Thank you so so so much for making this tutorial I’ve been trying to make movies like your rm highlight video cause that video is so good and is severely underrated you deserve way more subs keep up the good work man
I'm glad it was useful for you! As for your question, it depends on what you mean by different recording configs, I don't have a lot of knowledge in that area but I will go over setting custom keybinds when setting up Lawena, which is technically part of the "recording config" that launches when you run the program.
Hey so I have done every step correctly however whenever I click the "Start Team Fortress 2" button, It will load for about 5 seconds, and then says "failed to load the launcher DLL: The Specific module could not be found". Is there anyway to fix this? Great tutorial btw!
What version of AVI Recorder did you use? (I used AviRecorder 1.0.4) Because mine crashes all the time when I try to change the Video codec. I know your not the crator of this programm but maybe you can still help me with that. Thanks in advance!
I had everything working perfectly for about a week, but I had to delete my moviemaking programs/files and redownload them due to an unrelated pc issue. But now when I try to open AVI Recorder I get an error message - Failed to start AVI Recorder, No supported steam games found on this system. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both Lawena and AVI Recorder, and I've tried using a previous version of AVI Recorder but I still get the same error. Lawena works just fine, I can't think of anything else to try really. Any help? Thanks.
@@KitFistMe i dont remember exactly what i did but i think i edited the games.kv file and changed it to properly locate tf2, as the path in the file was incorrect.
If you aren't already, you should be using the "Stop Team Fortress 2" button in Lawena to close the game and NOT closing the game normally. That should prevent your game from getting messed up.
hi, I always get the Match Status box whenever I open an STV demo, which is annoying, I don't want it on my videos, do you know a HUD of STV demo where it gets rid off everything except for the crosshair and killfeed? like the beater hud
Hello, any plans to continue guides? I'm just searching around 3 days in a row for guide that will help me with free camera. Like flying camera near character with mirv commands and all that. I was already trying but it just doesn't work
I've been caught up working on other stuff for a while, I finally finished the big project I was focused on, so yes, I do still plan to continue guides. I can't guarantee when they'll come but I do want to continue this series, especially given the positive response to this first episode.
@@daskaut everyone has the same problem lol. I'd say some windows update cracked up the way this program finds the tf2 file. if a new avi recorder version doesn't come out, we probably can't use it
Hello,i have a weird problem, avi recorder will not record any of the files,i would press start recording and as soon as i pressed P it would stop recording and no files would be recorded,lawena still works tho so atleast thats something,if anyone has a fix that would be great
Everything seems to be working fine until i hit record with p, it slows down and all like its supposed to. I let it run for a solid 20 seconds of gameplay but when I put it in premiere its only 1 frame, pls help gamers
A bit late, but can be useful for new people. I had a similar issue because Lawena was running at 120fps and AviRecorder was recording at 60fps (or viceversa). I set both to 120 and problem solved.
I was waiting for this update of "how to record", I watched you before, but for any reason I did not watch this video XD. I have a question or issue with Lawena (I guess). Well... When I watch my demo on Lawena (right before record), my items has not "wear", it looks like, I have not loadout to wear. Do you know why? I hope could you read and help me. Thanks and look forward, i really like you stile and work :3 Thanks for everything.
I don't know why but when I start tf2 in Lawena it says "hl2 isn't responding" but thanks for making this tutorial because I got closer than ever! Going to try and fix this though if I can lol
hey can you teach me how to download avi recorder and lagarith, i didnt see any instructions, and if there were, i would still feel unsure if i did it correctly. Very much appreciated
I cannot open my lawena due to this Problem saying "Caused by java.lang : OutOfMemoryError : GC overhead limit exceeded" do you know the way so i can fix it?
Hi shears, your video was excellent, thank you so much! However I couldn't find a way to make the damage numbers show up when i'm recording the demos, I unchecked the box "disable combat text" to make it show the numbers but it just won't work. I wanted to record using the option "HUD" on "kill notices only" + the damage numbers but I couldn't figure it out. Do you know if it's possible to make them appear when I'm recording using that preset "kill notices only"? Thanks again!
