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Hi guys

The replay mod is so insanely feature filled. There are so many great things about this mod, and while I wouldn't want the developers to take time away from more urgent or higher priority items, I would still like to put a few ideas down for everyone to see and perhaps comment on. Some of these things have been directly suggested to @User1 before but he's a busy guy, so I am creating this thread so that ideas can be thrown back and forth.

End of replay prompt

Someone made a thread once, which suggested a feature where when you exit a server/world, the player gets prompted if they would like to save the recording or not.

I personally would love a feature like this, however this is more just for convenience than anything else. It is really not a hassle to just delete a replay from the replay viewer.

This made me think though. I play a lot of minigames in my free time. Sometimes, I will encounter a hacker, or sometimes I would record something really awesome that I intend on editing later. Usually this would involve me quitting my session, opening the Replay Viewer then naming the recording to something that I would remember.

If the whole prompt thing is ever added, I would suggest taking it a step further. When you are prompted "Would you like to save this recording?" [Yes / No] If you click yes, you will be asked if you want to change the name of the replay. That will save you a bit of time having to go back and rename it using the Replay viewer. I know it is such a tiny step, literally the time saved will be minuscule, but if you are in the middle of a gaming session your main concern is jumping back into the game as soon as possible.

Timers

I made a suggestion once, which entailed having a timer when you are using the replay viewer, which would display the amount of time you have spent letting a segment of a replay play. More can be found here: https://www.replaymod.com/forum/thread/620

I would also suggest adding a session timer for when you are playing/recording. How this would work is, the moment you log into a world or a server, it would display a small timer somewhere that would show you how long you have been playing for that particular session. This would be a nice indication of how long the replay is going to be.

Spectating non-player entities

I brought this up when I first started testing the mod. I even made a small demonstration of what this would look like, which you can find here: https://youtu.be/rNCuU9zIOjU

It would be very cool if you could set keyframes that would track things such as fireballs/arrows/eggs/snowballs in flight.

CrushedPixel did mention that it is something that may be considered in the future, so I am holding thumbs for that because it could add a lot of dramatic effect to content.

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That's it for now. I will update this thread as time goes on.
PS: I know these features that I am suggestion are very simple, and in a way the functionality of some of it already exists if you are willing to emulate it, but it's just some small things that I think could be pretty awesome. I don't expect the devs to take their already limited time away from higher priority items, but perhaps this thread will be food for thought :)

End of Replay Prompt:
Many times I leave the server/world, I get into the habit of immediately deleting or renaming a Replay File just so I keep things organized, however a nicer alternative would be to have this feature, since it is the most practical. However, I believe the naming option should include a "name later" button, since some might decide to name their replays later on.

Timers:
I personally won't find not having a timer beside me a huge issue, however it would be nice to know when I am overclocking the reply time, so if it goes over 30min with no good footage, then I might just start up a new one so I won't have to dig through so much footage time to find that one moment.

EDIT: Ohhh, so you meant a Timer displayed on the Replay Viewer, and not while you are 'creating' your replay. Well if that's so, I still wouldn't find too much practicality in it myself, but I haven't gone in too deep, so I cannot be so sure how crucial would having this timer be.
Also 2 Questions for the timer suggestion:
- Will it be togglable?
- Will it show up when you are viewing the replay?

Spectating non-player entities:
I will highly look forward when this comes out, and I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to spectate other entities!

Also, I have an off-topic question for you Remnant, can you use ReplayMod footage to report rule breakers on Hypixel? If so, can it be through rendered footage (an example would be nice).

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Ahh, so you record the footage through the ReplayMod Viewer, therefore it shows the GUI. I actually never thought of making footage like that, I might need to rethink and re-establish the current possibilities with enabling GUIs while rendering on my previous thread.

As for your Timers, how do you plan the Timer to appear? Will they be Watermarked on the corner of the entire replay, or will there be a direct toggle while on a server/world? Just curious.