FlashReplays

[PicassoCT]

Would it be possible to make a Converter that takes a Replay of the Minimap & Iconunits into a "small" Flashversion?

Just watched this AF: Mapdownload Tutorial and if Flash can handle this, it maybee can handle everything. :)

[TradeMark]

Of course you can, but you need to run the whole replay with spring engine first. And that takes TIME.

Also you need some sort of script which saves the unit coordinates for every frame you wanna save.

[AF]

If you take lots of screenshots in rapid sucession you can import them into the program I used.

Or if you have a video you can fiddle it around in a copy of adobe flash and spit out an flv and a flash swf that can play it.

[PicassoCT]

I have to admit i wished for that, because if you really sized the Show down below a Screenshot cartoon - you could watch it directly in the Lobby.

[Nemo]

On a related note, it would be omgwtfawesome if lobbies could display the minimap from games when you click on them. even if its only updated every 5-10 seconds, it would be really cool to be able to see how a game is going on the grand scale. and that is something that could be turned into a flash movie or whatever far more easily.