My wife and have fallen in love with Star Conflict and are wondering if there are any features planned (or that already exist that I don’t know about) that could make it E-Sport friendly.
Right off I’m thinking either a Spectator mode or some sort of Replay viewer. It’d also be nice if you could move the camera as if you were in a ship as well, getting a 3rd person view of the conflict.
Does anyone know if something like this is already in the works? I’ve tried searching the forums, but if it’s here I haven’t seen it yet.
Well currently the game is in beta so I think that is one of the lowest priorieties at the moment. That being said, most games include such an option sooner or later.
Working for a tech company, I completely understand that there’s a pecking order for what gets added to a product when. The open beta complicates things a bit, since they have to keep everyone happy and game play balanced, while at the same time adding new content. I get that.
Most of the spectating features are already built in, they just are only available if you’re dead. What’s lacking (at least, from what us as consumers can see) is a way to join a game as purely a spectator. I suspect such a feature would change the “Fight” button to “Watch”, but regardless, it seems close.
One possible advantage of adding spectating sooner rather than putting it off is to get more people interested in playing the game (and, consequently, making micro transactions to get to a more competitive state, as oppose to waiting as long).
Maybe I’m just too excited and need to relax, but I really want to get started casting some games :yes_yes:
Working for a tech company, I completely understand that there’s a pecking order for what gets added to a product when. The open beta complicates things a bit, since they have to keep everyone happy and game play balanced, while at the same time adding new content. I get that.
Most of the spectating features are already built in, they just are only available if you’re dead. What’s lacking (at least, from what us as consumers can see) is a way to join a game as purely a spectator. I suspect such a feature would change the “Fight” button to “Watch”, but regardless, it seems close.
One possible advantage of adding spectating sooner rather than putting it off is to get more people interested in playing the game (and, consequently, making micro transactions to get to a more competitive state, as oppose to waiting as long).
Maybe I’m just too excited and need to relax, but I really want to get started casting some games :yes_yes:
Well spectating is always fun that’s true and it’s not that hard to implement.
As for replays, well that’s a different story altogether
Yeah, replays would take a bit more effort to pull off. Spectating though… that could (maybe) be implemented in an update or two. (Again, depends on priority, but still, it’s closer).
DrCyanide, if you hold CTRL key you can view around your ship.
No, he wants a spectating option where a player not in either team can just look at the game. It’s like the camera view you get if all your ships are destroyed in regular only for someone who didn’t have any ships to begin with
