How does League Replays work?
How does League Replays (unofficial) record full League games using such little CPU?
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Rather than recording a video, which is computationally expensive, LOLReplay simply records what is happening to the game objects in-game to a special file format, which can later be used to re-create the events of the match with arbitrary graphical settings. This is why you can't open a replay with a video player.
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Does League of Legends save replays?
In case you didn't know, your replays will be saved as . ROFL files by default. You can locate the files by going to your settings menu in the LoL Client. In order to get to this area, you will need to click on that cog icon, which can be found at the top right of the client.Where do League replay recordings go?
After you finish playing a match, look for the download button in the upper right of the End of Game screen (next to Advanced Details). Replays can also be found on your Match History screen. Once you've downloaded a Replay file (. rofl), the button should change to a new \u201cWatch Replay\u201d state .How to watch League Replays Outside the Client (.rofl files)
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