In World of Tanks, it is possible to record a replay of any battle in order to save it for later viewing. You can also create a video based on it and put it on WoTReplays or YouTube for everyone to see and evaluate. To do this, you will need to take a few simple steps, which will be discussed in this article.
Why do you need to convert replays?
Replay in WoT is a file with the extension . wotreplay. It is not a video file and cannot be sent directly to YouTube. Programs for direct conversionwotreplay does not exist in the video, so all you can do is record the replay directly from the screen. After that, you can upload it to YouTube or any other video hosting that is convenient for you.
How to view replays?
To view wotreplay, you do not need to download any additional programs or players. This file can be opened using the World of Tanks client itself, after which the game will automatically launch your replay.
In addition, not so long ago there was a very convenient mod called Mod Replays Manager, which allows you to easily save and launch replays directly from the hangar without closing the client. This mod is included in various modpacks, for example, and of course, it can be found on our website.
How can I convert wotreplay to video format?
To turn wotreplay into a video, you will first have to run the desired file using the game client or the appropriate mod, and then record the replay from the screen using video capture programs. There are many such programs, but here are the most common ones:
- Fraps is a very easy to learn program, but it has several disadvantages:
- It is conditionally free, that is, you must either buy it or look for a crack, and in the trial version it records only thirty-second videos;
- Does not compress recorded videos, which is why they have a huge weight; in addition, the size of the video is limited to 4 gigabytes, so later your videos will have to be combined;
- Significantly reduces FPS while capturing.
However, the process of recording a video with Fraps is very simple, and if you are ready to mess around with compressing and merging the resulting videos later, then you need to follow a couple of simple steps to record: start the replay, start and stop recording using the appropriate button (F9 by default ).
All videos will be saved in the C:\Fraps\Movies folder.
- Bandicam is also an easy-to-use program that, unlike Fraps, immediately records video files converted to XviD AVI or MP4, which is undoubtedly very convenient. It also has a wide range of settings for the final video file:
If you intend to upload the replay to YouTube, then it is recommended to use the XviD codec, as it will be processed faster during upload. The recording process itself is no different from Fraps - you just need to start the replay and start capturing video.
Videos will be saved by default in C:\Users\Username\Documents\Bandicam.
In addition to the above video capture programs, there are many others, but these two are the most suitable for the average user, as they are easy to use and do not require special knowledge.
After finishing the recording, you can easily post your replay on Youtube, where other users will certainly appreciate it.
You can learn more about how to convert WOT replays into videos from this useful video:
You can read about what replays are and how to watch them in detail here:
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FAQ on replays (requires a forum login)
How to upload a replay to the site?
Contests
Replay issues
Video
We record videos for your special replays and post them on our channel on youtube.com!
How to upload a replay to the site?
Authorization
Replay upload
By checking the "Make available via a "secret" link" checkbox, you can upload the replay to the site and only those with whom you share the link will be able to see it.
The replay file is located in the game folder, in the "Replays" subfolder.
Replay editing
Modification of Replays Manager for managing replays
This mod will allow you to manage and view replays directly from the game client: Replays Manager
Contests
When will the gold for the contest be credited?
CTTS! From the moment the competition ends, it can take from a few days to two weeks.
How to send a replay for OSR or FBR NO COMMENTS?
On the page of the replay you uploaded, there is a button "CONTESTS/REPLAY MANAGEMENT". Click and you will see the buttons "VBR NO COMMENTS" and "OSR" if your replay is eligible for the contest. Replays older than two weeks and replays not fully recorded are not suitable.
How to send a replay to the WoTReplace contest?
All replays uploaded to the site participate in the competitions of the VoTReplace site. True, at any given moment we hold competitions only for a part of the tanks. But all replays with these tanks participate in the contest. You just need to upload a replay.
