Client replays are generated when you leave a match or custom battle. They are a recording created from your game’s point of view of the occurences in the match. Client replays tend to lack some data from the battle since some data is not available to your game client during a match.
Server replays are generated for every match played in War Thunder and they are recorded from the server instead of your local computer. Because of this, server replays are found through the website. When bug reporting, you can only submit the link to the match in question rather than the replay file itself.
All replays (both client and server) become invalid once a major patch has been released, because the new version of the game will not be able to play the old version’s replay files.
When submitting a report including a replay, please provide a timestamp to where the issue occured in the replay.
Finding Client Replays
1. To view client replays, go to top left corner of the hangar and select 'Community -> Replays'.
2. A window will pop up with a list of your replays. The top replay is your latest replay. Press the folder button at the bottom left corner of the window to open the replay directory in a file explorer. You can rename your replay before opening file explorer if this makes it easier to find it.
3. Select the replay of the match in which the error occured and upload this to your report. Please provide a timestamp to the point at which the issue occured.
Finding Server Replays
1. Open the message tab in the bottom right corner of the hangar.
2. Click on the match in which the issue occured. The match details will expand.
3. Click on the link 'View Server Replay'.
4. A browser will now open with the server replay window. Click on the 'copy link' button.
5. Paste this link into your report. Please provide a timestamp to the point at which the issue occured.
1. Go to https://warthunder.com/en/tournament/replay/. Make sure you are logged in on the website!
2. Check the box 'Find replays with my participation'.
3. Search for the name of the mission and click on it.
4. Click on the 'copy link' button.
5. Paste this link into your report. Please provide a timestamp to the point at which the issue occured.