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Document replay recording and playback
Show the Replays button
 
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[[File:Replays icon.svg|64px|right|The Replays button]]
A '''replay''' is a recording of a whole match that you can watch back afterwards with a free camera or through any player's eyes.
A '''replay''' is a recording of a whole match that you can watch back afterwards with a free camera or through any player's eyes.


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* '''Refresh''' scans again, and '''Open Folder''' shows the files on your computer.
* '''Refresh''' scans again, and '''Open Folder''' shows the files on your computer.
* A replay still downloading is shown at the top in green with its progress. It can be played once it finishes.
* A replay still downloading is shown at the top in green with its progress. It can be played once it finishes.
* A replay made by a different version of the game is greyed out. It cannot be played in this version, only deleted.
* A replay made by a different version of the game is grayed out. It cannot be played in this version, only deleted.


== Watching a replay ==
== Watching a replay ==
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=== Controls ===
=== Controls ===
The keys below are the defaults. All of them except {{Key|Esc}} can be rebound in '''[[Settings]] > Controls > Replay''', and the controls line at the bottom of the screen shows the keys you have bound.
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! Control !! What it does
! Control !! What it does
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=== Camera modes ===
=== Camera modes ===
* '''Free:''' fly anywhere. Hold {{Key|Right mouse}} to look around, {{Key|W}} {{Key|A}} {{Key|S}} {{Key|D}} to move, {{Key|E}} to rise and {{Key|Q}} to sink. Hold {{Key|Shift}} to fly four times faster.
* '''Free:''' fly anywhere. Hold {{Key|Right mouse}} to look around, your movement keys ({{Key|W}} {{Key|A}} {{Key|S}} {{Key|D}}) to move, {{Key|E}} to rise and {{Key|Q}} to sink. Hold {{Key|Shift}} to fly four times faster.
* '''Follow:''' a third person camera behind the chosen player.
* '''Follow:''' a third person camera behind the chosen player.
* '''POV:''' the player's own first person view, with their weapon in hand. In Follow and POV you also see that player's hit markers, damage and heal numbers.
* '''POV:''' the player's own first person view, with their weapon in hand. In Follow and POV you also see that player's hit markers, damage and heal numbers.


=== Spectate view ===
=== Spectate view ===
Press {{Key|R}} (rebindable in [[Settings]]) to hide the playback controls and see the match with the normal game HUD of the player you are watching, the same as spectating a live game. {{Key|Left mouse}} and {{Key|Right mouse}} move to the next and previous player, {{Key|Space}} switches between first and third person, and the mouse turns the camera in third person. Press {{Key|R}} or {{Key|Esc}} to go back to the playback controls.
Press {{Key|R}} to hide the playback controls and see the match with the normal game HUD of the player you are watching, the same as spectating a live game. {{Key|Left mouse}} and {{Key|Right mouse}} move to the next and previous player, {{Key|Space}} switches between first and third person, and the mouse turns the camera in third person. Press {{Key|R}} or {{Key|Esc}} to go back to the playback controls.


== See also ==
== See also ==