Viewing Replays - Battle Recorder and Tracker
Posted: 2023-02-01 18:31
There are two kinds of replays: 2D (called Tracker, with .prdemo extension) and 3D (Battle Recorder (BR), with .bf2demo extension). You need to download them from a server's website. You can ask for a link on the server's discord (discord links are available in the #server-hosts channel on the official Project Reality discord server).
Some servers provide Tracker files and BR files together in an easily accessible way providing map name, layer, gamemode and time. For those that don't, getting replays is a little bit more tricky.
TRACKER
You can easily find the desired recording as these files have the time, map, gamemode and layer included into their name. Keep it mind the server might be in a different timezone and the date in the files might be a little different from your expectations. After you download a .prdemo file, open this website, click Choose file and find the file you downloaded.
Example of how playing tracker looks like:
Battle Recorder
If BR is not provided together with Tracker, it gets a little bit more difficult as the file name of this recording only contains the date. The easiest way to find the desired file is to find a corresponding tracker file first. Battle Recorder files are much larger than tracker files and as a result the time included within their name is usually the one in the tracker file name +5 minutes (more or less).
After you download a .bf2demo file, you need to place it in
Note that you may have to create the 'demos' directory manually. After the BR file is in the correct directory, you can launch the game. If the game is already running, you have to restart it — otherwise the BR file will not appear on the list. The demo can be played in Barracks in the main menu.
You can't rewind. Also, the game version BR was recorded in has to match your game version in order to play it. Otherwise the game will crash with the 'Networkables already added' error.
Example of how playing Battle Recorder looks like:
Some servers provide Tracker files and BR files together in an easily accessible way providing map name, layer, gamemode and time. For those that don't, getting replays is a little bit more tricky.
TRACKER
You can easily find the desired recording as these files have the time, map, gamemode and layer included into their name. Keep it mind the server might be in a different timezone and the date in the files might be a little different from your expectations. After you download a .prdemo file, open this website, click Choose file and find the file you downloaded.
Example of how playing tracker looks like:
Battle Recorder
If BR is not provided together with Tracker, it gets a little bit more difficult as the file name of this recording only contains the date. The easiest way to find the desired file is to find a corresponding tracker file first. Battle Recorder files are much larger than tracker files and as a result the time included within their name is usually the one in the tracker file name +5 minutes (more or less).
After you download a .bf2demo file, you need to place it in
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Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles\Default\demosYou can't rewind. Also, the game version BR was recorded in has to match your game version in order to play it. Otherwise the game will crash with the 'Networkables already added' error.
Example of how playing Battle Recorder looks like: