LavaCam

Linux Installation Instructions

  1. Download the LavaCam tar.gz archive into your Quake2 directory.
  2. Unzip and unTar the archive, making sure that you preserve file directories.
    A 'lavacam' directory will be created, which will contain the LavaCam files.
    A 'pak6.pak' will be put into the 'baseq2/' directory, this contains the graphics for the HUD.
    Note: Rename it if you already have a pak6.pak file in 'baseq2/'

    (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
  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