The unofficial DEM format description

Uwe Girlich, girlich@aix520.informatik.uni-leipzig.de

1. Introduction

• 1.1 Recording and Playback
• 1.2 Versions

2. Basics on the used client/server architecture

3. Some remarks on the used demo format

• 3.1 Advertising
• 3.2 Difference to DOOM
• 3.3 Opportunities of the DEM format
• 3.4 Problems of the DEM format

4. Some general remarks on the recording structure

• 4.1 Entity
• 4.2 Life-cycles

5. File structure

• 5.1 Block of Messages
• 5.2 Message
• 5.3 Auxilliary routines

6. List of all message types

• 6.1 bad
• 6.2 nop
• 6.3 disconnect
• 6.4 updatestat
• 6.5 version
• 6.6 setview
• 6.7 sound
• 6.8 time
• 6.9 print
• 6.10 stufftext
• 6.11 setangle
• 6.12 serverinfo
• 6.13 lightstyle
• 6.14 updatename
• 6.15 updatefrags
• 6.16 clientdata
• 6.17 stopsound
• 6.18 updatecolors
• 6.19 particle
• 6.20 damage
• 6.21 spawnstatic
• 6.22 spawnbinary
• 6.23 spawnbaseline
• 6.24 temp_entity
• 6.25 setpause
• 6.26 signonum
• 6.27 centerprint
• 6.28 killedmoster
• 6.29 foundsecret
• 6.30 spawnstaticsound
• 6.31 intermission
• 6.32 finale
• 6.33 cdtrack
• 6.34 sellscreen
• 6.35 updateentity

7. Version History and Acknowledgements

8. About this document