Then just OBS. There is even a build-in replay feature in the game as well.
You are just searching for troubles by using any third party tools even if they are harmless on the surface.
I’m all for paying a little bit of money to support the development of projects, and if it really brings the experience up, ill do it. But does it have any sort of free trial first or anything? If so, did you like the information it gave during it to get some insight?
like someone said earlier if its your main account dont risk it. if its an alt account why not. im pretty sure TONS of people do shady stuff on their alts hehe
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I hope this works. This was, I believe, a free trial of the statistics you can get for a match. Just shows you who died when, who used ults, how many kills you had in relation to everyone else, etc. Personally, I don’t find it very useful at all.
It’s bannable under ToS for sure. Weather blizzards enforce bans for this is unknown. Would be nice if they made a list of acceptable apps.
I’d steer clear.
Unless you want to lose your account.
Had to go digging through the dev post archives, but I found the last known list of acceptable third party tools for Overwatch:
My original post about this is pretty well still stands. I do not recommend to use software of this nature
Blizzard have previous had a… litigious approach to anything that interacts with “their” address space
If it ran over a replay playout I guess it would be safe. Since it’s not live real-time tracking anything (even tracking live for later post-analysis). If OverTrack ran on a replay code I’m guessing it would be a kind of tool, used entirely post-game, for improvement. Since the tool is never enabled during an active/live session (only for replays), it’s as much a competitive advantage as coaching or aim training.
I woudl be careful using it for the ingame replays as well considering there is still a chance for the anticheat to detect it even if it is not harming anyone.
Perhaps. At that point I would recommend they livestream or record while they use it for replays so they have some evidence to appeal around if it triggers the anti-cheat. You would have video evidence to demonstrate full innocence, and also valuable feedback for them to better calibrate. Frankly that kind of false-positive would be extremely poor handling of customers. Hopefully the anti-cheat isn’t that crude.
Blizzard is never going to endorse 3rd party software. The developers of OverTrack could easily do something nefarious such as adding hacks to it, keyloggers, or something that gives a competitive benefit.
Everything will be considered bannable so they retain the option to ban people if they do desire. So it’s unlikely they’ll ban you if the software doesn’t change, although never certain.
So no discord? No OBS? No alt-tab playing other games and doing other stuffs while you’re in the 15 minutes queue?
Where do we draw the line on keeping our account safe from false-positives and unfair actioning? Are we allowed to use our PC in normal ways? Do we have to use a machine for OW and OW only - reinstall everything and ONLY OW and never changing the hw ?
As a customer I’d hope my digital assets are safe in the bank and not at risk from some petty 3rd party application I left running.
Overtrack is a screen reader.
They banned another software that acts very similar to OverTrack.
I’m pretty sure the software they banned was called “Visor”. It was very controversial back in 2018. But they made a official post saying it is not allowed in OW.
Visor did what you say OverTrack does. It gave you in-game tips.
I say do not use risk it.
Of course, it’s not recommended; it’s third-party software. But do you see anything horribly wrong with the software? It’s just a screen reader, same as obs or discord screen share. There is no reason for the software to be bannable, but it definitely should be use-at-your-own risk.
Don’t risk it. Even regular mouse programs (that come with your mice) have been mistaken for cheating programs by blizzards anti-cheat in the past
Visor gave information in-game, tracked ults, and I also believe it gave you tips like “the enemy widowmaker might have ult.” Overtrack does none of the things that marked Visor as controversial, specifically in-game information (you cant access any game stats until the game has fully ended). Two completely different pieces of software.
There’s a huge difference between widely popular general use software like OBS or discord and software solely created to read and profit off of reading Overwatch games. Besides, not endorsing something and actively banning are huge steps apart. It wouldn’t make sense for them to endorse something that they have no control over. That’s a liability disaster and opens to door to all kinds of legal trouble.