GoldenEye: Source Forums
Debriefing => Impressions & Feedback => Topic started by: El Dudereno on February 14, 2012, 05:58:49 pm
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I was playing with some devs last night and I threw out an idea but I just wanted to post it here so it's not forgotten.
My idea was that it would be cool if we could view 4 or more players at once while spectating. You can already view one player so it didn't seem far fetched that a split screen option was possible. I think spectating would be a little more interesting. This would bring us as close as possible to "screen watching" except you can't do it while playing...or can you? I wouldn't want to play this way all the time but what if we setup our server (1138) for only 4 player matches and made it a split screen? If only for the nostalgia. I know there is talk about getting another server for only 4 player matches so this might be fun.
(http://1138.hlxce.net/sig-19-random.png) (http://1138.hlxce.net/hlstats.php?mode=playerinfo&player=19)
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It certainly is possible, and with computers these days probably not unrealistic, but the source engine is really good at optimization. Basically I would have to turn off all network optimization to make split screen work properly, which would increase lag for everyone.
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Would that also apply to spectating? It'd be pretty awesome to have a 4 player split screen spectator mode.
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Yea and if the split screen still causes lag in spectator mode could it be added to Source TV? This would make watching tournaments more interesting.
(http://www.ges-stats.com/ge64sig-10981.png) (http://www.ges-stats.com/hlstats.php?mode=playerinfo&player=10981)
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I really don't see the point of making split screen. Especially if its going to create more issues. If you wanna play split screen just turn on the good ol' n64.
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No offence But id Scratch the Split screen Idea sorry . I want to know tho is there a way to force spec on 4 slots of an 8 slot server? Im in an issue here with Jestservers the Min order is 8 slots but it can be lowered to 4 for the same cost as an 8 :-( Id like to get the 8 slots for what im paying but designate them to spec only so the first 4 ppl join get a playerslot and the other are spec. Can anyone Help on this issue? Jest from Jestservers is interested in this as well
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You can control the number of players in the server.cfg I think... something like sv_maxclients
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It certainly is possible, and with computers these days probably not unrealistic, but the source engine is really good at optimization. Basically I would have to turn off all network optimization to make split screen work properly, which would increase lag for everyone.
Portal 2 does something like splitscreen - although im not quite sure how the guys at Valve did it. (you bring up your partner's view by keeping the tab key pressed)
Either a video stream (which i doubt since it's looking too good) or rendering a second player locally based on some information transmitted via the netcode. The picture shown is small but one could scale it - maybe they developed some viable idea that'd work also for 4 players.
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1cl78uTtUg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1cl78uTtUg)
Frankly, I have no idea if there's some information on this out there, but just maybe it's worth looking into it.
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Part of an engine upgrade that they have not released access to. Which also means the mod would have to go through yet another full update.
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what is source tv really? I heard of this way back when I first started playing CS. Will it allow my friend watch me play source games without buying the game?
nvm i answered my own question :o