Spectate
What is spectate?
Spectate allows you to watch players from their point of view, simply by typing in /spectate (player). You will see exactly what they see, and they'll never know you were watching them.
You can also watch them from different angles. There's Third Person, Third Person Front (looking at their face), and Freeroam (you can walk freely around and watch them from any angle).
There's also "Scroll" mode and "Scan" mode. Scroll mode allows you to right and left click to change between players, and Scan mode will change the player you're spectating every few seconds (you can set how long until it switches to the next person).
There's also an API, which allows developers to take control of the entire plugin.
To see a full list of everything you can do with Spectate, head over to the Commands page.
Spectate has undergone a complete rewrite.
Please make sure your permissions are up to date, and please report any bugs on the tickets page.
Spectate 2.0 is here!
2.0 includes:
- A complete rewrite of the entire plugin from the ground up.
- Lots of bugs fixes!
- Spectate is now compatible with Multiverse Inventories.
- A fresh new API that lets developers control the ENTIRE plugin!
And some new features:
- A new spectate angle, Third Person Front mode! Now you can watch the player you're spectating while looking at their face. What more could you ask for?
- Another new spectate angle, Free Roam mode! Now you can walk around like a ghost while still viewing their inventory. Spooky!
- You can now see the gamemode and XP of the player you're spectating!
- If you were invisible before spectating, you will still be invisible when you stop spectating.
And many more features I forgot to write down!
So what are you waiting for? Download the plugin for the complete Spectating experience today!
@zathrus_writer
There was no notification on my screen, but the players must be getting a message because they are clearly notified when someone is "following" or "stalking" them and when it stops. I'm running Spectate 1.4.2 on 1.1 CB RB-4 on an SMP server.
@SolomonGajda
I tried this today on R4 with an offline-server and 2 MC instances and I couldn't tell the player is spectated... could you please elaborate?
@Chipmunk9998
I've also had the same experience, creeper exploded near the player and I was killed instead of him (he didn't take any damage it would seem) P.S.: I was obviously in Survival not Creative mode
There is a problem though.
When spectating a player, you push them, they get moved because you are in their body.
There is a HUGE bug in this. I've tried it in two different public servers. One RPG server and another city server.
How to replicate the bug:
Spectate a player then unexpectedly disconnect (Anything but clicking log out). Then re-log in. You will still be spectating that player. But you are STUCK inside that player. It says you aren't spectating the player even though your screen is watching him and you dont have any controls. You can teleport or go back to spawn but then are quickly teleported back to the body of which you was spectating.
If that player that you are spectating disconnects too, then all hell breaks loose.
So far the only possible solution was to restart the server. (Obviously from an owner point of view, If a moderator gets stuck, the server could be broken for hours before the owner can be around to restart)
This is happening to me right now. Also I have tried resetting my home bed but I always respawn back at the new player spot.
Also people say they cannot see me on TAB list, and all my achievements are being earned a second time.
/kickall
Kick the whole shebang, fixed it twice for me.
I think I fixed it, try updating to 1.5.2.
Can you see if they are like xraying or hacking?
Im running R4 and it seems /spectate is not restricted to OPs anymore. I even tried adding a deny/false node in permissions.
Anyone else having this problem?
@ThaSourceGaming
Alright, I've been busy with another project, but I'll try working on it.
Yes, you need to update this plugin to R4 and fix the fact that people know you can spectate them.
I will typically spectate new visitors to the server to see what paths they follow so I can improve the experience. After updating the server to the R4 build today, I noticed that a visitor could tell when he was being "spectated". I didn't realize this. Is it new? Can it be disabled?
Im very happy with this plugin. Is there any chance you could make the commands shorter? Or allow us to do so?
e,g, /s [player] and when only doing /s it stops? and also beeing able to jump from player to player directly without first stopping.
[ This is likeley not correct ] - Is there a known bug that axe / tools show up as trees? (im using over 40 plugins and also texturepack n stuff, so it might be a incompatibility, or it might even be someone cheating)
Hi!
When i spectate a person the only thing i see is inside of his head. What can i do to fix this?
Great plugin if i only getting it to work :)
Hi there, i tried out this plugin yesterday, really nice and it comes in handy when someone is up to something stupid ;)
One thing though, an admin spectated me and could destroy blocks in front of me with his superpowers,Should this be possible?
Oh! if i drown myself i also kill the one who spectates me =)
@Crayder
You shouldn't be able to be killed, I'll look into that.
Really great plugin, but as a spectator you can take damage and be killed. Mobs will also target and attack you. Any way to stop that?
This is awesome.
Sorry about not updating guys, I've been busy with another project. I'll soon update the plugin with requested features and bug fixes.
@predawnia
Hmm awesome idea :D