Mouse/Demos Question

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Hi,
is there a way to disable the mousemovement (forward/side)
when playing a port and mouselook is off ?
Another thing is i downloaded a bunch of demos from Compet-n,
but every 2nd or 3rd demo gets out of sync ?!
I am using Prboom 2.24, as i read around here that this should be used for playback.
Thx for answers.

[myk]

Genuine DOOM or DOOM II recordings rarely go out of synch with PrBoom 2.2.4; check your IWAD versions, they should be unmodified v1.9 wads.

To remove the forwards/backwards sensitivity in PrBoom simply set the vertical mouse sensitivity to 0.

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I have the Doom collectors edition, i also dont know how to
check the version :/

If i disable the y-axis, i always shoot straight where the
crosshair is and cant hit enemys above me like when mlook is
disabled.
Is it possible to disable the strafe-gliding of the mouse ?

[myk]

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I have the Doom collectors edition

Then you have the v1.9 wads.

If i disable the y-axis, i always shoot straight where the
crosshair is and cant hit enemys above me like when mlook is
disabled.

Mouselook is enabled?

Is it possible to disable the strafe-gliding of the mouse ?

Strafe-gliding?

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Nevermind, just had to set autoaim on to hit
enemies above me.
I guess theres nothing i can do about the demos,
strange, for example 1519ev21.lmp goes out of
sync..
Anyway thanks for your help myk :)

[Grazza]

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I guess theres nothing i can do about the demos, strange, for example 1519ev21.lmp goes out of sync.

As myk says, you need to check the file sizes of your iwads. If they have been corrupted in some way, then you need to reinstall them from your disks.
doom.wad: 12,408,292 bytes
doom2.wad: 14,604,584 bytes
tnt.wad: 18,195,736 bytes
plutonia.wad: 17,420,824 bytes

Note also that for Final Doom demos, there are two ways in which they can be recorded, and each way requires a different way to play them back with prboom. The player can either use tnt.wad (or plutonia.wad) as an iwad or as a pwad. For example:

doom2 -file tnt.wad -warp 01 -skill 4 -record ev01-xxx (where doom2 is the doom2 executable) uses it as a pwad. To play it back, use: prboom -iwad doom2.wad -file tnt.wad -playdemo ev01-xxx. (You may not need to include "-iwad doom2.wad".)

doom2 -warp 01 -skill 4 -record ev01-xxx (where doom2 is the evilution executable) uses it as a iwad. To play it back, use: prboom -iwad tnt.wad -playdemo ev01-xxx.

It should clarify in the text-file how it has been recorded, but I notice that many of the newer compet-n players are rather careless about this, often claiming that the Final Doom exe has been used, when in fact it hasn't. :(

The demo you mention was recorded with the Final Doom exe, so your command line to play it back should be:
prboom -iwad tnt.wad -playdemo 1519ev21

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Grazza: Thanks alot for that info, i made an easy
mistake with the commandline, everything works
fine now; just watched the demo, my wads are
also alright.

I am just playing Hell Revealed for the first time,
and on UV; its quite funny getting humiliated on
every map and then watching the demos, i just
love watching demos.Thanks again ! :)))

[VinceDSS]

Hell Revealed is pretty good to get some nice practice with dooming :)

Glad you enjoy playing it 10 years after its release.

And it's also cool to see that you like demos :)