overwatch
I'm playing Overwatch and I want to gain a better knowledge of the maps. I would like to explore the maps outside of a match, but can't find a game mode/tutorial, etc. that allows me to be in the map alone. Can anyone offer any advice?
Some youtubers have map tutorials where they freely fly around in maps with the camera without a hero. How do they do this? Is some third party software involved?
This might be caused by the "Render Scale" setting.
From the main menu, click OPTIONS, then ADVANCED and then set RENDER SCALE to 100%.
Of the current roster, the following used to be members of the original Overwatch:
Widowmaker technically wasn't a member of Overwatch, but she used to be Amelie Lacroix, the wife of an Overwatch agent. Pharah's mother is Ana Amari, a member of the original Overwatch strike team although Overwatch was disbanded before Pharah herself could join.
Best Answer
What you are looking for is the Custom Game option in the Play menu. You can choose the map, the map rotation, the difficulty and amount of AI players, etc. This should allow you to play privately or with friends in order to increase your knowledge of maps and heroes.
http://overwatch.wikia.com/wiki/Custom_Game
Edit: As to how the youtubers and others fly around the map, they use the custom game menu, and when viewing the team lineups page, they right click on their name and swap teams to the Spectator team. Then they start the match. This video shows how it can be done at around the 10:00 mark: