Allow spectating the commander

BCSephBCSeph Join Date: 2005-02-24 Member: 42384Members, Constellation
in Ideas and Suggestions
<div class="IPBDescription">When dead or just specing</div>I think this would be cool, and with the less limited source engine, this may be possible without horrible bugs. It would be nice to know what the commander is doing, or if you are a noob then you can spec the commander, watch, and learn.
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  • wankalotwankalot Join Date: 2005-02-05 Member: 39872Members
    sounds like a good idea.... theres no better way to learn how to do something than to see someone actually doing it..
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  • NEX9NEX9 Join Date: 2005-03-08 Member: 44299Members
    edited October 2007
    I think this is a given. If they can they will, they simply couldnt in ns one with out major bus or some such, key note as to why its in the do not suggest thread in I&S.
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  • yodayoda Join Date: 2003-11-27 Member: 23619Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Yer the idea of spectating the commander would be great.
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  • efektzefektz Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23665Members, Constellation
    youd have to be a supernoob if you need to spec a comm.
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  • JoshehJosheh Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34564Members, Constellation
    um no.
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  • efektzefektz Join Date: 2003-11-28 Member: 23665Members, Constellation
    lulz k
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  • corpsmancorpsman Join Date: 2004-04-17 Member: 27979Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    GREAT idea. Always wanted to do this. Even if you couldn't spectate from "joining" the game, but just from the ready room, so you can't cheat from alien side or whatever. Spectating the whole game would help me be a better commander X 100,000,000!
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  • AngeluszAngelusz Harmonic entropist Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18072Members, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    I support this idea; it would be a fool-proof way of learning how to comm, given a good commander to spectate, ofcourse. It'd also be very interesting to see the league team's commanders in action, from their own point of view. And anyone that claims this idea to have no use; hasn't played the game on normal public servers enough.
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  • MaxMax Technical Director, Unknown Worlds Entertainment Join Date: 2002-03-15 Member: 318Super Administrators, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    The ability to spectate the commander is something we're planning on including in NS2.
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  • dragonsowldragonsowl Join Date: 2007-10-08 Member: 62578Members
    What might make this work... would be the ability to be a sub com, like in the big games!
    Have a consul attached nearby to the comm chair, and he could be a lesser commander!

    People were talking about, in other topics, the ability to limit a comms hearing on the map, to only were he is looking, or near marines, (or what would make this work, only were he is looking where his marines are).

    Basically, the other guy would be able to be a second set of ears, moniterating groups that the comm isn't on his screen, and dropping cheap stuff, like med packs, or equipment. if there were 2 assaults going on, one could monitor each, making life more efficient for the marines.

    Of course this would make life harder on the aliens, which i am partial 2, so disreadard this post <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

    Anyway just think about it, it would give experience 2 noobs, and making comming against better alien players more efficient.
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  • N_3N_3 &#092;o/ Join Date: 2004-03-12 Member: 27291Members, Constellation
    i'd rather have another marine putting bullets into aliens than having some guy sit in a chair and look around at the map
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  • ozbirdboyozbirdboy Join Date: 2007-08-07 Member: 61827Confirm Email
    <!--quoteo(post=1654545:date=Oct 8 2007, 08:53 AM:name=Max)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Max @ Oct 8 2007, 08:53 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1654545"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The ability to spectate the commander is something we're planning on including in NS2.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Good stuff, it will be a great way for new players to learn how to comm.
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  • schkorpioschkorpio I can mspaint Join Date: 2003-05-23 Member: 16635Members
    as well as debugging and seeing hacks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile-fix.gif" />
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