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It would be nice to have the Final Situation tab along side Game results while replaying a game. Currently you have to start the Replay process and go to the end of the game which could take a while for some long games. In many instances one would just want to see how the board looked at the end and could figure out a lot themselves. For this puporse a Final Situation tab just could be added to replay processes too just like how it is displayed after a regular game ends.

SidK26 wrote: ↑11 September 2024, 08:33 Currently you have to start the Replay process and go to the end of the game which could take a while for some long games.

When you are in a replay, you may click on the text "Advanced replay features" on the top, which adds 2 new buttons. Then click on the rightmost button, which opens a small menu of now 5 (instead of only 3) options. Then click on "Go to end of game (fast)". Normally you will then get to the end situation of the game without further taking actions in less than 30 seconds (depending on the game length and complexity).

Hi, I get that. The request is to skip even that. Like say, a snapshot of the game end without any wait time. This is helpful when I'm reviewing more than one game at a stretch.

For example, my friend has played a bunch of games overnight and had some tight scores in all of them. So I would want to quickly see the last position alone in all of those games (with few clicks, hence requesting a new button).

Or better:
(Like what * does) Start the review with the last played position and go backwards, reverse the current option to "Take to the Start of the game"

*Moderator edit: please do not specifically name other gaming platforms

SidK26 wrote: ↑08 October 2024, 17:46The request is to skip even that. Like say, a snapshot of the game end without any wait time.

As someone who uses game replays extensively, I get how that would be really nice to have. The way BGA games are designed, it wouldn't work. The primary problem is that the state you want to see is in the javascript on your browser, which the BGA server can't see or save.

BGA can save a list of notifications that it sends to your browser, of course, and it "replays" those back to the browser on demand to recreate the state at a given turn. There's no way for them to save the state of your browser on a turn-by-turn basis.

Ohhkay, makes sense, thanks!