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Great. Thanks for the responses on this! Ryback, if we wanted to be completely accurate is there a way to include loading the shotgun in the command prompt as well or no?

Hey, so we have the clip we want to use to show what it looked like to record a demo file: https://app.frame.io/presentations/ea29abcc-2804-4a3d-801a-ff848df31b3f Prior to it loading we have the command prompt as you can see in the vid in red (will be changed to white and properly resized for the final version). Is this the correct command prompt for this? The segment is from this speedrun (5:28): Based on the splits it looks like this is the 6th level so we assumed warp 6 is the right command? Are we missing anything in the command prompt? Thanks! @Ryback

Great. Thanks again!

Ahh ok, I understand. One thing though.- In your examples you keep using doom2. Any reason for this? Based on my research, demo recordings were possible in the original Doom and sharable as well, correct?

This is incredibly helpful! Thank you Ryback. So, how exactly did the process work with the original Doom? Was it like this- You loaded the game on your PC, then before you played a level you put in the input command to record it like you mentioned above - doom2 -warp 01 -skill 5 -record nm01-005 Then after you completed it, you had a .lmp file you could share or put in a command to play it back for yourself?

Thanks for the info Linguica and dew! This very helpful!

Hey all! First time posting here, so please be patient with me. I'm the director of a speedrunning docu-series currently in post-production called Running with Speed. We are currently crafting a section in the edit where we discuss the early days of speedrunning forums and more specifically the revolutionary demo file system that came with the original version of Doom when it was released. Since this was back in 1993/1994, we are having a hard time trying to find visuals/screenshots that actually show what the forums looked like back then. We also are trying to come up with a visual of what an actual demo file looked like from back then as well. I'm guessing that hasn't changed much, but the process of how people shared demo files and then played them back from that time is what we are trying to recreate. If anyone could share anything that you think would help with this it would be much appreciated! If you are interested you can see more about the project on our twitter account; @runningwspeed