The latest SVN
revision brought a big change in Odamex: Spectator mode. Of course, spectator mode isn't a new thing in multiplayer Doom ports. But for Odamex, this is a great step closer to being the ultimate open-source cross-platform multiplayer Doom port of your dreams.
Of course it doesn't work right yet. There are still a few tweaks and nuances that are being worked out. (more about it
here) Like Manc's
previous news post, this revision (567) is a crucial update for those running development versions of Odamex.
Few key pointers with the spectator:
- Clients can use the "spectate" and "join" commands to... well... spectate and join. Pressing the use key while spectating also let's you join.
- Servers have two new cvars, "globalspectatorchat" and "maxactiveplayers". When globalspectatorchat is disabled, spectators can only chat with each other. Perfect for those tournament matches. Maxplayers now counts for both spectators and players. Maxactiveplayers only counts players in-game. (Example: "maxplayers 16" and "maxactiveplayers 8" can trigger 8-man ffa with a total of 8 leftover spectators)
Complete spectator support will be available in v0.4, whenever that's done.
Also keep in mind that THIS WILL NOT WORK WITH 0.3!
