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So here's something small to show off to keep the anticipation going . In v0.9, we have added a "Spectator Camera" (also known as "prbot"). This is a little flying contraption that players can fly around in, to spectate matches.



Now, this differs quite a bit from the standard freecam in BF2. Firstly, prbot is a vehicle that only the player using it can use, whereas freecam affects all players on the server. Secondly, it has full 6-axis movement, whereas freecam only has 3-axis. It also has a handy zoom for seeing those far away people.

So, we have designed this to have a few uses in PR. You can use it to admin matches, you can use it to shoutcast tournaments, you can use it to have some awesome camera angles for videos. Or, you can just use it to fly around and check out the awesome new maps. It's up to you how to use it .

To use it, there's a couple of things you need to do:
- You need to have a dedicated server, so you can spawn it.
- You then need to add your ingame name to the "PRSPECTATORS" array in "mods/pr/python/game/realityconfig_common.py" (this is so not everyone has access to spawning it, causing all sorts of problems).
- Then, once you've restarted your server, you can simply spawn the vehicle by typing "rcon spec" in the ingame console.
- Once you've spawned it (it'll appear about 10m in front of you), press E to hop in, fire to get yourself moving, and have fun .

That's about it, just a little something that we've added in to be different .

(There are no secrets in this thread, but there might be a ninja)

UAV Mark 2?

Just one in game at a time?
I assume no players can see it?

It's visible, as you can clearly see in that picture . You can spawn as many as you like, however, only players with their name added to the config will only be able to spawn it, so it's limited in that way. It's up to the server admins to control how it is used, or not used.

will it show you the names of everyone? you need names to admin, no matter if you see someone doing shit, you need his name as well

I will freak out every time this thing will be flying around me. I hope it's destroyable, LOLz

Will be funny seeing a little green probe flying around, might be a concern of immersion for some.

i would put a "MP" flag on it, just to make people notice what it is

Wouldn't it be kind of weird to see this hovering about while fighting an intense battle (as it can be seen by everyone, or so i understood). :
Fun addition nonetheless

It's not like you will see this often people so I doubt this will be distracting in any way.

Nice feature though.

the idea behind is really nice, cant wait to see this being used properly and what the results of that will be (epic movies anyone? )

lol a prbot sweet

what if a jet/helo crashes into it?

Looks cool though.

This is awesome

can we shot it down with AA launcher ? if so what happens to admin?
or what happens to the player after he shots down the admin ?
it's realy important to know

It's indestructible, and it's mainly for use on private matches that need admins/referees and stuff.

It was actually created to help us record videos in-game, but we found these other uses so decided to make it available. You don't have to use it if you don't want to.

It has a big zoom, so the admins can be high and look around, without disturbing the fights.

[R-DEV]dbzao wrote:It's indestructible, and it's mainly for use on private matches that need admins/referees and stuff.

It was actually created to help us record videos in-game, but we found these other uses so decided to make it available. You don't have to use it if you don't want to.

It has a big zoom, so the admins can be high and look around, without disturbing the fights.

wow man you are serious guy then

sik_gerar wrote:i would put a "MP" flag on it, just to make people notice what it is

Or have a big MEDIA stamp

Why does it look so sad?

Imagine it talking to you on Mumble!

I hope this doesnt get used in public servers, admins telling their people where enemies are...