Bug 1071 – Don't set spectator flags on dead player objects

Bug 1071 - (ARRAY(0x500c358)) Don't set spectator flags on dead player objects

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Summary:	Don't set spectator flags on dead player objects

Status:	ASSIGNED

Product:	Odamex
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Server & Client
Version:	0.7.x
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	P1 trivial

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Reported:	2014-04-18 20:29:05 CDT by Kyle
Modified:	2016-09-19 22:24 CDT (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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don't set spectator flags on a dead player object (3.92 KB, patch) 2014-04-18 20:30:40 CDT, Kyle	Details \| Diff
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Description Kyle 2014-04-18 20:29:05 CDT

Currently in Odamex, when a player spectates, their associated mobj is made invisible.

There is no need to remove a corpse when a player spectates, and in the survival mode that I'm making, where players are forced to spectate if they run out of lives, this behavior causes the player to just disappear when they die on their last life.

The following patch works around this by adding a "deadspectator" flag that is set on the player when they spectate while dead. This alters the behavior of the respawning code, to make it silently respawn the spectator in the same position as their corpse, leaving it behind.

Comment 1 Kyle 2014-04-18 20:30:40 CDT

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don't set spectator flags on a dead player object

Comment 2 Mike Lightner 2014-05-14 20:58:33 CDT

r4867 applies this patch.

Comment 3 HeX_Vulture 2016-09-19 22:24:01 CDT

Is this implemented as intended?