Spectator, caster, and demos

TremanN

<div class="IPBDescription">How much support?</div>I love to watch casts of SC2 games. I don't even play SC2 but I like and understand the game enough to watch. With the apparent desire of the community to cast games (Arkanti, NS2HD, etc), I think support for a more exhaustive spectator mode will be a great way to encourage these casters. (Spectating first person commander mode sounds awesome) NS2 casts with a good spectator mode will be a HUGE asset in stirring up interest in the game with non players and players alike.

So I guess my three questions are:

How robust of a system will the spectator system be? Will UWE be able to implement an HLTV-type system for NS2? Any demo/replay support?

internetexplorer

I'm glad you mentioned SC2, because it has probably the best spectator setup of any game I've seen. If/when something like that is added to NS2, it would be really wise to take some hints from it. Contrast with Brood War (where the specatator UI was made by the community and lacked 90% of what the one in SC2 offers) to see the difference.

BearTaxi

I'd absolutely love to see a SC2 style spectator system designed with casting etc in mind, however I'd much rather a complete game first. I hope UWE has something like this when it comes to release!

Dghelneshi

Demo recording + HLTV will be in the next GMOvermind version (hopefully, if there are no serious issues).

NurEinMensch

The devs have stated that they want to create something like that. But it's currently not in focus. Maybe with help from the community they can make it for release.