Replay corrupted

[Kleryan]

After months I've started up Wesnoth and I've noticed that more than one replay is corrupted.. I can't understand the reason since I've not updated anything as I remember.

Operating system: Windows XP, SP 2
Version of Wesnoth: 1.4.4, language italian.

Every time I press play it appears a window that tell me that some parts could be corrupted, in fact I don't see most part of movements and actions. If I have to attach a savegame just tell me.
I've heard in the forum that there is a sort of program to fix it. In addiction to the solution I would find the reasons of the problem. Pls help.

[monochromatic]

Version of Wesnoth: 1.4.4

Get 1.8.2. I've never gotten a corrupted replay on 1.8.2 before.

[Pentarctagon]

it is worth noting though that replays from 1.4.4 still wouldn't work on 1.8.2

[Max]

replays were known to be broken in 1.4.x - not sure when this got fixed though...

[Kleryan]

They are 1.4.4 replays on a 1.4.4 version of Wesnoth. And once upon a time they worked, so I can't understand why now they didn't work. Anybody knows something in order to recover the replays?

[oberon]

I got lots of corrupted replays on 1.6 on Mandriva Linux. I have not played 1.8.x enough to know whether its makes a difference (I stopped playing in April and only just started again). Anyway, its not just a 1.4 problem.

[Elvish_Hunter]

About the 1.4 series, the replay bug was fixed in 1.4.7. And also 1.6 had problems with replays corrupted after a save-load. This one was fixed, if I recall correctly, in 1.6.2. So, both replay bugs are fixed by the latest Wesnoth version for every branch.

[Maiklas3000]

Version of Wesnoth: 1.4.4

Get 1.8.2. I've never gotten a corrupted replay on 1.8.2 before.

Under Windows 7 64-bit, every one of my 1.8.2 replays says its corrupt... sometimes. And every one of my 1.8.2 replays works if I play it from a fresh load of 1.8.2. I did not notice such a problem under 1.8.1. It's most likely to happen if you restart a replay, and it may have something to do with clicking on the screen at a particular time... sorry, it's an intermittent problem and I don't know how to reproduce it reliably.

Attached is a replay of mine (under 1.8.2) that someone else reported showing as corrupt, and I've seen it be reported as corrupt, though usually it works.

[Max]

same os, same bfw version - works for me...

[Maiklas3000]

It usually works for me, but if I stop, reset to beginning, and run the replay again it sometimes fails, like so:

(Click image to enlarge.)


In case the image should fail to load, the error message is:

"The replay is corrupt/out of sync. It might not make much sense to continue. Do you want to save the game?
Error details:
unfound location for source of movement: 6,23 -> 4,21"

Both the game and the replay were done with version 1.8.2.

I don't know if it will help, but I answered "yes" to save the game at this point, so here is that file:

[Max]

you're right - resetting the replay causes a crash for me too. looks like something gets corrupted.
was able to reproduce this with a new installation (no addons).

would be nice if you could file a bug report on gna
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs

[Maiklas3000]

would be nice if you could file a bug report on gna
http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs

Done.