interface which, in this case, is the command console. Screenshotui 0 will make it so the command console doesn't get in the way of your screenshots.
 * quit
-:Quits out of the demo.  There is no prompt to ask you if you really want to quit, it just quits.
+:Quits out of the demo. There is no prompt to ask you if you really want to quit, it just quits.
 == See Also ==
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 * [http://home.roadrunner.com/~scuzzbopper/ CoH Codex Demo Guides, Tools, & Links]
-[[Category:Player Guides (Commands and Binds)]][[Category:Game Client]]
+[[Category:Player Guides (Commands and Binds)]]

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 <!-- * [[Game Client]] This doesn't make sense in the above list, is it supposed to be in the list below? -->
-* [http://home.twcny.rr.com/scuzzbopper/coh/demos.html CoH Codex Demo Guides, Tools, & Links] <span style="color:orange;">(site currently down due to TWC migration; new URL expected soon)</span>
+* [http://home.roadrunner.com/~scuzzbopper/ CoH Codex Demo Guides, Tools, & Links]
 [[Category:Player Guides (Commands and Binds)]][[Category:Game Client]]