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!
So I'm wondering... Would it be possible to implement the API into making some sort of KillCam like in Call of Duty - Maybe by sending clients player data that isn't really there? While the server still does other stuff, the client watching the cam would get sent different player positions, creating the illusion. I'd imagine it would be a little difficult since it would be a replay of something that had happened before though. It would also be quite a load on the server if enough players were watching KillCams at once.
@Chipmunk9998
Are the players on teams from a scoreboard? If yes, can they see each other?
@Musicislife1120
Please submit a ticket so I can get more information about the issue.
When spectating a player both parties lost all xp levels. running on 1.5.2
Hello.
Players are unable to shoot arrows when you are spectating them.
I <3 this plugin but there are two problems...
When spectating someone, that player is unable to shoot arrows (they drop on the floor) :(
edit: This only seems to happen when a player is invisible using Vanish No Packet
The other problem: Spectators can't chat when the observed player is moving (the chatbar doesn't show up)
A massive thank you. I thought it was never going to get updated. I really appreciate it!!! :)
Got it running on my server as we speak. GREAT WORK!!
Love the scan option.
Good job Chipmunk9998. Thank you!
2.0 has been approved, you can download it like normal from the download link in the top right corner.
@Haloflooder
Here is the link to version 2.0:
http://dev.bukkit.org/bukkit-plugins/spectate/files/27-v2-0/
@Chipmunk9998
I just decided to compile the source but it's giving me an error about gethealth at line 90 in the spectatemanager class. I'm using dev build 1.6.4 r0.1 #2889. Am I doing something wrong? Which bukkit version are you using?
@Haloflooder
It's been under review for 20 hours now, I hope it doesn't take too much longer. :P
@Chipmunk9998
Awesome! But too bad Bukkit haven't finished reviewing the plugin yet so we can't see 2.0 until it's approved. Been refreshing the page once per hour ever since you announced that xD
Updated to 2.0! Please report any bugs you find.
@Chipmunk9998
If you need help with the dev.bukkit pages for this then feel free to let me know. I would be glad to help out if it means that you can put more time into keeping this plugin updated and active.
I hope this gets updated before 1.7 comes out.
@sizilium
I'm working on the new devbukkit pages for it, I'm not the best designer though so this may take a while. :P
I have the feeling this project is inactive. Unfortunately there is no alternative plugin. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Bonjour, Même les Français ont hate de voir ce plugin mis à jour en 1.6.2 La semaine du 13sept commence a être très longue ;-) D'avance merci !
Can you estimate how much longer it will be till this is updated? I really would like to have implemented on the server I play on.