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Please feel free to download your battlerecorder demo after each round you play on our servers. Click on the map you just played and find the latest download. Please note that only registered users can view or download our files. Below are some tutorials on how to use battlerecorder demos and how to take pb screenshots and view them here.

Battlerecorder tutorial

Downloading the file first

After clicking on the Server Icon for the Server you want to retrieve the files from, you need to locate the file you want to download. They are listed oldest at the top to newest at the bottom. The date and time listed is based on the round end time in Central Standard Time (CST). When you click on the link a box will launch asking you to "Run" or "Save". You must click Save, it will have you pick a location to save the file. The standard location is "C:\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\demos", your may be different if you have a different location for "My Documents". If you do not have a "demos" folder you will have to make one, it is not there by default.
Using the Community Tab

Once done downloading the game file you can launch Battlefield and log in, click on the "Community" Tab. Here you will see a list of all the rounds that you played where BFR was enabled in the left column, and the file you just downloaded in the right column. Select the file you just added and click "Play" to load the recording. Once loaded, click "Join Game" just as if you were playing it live to begin the playback.
Playback Info
The following commands can be used to control the game replay and camera in a recorded demo:

Q – opens the Playback Rose. Move the mouse to highlight the desired playback option and press the Left Mouse Button to select. Options available here that are not bound to separate keys include "Restart" and "Quit".
T – opens the Camera Rose. Choose the camera option or cycle through the available players.
1 – Pause the playback (also available in the Playback Rose).
2 – Playback recorded session at normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
3 – Playback recorded session at 5% of normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
4 – Playback recorded session at 25% of normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
5 – Playback recorded session at 50% of normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
6 – Playback recorded session at normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
7 – Playback recorded session at 150% of normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
8 – Playback recorded session at 300% of normal speed (also available in the Playback Rose).
Spacebar – cycle between players.
Right Mouse Button – cycle between free camera and player camera.
Mouse wheel – zoom camera in and out when locked onto a player.
W, A, S, D, Ctrl and Shift – move free camera around map, forward, left, backwards, right, down and up.
Mouse look – aim free camera.

Special Notes

* There is no rewind in Battlerecorder. Battlerecorder is not playing a movie of the round, it is actually replaying the round as it occurred when recorded within the Battlefield engine. As such, it is possible to pause and run in fast-forward. However, it is impossible to "rewind" because then the engine would have to reverse bullet trajectories, have players "catch" grenades, reverse explosions, etc.

* There is also no first-person view available in Battlerecorder. The player cam feature of Battlerecorder will track individuals players which does allow for some freedom of camera placement relative to the player but not a true first-person point of view. In order to playback the game from a particular player's that player would need to record the round using Fraps.

Basic Rendering Instructions
Playing Back a Demo outside the Client and Recording Your Camera Movements
This mode lets you record a camera path to go with a demo recording so that they can be played back together. The camera works exactly as described in the instructions above but all movements you make are recorded.

* If working from the machine that recorded the demo, drop the demo.cmd into the root of the Battlefield 2 install folder.
* If working from a client that has downloaded a demo from the game’s front end:
o Create a "Demos" folder in the root of the game install folder.
o Move the demos you wish to render from into the demos folder from their normal location in you’re my Documents folder.
o Drop the demo.cmd folder found below into the root of the game install folder.
* Launch the demo recording as follows
o Launch the Command Prompt and browse to the game’s install directory.
o E.g. type "cd c:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2" and hit ENTER
o Type "demo.cmd +c " and press enter.
o E.g. "demo.cmd +c mydemo mydemocam" will record a Demos\mydemocam.bf2cam for demo Demos\mydemo.bf2demo
o Before quitting the game, wait for the message 'camera file closed' in the console or the camera file will be broken.

Playing Back a Demo with Pre-Recorded Camera Movements
This mode combines the previous steps and shows you a take with both the demo and camera tracks active.

* Launch the game as follows: demo.cmd
* To watch the demo with the default recorded camera use: demo.cmd -def

Rendering Images to Disk
This mode writes out an .avi file to disk based on a demo file and a recorded camera file.

* Launch the game as follows: demo.cmd +r
* A dialog box pops up where you can select encoder (Xvid or Divx is recommended) and the quality settings for that encoder.

If you want to stop rendering before the end of the demo, press 'R'.

Capturing Sound

This mode tries to set up an ideal environment for recording sound.

* Launch the game as follows: demo.cmd +s
* Use external recording software to capture the sound from the playback

Recording Rounds in Single Player and Local Server Modes
You can use the Battlefield Demo Recorder in Single Player and Local Server modes in addition to downloading from multiplayer servers.

* Start your round and open the console (~). Then type:

demo.recorddemo filename
Substitute filename with a name of your choosing.

* When you want to stop recording type:

demo.stoprecording

* To retrieve and playback your round, go to /Program Files/EA Games/Battlefield2/Mods/BF2/Demos and find your recording (remember the name you used in the console.
* Copy the recording to My Documents/Battlefield 2/Profiles/Default/Demos. If the Demos folder does not exist then create one.

Tips & Tricks

* To get rid of the mouse cursor when recording from Battlerecorder press the Q key once shortly. There is also an option in Fraps (if used in conjunction with Battlerecorder to remove the cursor

* To get rid of the red and blue nametags, you have to edit the GameLogicInit.con file. This is located main BF2 install directory in the subdirectory \mod\bf2 (i.e. C:\PROG FILES\EA\BATTLEFIELD 2\mods\bf2) You need to make a backup of this file before you edit it. Make a copy and move the original to another directory where it is safe while recording. To remove the tags open the GameLogicInit.con file in notepad and add the following line:

renderer.drawNametags 0
Remember to delete the edited .con file and replace the orginal one before playing another round.

* To get rid of the HUD do this while in using Battlerecorder, pull up the console (~) and type:

renderer.drawHud 0
Please note that this will also get rid of the commo rose so you will have to use the shortcut keys to control playback

* To turn the hud back on, open the console and type"

renderer.drawHud 1

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how to take pb screenshots

If you supspect someone of cheating please use in game ss. Here is a quick tutorial on how to do it.

1.When your ingame open up the console by pressing the tilde key which is located on top of the tab key.

2. Then type pb_getss [playername or slot number goes here without the brackets]

Once you have done that you can come here and look for your screenshot.

Below is a screenshot on how to get the slot number which is much easier than typing the suspect players name.

Please note that some screenshot appear black and this is normal for people who use vista and have Anti-aliasing enabled.