9800 and Call of Duty

[GTX_SlotCar]

I had a couple crashes in CoD and upgrading to the Cat 4.1 drivers seems to
have taken care of it.
I'm mentioning this so my post won't be completely off topic
What I really want to know is, how do I run a timedemo in CoD?
I've read how to do it on some forums, but they leave something out (taking
for granted that I should already know it, no doubt).
Here's what I think I know:
You have to be in mult-player.
get into the console and type "timedemo 1"
then type in "demo (mapname)" without the dm extension.
So, I try 'demo depot' or 'demo mp_depot', but I get an error that it can't
save to "demos....". I assume looking for a folder named 'demos'. I've tried
other maps as well with no success.

What should I use for (mapname)?
(at least I did figure out how to display the FPS)

Gary

 

[Phil]

To perform a timedemo you likely need to load an actual demo file, and not
the map itself. I don't play CoD, but this is the way in works in ET, and
other activision/id games.

Here's how to do perform a timedemo from ET console:

/timedemo 1
/demo demoname.dm_83

Here's a link where you can download some demos for timedemoing, along with
instructions.
http://boodizm.net/CoD/cod_fps.asp

-phil

 

[farmuse]

good link ~ thanks

 

[GTX_SlotCar]

Hey, thanks Phil. I'd glanced at that page and thought the guy was just
offering a couple of recorded sessions.
So, now I know that you need a demo file (thanks again). In Q2 or Q3 they
must already be in a folder.
What wasn't said, again, (but I finally figured out) is that you need to
make a folder called 'demos' inside the 'main' folder and save the demo
files there.
It sure is easier tuning your settings when you can run timedemos

Gary