The Voobly Team is constantly looking for ways to improve the client features. Here's a list of updates to the Spectator Mode for Age of Empires II: The Conquerors:
Orignally posted here: http://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/186473
- A player joining during the launching process when the Host uses the option "Players join room as spectators" could sometimes get stuck and wouldn't join the game as a spectator, this caused them to rejoin on a different username. This problem has now been fixed and players can join as spectators even during the launching process.
- Spectators will also auto-resume in the Lobby upon completion of the game (including the spectator delay). Example: With a spectator delay of 1:30 all spectators will automatically return to the game room when the spectator stream has finished for them. Especially in games with dozens of spectators the hosts had to manually kick spectators from the game room in case they went AFK for instance. If the spectator returns to their computer, they can simply rejoin the game room and use the Late-Joining function of the Spectator Mode.
- Idle spectators will now be automatically removed from the game room when the game is launched. Again: When a player decides to spectate the game at a later point, he can always use the Late-Joining function.
- If the Auto-Resume fails for any reason: We have added a command for the host to be able to remove stuck spectators. Command:" /speckick "
- Due to popular demand, we've added the !mute command in the spectator chat in order to mute taunts (e.g. 11 for laughter or 14 for "start the game already"), since it's the same for players and many people are used to it. So, if you are spectating a game, you can use !mute to disable the taunts, !nomute to revert it or !chatoff to disable the spectator chat entirely.
Orignally posted here: http://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/186473