i looked some of my older replays and it appears all of them are now broken, units dont show, time ticks away and the econ updates but you cant see anything.
That's going to be fixed in the next update (see here). In the mean time, you can use the Coherent Debugger to issue the command "model.visionSelectAll()" in the "Live Game" scene. You should be able to find that Debugger in the PA install folder in the Coherent directory.
I'm also getting this when trying to watch some replays - the commanders fall from space, the explosion happens and then no units can be seen or heard. I tried entering "model.visionSelectAll()" in the live game panel of the debugger but nothing changes. Also tried the PTE build and got the same issue.
It happens in the current build and the PTE whether the replay is seconds old or over a week old. I think it started two versions ago and occurs in about 1 in 5 replays.
Always the same ones though? Or the same replay works 1 out of 5? If always the same ones fail, can you give the lobby IDs for those?
It's always the same ones while PA is running. If PA is restarted a new set of replays won't play properly.
