Valve updated Spectator HUD
Author: Hawk Live LLC
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On 16 September, Valve updated Spectator HUD for watching live games, replays, and overwatch cases.
Status Indicators
- Top bar now shows smoked heroes and if heroes have Aegis or Cheese.
- BKB duration, Aegis timer, and shared Tango timer now show in the inventory. This has been added for both spectators and players.
- Roshan timer now shows a countdown.
- Players can now ping Aegis to broadcast time remaining to allies.
- Added a Power Rune spawn top/bottom indicator.
- Buyback status indicator now shows in the stats dropdown.
- Items panel now includes neutral items and which players have Aghanim's Scepter / Aghanim's Shard.
- Added a combat log entry for when players deny runes.
- Item quantities for sentries / observer wards / smokes now show for spectators when they open a team's shop.
Graph Improvements
- Combo graph shows win probability, gold, and XP all at once, as well as deltas, without needing to select separate graphs.
- Added momentum indicator, pointing out which team's performance is increasing more within the last 2 minutes.
Camera
- Override Cam allows you to move the camera in non-free camera modes when you want to inspect other areas of the map, returning you to your selected camera mode after a short delay.
- Directed Cam lets you click on heroes to temporarily select them as the subject of your focus.
- Fixed directed camera jumping to origins at times.
Playback
- Improved «Next Highlight» feature lets you easily skip to the action (fixed old version).
- Added the ability to skip to the match instead of waiting for draft phase to end.
