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obbeskrutt
Join Date 06/2009
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Observer slots

Would be awesome, no?

July 31, 2009 5:07:20 PM from Demigod ForumsDemigod Forums

I'm suprised that there havn't been more discussions about the lack of an observer mode in Demigod.
I've only seen pair of threads dating back in Mars regarding the topic, and I found it weird, as observer-mode is kinda mandatory in those kind of games.

I know, I know, GPG is busy with many things right now, and implementing observer-slots would require som modifications to the UI and some programing, but maybe implementing observer-mode in a later patch would be something to hope for, ya?

Having a working observer-mode is great for live-broadcasted matches, VODs and more promotion/competitive options, so it would be wise to take that into concideration for further development of the franchise.

/Love, and sorry for horrible english.

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obbeskrutt
OMG_Shiro
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Reply #1 July 31, 2009 5:37:16 PM
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I'd like to see an observer mode as well.

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CosMoe
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Reply #2 July 31, 2009 6:15:47 PM
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Seconded.

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obbeskrutt
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Reply #3 July 31, 2009 7:45:27 PM
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Umm... sorry doubt it will ever happen.  This comes back to server vs. p2p.  Most people loathe 5v5 and say it has too much upload requirement because as you add a player you add another upload stream to everyone.  Unfotunately this will also be the case for observers, so unless gpg or SD decide to rewrite the engine multiplayer to be server based, we will not see observers.  At least this is my understanding.

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regabond
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Reply #4 July 31, 2009 8:39:05 PM
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Well they could do the next best thing and make live replays like Supreme Commander has. This puts no load on the players' connections and any number of people will be able to watch.

If the chat is expanded on, then it can also be made where these live replays will put everyone in a temporary chat room just for the game so all live replay observers can chat to each other if they felt like it.

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