Ability to reverse/rewind track file!

[D4n]

It'd be great to see that feature in the near future, with ability to watch back what just happened in a track file with ability to rewind, so camera angle etc. can be changed! :)

[spiddx]

+1

I would gladly live with bigger replay sizes and do without the ability to jump into the cockpit if we just had a functioning replay system that works like any other game.

[Jinker]

+1

I was just thinking of posting the same request!

[WelshZeCorgi]

+1

Same, would really like to take pictures from multiple angles for the DCS photography submission!

[VincentLaw]

While it might be impossible to run the simulation backwards, it should be possible to save a series of "intra-frames" which could be jumped backwards to without starting over from the beginning. These could also mitigate synchronization errors.

[Northstar98]

I believe there are a lot of things on the list for the replays and tracks, and this is certainly one of them that I at least would be a very happy bunny to see in DCS

[MadDog-IC]

It'd be great to see that feature in the near future, with ability to watch back what just happened in a track file with ability to rewind, so camera angle etc. can be changed! :)

 

oh, god yes please. ;-)

[Mick F]

Would be fantastic if the track took account of Helios inputs as well!

[cichlidfan]

Perhaps if they got tracks to work reliably first, might be a better approach before trying to add features to a completely broken system.

[D4n]

What? They're reliable... (to me at least)

[SharpeXB]

It would be great to have these improvements as well:

 

In tracks from multiplayer, where external views are disabled. The external views should be enabled in the replay track. It's always interesting to watch the action again with externals and see other aircraft and targets. Movie making isn't very interesting when it's confined to the cockpit.

 

Another needed improvement is to have the replay keep your in-game head movements. Currently as soon as you switch the camera, say to F2 external, you lose the head movements transitioning back to F1. This also makes it very difficult to create interesting videos.

[cichlidfan]

It would be great to have these improvements as well:

...

 

The first item can be solved easily enough, by unzipping the track file (rename it to .zip first) then editing the options file.

 

For the second. If you are movie making, you should always keep a virgin copy of the track, or video the unaltered track, from the F1 view before doing anything else with it.

 

I am not disagreeing, just pointing out a work around for each issue.

[SharpeXB]

The first item can be solved easily enough, by unzipping the track file (rename it to .zip first) then editing the options file.

Thanks I'll try that

 

For the second. If you are movie making, you should always keep a virgin copy of the track, or video the unaltered track, from the F1 view before doing anything else with it.

Yes, that's what I do now, it's just rather tedious. Without the ability to rewind, filling in the external shots is difficult.

[SharpeXB]

The first item can be solved easily enough, by unzipping the track file (rename it to .zip first) then editing the options file.

Ok I renamed the trk file to .zip

Found the Options file and edited External views to "true"

 

But renaming the .zip back to .trk didn't make a file that DCS can recognize it seems.

Did I do something incorrect?

Edited March 23, 2016 by SharpeXB

[cichlidfan]

That should have worked, IIRC.

[SharpeXB]

That should have worked, IIRC.

What program do you edit the Options file with? Notepad?

I notice when I save the file after editing it does not replace the old Options file, it's a different format then, right?

[cichlidfan]

Notepad++

 

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/

 

Regular Windows Notepad can break files that were not meant for editing. It can insert invisible characters that screw up the file.

 

I sometimes forget that not everyone knows that. Sorry.