Add ability to watch human teammates battles

Comments: 40

• 16 May, '22
  Tee

  Yes please! As someone who enjoys playing these games with friends (and started out as "hot seat" players) I would love this.

• 16 May, '22
  ako

  not just teammates, but any battle. let this be optional tho.

• 16 May, '22
  zamnath

  In 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.

• 16 May, '22
  Don

  Actually, 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
  Silent

  Cool idea.

• 17 May, '22
  Myriam Claveau-Mallet

  It 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).

• 24 May, '22
  Uszek

  A 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.

• 27 May, '22
  Andrew

  This seems very progressive! Please, consider! Thanks :)

• 29 May, '22
  esdoubleuk

  Yes please! See also the very extensive discussion on the discord in co-op suggestions for detailed suggested implementations.

• 30 May, '22
  DD

  This 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
  Alexander Müller

  Yes please!

• 09 Jun, '22
  Mercat

  Just played with a friend, and we were wishing for this feature all along!

• 24 Jun, '22
  ako

  the 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 Merged

  Let 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 16 Jul, '22
  evil

  This 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 05 Sep, '22
  Rico Merged

  when I play whith friend like alliance I will see his battle

• 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.

• 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.

• 21 Sep, '22
  Chris Weiseth

  Completely 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 Merged

  It's pretty boring while the ally fights and the game is grayed out :(

• 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.

• 23 Nov, '22
  Michael

  What a great idea! Looking forward to implementation.

• 29 Nov, '22
  Moderator Admin

  We would love to do it, but it is a time consuming feature.

• 05 Dec, '22
  Roni Merged

  You should be able to spectate when your friend is fighting AI if it's nott your turn.

• 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.

• 08 Dec, '22
  khanh

  Üöease add this !

• 27 Dec, '22
  mib

  Pls add this. I bought this game but because i can't see battle of my team mate i will request a refund.

• 09 Jan
  Jay

  Good 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 ;)

• 22 Jan
  Ryuhi

  Given 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.

• 12 Feb
  Dolers

  Easy fix: Play it hot-seat :)

• 02 Mar
  leyca

  Pls add this. I bought this game but because i can't see battle of my team mate i will request a refund.

• 03 Mar
  alqio

  This 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.