Glossary

Structural Terms

TermDescription
Magic HeaderA header determining the file type
FrameA record within a demo
Frame HeaderA description of a demo frame
PacketA recorded game packet within a demo
TickAn measurement of time, 64 per second

Entity Terms

TermDescription
ClassA type of entity ( e.g. Player)
EntityAn instance of a class within the server
Send-TablesA version agnostic description of entity structure
Symbol IndexA string within the send-tables
SerializerA layout description of a class or set of fields
FieldA field within a serializer, describing its type and how to decode it
Field DecoderA decoder for a given field
PropertyA instance of a field within a entity, perhaps containing nested properties
Field PathA path to a specific field within a tree of serializers, used to set or retrieve a value
Entity UpdateA server packet to describe creation, deletion and updating entity properties