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I watched a demo and my PC crashed for some reason (eg. Power
Failure). I started up again and wanted to start my game but it gave me an
error message. What is wrong?
Simply play the same demo or demo of same type again and
quit at the beginning of demo play. Your game will be restored. This is a
protective feature of AVA.
I got a sound problem in Return to Castle Wolfenstein after using
the demo controls. How can I fix this?
Pull down the console (tilde(~)) and type '/s_stop' and the
sound should be back to normal (Thanx to FonFon for this command). The demo
controls of Return to Castle Wolfenstein also have this command at the
normal playback speed button (left arrow key).
I paused a demo and when I came back after a while and pressed the
normal speed playback button I was thrown into the game menu. What is that?
The demo pause function should only be used over a small
time span. Leaving it too long will cause the snapshot to be out of range
and thus throwing you back into the game menu.
When I double click on a demo, Quake 3 Arena
starts up and gives me this error message 'recursive error after: User
Interface is version 3, expected 6' when I try to play a demo. What is wrong?
Your version of Quake 3 Arena is outdated. Download the
latest point release.
When I start a Quake 3 Arena .dm3 demo, I get
thrown back into the Quake 3 Arena Menu or get a black screen. What is wrong?
This happens when you have selected a default loading
mod, which is for v1.27g or higher. Disable the default loading mod for this
demo type and then you can watch the demo. You can also try converting the demo
to .dm_48.
When I try to play a Quake 3 Demo, I get thrown
back into the menu. What is wrong?
Some demos require a special mod to be loaded when they
are played. Select the mod as default loading mod and everything should work.
I have a Half-Life or Counter-Strike Retail
demo and it does not want to play. What is wrong?
You might be missing a map or mod. Ask the demo source
for the details.
In Quake 3 Arena demos I sometimes encounter
invisible players. What is wrong?
Some demos require a mod to be loaded in order to see
the players. To fix this, select CPMA as default loading mod (download at
http://www.ProMode.org).
In Quake 3 Arena and some other games I always
get this message �Can�t write to config� when I use any controls? What is
that?
It means that your config is read-only and cannot be
modified. This error message is normal in that case. You can remove the
read-only tag as Seismovision can protect the config from changes.
I got another demo player and it over took the
file associations (demo double-click function). How can I make Seismovision do
it again?
Open Seismovision, go into �Options�, select 'Game
Management and click on the 'Game Management' button. Select the games you want
and click 'Ok'.
Is there going to be AVA support for mods
too? I got demos of a old versions of a mod which does not work on the new mod
version. Is there anything I can do?
There is not going to be AVA support for mods
but there is a way of installing the new- and old-version of the mod for demo
playing.
In this example we use Q4Max for Quake 4. First of all
we need to have the old and the new version of Q4Max (this also applies to other
mods). The latest version should be installed as described by the mod in its
default location (eg C:\Quake 4\q4max). Now the old version can be installed
under a different name, 'q4maxv0.5a' (eg C:\Quake 4\q4maxv0.5a). Now both mods
will show up in Quake 4 and in Seismovision. Never use the old version to play
or try join servers as its name is different. You cannot use this method to join
older versioned servers. When playing back a demo recorded in the older version,
select 'q4maxv0.5a' in Seismovision and it will play. If it does not, try the
other version. Also make sure that auto-mod detection for Quake 4 net demos is
disabled, otherwise this will not work.
How can I make Seismovision stop quitting after
a demo because I want to see the stats after the end of a match?
Open Seismovision, go into 'Options', select the demo
type where you want to have this changed. Select the 'Playback' sub menu and
select the appropriate options.
Seismovision can't detect a certain mod that I
have installed. How can I force the mod without selecting it?
In the Additional Parameter text box enter this '+set
fs_game <MOD>'. Where <MOD> is the directory name of the mod. For Quake 3 Arena
based games only.
I can't use the Update System of Seismovision.
Does that have anything to do with the firewall over my network?
Seismovision uses the standard HTTP (80) port for
downloading updates. If your company/network disallows viewing of web-sites, the update
system cannot work.