Q3A Quake 3 Arena

Developer: id Software (1999)
Home-Page: http://www.quake3arena.com
Latest Version: v1.32c

Feature Supported
AVA Yes
Play lists Yes
Config Selection Yes
Additional Command Line Parameters Yes
Default mod selection Yes
Automatic Mod Detection Yes
Demo Controls Yes

If the AVA Update is not installed you wont to play all these demo types. You can then only play demo with the version installed.

Demo Extension Version Supported
dm3 v1.17
dm_48 v1.27h
dm_66 v1.30 (played using v1.32c)
dm_67 v1.31 (played using v1.32c)
dm_68 v1.32c
sd3 Q3SDC v1.00

This is the default layout, you may have changed the controls.

Function Key
Decrease Playback Speed by 0.1 below 1.0 and by halve above 1.0 (Minimum 0.0) Left Arrow
Increase Playback Speed by 0.1 below 1.0 and doubles above 1.0 (Maximum 128.0) Right Arrow
Normal Playback Speed (1.0) Up Arrow
Freezes demo (pictures freezes, but demo continues at slow pace) Down Arrow
Quit Game Numpad 0
3rd Person left pan Numpad 1
Toggle Timer Numpad 2
3rd Person right pan Numpad 3
Restart Demo Numpad 4
Toggle Third-person mode Numpad 5
Take Screenshot Numpad 6
Decrease in game Volume Numpad 7
Mute Sound Numpad 8
Increase in game Volume Numpad 9
Display Score (where possible) Numpad Minus (-)
Display Demo Control Help (where possible) Numpad Plus (+)
Decrease 3rd Person Range Home
Increase 3rd Person Range End
Select Previous Demo Play list mode only) F5
Select Next Demo Play list mode only) F6
Start selected Demo (Play list mode only) F7

Please note that pressing any other key on the keyboard except to those listed here will bring you to the menu and stop demo play back. Also note that OSP and CPMA have their own demo controls, read in their docs about them. Press Esc once to gain the Seismovision demo controls in these mods.

Where can I bind my keys?

You can bind on the green marked keys:

Keyboard

* This image may not be accurate!

No demo controls in Rocket Arena 3

This is a known problem with Rocket Arena 3 (RA3). You will have to load the config manually by typing '/exec seismovision.cfg' into the console. (Get the console by pressing tilde (~))

Demo play breaks up on count down in Rocket Arena 3

Setting 'cg_autoaction' to 0 seems to fix the problem.

What is the SD3 demo type?

The demo type sd3 belongs to the Quake3 Server Demo Center and is not normally part of Quake 3 Arena. It can be downloaded at http://skuller-vidnoe.narod.ru/en/index.htm. Q3SDC is Copyright (c) 2003, Andrey N. aka [SkulleR]

What is Q3SDC?

"Q3SDC is a special system allowing you to record demos right from server and play them on server, too. The recording process doesn't affect server clients - they won't even be aware of it. Playing demos will be absolutely "unnoticeable" for Quake3 server system and for clients - they won't need to install any additional files to connect to demo playing server.

The demos are recorded in binary files with .sd3 extension, reminding of the usual "dm_48" demos format. Q3SDC writes the complete information about the current level, which allows to reconstruct the positions of all players and objects on server.

To play demos, clients connect to server as spectators and can freely move across the level, watch selected player in viewcam mode (like in OSP) or watch the game from any player's POV."

<source Q3SDC documentation>