<![CDATA[Old replay 2020]]>Good afternoon, everyone. In fact, I really need to watch an old replay, which is the last game I played with my friend. It's from 2020, and when I try to launch it in the client, the game starts (not faf, but the original one).

Is there any way I can watch it?

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9420/old-replay-2020RSS for NodeWed, 03 Jun 2026 23:49:53 GMTMon, 18 Aug 2025 10:38:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:08:04 GMT]]>In my experience the client downloads the correct exe version when watching an old replay, although that may not work for very old replays.

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/post/68845https://forum.faforever.com/post/68845Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:08:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:43:10 GMT]]>this is what i get trying to view old replay from 2020 (id 12674675, just random file from my replay folder)
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and from the game (not 100% sure that game version is correct):
e68a2a08-e84d-40a7-96dc-b1d55ac9942f-image.png

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/post/68834https://forum.faforever.com/post/68834Tue, 19 Aug 2025 18:43:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:27:45 GMT]]>I think due to exe changes game thinks that old replays cannot me played, so, it just skips them.

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/post/68833https://forum.faforever.com/post/68833Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:27:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:30:09 GMT]]>@ZLO said in Old replay 2020:

next step is to try to temporarely remove mods from the mod folder. Unfortunately having mods in the mod folder already affects the game somehow.
i know for a fact that you need to do that for the 2007-2011 replays.

@waffelzNoob said in Old replay 2020:

try disabling all your UI mods. if that doesn't work, open the local replay file (and keep ui mods disabled)

I have a freshly installed FaF (I haven't played for a long time, and I installed it specifically to try to view a replay). I haven't installed any mods or anything else.

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/post/68831https://forum.faforever.com/post/68831Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:13:10 GMT]]>next step is to try to temporarely remove mods from the mod folder. Unfortunately having mods in the mod folder already affects the game somehow.
i know for a fact that you need to do that for the 2007-2011 replays.

]]>https://forum.faforever.com/post/68830https://forum.faforever.com/post/68830Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Old replay 2020 on Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:43:55 GMT]]>try disabling all your UI mods. if that doesn't work, open the local replay file (and keep ui mods disabled)

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