Debugspeed Command

Deadonstick

As most of you will know, a few patches ago a debugspeed command was added into the game so people can objectively measure their speed. Personally I was thrilled at the idea of looking at how fast I was going as different life forms while attacking and using its data for continuous self-improvement. Now here's the problem, can anyone explain to me why this command is only usable when cheats are on? Surely having data about yourself can't be considered a cheat?

Personally I'd like to see this command availible for all players constantly, like the "fps" command. Can anyone explain to me why this is a bad idea and why it is considered a cheat in the first place?

ScardyBob

Actually, debugspeed has been in the game for quite a while (since the early beta). I think making it cheat protected is more of an oversight than feature (but I'm not completely sure). Someone could probably mod in a much better looking version of it.

Roobubba

Very much agree with the op. And a better looking version if it would be cool, but first things first, let's see it in the game without having to run a local server with cheats on!
I can't see how it could give an unfair advantage, and it would be very useful for self-improvement.

extollo

at one time it gave an indication that could aid jump timing, but i don't know if that is the case now.

Deadonstick

extollo said:

at one time it gave an indication that could aid jump timing, but i don't know if that is the case now.

That can hardly be considered a cheat now can it? Maybe a slight advantage, but then again, we're talking about something you can see anyway. Speed is a visual thing, but when you give it a number suddenly it gives an advantage, I doubt that.

lwf

Added stripped down "debugspeed" command to BNS2 ("b_speed") that works without cheats enabled.

Works on these servers once they've updated (type "b" in the console, if it says "build 246, release 0" it's running the latest version).