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!
Death plugin....
Idea: Make it to where this can be used in command blocks on death so it will spectate people when they die.
@nejcneo
I know, will be fixing in 2.0.
SPECTATING takes your XP. (Said premium user on my server). Please fix this
When one of my moderators gets spectate, it loses its lvls. Any idea?
@Chipmunk9998
Just wanted to say thanks for all your hard work, man! Keep it up with v2.0 and I'm sure some donations and plenty of respect will follow. Even though the current build is fairly buggy (I have the same errors occurring as @mal67 and @marubal21), it is still extremely helpful. That is all :).
Using latest version (v1.11.1) with MC 1.5.2 makes you loose ALL experience points after spectating a player :-(
1. Get experience points (lets say you are at 10) 2. /spectate <player> 3. /spectate off 4. ALL experience is GONE
Please fix (bug reported)...
on 1.5.2 just updated to latest build of yours 1.11.1, got this error after using spec for about 6 hours.
http://pastebin.com/GLJwb3QW
I'm on MC 1.5.2 and i noticed the a error randomly appearing in the server log since updating to 1.5.2. See error message below:
http://pastebin.com/9kHhwYWK
@ManBeastPigDev
Hey Man - just fyi, if you're using Essentials (as most servers do), you can do /invsee <player> to see and/or modify a player's inventory (except for the tool bar slots and armor slots). You can do /xp <player> to see and/or change a player's XP.
Is it possible to see their inventory and XP levels?
@Slash0220
With Spectate 2.0 I'll be focusing on compatibility with other plugins, because that has been the main issue with Spectate. I'll also be working on the API more so more servers can integrate it with their plugins, and maybe even have some plugins like MobArena use it in their plugin as an optional feature.
Spectate was actually my second ever project in Java, which is why it's pretty buggy and messy. I've learned a lot since I started this project by developing for my own server, so in 2.0 I'll be adding a lot more features of things I didn't know how to do a year ago.
@Chipmunk9998
So we need to wait 1 or 2 months till you will "probably" fix this bug? I do not judge, you have done a great work but please fix this problem faster and update your plugin...
Many servers are using MobArena with your plugin... And they are stuck right now..
Fix everything (for Admin): -No commands usage while spectating. -Seperated Inventories (Spectating inventroy and non-spectating inventory) -etc.
@Slash0220
because of this bug i removed the spectate plugin 2 weeks before
@Slash0220
I won't be adding any new features until Spectate 2.0 comes out, but 2.0 will probably fix compatibility with most plugins.
There is a problem! (Bug) This plugin conflicts with MobArena... When you spectate somebody while he is playing mobarena and then you stop spectating him, you get all his items and lost yours...
Can dev. please fix it?
@WinneonSword
Could you give a pastebin of the error?
Hello there Mr. Chipmunk.
It appears that the Spectate plugin is spamming the console while "calling events". Do you know anything about this and how to fix it?
-WS
@Chipmunk9998
Since you're using GitHub, we could setup a project page on our Jenkins if you like. It might be helpful for the community to have dev builds available... especially since you're working on a 2.0 it might be good to get preliminary user feedback. Just throwing out the offer for you :)