Replays

[KGB]

SnotlinG,

I tried the fast forward 1 turn in replay mode again today but it's not working again. Or it's VERY slow.

I was trying to look at the replay of game 44202 that is a 3v3 team game involving my team mates. It goes 18 turns. It would take well over 1 hr to watch it all. I just wanted to skip to the final 3-4 turns to watch the ending.

When I hit fast forward I get the busy icon and I waited well over 3 minutes and I wasn't even on turn 2! So the replay is either broken or VERY VERY slow. You should insert some kind of marker at end of turns so you can jump there fast (my guess is so much info is recorded that it's taking the server forever to move through it all). It would be handy if you just had a 'jump to turn' button where I could enter a turn number and start replaying from there. But I suspect you can't figure out where units/fog etc is without actually working through the turns step by step. So replay isn't really that feasible right now.

KGB

[SnotlinG]

Hello,
Could you give me a link to the replay and I will have a look if it is broken.

But you are right regarding your guess about starting the replay from a specific turn.
The replaydata is only saved moves/changes, so we have to start from the start and the play it forward to know where all the units will be placed etc. Its possible we could add some smart functions somehow, but replays havent been so highly prioritized lately

[KGB]

SnotlinG,

This is the link:

http://www.warbarons.com/ver091/replay/ ... %20vs%20...

But when I just tried to view it again and I got this message:

"Replay map has unfortunately been lost due to a bug /SnotlinG"

so now even I can't replay it anymore.

KGB

[SnotlinG]

Ok, unfortunately we had a bug that allowed maps still used by the replay-engine to be deleted, and thats what happened to some maps so those replays wont work
The bug is fixed though.

Maybe you were trying to look at this replay before I discovered the bug, that would cause the replay-engine to behave weirdly.

[Chazar]

I also have trouble watching the replays of the tournament game. Are they affected by the same bug?

The replays work fine, unless I skip forward a few turns and then hit play again. It seems especially bad when I disable the view of one player.

[SnotlinG]

They should work fine, but I have also experienced some issues when disabling the view of some players. Havent had time to investigate it yet though. Ifg you have some good example where it crashes it would help me to nail down the problem?

Thanks!