It was only a matter of time before intrepid programmers from the LoL community got fed up with the long wait for Riot’s official replay system and decided to do something about it. Matt and Cam, two programmers from Perth, have made a third party League of Legends replay tool, and it only took them three weeks.
Yeah, three weeks. It doesn’t interface directly with the LoL client, and since Riot is currently working on its own replay system, the company has been removing links to the program on the official forums. That said, you can get the program, called “LoL Replay” from the developer’s website.
Up to this point, the best way to see a “replay” of your game was to video record your desktop, which can be a resource intensive process. The LoL Replay tool works by recording network traffic and using the data to recreate the game afterward. This allows the player to view different perspectives from the match, though I don’t know if it’s possible to watch enemy movements.
I’m away from my desktop right now, but I’ll be giving this a test later today. The news is especially relevant now that Riot has released a launcher/patcher capable of supporting replays, even if it is only in beta.
via: PC Gamer