Replay issues
No combat information
If you left before the end of the battle, then the replay is not recorded until the end. You can view it, but you cannot download information about the results of the battle from it. And it's also impossible to check whether the results of the battle are faked. Therefore, information is not uploaded from such replays and they cannot participate in contests. We don't write videos for them either!
How to delete a replay?
Go to the replay page and click on the "CONTESTS/REPLAY MANAGEMENT" button. Please note that it is impossible to delete a replay sent to the OSR or VBR NO COMMENTS programs if the replay has already been considered by the moderator.
File not loading
We are very pedantic about what is uploaded to the site. Therefore, only replay files can be downloaded and only if they are recorded correctly. Unfortunately, in World of Tanks there is some very difficult to catch and rarely reproduced bug, when even a replay recorded to the end is recorded incorrectly. This can be understood if the file size is significantly larger than 1 megabyte. Such replays cannot be uploaded to us either.
How can I watch a replay of an outdated version?
To view a replay of an outdated version of the game, use the appropriate version of the client:
Versions of clients for viewing replays (requires a login to the forum)
Video
How do you choose replays for video recording?
We have launched an automatic process for choosing a video. First of all, we select the replays of the winners of the WoTReplays contests. And then we focus on the following criteria:
- Replays uploaded by players of top clans. At the same time, the battle is victorious, the badge of class "Master" is received, 4 or more opponents are destroyed. Such fights are often useful and interesting to watch. The list of clans may change and be supplemented depending on the situation in the game;
- Replays from players who have played more than 5000 battles and have wn8=2500 or more statistics. Additional conditions: the battle is victorious and the class badge "Master" has been received;
- Replays from players who have played more than 10,000 battles and have wn8 statistics from 2400 to 2500. Additional conditions: the battle is victorious, the "Master" badge has been obtained, 4 or more opponents have been destroyed;
- Replays from players who have played more than 10,000 battles and have wn8 statistics from 2300 to 2400. Additional conditions: the battle is victorious, the "Master" badge has been obtained, 6 or more opponents have been destroyed;
- Replays from players who have played more than 15,000 battles and have wn8 statistics from 2200 to 2300. Additional conditions: the battle is victorious, the "Master" badge has been obtained, 7 or more opponents have been destroyed;
- Replays that were included in the selection on the site, but selectively;
- Replays sent by members of our
Best Replays of the Week - a weekly program with Kirill Oreshkin as the host, where gold is awarded to the most epic and bending fights sent by the players.
Do you consider your successful fight as a bend, worthy of getting into a wot? Do not rush!
How replays are selected
The video department of Wargaming selects a lot of replays sent to wotreplays for LRN and WBR, however, according to Oreshkin himself, 99% do not meet the requirements, or simply do not reach the title of the best.
In order to get into LRN in world of tanks, you need to decide on the nominations:
- Warm-up - a short episode with incredible luck, skill or a funny case.
- Warrior - issued for the largest number of frags among the sent replays by the time the issue was created. If the number of frags matches, the skill level is taken into account.
- Defender - issued for a masterful game built on the defense of one's own or neutral base. Capture can be lost repeatedly and from many tanks. Replays, where the successful capture of the base by the enemy could lead to defeat, receive a special advantage.
- Invader - issued for a beautiful, funny or masterfully executed capture of an enemy base. Replays receive special advantages, where victory would be impossible without capturing the base.
- Sniper - issued for the most beautiful, accurate shot or series of shots. It is especially appreciated if the shot helped you get out of a difficult situation, and the team achieved victory.
- Support - issued for a victorious battle carried out by a player at the bottom of the list (the level of the combat vehicle is the minimum allowable for this level of battles), while the player's actions really brought victory to the team.
- Steel wall - given to a player who during the battle used the advantage of his armor and thanks to this he deserved to win. The correct use of the terrain and the setting of the tank at the right angle to the enemy are taken into account. A large number of potential damage received will help you get an award, but is not required for a nomination.
- Scout - issued for the miracles of concealment and illumination, thanks to which your team was able to gain an advantage. The calculation is the choice of successful positions, counteracting the light of the enemy and the ability to live until the end of the battle.
