quake3_render

A Powershell application to aid in converting Quake3 demos to video files, rewritten because the old codebase was a huge mess.

Installation

Downloads

• ffmpeg
  • Download from ffmpeg.org
  • Required files:
    • ffmpeg.exe
• UberDemoTools
  • Download from GitHub
  • Required files:
    • UDT_json.exe

File / folder structure

It is recommended to create a separate Quake 3 installation dedicated to demo rendering.

Your Q3 folder
|---baseq3/
|   ... other mod folders
|
|---zz_transcode/
|   |
|   |---input/
|   |---output/
|   |---currentConfigFiles.json // only if feature is enabled
|   |---demoList.json
|
|---zz_tools/
|   |---UDT_json.exe
|
|---zz_config/
|   |
|   |---prepare.json
|   |---transcode.json
|   |---q3cfg/
|       |
|       |---arena/
|       |   |
|       |   |---00_preview.cfg
|       |       ... other config files
|       |
|       |---osp/
|           |
|           |---00_q3msk_4K.cfg
|       ...and so on
|
|---ffmpeg.exe
|
|---quake3e.x64.exe

transcode.ps1

The following settings can be configured in transcode.json (list is not yet complete).

exitBehaviour.value

value	Result
0	Exit with pausing (to make the console log readable)
1	Exit without pausing
2	Shut down the machine after the timeout specified in exitBehaviour.shutdownTimeout. The shutdown can be interrupted by the user.