First off, this is my first post here so I'm not sure about where to put this but... I've had this idea for a while now and recently began learning programming so I think it may be feasible to do.
What I want to do is to make a camera bot for spectating tf2 matches (mainly for highlander because it's so hectic). The basic idea is to assign points to different interesting things (e.g. damage, kills, killstreaks, headshots, backstabs, med picks, airshots etc.), which wear off over time, and then put the camera on the player with the most points.
Things to consider:
* minimum camera time on target
* lead time on target
* initial target (on match start)
* server latency
* time limit on points
* general timings of everything
* difference between 6v6 and highlander
Would there be any interest in something like this? Would it be extremely difficult to do?
First off, this is my first post here so I'm not sure about where to put this but... I've had this idea for a while now and recently began learning programming so I think it may be feasible to do.
What I want to do is to make a camera bot for spectating tf2 matches (mainly for highlander because it's so hectic). The basic idea is to assign points to different interesting things (e.g. damage, kills, killstreaks, headshots, backstabs, med picks, airshots etc.), which wear off over time, and then put the camera on the player with the most points.
Things to consider:
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* minimum camera time on target
* lead time on target
* initial target (on match start)
* server latency
* time limit on points
* general timings of everything
* difference between 6v6 and highlander
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Would there be any interest in something like this? Would it be extremely difficult to do?
Unfortunatly would never work in ESEA because something of this scope would require server side plugins. See Arie's cheat feed. Still a very interesting idea and i'd like to see what comes of it.
Unfortunatly would never work in ESEA because something of this scope would require server side plugins. See [url=http://www.teamfortress.tv/thread/17828/live-stats-for-casters-and-streamers]Arie's cheat feed[/url]. Still a very interesting idea and i'd like to see what comes of it.
Thanks for the quick and informative answer!
Thanks for the quick and informative answer!
http://www.teamfortress.tv/thread/1210/huge-status-monitor
This used to work with ESEA. However given this
It uses a part of SourceLib https://github.com/frostschutz/SourceLib to mimic the request you make to a server when you do "view game info" on someone through steam and collects the results.
I'm not sure if it works anymore or not, since you can't view game info of ESEA servers anymore. Worth a shot though. Also should still be good for non ESEA servers.
http://www.teamfortress.tv/thread/1210/huge-status-monitor
This used to work with ESEA. However given this
[quote]It uses a part of SourceLib https://github.com/frostschutz/SourceLib to mimic the request you make to a server when you do "view game info" on someone through steam and collects the results.[/quote]
I'm not sure if it works anymore or not, since you can't view game info of ESEA servers anymore. Worth a shot though. Also should still be good for non ESEA servers.