- Brothers in Arms - given to a platoon of players who, with their competent play, led the team to victory. When choosing from several replays, the number of frags per platoon is taken into account, as well as the vehicle level at which the battle took place.
- Armored Fist - given to a team of players who won the "Team Battle" mode due to unusual tactics and / or the ability of individual fighters, being initially in an "uncomfortable" situation.
- Clan wars - given to the participants of the battle in the "Clan wars" mode for interesting and unusual tactics that led their team to victory. The more tanks needed to use the tactics, the better.
- Itlichnik or Free nomination - non-standard replays that do not fit into any of the nominations or affect several nominations at once.
In order to get into the WBR wot, it is not necessary to gain unimaginable numbers of damage or frags, it is enough that something unusual happens in the battle.
Do you still think that your replay should be sent to Kirill Oreshkin? Then read on.
How to issue and send a replay to OSR and VBR
If you are still sure that you should submit the replay to the Best Replays of the Week, then you need to follow the instructions:
A replay is a recording of a fight. The game saves the "scenario" of the battle in a technical form: which tanks went where, how and with what they fired, and so on. When viewing a replay, the game reads this "script" and knows what and when to show. The entire image is created by the resources of the game, and the replay file itself takes no more than 3 megabytes.
The replay can serve as proof. Explaining in words is too long. Taking screenshots on time or always recording fights on video is difficult. And with a replay, you have iron-clad proof of anything. Watch your battles, share the best fights and help make the game better: if you notice an error or violation in the chat, send a replay to us.
Where to find replays
To view a replay of a battle that has just been played, click on the button in the form of a film strip in the lower right corner of the battle results screen.
To access all available recordings, open the Game Menu - Profile and select "Replays".
This screen has three tabs:
- "Recent" - all your replays are displayed here in chronological order. The game saves from 1 to 100 replays. After reaching the upper limit, it will gradually delete old records. In order not to lose an important replay, click on the star - and it will go to the "Favorites" tab.
- "Favorites" - these replays do not count towards the storage limit and will not be deleted without your knowledge until the release of the next version of the game.
- "Uploaded" - replays that you received from other players will be shown here. In order for the replay to be displayed in "Downloaded", you must first open and view the downloaded file.
How to watch replays
To watch the fight, click on the icon on the replay card. Control your browsing like you would in a regular video player. You can:
- pause replay;
- rewind the replay forward by selecting any position on the timeline strip (there is no rewind);
- disable combat interface;
- go to settings or exit view mode.
How to view a battle record from your phone
Problems viewing replays via Discord on iOS
If you are unable to open a replay received from Discord on iOS, go to the app settings, click on "Web Browser" and select the browser you are using.
How to view a battle recording from a computer
The replay can only be viewed if you have the World of Tanks Blitz client installed on your computer.
- Run the resulting file by double-clicking on it with the left mouse button.
- The replay will open automatically and the battle recording will start playing.
How to enable replay recording in the game
Replay recording is disabled by default. You can enable it in the game settings (section "Other" > "Record replays").
How to play the downloaded replay
If you downloaded another player's replay or transferred your replay to another device, just open the file - the operating system will start the game and replay automatically, even if the device is not connected to the Internet.
How to delete a replay
Click on the replay card in any area except for the play and add to favorites buttons. A delete button will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Note that the game does not "see" exported and downloaded replays and does not affect them in any way. If you have downloaded or saved your replays to the file system and need to free up memory, delete these files yourself.
When updating, reinstalling or deleting the game, the replays will be deleted. If you want to save your favorite replays, export them to the device's memory.
Settings and restrictions
In the game settings on the "Other" tab, you can set the replay limit. The game can save replays from 1 to 100 last played battles. The higher the limit, the more memory space the game will take up. Little space? Leave a record of at least one fight: believe me, there will definitely be a battle that you want to review!
