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.

ffmpegPriority

Defines the process priority that the ffmpeg and Quake3e processes will use. Allowed values are Idle (low), Normal and High.

hideQ3window

When set to true, the Quake3e window will be minimized. The cmd window which houses the ffmpeg process will still show up for now.