why cant i rename demos

[ak-47]

whenever i try and load a demo that i renamed after it has finished, it says like "couldnt load matchvsij.bsp"

so like when i rename it, it somehow changes the map name or something.. whats going on

[Byz]

Did you put the demo in "Demos" file?

[Rick]

You cant take off the .dm2 at the end. matchvsij.dm2

[Eiii]

You have to type in 'map matchvsij.dm2' as well.

[ak-47]

ok i dont get what ur saying Eiii.

im manually renaming the demos in my demos folder of dp2

and rick none of them have .dm2 at the end of the filename anyway so idk

w/e sometimes it turns the name of the file to the map and somtimes not so idk what im doing, ill just try to name it before the match starts

[y00tz]

You're probably in a situation where XP is hiding the extensions by default.

[Eiii]

You're probably in a situation where XP is hiding the extensions by default.

Quite possibly the dumbest thing you can do on an OS.

Anyway, to start up a demo with the map command, you have to:
1. Make sure the demo is in your pball/demos folder.
2. Make sure it has the extension .dm2
3. Type 'map <demoname>.dm2', where demoname is the name of the file. (Sans brackets, of course)

[ril3s16]

You cant take off the .dm2 at the end. matchvsij.dm2

couldn't you get that clip and convert it?

[Rick]

Paintball only can read 1 format for Demos, which is .dm2, So you wouldnt be able to view it in Paintball. (I think)