Unable to Replay

[maajr57]

I was unable to playback mission I flew on a Hoggit multiplayer server last night. Does DCS record multiplayer flights the same as single player?

[Flappie]

Hi. Your client MP track should be located in "C:\Users\your_login\Saved Games\DCS...\Tracks\Multiplayer".

[maajr57]

Hey Fappie! I was trying to Replay in VR because that's how I flew it. I have it working without VR but have no controls. No play, no Pause, no Fast Forward or Rewind. Any tips?

[maajr57]

I take back what I said. It's NOT working. Sometimes I get a Mission Script Error. Sometimes I get an external view of a Surveillance jet flight which is a plane I have never flown. I have tried multiple track files, both new and old.

Edited April 16, 2023 by maajr57

[Flappie]

Maybe that would explain what I've been seeing these last few days: whenever someone uploads a MP client track, I see a server track when I replay it. I'll do a quick test and see.

[Flappie]

Test made: my theory was proven wrong.

[maajr57]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I can save and play a single player track. Why is there a Launch Multi-Player button on the Replay screen? What is different about multi-player tracks?

[Flappie]

6 minutes ago, maajr57 said:

Why is there a Launch Multi-Player button on the Replay screen?

I have no idea.

6 minutes ago, maajr57 said:

What is different about multi-player tracks?

Each machine involved in a MP session generates a DCS track: the server, and the clients.

Server tracks are recognizable: when you replay them, the camera never moves. Server tracks are stored on the server only.

Client tracks are suposed to start at the time you joined a server, and they stop when you leave the server. This means that if you join a server but don't select any aircraft for 15 minutes, the beginning of your client track will resemble a server track very much. Then if you wait for 15 minutes, you should see your actions. Client tracks are stored on each client's PC (to each user his own track).

Edited April 16, 2023 by Flappie

[maajr57]

According to your description, I should be able to replay the same track from the multi-player server with a 15 minute radar jet trailer or from my client single player tracks stored on my pc. Is that correct?

[Flappie]

Multiplayer client tracks can be reviewed exactly like single player tracks, yes. The procedure is the same.

[KoN]

I cant play any tracks from a online play . I save as miz file  yet it don't work . DCS really needs to update the record tracks options . This will help with Bugs and video for You-tube.

One combat flight sim has it down to a tee .  Its 2023 DCS not 2005 . 

[razo+r]

8 minutes ago, KoN said:

I cant play any tracks from a online play . I save as miz file  yet it don't work . DCS really needs to update the record tracks options . This will help with Bugs and video for You-tube.

One combat flight sim has it down to a tee .  Its 2023 DCS not 2005 . 

.miz files are mission files, not track files. Mission files cannot be replayed, only track files can.

[Ironhand]

Track files: xxxxxx.TRK

[KoN]

On 6/2/2023 at 3:47 PM, razo+r said:

.miz files are mission files, not track files. Mission files cannot be replayed, only track files can.

You save as a mission file so you can change in mission editor. Then alter that file to have outside views . Save as trk file . My mission will make my aircraft crash into ground . Broken. 

[Ironhand]

2 hours ago, KoN said:

You save as a mission file so you can change in mission editor.

You just open the TRK file directly into the ME. No need to change to MIZ, then back to TRK. But that has nothing to do with your issue. Do you have a shorter MP track file that you can post here? Then we can see if it'll play for us. What map is the MP session on?

[KoN]

On 4/17/2023 at 6:36 AM, Flappie said:

Multiplayer client tracks can be reviewed exactly like single player tracks, yes. The procedure is the same.

Record is broken. Play any track fast forward and it will break . DCS needs to up it's game with record and making videos it's the future.

[Dangerzone]

On 4/17/2023 at 4:43 AM, maajr57 said:

I take back what I said. It's NOT working. Sometimes I get a Mission Script Error.

You will get a mission script error if the server you are running on is launching external files. 

Many servers don't load their lua scripts into the .miz file, but instead just call something like  dofile('c:/scripts/myscript.lua') which will run an external file located on the server. Since you don't have c:/scripts/myscript.lua on your computer - it will break the scripting. More servers that I see are using this method of running scripts instead of loading them into the .miz. 

Same thing if it's loading from saved data (simplesave, template loaders, etc all use this method).

That's not saying that the replay script isn't broken in other areas - but if the server you are running on does indeed fun external scripts - you will run into scripting errors. Just something to keep in mind.