I forget if the default lawena "kill notices only" hud supports damage numbers or not, so you might be right there that damage numbers simply aren't included in that preset. If you are using CastingEssentials and trying to record an STV demo, make sure you use the command ce_hitevents_enabled 1 to turn on damage numbers for STV demo recordings. If that fails --- What I generally do when recording is find a custom HUD whose damage numbers I like the look of, and then go into that HUD's files and delete all the HUD elements I don't want before recording. I don't remember what exactly to delete off the top of my head, but the huds.tf discord can help you out in that regard. It's not too complicated. Especially if your damage numbers show up on the lawena HUD version that has all the UI elements, I think you might be right that the "kill notices only" version might just not include damage numbers. So I'd recommend just using a different HUD instead, and manually removing HUD elements.
While Lawena no longer receives active updates it is still perfectly functional. I provided a link to the version I recommend in the other reply chain you commented on. Using OBS to screen capture is perfectly viable if your PC is fast enough to capture the game at your preferred quality and framerate settings. The workflow in this video series is designed for people who want maximum quality recordings. I actually used OBS (in combination with Lawena and some of the other tools I've shown!) as my primary capture method for my most recent frag movies, including the Main S5 one, as screen capture is the only way to record the post processing effects that ReShade provides.
Check your formatting - the demo won't play if there are spaces in the filename or if the filename is too long. If that doesn't work it may be an issue with the demo file itself
@@shearstf2269 idk man when i boot up the game and the console is open like u said when u start recording and all that, and i type in playdemo, and it doesnt show any demo file names for me to choose from, and i tried to manually copy n paste from one of the demos I wanted to use and record for, but then that leads me to the beginning of my issue which says cant play demo for reading, so i give up lol . just gonna record my gameplay i guess, but also i really do want to record som cinematics as well, so im probably might look into it mroe on
@@shearstf2269 OK UPDATE : SO I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY THAT U DIDNT MENTION IN THE VIDEO BUT INSTEAD OF DOING DEMOPLAY, I DID DEMOUI AND LOADED IN THE DEMO THAT WAY AND IT WORKS , SORRY FOR THE WHOLE CAP LOCKS THING , JUST HAPPY IT WORKED OUT FINE
You can hit the "start recording" button on AVI Recorder anytime before or after launching the game and it should still work, if I remember correctly, as long as you hit it before you start the in-game recording process by pressing p while watching a demo. You will need to hit "stop recording" on AVI Recorder before it will output the recorded files properly.
![[TF2] How to Record your Point of View using Demos](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TA4YZRkSIsA/mqdefault.jpg)
Thank you so so so much for making this tutorial I’ve been trying to make movies like your rm highlight video cause that video is so good and is severely underrated you deserve way more subs keep up the good work man
I'm looking foward to seeing you continuing this series! Keep up with the nice tutorials mate!
My game crashes whenever i try to open it. HELP!
Perfect tutorial, helped a ton! Thank you!
it says "failed to replace custom files" when i start tf2 with lawena
This tutorial was just what I needed. I'm looking forward to your future videos, do you have any plans to cover different recording configs?
I'm glad it was useful for you! As for your question, it depends on what you mean by different recording configs, I don't have a lot of knowledge in that area but I will go over setting custom keybinds when setting up Lawena, which is technically part of the "recording config" that launches when you run the program.
@@shearstf2269 Thank you! I look forward to your next video.
Hey so I have done every step correctly however whenever I click the "Start Team Fortress 2" button, It will load for about 5 seconds, and then says "failed to load the launcher DLL: The Specific module could not be found". Is there anyway to fix this? Great tutorial btw!
I have a problem concerning .avi videos its always choppy or laggy
What version of AVI Recorder did you use? (I used AviRecorder 1.0.4)
Because mine crashes all the time when I try to change the Video codec.
I know your not the crator of this programm but maybe you can still help me with that. Thanks in advance!
great tutorial, you rock
I had everything working perfectly for about a week, but I had to delete my moviemaking programs/files and redownload them due to an unrelated pc issue. But now when I try to open AVI Recorder I get an error message - Failed to start AVI Recorder, No supported steam games found on this system. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both Lawena and AVI Recorder, and I've tried using a previous version of AVI Recorder but I still get the same error. Lawena works just fine, I can't think of anything else to try really. Any help? Thanks.
nvm br0 i fixed it ranch it up🤙
@@snowsource how did u fix it? im having the same error
@@snowsource I know this is old but please tell us how you fixed it
@@KitFistMe i dont remember exactly what i did but i think i edited the games.kv file and changed it to properly locate tf2, as the path in the file was incorrect.
