From be4a2be1da061af8aaa7194b56f439a582b95336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ Martinez <aj@tyronesama.moe>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 04:29:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix unsteady camera movement in demos

---
 src/p_user.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/p_user.c b/src/p_user.c
index 6ca61d9f8..a19437d0a 100644
--- a/src/p_user.c
+++ b/src/p_user.c
@@ -3186,7 +3186,13 @@ boolean P_MoveChaseCamera(player_t *player, camera_t *thiscam, boolean resetcall
 
 	if (demo.playback)
 	{
-		focusangle = mo->angle;
+		// Hack-adjacent.
+		// Sometimes stale ticcmds send a weird angle at the start of the race.
+		// P_UpdatePlayerAngle knows to ignore cmd angle when you literally can't turn, so we do the same here.
+		if (leveltime > starttime)
+			focusangle = player->cmd.angle << TICCMD_REDUCE;
+		else
+			focusangle = mo->angle; // Just use something known sane.
 		focusaiming = 0;
 	}
 	else