Record replays in memory

[NQNStudios]

I think we could greatly streamline bug reporting in a few pretty simple steps:

1. Add a preference to "Record play session in memory" (call it something less technical than 'in memory' for clarity to players)
2. When the preference is enabled at launch-time, we set record to true but instead of a file, we write to a stream
3. When an error is caught at runtime, prompt the player that the replay can be saved to a file for uploading a reproducible report
4. Also provide a menu item for exporting the replay, in case of visual/other bugs which don't trigger error handling

[CelticMinstrel]

I'm hesitant about adding menu items or even preference items for replay, which is a pretty advanced feature. Especially since this preference would be of the "must restart for it to take effect" category.

But the general idea of making the replay system more accessible to regular players does seem good.

[NQNStudios]

Do you think recording the log in memory without an opt-in preference would be appropriate? I'm pretty sensitive about privacy ethics but... it's just actions in a video game. And whatever names you type in a text box.

[CelticMinstrel]

Do you think recording the log in memory without an opt-in preference would be appropriate? I'm pretty sensitive about privacy ethics but... it's just actions in a video game. And whatever names you type in a text box.

Seems kinda wasteful. I guess it's not like memory or CPU is all that limited these days, but still.

It's certainly not a privacy issue though, since OBoE has no Internet connection… admittedly it could become a privacy issue if for some reason OBoE gained an Internet connection, but why on earth would it?

For what it's worth, I'm far more hesitant about the menu item than the preference.