Add ability to watch human teammates battles
When it's not your turn, be able to watch human coop partners battles to help them or learn form them, or just to have fun in watching the fight.
Comments: 50
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16 May, '22
TeeYes please! As someone who enjoys playing these games with friends (and started out as "hot seat" players) I would love this.
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16 May, '22
akonot just teammates, but any battle. let this be optional tho.
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16 May, '22
zamnathIn addition to this, I'd really like to see the ability to let a human take control of enemy AI. TWWH 3 has this option in multiplayer, and it leads to some seriously fun fights that would otherwise be slogs for all involved.
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16 May, '22
DonActually, this could be a checkbox per battle, that the active player can turn on and off per battle.
So if he wants to hide his troops, he can do so.
An overarching option could define the behavior. Like "Allow battle spectating: Never / Manually / Always" -
17 May, '22
SilentCool idea.
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17 May, '22
Myriam Claveau-MalletIt could be an option to either see other players battles or not, so there is still secrecy if players want to play more competitively (I personaly mostly want to have fun with my friends, so seeing their fights would improve the group experience even though we play competitively).
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24 May, '22
UszekA view like from hot seat would be great on multi in coop. We would see every move, even checking stats, upgrades, everything. For now I have to do dual stream with my girlfriend to have this and its not comfortable bsc of not the best computer and internet connection.
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27 May, '22
AndrewThis seems very progressive! Please, consider! Thanks :)
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29 May, '22
esdoubleukYes please! See also the very extensive discussion on the discord in co-op suggestions for detailed suggested implementations.
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30 May, '22
DDThis is my #1 request at the moment. I don't play competitive, I just want to have fun with my friends.
Think of it as an online multiplayer Hotseat. It would be nice to have a check box for this. -
31 May, '22
AlexYes please!
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09 Jun, '22
MercatJust played with a friend, and we were wishing for this feature all along!
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24 Jun, '22
akothe devs revealed a "control the opponent AI" system when a player is fighting.
so a "just watch the fight" should be very likely too. -
02 Jul, '22
Ret Samphis MergedLet the human player in player VS human controlled AI battles allow spectators to watch the fight, with the consent of the battling human player.
Currently the other players in the lobby with the experimental human VS human controlled AI setting can not do anything while another player is in battle. For friendly matches, it would be nice to allow observers to watch the battle, if the human player allows.
This would be targeted more for friendly matches and casual players, while also not causing any disadvantages for competitive play. -
02 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Add optional spectator to "human player fight hostile"" (suggested by Ret Samphis on 2022-07-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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05 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"view combat of allies" (suggested by ButcheredTitan on 2022-07-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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07 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Allow other players to spectate in humans fight for hostiles" (suggested by Tplus on 2022-07-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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09 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Please add the ability to spectate other player battles, and cooperative modes!" (suggested by An Egg on 2022-07-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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10 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Reduce waiting periods III - Observation/Interaction fight" (suggested by TJ on 2022-07-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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16 Jul, '22
evilThis would be nice to have! Maybe a toggleable lobby option to share human player vision during other's turns? Would help recreate the hotseat feel when casually playing with friends over the internet. You can still do that with streaming via some third party app but it's a bit annoying.
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19 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Allow Players to Spectate Other Players Battles" (suggested by Sam on 2022-07-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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26 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Wiew battles of allies" (suggested by osobaum on 2022-07-22), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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26 Jul, '22
TheBlasterPastor Admin"Multiplayer Watch Battle" (suggested by Yaloup on 2022-07-24), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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05 Sep, '22
Rico Mergedwhen I play whith friend like alliance I will see his battle
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10 Sep, '22
FreezeZ Admin"Add vission for allaiance battle" (suggested by Rico on 2022-09-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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19 Sep, '22
FreezeZ Admin"let us see coop battles when its not our turn" (suggested by james on 2022-09-17), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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21 Sep, '22
Chris WeisethCompletely agree, it is one of the things why I hate playing Homm3 or other Homm games online instead of on LAN Parties or hotseat, it takes such a long time players alt tab to browse the net, and when it's their turn they don't realize so turns takes even longer.
