Spectator Mode Replays

As many of you are no doubt aware, Riot has recently made some fantastic improvements to spectator mode, including the ability to skip back and forward in time and use the automated “Directed Camera”. Along with all the other great features such as the ability to view the match from either and/or both teams perspective, view extended stats such as gold earned and much more, spectator mode is obviously a far better way to view replays as well as live matches. Recently we have been working to leverage this system so that you can enjoy the features of Spectator mode for all replays you record.

We’ve just released a new version with initial support for recording all matches in full spectator mode (excluding Co-Op vs AI). This is quite a large step towards a complete replay system, though of course we still have a lot more planned, so stay tuned!

If you would like to give spectator mode recording a go, make sure you have the latest version, and enable the “Record Spectator Replays” option in the LOLReplay settings, as it is currently disabled by default.

Click here to download the latest build

Please let us know if you run into any issues, and once we are happy that it is sable enough we will most probably set it as the default recording method in future versions!

Match Stats and Replay Naming

As many of you have noticed, a number of LOLReplay features such as match statistics and replay naming are currently broken for new recordings. Unfortunately Riot has again removed stat logging, which is what LOLReplay relies on to obtain this data.

We are looking into alternative solutions, and have a few ideas in mind should stat logging remain disabled. We appreciate your patience and we will do our best to come up with a fix for these issues as soon as possible.

Version 0.7.6.9 + Uploads Re-Enabled

0.7.6.9 has just been released, which should fix various issues users were experiencing with the latest (Hecarim) patch.

Replay uploading should also now be functioning again as usual. Apologies for the long delay getting that back up and running, however it’s back, and we look forward to seeing many more of the communities matches uploaded to the replay archive in the near future!

Replay Uploading Disabled

We have had to disable the replay uploading until we can organize some more storage space for the website. We will let you know as soon as we can turn it back on again. Thanks for your patience.

Fix for crash issues introduced in latest patch

We are aware that the latest Riot patch has been causing issues for some LOLReplay users. Unfortunately we only just found out about the issues ourselves, however we have a new version which should fix things.

Please try the latest build and let us know on the forum if you have any further issues. From all reports so far this should resolve the problem.

Note that the automatic screenshot functionality has temporarily been disabled, and old replays may not play correctly until new patch files have been uploaded (hopefully within the next couple of hours).

Update: Crash issues caused by patch 1.0.0.134 should now be resolved, and screenshot and quick load functionality have been re enabled. Be sure to update to the latest version if you have not done so already.