4.0

TAS Editor 2

This is a new version of the BXT TAS editor, rebuilt from the ground up with big usability improvements and bug fixes. Watch the video introduction and getting started: https://youtu.be/zi3pw9iS1sk.

Highlights include:

• Undo/redo system which is unlimited and persistent: even after restarting your game, you can undo all the way back to the start of the TAS.
• Branches for easy comparison of different routes.
• Manual HLTAS editing through bridged file synchronized with the in-game editor in real time.
• Integration with the TAS optimizer.
• You can always edit the entire script, not just the part after the playback stop.
• No save command: all changes are automatically saved to disk as soon as you do them in-game.

TAS editor 2 commands and console variables are called bxt_tas_studio to avoid the naming collision with the BXT TAS editor. Hence, the alternative name is TAS Studio.

Video Recording with Motion Blur

Set bxt_cap_sampling_exposure to a value above 0 and up to 1 to enable motion blur. It works the same way as in HLAE and hl-capture, but very fast thanks to GPU acceleration with Vulkan.

Other Changes

• Added bxt_play_folder by @khanghugo in #53
• Improved demo length limit in the demo playback commands by @khanghugo in #59
• Made video recording fast when alt-tabbed by @khanghugo in #51
• Added bxt_scoreboard_remove by @khanghugo in #61
• Added bxt_cap_separate_start which records every demo into a separate video by @khanghugo in #58
• Added bxt_viewmodel_remove by @khanghugo in #52
• Added bxt_viewmodel_sway by @khanghugo in #64
• Improved CS 1.6 support in the TAS optimizer by @khanghugo in #50
• Added support for Cry of Fear by @SmileyAG in #48
• Added more patterns by @SmileyAG and @khanghugo in #63, #69
• Added bxt_remote_forbid to prevent the game from serving as a remote optimizer or TAS Studio client by @YaLTeR
• Minor improvements and fixes to video recording by @YaLTeR

New Contributors

• @khanghugo made their first contribution in #50

Full Changelog: 3.1...4.0