is it possible to force cockpit views on players?

2020 · Post by **2020** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 8:56 pm

can players always choose their cameras?

if they can be forced to be in cockpit view
can a wide view be allowed once player dies?

are these in the current settings
or would this have to be patched specific to a server?

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:03 pm

That's possible currenly with the CAMERA_FORBID_* settings.
If you're dead you can use any camera mode.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:07 pm

Keep in mind that those with basic programming abilities can easily circumvent it.

2020 · Post by **2020** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:38 am

Jonathan wrote:Keep in mind that those with basic programming abilities can easily circumvent it.

suppose so

i don't think it would be very popular
and those who did turn up
would probably enter into the spirit of things

thanks for the warning jon
and the commands wrtl

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:46 am

Note that you don't even need any programming ability, a hexeditor will do.

2020 · Post by **2020** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:27 am

wrtlprnft wrote:Note that you don't even need any programming ability, a hexeditor will do.

hexeditor?
qed

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:42 pm

2020 wrote: hexeditor?
qed

Hexadecimal Editor :

http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Family/hex-editor.html

I advise you this one : http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/f ... /xvi32.htm

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:33 pm

wrtlprnft wrote:Note that you don't even need any programming ability, a hexeditor will do.

Just a lower-level form of programming (in a way that I meant?).

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:39 pm

I wouldn't do any programming at all, I'd simply replace all instances of “SOME_STRING_…” by “0123456789ABCD”

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:11 pm

But that can also be done in a text editor! (and many other things, but I'd like to keep those out of this discussion)

wrtlprnft · Post by **wrtlprnft** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:55 am

As long as your text editor is binary-safe. I wouldn't try my luck in notepad/wordpad…

2020 · Post by **2020** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:17 am

i am glad you are finding something amusing...

2020 · Post by **2020** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:43 am

what's the difference between
CAMERA_FORBID_SMART
and
ALLOW_CAM_1_0
?

also
why are there only six forbid commands
and there are eight for the allow command
?

just curious...

edit:
i set all forbid commands to 1 except for internal
but there is still one external camera in place...
what camera is that?
and how do i forbid it?

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 11:36 am

I believe forbids are there so servers can forbid cameras, whereas allows exist so clients can choose only to cycle through their favorite cameras.

Website · Post by **Z-Man** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:05 am

Yep, the ALLOW_CAM_X_Y are the clientside settings which store player preferences. They have no effect on the server and shouldn't even exist there, I'll take care of that.

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is it possible to force cockpit views on players?

is it possible to force cockpit views on players?

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