Problem viewing mafia replays

[BorkBot]

There was a replay I wanted to submit that showed someone revealing all mafia on day 1, but it was a few games ago and thus I'm not sure what file it may have been. Unfortunately I was having problems viewing some of my replays because I got a popup UI which was, I think, the one intended for donors to put in their code.

Is there some way to circumvent/close this UI when watching replays? As it stands, it failed to load the actual replay and instead showed a game where default settings were chosen, people are assigned random names, the chat can't be read etc.

[NorthStar]

Post the replay here and we'll search for a solution.

[BorkBot]

Well, the thing is I'm unsure which replay it was. It was a game that took place yesterday... There was some guy who named himself Adolf Hitler who was a framer, who revealed the other framer and the GF who was named Angela Merkel. I was a sheriff in the game myself.

I have several replays from that day which I'm unable to review. Should I post all of them? Or is it not worth the time and effort and should I simply file my report right away next time?

[CmG]

Angela Merkel is the standart alias of Andrea. Just ask her if she still has that replay

[NorthStar]

Post them all.

[BorkBot]

Upon further investigation, there are only 2 replays I have that might be it. If it's not them, then it may have been overwritten already.

Note that the games in these replays might be pretty bad. Yesterday was a sad day on EU mafia :p

[BorkBot]

Anyone checked yet if either of the replays was the one I was talking about?

If they are I will make a report in the required format.

[CmG]

Yeah i checked both and well, they don't work for me like they should.

[BorkBot]

Same here. I think it requires donator/mod powers.

[wolfcheese]

Not working for me either. It's as if the players got separated from the replay file.

I think how starcraft replays work is that the only thing they actually store are the player's interactions (things they type and click)...and then when the replay plays, it loads the game script and then it literally plays the game again, just using the recorded actions. This must be why they are so small in size. If those actions get corrupted somehow, then the replay is shot to hell.

Reminds me of the ol' SC1 days when they introduced replays. I would try to speed through them but one action would slip up, and suddenly the whole thing plays out differently than it had in the actual game.

[Yayap]

I've seen this bug before on different maps. The good news is that it's not DRs fault. The bad news is that it's on Blizzards side and you can't file in any reports with that replay.

I've even had some of my 1v1s get corrupted like that and the replay is completely not the game I played. It throws in what a very AI would do instead of human players. The Box you see is the box you put in your Mafia ID when you first play the game for Bank purposes.

Btw, this should have been placed into the Bug Report section.

[BorkBot]

Ah alright. Thanks for the information. I wasn't sure if it was a bug or if it was some sort of intentional protection, but that question has been answered now.

Adolf Hitler, you were lucky this time...