Record Duel Transcript / Play back in observe mode option

[OdinVanguard]

I saw a suggestion earlier for a text recording of duels. It would be really cool if this could be made to work as a playback function as well, perhaps using the observer mode.

Included in the transcript could be a checksum at the top or bottom to verify authenticity.

This could be verrry useful during tourney's in case someone claims the opponent was cheating. With a transcript and replay mode, the TO could easily watch the turn / duel in question rather than having to rely on screenshots.

E.g.
After a duel a button is put in the win/loss window that prints out a text file recording of all events. There could be an option put in there for "full Transcript" or something. This would give an in depth output (probably more than a normal person would want to read) that would contain all the information needed to create a playback. Then on the observer mode version (currently used to let players watch others duel), you could put in an option to "Replay game from transcript" allowing it to load a "full Transcript" and play back the duel in observer mode.

This would also be a good way to be to help promote tourney's, etc. since it could allow people to record and playback highlights of various duels. Personally, I think it would be very cool to be able to watch the final rounds of each tournament. New and experienced players alike could really benefit from that I think.

[bripod]

I've been toying around with this idea off and on for some time now... Kinda like the transcripts of chess matches... there are some interesting obstacles to overcome but I'd be willing to help with the idea if anyones up for the challenge... but would Zanz ever incorporate it into the game if the leg-work were already done for him? Who knows... I'd be willing to try tho.

Elements of the game we have access to:
-Card Codes
-Board Spaces

I'm not much of a coder but I can def contribute and try to 'break' it... (beta test)

[eaglgenes101]

What sort of transcripts? Like the ones the game simulator spits out?

[OdinVanguard]

What sort of transcripts? Like the ones the game simulator spits out?

Yes, essentially that is what it would do. It would need to give back enough information to reconstruct all the events of each turn.
If desync's weren't a problem, it could be very chess like. We would only need to track player location clicks and cancels plus occassional special events (like rng results such as draws or chaos seed). In fact, all we would really need is
-Player click actions (including clock times)
-The RNG seed

Unfortunately, given that desyncs can complicate things... A fairly complete transcript would be needed

E.g.
-Card creation, drawing, playing, and discarding
-Skill use and targeting
-quanta modification
-creature and permanent destruction
-modification of creatures / permanents (stats, buffs, skills, etc)
-Changes in player health

This would probably look just like what the simulator spits out.