Video about Spectator Mode and Custom Arenas

#3 - April 29, 2013, 4:22 p.m.

Yep! So a few things to note:

If you don’t want people looking at your builds, just disable spec mode on your custom.

Also, if you’ll notice, players now show up on the minimap as red/blue profession icons. So, for instance, I won’t just see a an ally’s green dot running to a point, I now see their profession icon. This helps you to make much more educated decisions in the course of a game. When in spectator mode, it allows you to see EXACTLY how each team is spreading itself out, where they send their light classes, where they send their bunker, how they collapse to deal with threats, etc.

These awesome features are courtesy of Evan Lesh. GO BLUXGOREE!!!!!

-J

#9 - April 29, 2013, 4:33 p.m.

John Corpening, our PvP team coordinator, is in the first vid. I’m in the second vid. Jon Peters, also a design lead, also does a lot of help w/ PvP and balance. Hope that clears it up!

#11 - April 29, 2013, 4:49 p.m.

pullnointer.1476:

preset cameras? that didn’t look too well :< why can’t I just click anywhere on the map?

edit: and maybe move around with WASD and pan the camera with the mouse..

We discussed having free-cam, but decided on not including it for this patch because of performance and positioning issues (We don’t want people flying outside of maps) I won’t say it will never be included though

#13 - April 29, 2013, 5:09 p.m.

Ursan.7846:

Evan Lesh.3295:

pullnointer.1476:

preset cameras? that didn’t look too well :< why can’t I just click anywhere on the map?

edit: and maybe move around with WASD and pan the camera with the mouse..

We discussed having free-cam, but decided on not including it for this patch because of performance and positioning issues (We don’t want people flying outside of maps) I won’t say it will never be included though

Is it possible to just put in a “character” who’s completely invisible? And thus have no worries about rendering or anything.

Anything is possible with the power of code! Like any feature, we’ll listen to feedback and make decisions from there.

#16 - April 29, 2013, 5:36 p.m.

You get the icons in spectator AS WELL AS IN any sPvP map.

When spectating, you see BOTH teams, when playing, you see only YOUR team.

The icons are blue or red, depending on the team, and the icons are profession specific.

#25 - April 29, 2013, 7:42 p.m.

MithranArkanere.8957:

Will we be able to spectate from a party member’s point of view while defeated and wayting for waypoints to be enabled?

Currently no because of some conflicting features, but its something we’d like to add.

Seth.4927:

Does it have an “automatic camera” mode, so I can leave it on and just watch as if it were a stream or will it stay static?

There is not an automatic mode that switches camera and players for you. We’ve also talked about adding this in future updates.

There will be many possible additions for spectator mode. Like all features, they would be prioritized with everything else we’d like to do. Consider this a starting point

#39 - April 30, 2013, 8:25 a.m.

In other news, Evan has been re-named to “John” so be allowed to remain on the PvP project.