A: DemoFreak is some sort of GUI Frontend if you would like to watch replays
of interesting matches recorded within any Half-Life compatible Modification.
It also gives you plenty of Information about the Demo before you start the playback.
Q: Can we put DemoFreak on our CD-ROM or distribute it with our magazine?
A: Please contact hardlife@clan-it.net for permission before doing so.
Q: Why are you doing this?
A: I needed a way to read demo files for another project I was coding.
After I failed looking for any valuable information regarding
the demo file format I started with the creation of a simple demoanalyzer
which evolved to DemoFreak now.
Q: Does DemoFreak support other game replays then Halflife Demos?
A: We are planning on adding support for many popular games.
Q: How much does it cost?
A: DemoFreak is free but might contain a small banner system in the future. (Nothing annoying!)
Q: Why does the Player details only show cl_xy and not other cvars?
A: DemoFreak only displays playerinformation that was actually recorded in the demo (cl_cmdrate not f.e.) and what can be read with the current version.
Q: Will it be possible to directly create AVI files?
A: Yes, with audio (hopefully). You will click on a "Create AVI..." option and receive your desired file for a demo. You will still need a HL installation.
Q: Will there be support for other Demo File Formats / Games ?
A: Yes, though we are first targeting support of formats based on the Quake 1 DEM format, followed by various others.
Q: How to create movies using DemoFreak?
A: DemoFreak is for starting your host game and display information about a demo file. You can use the "Play Extra > Startmovie" command to create a bunch of .bmp files from the action. You should check out this tutorial on that.
Q: How deos DemoFreak help me in league matches?
A: Tell your opponent to start recording a single small demo. While doing so he should issue your desired commands and stop the demo recording. If he does "cvarlist ex_*" and "status" for example you or an administrator will be able to see the output/input from inside DemoFreak. Means, IP's/SteamID/Names/Settings.