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Demo Check Penalties Updated

In some of our prior posts, we detailed changes to our 8.9.1. Demo Checking rule, in particular its penalties. We also noted that we would be paying close attention to those penalties and their ban lengths, and see if any adjustments were needed going forward.

Effective immediately, demo check failures that are not related to Anti-Cheat will now only incur a 3-Month Ban on a second offence and a 1-Year Ban on any further offences. These have been lowered from their previous 6-Month Ban and 2-Year Ban. We'll continue to keep an eye on things, discuss player feedback internally and see where we want to take this system.

Potential Steam Cloud Issues

A couple of users have reported Steam Cloud either rolling back or messing with their game settings, potentially affecting their ability to record POV Demos. We wanted to reissue a reminder that it is the player's responsibility to ensure they are recording POV Demos, and we believe there are enough indicators of when a recording starts to know when a recording doesn't start.

We have not received many reports of Steam Cloud failing, but we are looking to investigate it further. For that to happen, we need solid evidence that Steam Cloud is rolling back game settings or perhaps even custom files. If you have experienced this issue and can share any information on how or why, please contact core directly on Discord.

Demo System Settings

What seems to be the most reliable way to ensure Demo System settings are saved currently is to add them to your config files, specifically your autoexec.cfg. To do so, copy the following lines and add them to the bottom of your autoexec.cfg found in either steamapps/common/Team Fortress 2/tf/cfg/, or steamapps/common/Team Fortress 2/tf/custom/foldername/cfg if you have your config files in your custom folder.

Alternatively, you can use the config file we are providing, and add either of the following lines to either your autoexec.cfg or your launch options:

• exec demosystem to the bottom of your autoexec.cfg.
• +exec demosystem.cfg to the end of your launch options (right click on Team Fortress 2 in your Steam Library > Properties > General > Launch Options).

For either of the options above, you will need to download the demosystem.cfg config and add it to steamapps/common/Team Fortress 2/tf/cfg/. We will update our POV Demo Recording guide shortly to include this new config and the instructions on how to use it.

Please Note:

If you use mastercomfig, any custom user configs (including this one) must go into a specific directory to work.

Demo Check Failure: Second Offence

Raelen STEAM_0:1:60849964

The player above failed to produce POV Demos when requested a second time. As they have been unable to provide their POV demos twice, they will receive the second offence penalty. This player has been banned from ozfortress.com and the community's competitions for 3 months. Their ban duration will be extended if they are found ban-evading during their ban.

Ban started 28/10/2024, and will end 28/01/2025.

Should any individuals or groups within ozfortress be found housing the listed player/s in our competitions, or aiding in ban evasion, those responsible will face severe penalties and hefty league bans.

good riddance

good riddance

Thank god this update came out before raelen got a 6 month ban 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿

put the demos in the waaater