@@snowsource I’ll try that thanks
i dont know if you still see this video comments but with the avi recorder program. how do i add more source games?
Help I don't know how to uninstall. It has made me stuck in 30 fps and everything I try to delete it doesn't work
I'm talking about Lawena
Everytime I start working in Lawena, my custom folder keeps getting wiped. Even if I stop it properly, I always lose my configs. Any advice?
If you aren't already, you should be using the "Stop Team Fortress 2" button in Lawena to close the game and NOT closing the game normally. That should prevent your game from getting messed up.
I have everything as in the video, only in the video at the end of 30 fps. After the "P" button, 120fps and more.
hi, I always get the Match Status box whenever I open an STV demo, which is annoying, I don't want it on my videos, do you know a HUD of STV demo where it gets rid off everything except for the crosshair and killfeed? like the beater hud
when i download lagarith it doesnt show up as an option in the avirecorder settings
Hello, any plans to continue guides? I'm just searching around 3 days in a row for guide that will help me with free camera. Like flying camera near character with mirv commands and all that. I was already trying but it just doesn't work
I've been caught up working on other stuff for a while, I finally finished the big project I was focused on, so yes, I do still plan to continue guides. I can't guarantee when they'll come but I do want to continue this series, especially given the positive response to this first episode.
Downloaded AVI Recorder, opening only gives the message "No supported steam games found on this system." and closes. Help?
I have the same problem, do you know how to fix it??
@@wirit0_020 do u fix it?
@@daskaut everyone has the same problem lol. I'd say some windows update cracked up the way this program finds the tf2 file. if a new avi recorder version doesn't come out, we probably can't use it
@@capy684 oh thx
Hello,i have a weird problem, avi recorder will not record any of the files,i would press start recording and as soon as i pressed P it would stop recording and no files would be recorded,lawena still works tho so atleast thats something,if anyone has a fix that would be great
same here man.. i want a fix :/
Everything seems to be working fine until i hit record with p, it slows down and all like its supposed to. I let it run for a solid 20 seconds of gameplay but when I put it in premiere its only 1 frame, pls help gamers
when i put the avi files on my editor, the footage is super sped up but the audio plays at normal speed. how do i fix that?
A bit late, but can be useful for new people. I had a similar issue because Lawena was running at 120fps and AviRecorder was recording at 60fps (or viceversa). I set both to 120 and problem solved.
it gave me the error CDemoFile::Open: couldn't open file 6e0a2cd6721eaa81630a4f53fdcf2764_match-20230502-23.dem for reading.
I was waiting for this update of "how to record", I watched you before, but for any reason I did not watch this video XD. I have a question or issue with Lawena (I guess).
Well... When I watch my demo on Lawena (right before record), my items has not "wear", it looks like, I have not loadout to wear.
Do you know why? I hope could you read and help me.
Thanks and look forward, i really like you stile and work :3
Thanks for everything.
how do i make it so the killfeed is highlighted in player view
Is there a replacement for lagarith since it doesn’t work on windows 10?
I don't know why but when I start tf2 in Lawena it says "hl2 isn't responding" but thanks for making this tutorial because I got closer than ever! Going to try and fix this though if I can lol
Update it now loads into tf2 but then quickly stops
hey can you teach me how to download avi recorder and lagarith, i didnt see any instructions, and if there were, i would still feel unsure if i did it correctly. Very much appreciated
When I press p it won't start recording
I cannot open my lawena due to this Problem saying "Caused by java.lang : OutOfMemoryError : GC overhead limit exceeded"
do you know the way so i can fix it?
I think it means it doesn't have enough ram
When i try and open AVI recorder it says no steam game found on the system.
I have the same problem, do you know how to fix it??
Bro TYSM!!!!
When using Lawena, My game has the crappiest CFG ever, Everything is set to high and looks pretty high quality except for textures
Hi shears, your video was excellent, thank you so much! However I couldn't find a way to make the damage numbers show up when i'm recording the demos, I unchecked the box "disable combat text" to make it show the numbers but it just won't work. I wanted to record using the option "HUD" on "kill notices only" + the damage numbers but I couldn't figure it out.
