Demonstrations, played or programed?

[sirstaunch]

Just a curious question, when you watch a demonstration of a game, did someone actually play and record it or was it programed?

I watched the Demonstration of Heretic 11 (2) yesterday and it looked like a skill that I play at, (not very good LOL)

 

[Damrod]

In shooters, like Quake 3 Arena, I think they really are played most of the time. There are real freaks out there that play like that (when it really looks like a skillful action. Believe me, I met em )

Even when I see myself playing Halo now on "Legendary" like it was normal skill level, yes, they are played.

 

[Viro]

They are played, and recorded. Every move the player, monsters, environment makes is recorded and then re-enacted (for lack of a better word) when you run the demo. This is why demos are used to benchmark video cards and are usually a poor CPU benchmark .