CP:I - Spectating, Ghostcam and gameplay Code Mechanics news - Critical Point: Incursion

presents you a CODE update for...

Dear Community,

we posted an exclusive facebook post and wanted to share this as an official update with you all here! This version is slightly different than that posted on facebook

RULESETS:

Everything you can imagine has been thought through, rulesets to handle player leaving when no damage and damage has done and how this affects player numbers, negative death scoring and so on. This will mean if your client crashes or you disconnect, you will be able to rejoin the current round as long as no damage is done, by any player or team.

Do you recall loosing all your guns in other games when you crashed or your internet dropped? Well don't worry as we are already planning to introduce a system that will remember your players inventory so when you rejoin you will return with the monetry value of the weapons held at the time of leaving. This still needs further definition, but rest assured we are really covering all areas to bring you a game both fun to play and minimising those annoying moments that made you rage quit as in other FPS games.

When joining the server for the first time, you are added as a spectator until you have chosen a team/ character from our selection menu.
- when selecting random team, swat, or merc. You join in-game changing from specator state to Player state.
- Admins can configure if the server joining is random "force teams" or manually selectable.

This takes into account what to do if a player joins, if the admin turns on "force balance team" option and which team to put them on too, first checking the number of players on each team, then if they have the same number of players, it checks the team scores and puts a new player on the loosing team.

SPECTATOR:

We have 3 sets of spectating, from "none" (which is turned off), to "view all" (can view players on both teams) to "view team" (your own team mates only) - all of these are server side handled, and every player can see these server options within our welcome screen.

Please note: this is not a REAL Spectator slot, this is just "ingame spectating" when dead.

--When Spectating is set to team only, not to all players
Left mouse click = cycle through team mates
MouseUp/Down = cycle forwards/ backwards through team members
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map

** ghostcam should only be allowed if the server setting permits this **

--When Spectating is set to ALL players/teams
Left mouse click = cycle forward through members ( all alive players of OWN team, then auto cycles through other team, then restarts cycle from beginning)
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map
Use Key = switches to other team directly

** ghostcam should only be allowed if the server setting permits this **

- if player following DIES, it switches to next available player automatically (depending on spectator setting)
- so far all player movements are replicated in-eyes, including hud elements.

REAL SPECTATOR:

This only works if enabled by the server admin.
- if in buytime OR end of round: spectator will continue to follow the last player selected (if he exists). This is good if an admin is watching a certain player, or someone is making a video using fraps or a demo (demo not yet integrated but planned). This means they dont have to keep selecting through the whole team players again.
- if no one is alive: it then returns to ghostcam mode. (ghostcam mode is always available for real spectators)

You can view all players, cycling through both teams, back and forward:

Left mouse click = cycle forward through members (all alive players of 1 team, then auto cycles through other team, then restarts cycle from beginning)
Right mouse click = change to ghost cam, to fly around map // see below
Use Key = switches to other team directly

** TO DO **

We just need to replicate the player hud you are spectating, their weapon animation and effects. After this the whole spectator area can be marked off as complete! We are then moving onto core gameplay areas, looking at the Team deathmatch type, team and player scoring, points, damage and general featues such as teamtalk, open say, game console, death messages etc.. not forgetting looking to revise our money allowance system in combination to our buy menu and weapons.

We hope this was a good insight into our development progress and gives you an idea where we are at the moment. We look forward to your feedback and any questions you may have.

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Project site: www.criticalpointgame.com
Studio site: www.dominatingstudios.com

Best regards,

Your CP:I Team