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tomoose · 12-23-10, 02:29 PM

Dogfish40;
to be honest it's been awhile but yes the replay files are essentially 'recordings' of your mission. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but it saves your entire mission from leaving port to the point you 'saved'. I believe that's why saving a lot of replays can quickly become an issue. If you save a replay at point 'X' then a few minutes later save another replay at point 'Y' you will have two replays which both start at base and continue up to each of the save points, obviously a quick way to chew up space.
If I'm not mistaken you can jump in at any point and "refight" the mission.

It is handy if you want to film (i.e. use FRAPS) to create your own recording. You can record the replay thereby giving you some flexibility in editing/stopping/pausing etc. In my old rig I found that FPS hit when trying to use FRAPS was less when doing it using a replay file than trying to use FRAPS while in-game. I hope that makes sense. In my new rig, filming is not a problem.
I suggest you do a quick test replay save in a mission then have a look at what you can do with it.
Hope this helps.

12-23-10, 02:29 PM	#16
tomoose Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 930 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Replays Dogfish40; to be honest it's been awhile but yes the replay files are essentially 'recordings' of your mission. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but it saves your entire mission from leaving port to the point you 'saved'. I believe that's why saving a lot of replays can quickly become an issue. If you save a replay at point 'X' then a few minutes later save another replay at point 'Y' you will have two replays which both start at base and continue up to each of the save points, obviously a quick way to chew up space. If I'm not mistaken you can jump in at any point and "refight" the mission. It is handy if you want to film (i.e. use FRAPS) to create your own recording. You can record the replay thereby giving you some flexibility in editing/stopping/pausing etc. In my old rig I found that FPS hit when trying to use FRAPS was less when doing it using a replay file than trying to use FRAPS while in-game. I hope that makes sense. In my new rig, filming is not a problem. I suggest you do a quick test replay save in a mission then have a look at what you can do with it. Hope this helps.