# Paper Flashback
Paper Flashback lets a **Paper server generate replay files for the Flashback mod entirely server-side**.
No client recorder required. Start recordings from the server, play normally, then open the exported replay in **Flashback** for cinematic shots, review, or content creation.
## What it does
Paper Flashback can record:
- **Specific players**
- **Chunk areas**
- **All online players at once**
It also supports players who join later while all-player recording is active, so long sessions can keep going without constant babysitting.
## Why it exists
Flashback is great for replay editing, but it is normally centered around client-side recording. Meaning if clients do not have it installed you can't easily get their perspective.
Paper Flashback moves that workflow to the server:
- Record gameplay from the server side
- Export Flashback-compatible replay files
- Capture events, fights, builds, and movement without relying on every player to record locally
## Features
- Server-side Flashback replay generation
- Record a single player
- Record chunk areas
- Record all online players
- Auto-start recordings for players who join later while all-player mode is armed
- Auto-resume new player recording segments when targeted players reconnect
- Works across respawns
- Captures player equipment, held items, offhand, skin layers, tab visibility, and replay tracking
- Includes combat, death, block breaking, mining, and interaction replay support
- Built for Paper
- Designed for use with the Flashback mod
## Commands
Main command:
- `/paperflashback`
- Alias: `/pfb`
Examples:
- `/paperflashback start player <name>`
- `/paperflashback start allplayers`
- `/paperflashback stop player <name> save=true`
- `/paperflashback stop all save=true`
- `/paperflashback status`
- `/paperflashback list`
- `/paperflashback doctor`
- `/paperflashback debug on`
## Typical use cases
- Event recording
- Admin-side replay capture
- Cinematics and trailers
- PvP review
- Build showcases
- Server moments worth keeping
## Requirements
- Paper
- ProtocolLib
- Flashback mod on the playback side to open the generated replay files
## Notes
- This is a **Paper plugin**, not a Fabric/Forge gameplay mod.
- Replay files are generated on the server and then opened later in **Flashback**.
- Multi-player recording is handled as **separate player recording segments/files**, which keeps the workflow clean and predictable.
## Credits
Created by **RiskEdits**.
Wouldn't be possible without **Moulberry** and the **Flashback Team**! ❤️