What else do you need to know about replays?
Test mode
The first version of the replays is a test version. Recording and playback of battles may be unstable. On Android devices, it may also be difficult to send and save replays to the file system. On weak devices, where the game takes a long time to load into battle, replays may be recorded with errors.
Compatibility
A replay is not a video recording, but a technical file with a “scenario” of a fight. Such a file can be viewed on any device that has World of Tanks Blitz. However, the versions of the game must match. If a fight is recorded in version 4.10, it can only be viewed in version 4.10. Perhaps in the future there will be a replay converter for the current version of the game.
In the future, replays will gradually acquire new features and improvements. A start has already been made - the recording of battles is working, it remains only to provide spectacular content to the replays. And here it's up to you - fight beautifully, save your battles, watch them and share them with friends. To battle!
OSR. How to send a replay - the basics of the process
To begin with, let's figure it out - what is it about? The World of Tanks replay is not a video as such - it is a very small file, a digitally recorded stream of signals that were exchanged between the player's computer and the server during the battle. This file is stored on the user's device - in the root directory of the game, in the Replays folder.
The file is written to the folder automatically, but only if such a function is enabled in the account settings. Particular attention should be paid to the fact that there can be three options: not to record at all, to record every fight or only the last one. The best option, especially if there is not a lot of free space on the computer, is the third one. Otherwise, you will have to periodically clean out the specified folder.
Preparing for publication
Before asking the question "how to throw off the replay in the OSR", you should carefully review it. It is necessary to evaluate it extremely critically and objectively according to the main parameter - did you really do something out of the ordinary in battle? The competition in the program "Best replays of the week" is the highest, and just a successful shot or maneuver does not guarantee you victory in the competition.
Your fight should be really iconic, as it will be set as an example for other players. As practice shows, battles appear most often in the transfer, where the player demonstrates the following: survives to the end, destroying several opponents along the way; makes several successful shots in a row from difficult positions; makes non-standard decisions that radically affect the outcome of the battle or change its course.
If you really did something like this and consider yourself worthy of being nominated for the role of the best in a particular category, proceed to the next step, namely the process of sending a file to the desired address.
How to upload a replay to OSR: process technology
In order to demonstrate their success on the fields of tank battles, the player needs to take the following steps:
Secondly, select the necessary service called Wotreplays from the menu and follow the link. This is the repository of information for OSR - how to send a replay is described in sufficient detail here.
Thirdly, download the selected file by clicking on the appropriate menu item. Here it is necessary to note one feature: the service allows you to simply store your records, without publication. And if you decide to definitely try to become a participant in the program, you should check the corresponding box in the "Send to OSR" box before downloading.
Fourth, at the end of the download, the portal will offer to describe your file and its successful actions. The description should be sufficiently detailed, indicating the time periods to which special attention should be paid. If this is not fixed, then the record will be rejected by the administrators, and the plot will not get into the program.
The best replays: what are they for?
Getting into a popular program carries several advantages for the players.
- The nominees, whose recordings are played on the air, are paid in-game currency (gold, from 1000 to 2500 coins) and are awarded a unique medal. And it's quite simple - to become an OSR participant. How? Send a replay and wait for your lucky chance.
- This repository of information is truly invaluable. Looking at the successful fights of your colleagues, you can learn a lot in the game plan.
- Also, using this service, you can bring to light a person who, without a twinge of conscience, uses prohibited game modifications: sending an appropriate video indicating violations will interest the administration to pay attention to a clear crime, and the punishment of an unscrupulous fighter will not be long in coming. In this form, it is a very effective tool.
Many players strive, but not all of them dare to try their hand and become the winner of the oil spill. “How to send a replay to be accepted?” - this is one of the main questions that often stop fighters from publishing their masterpieces. Don't be afraid. There is nothing difficult or scary about this. But there is an opportunity to receive not only moral satisfaction, but also material confirmation of their exploits.
Good luck on the battlefields!
