Watchers
Dota 2 ยท Visual. Shows who captured a Watcher (lantern) and how much longer it will work, the capture countdown, and the vision radius of enemy Watchers.
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Where to find it in the menuโ
Visual โ Map objects โ Watchers
Watchers is one of the tabs of the Map objects page.
How to enableโ
- Menu (
Insert) โ Visual โ Map objects โ Watchers tab. - The script is on by default. It is turned on and off with the header toggle of the page. While it is off, the other options are inactive.
What it doesโ
Card above the Watcher
- Green card โ the Watcher is captured and working for one of the teams. The remaining working time and the portrait of the hero who captured it are shown.
- Red card with a lock โ the Watcher is disabled and locked. It shows how much time is left until it can be captured again.
- Durations are taken from the game data.
- If the script did not see the start of the capture or the disabling (for example, it happened before the script loaded or while the Watcher was not visible), the time is not shown: the card has only the icon and, if known, the portrait.
- The hero portrait appears if the script noticed who exactly cast the capture.
- The card is not drawn on top of the game interface.
Capture
- While someone is capturing or disabling a Watcher, a round timer is shown above it: the hero portrait, a progress ring and the seconds remaining with tenths.
Enemy Watchers
- While a Watcher is working for the enemy:
- a red Watcher icon is drawn on the minimap;
- a circle of its vision radius is drawn around the Watcher in the world (red with a fill by default).
- When the working time runs out, the circle and the icon are removed.
Settingsโ
| Setting | Type | Default | Range / options | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Header toggle of the page | On | โ | Turns the script on and off |
| Vision radius | Toggle | On | โ | A vision radius circle around a Watcher working for the enemy |
| Fill | Toggle | On | โ | Fill the inside of the circle. Visible only if "Vision radius" is on |
| Format time | Toggle | On | โ | Show time as min:sec. Off โ in seconds |
| Additional size | Slider | 4 | 0โ18, step 0.1 | Size of the card, the hero portrait and the capture timer |
| Radius color | Color | Red | โ | Color of the vision circle. Visible only if "Vision radius" is on |
FAQโ
There is no time on the card. The script did not see when the Watcher was captured or disabled and cannot calculate the remaining time. The time will appear after the next state change the script sees.
Why is there no vision circle around our Watcher? The circle and the minimap icon are drawn only for Watchers working for the enemy.
There is no hero portrait on the card. The portrait is shown only if the script saw the hero who captured the Watcher.