Hi , I just started running this game today and ive learnt the it all and ready to go for a run yay for me ... until i realised im stuck trying to get a way to get demos working . Just to break it down it probably wont be single segmeant so how would i get it to work ? ive read some of it and people say just use fraps or something to record rta cause u cant record demos of rta runs ? single segmeant is far from me atm i can just about pull of the main strats and finish the levels with relative speed and ease . So main question , how can i record my rta run quick and simple . Side question , i checked the leaderboards and people with rta runs are below people with single segmeant runs even tho they have better time ?? thats all :P <3

Whenever you load a save or restart a map, any demo recording stops. The only way to get actual proof of your run if it's not in demo form is in video form. Try recording/streaming with OBS or something.

Single segment is the way Quake is meant to be run, as back in the early SDA days, demos were the only things you could produce/submit with an acceptable filesize (and also because you can check for cheating much easier when you have a demo). With the advent of speedrun.com RTA runs were allowed for submission in order not to discourage newcomers. SS runs uses in-game time to calculate final run time, not taking the time you spend in intermission screens and the episode select map into account. Because of this difference between in-game time and real time, one cannot reliably compare the two, which is why all SS runs will be above RTA runs. This means we also don't need to split the leaderboards into SS/RTA for every single category.

If you're having problems getting SS runs you could always do safestrats and gradually implement faster and harder strats as you get better.

Single Segmeant Is Still quite hard at the moment because i try the hard strats most of the time and pretty consistent but its e4 that i struggle with and i know thats why you do it first but i really struggle with the portal strafe thing then the tight strafe to the exit :P but rta run i can get maybe 17 mins if i give it a solid attempt otherwise atm i just do a quick run while im waiting for something and gradually getting better :)

thought i would go for a run .. 13 minutes in with like just over half the game done and my pc turns off :( great