Re: [opendemo-devel] GamersTV

[Eugene 'H. B. <hm...@ma...>]

> It is a system that allows live
> spectating of quake3 matches, where clients connect to one of many
> spectator-servers, which are in turn linked to the server that actually
> hosts the match.

> Do you guys think this is a long-term goal worth pursuing?

It definetly is worth pursuing. As ideal, I think we need at least reach the
level of HLTV first.

In details, we will need an external application that connects to the server
and relays in our opendemo format (compressed with zlib) between chains and
client being able to control Point of View and fly spectating, while no
client-side modifications will be required -- this is our rule #1: Do not
modify cgame if it is definetly impossible to do server-side only.

Explanation: this is a rule that motivates to be creative, thus making
something impossible, and we will have great feedback (not near from instant,
mind you) by closely following the rule - client will not have to download any
client-side programs to use opendemo and opendemo-using projects.

I hope you understand what I mean, because English is not my first language, if
something is not clear, ask.

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- Eugene 'HMage' Bujak