I've been looking into casting, and realized that I couldn't find any good binds/cfg files to help avoid the problem of clicking through every player. I also realized that a lot of people want to be able to click on who they want, when they want.
As a result I wrote 2 cfg files, one for 6s and one for HL, that casters and other people can use to switch to the players they want.
Step 1, download Miek/Mike's spectator plugin. You can download that here http://puu.sh/22PNQ (thanks to /u/DavidTheWin on reddit for uploading his version 2 months ago, otherwise I could never find it). This plugin DOES require -insecure in your launch options, but seeing as casters will be most likely using bluee's plugin, this should be the case anyway.
What does this plugin do? It essentially replicates pressing 1,2,3 while spectating in the actual game server but on STVs. It inserts a new command spec_player_ex, that can be used to spectate exact players easily, without needing their name.
Step 2, check out/download the following 6s or HL specific CFG files.
6s: http://pastebin.com/vnxBccAX
This file, by default, makes Mouse3 a toggle between player switching buttons, and 3rd person free roam buttons. If the player switching buttons are active, Q and A switch to blu and red medic, W and S Demo, E 2 blu soldiers, D 2 red soldiers, R 2 blu scouts, and F 2 red scouts. For the ones that are bound to two players, press it a second time to get the other player. (I personally found it easier while casting, to have the same class bound to the same button, so I didn't have to figure out which scout/solly. It does, however, make it more difficult when people are off-classing.)
HL: http://pastebin.com/kLyGgtbR
This file, by default has the free roam buttons as WASD, up and down Q and E and all the class buttons to their class number on the numPad, 1-9 (scout 1, medic 7, sniper 8, spy 9....). Pressing those 1-9 on the numPad will switch to the blu team class. Holding shift and pressing 1-9 on the numPad will switch to the red team class. Simple, yet effective.
Step 3, the actual work (but really easy, and takes ~1 minute)
After loading either your STV demo or connecting to the STV server, wait for all 12 or 18 players to connect. Open your cfg file, and edit the number for each class. This "number" is the second number of spec_player_ex (the first being the team). The number corresponds to how many people from the bottom they are. The very bottom is 0, and the very top is 5 (for 6s) or 8 (for HL).
Save your CFG file.
Step 4, open console, type exec spectate6s or exec spectateHL (assuming that's what you called them) and your keys will work. Awesome!
I'm not sure what types of CFGs big time casters use, but if it's easier/more efficient I would love to hear it.
I've been looking into casting, and realized that I couldn't find any good binds/cfg files to help avoid the problem of clicking through every player. I also realized that a lot of people want to be able to click on who they want, when they want.
As a result I wrote 2 cfg files, one for 6s and one for HL, that casters and other people can use to switch to the players they want.
Step 1, download Miek/Mike's spectator plugin. You can download that here http://puu.sh/22PNQ (thanks to /u/DavidTheWin on reddit for uploading his version 2 months ago, otherwise I could never find it). This plugin DOES require -insecure in your launch options, but seeing as casters will be most likely using bluee's plugin, this should be the case anyway.
What does this plugin do? It essentially replicates pressing 1,2,3 while spectating in the actual game server but on STVs. It inserts a new command spec_player_ex, that can be used to spectate exact players easily, without needing their name.
Step 2, check out/download the following 6s or HL specific CFG files.
6s: http://pastebin.com/vnxBccAX
This file, by default, makes Mouse3 a toggle between player switching buttons, and 3rd person free roam buttons. If the player switching buttons are active, Q and A switch to blu and red medic, W and S Demo, E 2 blu soldiers, D 2 red soldiers, R 2 blu scouts, and F 2 red scouts. For the ones that are bound to two players, press it a second time to get the other player. (I personally found it easier while casting, to have the same class bound to the same button, so I didn't have to figure out which scout/solly. It does, however, make it more difficult when people are off-classing.)
HL: http://pastebin.com/kLyGgtbR
This file, by default has the free roam buttons as WASD, up and down Q and E and all the class buttons to their class number on the numPad, 1-9 (scout 1, medic 7, sniper 8, spy 9....). Pressing those 1-9 on the numPad will switch to the blu team class. Holding shift and pressing 1-9 on the numPad will switch to the red team class. Simple, yet effective.
Step 3, the actual work (but really easy, and takes ~1 minute)
After loading either your STV demo or connecting to the STV server, wait for all 12 or 18 players to connect. Open your cfg file, and edit the number for each class. This "number" is the second number of spec_player_ex (the first being the team). The number corresponds to how many people from the bottom they are. The very bottom is 0, and the very top is 5 (for 6s) or 8 (for HL).
Save your CFG file.
Step 4, open console, type exec spectate6s or exec spectateHL (assuming that's what you called them) and your keys will work. Awesome!
I'm not sure what types of CFGs big time casters use, but if it's easier/more efficient I would love to hear it.
Couple of casters are using miek's plugin already. The configs sound interesting though, thanks for posting them!
Couple of casters are using miek's plugin already. The configs sound interesting though, thanks for posting them!