A good old game called "Lords of Magic" had it so you could watch your enemies battles, sure in competitive mp games you probably want it turned off, but for casual players which are 99,99% of all players this would really make the game more fun MP, because we all have that one or two friends that use 15-20min every fkin turn because they winmax everything. -
07 Oct, '22
Tal MergedIt's pretty boring while the ally fights and the game is grayed out :(
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09 Oct, '22
FreezeZ Admin"Allow watching an ally fight" (suggested by Tal on 2022-10-07), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Nov, '22
MichaelWhat a great idea! Looking forward to implementation.
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29 Nov, '22
Moderator AdminWe would love to do it, but it is a time consuming feature.
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05 Dec, '22
Roni MergedYou should be able to spectate when your friend is fighting AI if it's nott your turn.
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06 Dec, '22
FreezeZ Admin"Ability to spectate figtsh in multiplayer" (suggested by Roni on 2022-12-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Dec, '22
khanhÜöease add this !
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27 Dec, '22
mibPls add this. I bought this game but because i can't see battle of my team mate i will request a refund.
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09 Jan, '23
JayGood game, like it so far! Pls, add this as it would make the game much more fun to play with friends. You should add it as an alternative when setting up the game in the lobby ;)
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22 Jan, '23
RyuhiGiven that you are already locked out of doing most things during other players' combats, it would be great to have an easy way to watch. Currently, I make do by screenshare, but, this would be very handy to have.
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12 Feb, '23
DolersEasy fix: Play it hot-seat :)
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02 Mar, '23
leycaPls add this. I bought this game but because i can't see battle of my team mate i will request a refund.
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03 Mar, '23
alqioThis would be awesome. Now I use discord to do the same, but it's quite cumbersome. Especially nice as simultaneous turns are disabled during battles.
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23 May, '23
Kevin MergedCurrently we are playing with 3 players on a multiplayer game, we have the "Human player fight for hostile" setting enabled which is great because it allows another player to be in the fight instead of just sitting around and waiting.
With three or more players, one player is stuck viewing nothing while the other two perform battle. Please add an option for all players to watch manual battles so all players can be engaged. -
23 Sep, '23
ako Mergedso any can look at what is happening instead of waiting.
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25 Sep, '23
FreezeZ Admin"spectate human players (allies or hostile) in battles option." (suggested by ako on 2023-09-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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15 Oct, '23
MeowYes, please. It is boring to wait until the other player(s) are done with their battle. It would be more entertaining to watch and comment what the others are doing.
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21 Oct, '23
PedroideAn optional spectator mode to watch your teammates/allies battles would be really useful to keep all players in co-op mode engaged when their turns are interrupted. That, or maybe allowing the battles to take place without interrupting the players that are not in battle. We love your game, we have played all HOMM titles and we believe this would improve the online MP of SoC significantly. Thanks for considering it!
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27 Oct, '23
leslviv100%! Reading my thoughts! please add!
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21 Jan
AlecAt the current state of the game, Jan 21, 2024, there is a feature in Multiplayer that says "Opponents fight for Hostile troops" which essentially is the requested feature implemented in PvP games. While in most cases I turn this feature off in PvP, as I enjoy facing my opponents blind, I would LOVE the option to spectate teammates' battles when playing Co-op. The prompt to watch these battles should always be optional. It seems that battle spectating in co-op is almost there from a coding standpoint, as the feature already exists in PvP.
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15 Feb
Munin Admin"Server setting for other players to watch multiplayer manual battles" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2023-05-23), including upvotes (8) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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01 Apr
LavarocksWould absolutely improve the co-op experience. Most beneficial to assist a friend learning the game or when they just play slower than you are.
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09 Apr
zhsYes please add this! I love playing this game co-op with my buddy and it's always so boring waiting for them to play out their combats while I've already taken all my actions.