Com compressDemos (cvar)
Description
Enables/disables the compression of demos.
Usage
At the console type…
com_compressDemos [flag]Parameters
- [flag] - Enables/disables the compression of demos.
- 0 - Disables the compression of demos.
- 1 - Enables the compression of demos.
Flags
| Flag | Enabled | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CVAR_ALL | all flags | |
| CVAR_BOOL | variable is a boolean | |
| CVAR_INTEGER | X | variable is an integer |
| CVAR_FLOAT | variable is a float | |
| CVAR_SYSTEM | X | system variable |
| CVAR_RENDERER | renderer variable | |
| CVAR_SOUND | sound variable | |
| CVAR_GUI | gui variable | |
| CVAR_GAME | game variable | |
| CVAR_TOOL | tool variable | |
| CVAR_USERINFO | sent to servers, available to menu | |
| CVAR_SERVERINFO | sent from servers, available to menu | |
| CVAR_NETWORKSYNC | cvar is synced from the server to clients | |
| CVAR_STATIC | X | statically declared, not user created |
| CVAR_CHEAT | variable is considered a cheat | |
| CVAR_NOCHEAT | X | variable is not considered a cheat |
| CVAR_INIT | can only be set from the command-line | |
| CVAR_ROM | display only, cannot be set by user at all | |
| CVAR_ARCHIVE | X | set to cause it to be saved to a config file |
| CVAR_MODIFIED | X | set when the variable is modified |
Notes
Compression reduces filesize by almost half but because decompression is on the fly it can slow down playback. This is especially relevant if you are recording a demo for use with the timedemo console command where the results will be skewed by the fact the CPU will be busy decompressing the demo.
