2010-11-08, 20:57:51
Hello. It was my first time I was referee in one game today even if this feature has existed for some time, I've never being in the observer slot before in battle tanks. It was quite interesting. I noticed some bugs and features while being a referee/observer.
Feedback
However there was some nice features, like clicking on tanks you get their names where the No upkeep text used to be, also getting player like info on every player as a referee. You can also talk to the players ingame, kinda like being a bystander which can talk to players in the game while slacking off and watching the match is kinda more fun than watching a replay.
But it's most fun to play ofc.
Feedback
- You get annoying "your forces are under attack" and "allied town is under attack" messages every half minutes. This might be possible to disable to make it more pleasant to watch games is is quite often to hear it, also it's annoying too, especially when you spectate.
- You are unable to use -zoom command. It's a bit close to get the overview while watching.
- Allied colors is a bit weird when you observe. Force is bluelike, players are orange and red. When the orange is being attacked they turn into red which is a bit annoying. I'm not sure if this is a feature or an unfixable wc3 bug releated to observer players.
- You can tell everyone how many gold one player has via chat, potential providing vital information since the other team don't know how much gold each enemy player exactly has. Providing this information is abusing the observer role
However there was some nice features, like clicking on tanks you get their names where the No upkeep text used to be, also getting player like info on every player as a referee. You can also talk to the players ingame, kinda like being a bystander which can talk to players in the game while slacking off and watching the match is kinda more fun than watching a replay.
But it's most fun to play ofc.