LavaCam

Installation Instructions

  1. Download the self extracting executable file, from one of the links on the downlaods page, into your Quake2 directory.
  2. Run the program, Unzip the files to your Quake2 directory.
    • A 'LavaCam' directory will be created, which will contain the LavaCam files
    • the included files are...
      • /LavaCam/game86x.dll the game code
      • /LavaCam/changes.txt history of LavaCam changes
      • /LavaCam/LavaCam_xxx.txt current 'ReadMe' text file
      • /LavaCam/lavacam.lnk a Windows 9x shortcut file to point to your Quake2 directory and copy onto your desktop (Note: shortcut points to C:\quake2\quake2
        you may need to change this)
      • /LavaCam/lavacam.ico a LavaCam icon for use with the above shortcut, thanks Ant!
      • /LavaCam/lavacam.ini see Technical Stuff page for details on the INI file options
      • /baseq2/pak6.pak Pak file containing the HUD graphics (named pak6.pak to avoid any clashes with other paks, rename it if you have a pak6.pak)
      • /LavaCam/dca/ directory directory to store .DCA files
      • 14 DCA files for the following maps q2dm1-8, q2ctf1-5 & match1

    (Skip to 4. if your version of LavaCam doesn't have Eraser Bots support)

  3. To allow the Eraser Bots to work you must download and install the Eraser Bot patch.
    Then the following files will need to be copied into the LavaCam directory.
    • pak5.pak Eraser art work
    • unzip32.dll unzip file for route files
    • zip32.dll zip file for route files
    • bots.cfg Bots names & personalities can be edited to change Bots details
    • launcher.cfg a config file to launch any other files you require
    • default.cfg the default config file
    • chat.txt Bots messages during play, can be edited
    • maps.txt file for the MapMod for cycling maps after FRAGLIMIT or TIMELIMIT has been reached
    • \routes\*.* the complete 'routes' directory, otherwise the Bots won't find any of the route files for your chosen maps.
    (Skip to 5. if your version of LavaCam doesn't have Capture The Flag support)
  4. To enable CTF you'll need to download and install the CTF patch and then copy the pak0.pak from CTF to LavaCam directory. Then load up one of the CTF maps (q2ctf1 - q2ctf5), Eraser will detect the map and enable the CTF code. NOTE : For full details of Eraser Bots, CTF and Eraser CTF commands see the relevant text files included with thses patches.
  5. We recommend using the following command line string to launch Quake 2 to run LavaCam
    • quake2 +set game LavaCam +menu_main
    or to enable GSLogMod logging
    • quake2 +set game LavaCam +set stdlogfile 1 +menu_main
    Either type this string at a DOS prompt or create a new shortcut to quake2.exe.
  6. Decide which PC will run LavaCam, remember this PC will not be a normal player in the game, just viewing the action.
  7. Choose Multiplayer Options and name the chosen PC 'LavaCam' (Note: case sensitive)
  8. Start the game, when LavaCam connects it will start tracking the action
  9. To record a demo of LavaCam's view
    • Bring up the console on the LavaCam PC
    • Type 'record <filename>' (replace <filename> with your own filename)
    • When the game has ended there will be a <filename>.dm2 file in the /LavaCam/demos/ directory