In this tutorial you will learn how to record GOTV demos in Counter Strike Global Offensive on a computer at a LAN using the developer console. Black sheep torrent.
Below is a TL;DR giving a summary of the tutorial, containing just the relevant console commands. If you want a more in-depth explanation of each command, you can skip the TL;DR and read the rest of the tutorial.
Follow this tutorial if you don't know how to open the console.
CSGO GOTV Chat Bot for Majors using GOTV+. Contribute to BeepIsla/csgo-gotv-chat-bot development by creating an account on GitHub. Make sure you navigate to where your 'csgo' folder is located on your computer. The default location is: C: Program Files (x86) Steam steamapps common Counter-Strike Global Offensive csgo. Please note: All our GOTV demos are now zipped in a.gz file. This requires you to unzip the file to access the.dem file of the demo.
# TL;DR
- Open CS:GO on the host computer and type
- Start recording a demo by typing
- Stop the recording by typing
- Locate the demo file on the host computer and upload it to Noesis!
# Setting up a local match
The easiest way to set up a match on your local LAN is to start CS:GO, open the console and type the command map [map name]
, e.g. map de_dust2
. The computer that ran this command is called the host.
This opens a game server on the given PC which can be joined by other computers on the same LAN.
Other computers can connect to this game by starting CS:GO, opening the console and using the command connect [ip address:port]
, e.g. connect 192.168.0.3:27015
.
If you do not know the ip address and port of the game on the host computer, you can use the status
command. On the host computer, type status
in the console. The numbers you are looking for can be found under the 'udp/ip' section, e.g. 192.168.0.3:27015
.
# Activating GOTV
Csgo Gotv Spectator
Recording a GOTV demo is different from recording a POV/in-eye demo. In order to record a GOTV demo, GOTV has to be enabled on the host computer.
This is done by typing tv_enable 1
in the console and changing the map, e.g. map de_dust2
. For technical reasons, changing the map is required in order to activate GOTV.
# Recording a GOTV demo
GOTV has been enabled on the host computer and you are ready to record your demo.
This is done by simply typing tv_record [demo name]
in the console, e.g. tv_record 2019-01-01-pracc-astralis
. Everything that happens in the game is now being recorded to a file on the host computer.
Gotv Commands
Once the match is done, you can stop the recording by changing the map, or by typing tv_stoprecord
in the console.
# Finding the GOTV demo file
Being the dedicated learner that you are, you obviously want to upload your shiny new demo to Noesis so that you can review what went well and what didn't. You can find the GOTV demo on the host computer doing the following:
Csgo Gotv Commands
- Open the Steam library
- Right click on CS:GO
- Click on 'Properties'
- Click on the 'Local files'-tab
- Click on 'Browse local files'
- Open the 'csgo' folder
In the 'csgo' folder you should find a demo by the name you used when starting the recording, e.g. 2019-01-01-pracc-astralis.dem
.
You can now upload this file to Noesis and start getting some insights into the match!