Do you know if it's possible to make them appear when I'm recording using that preset "kill notices only"?
Thanks again!
I forget if the default lawena "kill notices only" hud supports damage numbers or not, so you might be right there that damage numbers simply aren't included in that preset. If you are using CastingEssentials and trying to record an STV demo, make sure you use the command ce_hitevents_enabled 1 to turn on damage numbers for STV demo recordings. If that fails ---
What I generally do when recording is find a custom HUD whose damage numbers I like the look of, and then go into that HUD's files and delete all the HUD elements I don't want before recording. I don't remember what exactly to delete off the top of my head, but the huds.tf discord can help you out in that regard. It's not too complicated. Especially if your damage numbers show up on the lawena HUD version that has all the UI elements, I think you might be right that the "kill notices only" version might just not include damage numbers. So I'd recommend just using a different HUD instead, and manually removing HUD elements.
@@shearstf2269 You're a beast, thanks man!
Can i use OBS to record instead? I've read some of the other comments and they said that some of the programs you told us to use don't work anymore
While Lawena no longer receives active updates it is still perfectly functional. I provided a link to the version I recommend in the other reply chain you commented on.
Using OBS to screen capture is perfectly viable if your PC is fast enough to capture the game at your preferred quality and framerate settings. The workflow in this video series is designed for people who want maximum quality recordings.
I actually used OBS (in combination with Lawena and some of the other tools I've shown!) as my primary capture method for my most recent frag movies, including the Main S5 one, as screen capture is the only way to record the post processing effects that ReShade provides.
@@shearstf2269 ahh ok thanks
I don't know what I did wrong. I tried loading my demo but then it says like can't play demo for reading," etc and I can't play it for some reason
Check your formatting - the demo won't play if there are spaces in the filename or if the filename is too long. If that doesn't work it may be an issue with the demo file itself
@@shearstf2269 for example all my demo names are like 2020-10-17_18-39-32.dem
is it the dashes? I have auto record demos on so im unsure
@@CrunchyG3D that's weird, that format should work. I haven't encountered that issue before so I'm not sure what the issue is there.
@@shearstf2269 idk man when i boot up the game and the console is open like u said when u start recording and all that, and i type in playdemo, and it doesnt show any demo file names for me to choose from, and i tried to manually copy n paste from one of the demos I wanted to use and record for, but then that leads me to the beginning of my issue which says cant play demo for reading, so i give up lol . just gonna record my gameplay i guess, but also i really do want to record som cinematics as well, so im probably might look into it mroe on
@@shearstf2269 OK UPDATE : SO I HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE WAY THAT U DIDNT MENTION IN THE VIDEO BUT INSTEAD OF DOING DEMOPLAY, I DID DEMOUI AND LOADED IN THE DEMO THAT WAY AND IT WORKS , SORRY FOR THE WHOLE CAP LOCKS THING , JUST HAPPY IT WORKED OUT FINE
is it possible to change where lawena outputs the tga files to?
Yes, you should be able to do that by, in Lawena, going into File>Change Movie Folder
THANK YOU
Do you have to start avi to record before opening the game and then stop recording after the game closes?
You can hit the "start recording" button on AVI Recorder anytime before or after launching the game and it should still work, if I remember correctly, as long as you hit it before you start the in-game recording process by pressing p while watching a demo. You will need to hit "stop recording" on AVI Recorder before it will output the recorded files properly.
@@shearstf2269 that's convenient. Thanks a lot
bro lawena is discontinued how tf do i download it
1. Go to the link I provided in the video at 0:25
2. Scroll down to "assets"
3. Grab the lawena-stable-4.1.18.zip file :)
ill try that
@@shearstf2269 should i use OBS to record it instead?
Thx
You didn't show how to get your clips, but only how to get them out of tf2. Ok, I got it on another video from someone else.
where did you get said video?
@@fluke7506 idk, but this one will do:
ua-cam.com/video/96qO5Z7-aLg/v-deo.html
thanks for block my taunts and chat ):(
a but to edgy edits but thanks for help :p
AviRecorder says no supported steam games found on this system, any fixes?
I have the same problem do you know how to fix it??
@@wirit0_020 did you ever find a fix?