How to record a player demo in Rust

Type demo.record "PlayerName" in the server console to start recording a server-side demo of that player. demo.stop ends it and saves the file.

demo.record

Starts recording a server-side demo of a connected player.

demo.record <player>

Examples

demo.record "PlayerName"

Start recording a player.

Arguments

playerRequired: Name or Steam64 ID of a connected player.

What it does

Records what the player does to a timestamped demo file on the server, so you can review it later. A common tool for gathering evidence on a suspected cheater without them noticing.

The game's own description: Starts recording a server-side demo for the specified player by name or Steam ID to a timestamped file; the player must be connected

Good to know

Long recordings are split into several files by demo.splitseconds and demo.splitmegabytes.

Run it on your server

Type it in the server console or send it over RCON; admins can also use the F1 console in game. To keep a setting, run server.writecfg after changing it, or put it on the launch line as +name value.

Your own
game server.

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