Multiplayer Spectator option?

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Hello.

Is there going to be a spectator option for those who can't play multiplayer because of having dialup for instance?


BTW=> Love the new patch.

Cheers.

[Garnier]

I would think that would have the same problems, if the person on dialup was connected to the MP game, even if they weren't giving orders.

[norb]

We do have a spectator option on our wishlist. It is something we we want to support at some point.

[BOSTON]

norb wrote:

We do have a spectator option on our wishlist. It is something we we want to support at some point.

That's something I have been interested in seeing for a long time. Matter-o-fact there was a discussion about that feature a year or more ago, I'm pretty sure.

[Criztian]

On a related note, it might also be cool to be able to save replays. So even if you can't spectate, someone might send out replays of some really epic multi player or single player battles for all to enjoy. Just some thoughts for the future.

[duncan]

+1 for spectator and replay features in the wishlist !

[GShock]

There's a problem inherent all games with spectator mode, the so called ghosting.

I believe the only real solution to this problem is the Black screen, which means, no spectator mode. Some games have a replay feature where basically the whole game is recorded and when they die or are eliminated, they can see the match until the point they were eliminated... unsatisfactory, like the black death screen.

I think the best solution of compromise is to basically assign to the player the restricted camera view of another player, which means send the dead player to see his ex team members' camera view. What the live player sees, the dead player sees.

A nice shell to move the camera from one player to another and that's it. I don't think it would be too complicated to do and I can't think of anything better at the moment.

[Michael Slaunwhite]

Hello.

I would expect that while watching using a dialup connection would be like trying to download a you-tube video.

I was asking simply because I won't be able to play multiplayer (dialup connection), and I thought if I just was able to watch wouldn't cause much of a problem.

The only game(s) I am at the moment able to play for multiplayer is GTA Vice City, Day of Defeat, well all games that were optimized for Dial-Up.

[Monty]

Criztian wrote:

On a related note, it might also be cool to be able to save replays. So even if you can't spectate, someone might send out replays of some really epic multi player or single player battles for all to enjoy. Just some thoughts for the future.

I know it's been mentioned before, but I would love to see a replay feature like that seen in Sid Meier's Gettysburg.