So fraps still isn't working, but I noticed that in game in developer mode F9 is used to record and F10 is used to stop recording, however it saves the recording as a .dat file. Is it actually recording video, and if so can this recording be played back?
No, it's a demo, like in ID Tech based engines. It's the same way that COD and Halo have theater modes, and oldschool Battlefield had Battlerecorder.
You'd need to find a way to play it back, and then record it via something like Fraps.
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