Battle Recorder / Spectator mode a close possibility?

Discussion in 'News & Updates' started by Stadler, Jan 27, 2012.

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    For those of you that are hardcore Battlefield fans, you may have already seen the hints on Twitter this past week, but it seems apparent that BattleRecorder / Spectator Mode may be in our hands sooner than expected. A few DICE devs have been hinting at it, all starting with this tweet from DICE Community Manager, Daniel "zh1nt0" Matros:



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    While we have no confirmation on whether or not Battlerecorder / Spectator Mode will come any time soon, we can only guess that it will as it is one of the most requested features by the BF3 community at large. In order for eSports to really function, a spectator mode is necessary for not only eSports shout casters, but anti-cheat committees to review questionable players. On top of that, machinima filmmakers will surely appreciate having a more refined system to capture video from BF3!

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    If indeed this new feature is coming, what will be your first use for it?
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Discussion in 'News & Updates' started by Stadler, Jan 27, 2012.

  1. pashgolian
    Oh where to start. The obvious one is that I will actually start making short movies...
  2. Linefly11
    Does anyone know if it would be PC only, or if consoles would get it as well? :D
  3. TmRNL
    The most wanted tool??
    - Reserved slots?
    - Clan support?
    - Clan ranking?
    i dont care for a recorder.. thats why they invented fraps
  4. MetalLopez

    I've been making short films without Battlerecorder :p
  5. plant
    Pc I'm sure... Us console players still don't have private servers. If they implement this while ignoring that I will be flabergasted!
  6. HarryHoodlum
    I hope not PC only. This is major for me. Recording off of a PS3 is a pain in the ass.
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  7. CalypsOnKalistO
    that's would be awesome , i want to use it for my montages etc i hope it's for all platform
  8. MADACE404
    You are missing the ENTIRE point of why we want a BattleRecorder... lol
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  9. Banjo
    it's hard to force every one to fraps all their games and that is where battlerecorder and spectator mode will come in handy.
  10. PH3N0M3N0N
    nice spectator mode, so we can watch who the best player
  11. Pumpedwax
    with spectator muna find all the dinosaurs on wake island with out being killed, esplore the beautiful landscapes of BF3 and finally be able to record cool footage on console, hopefully it will be for consoles because they need it the most, you can't get Frapps on xbox.
  12. SiNTeK23
    the previous time I found a cheater on my server, I had to quit the game, start Fraps, Re-enter into the same server, and finally I was able to record a proof video. So if Bf3 will implement this feature it will be more quick to clean BF3 from cheater. And with the Spectator mod more easy too :)
    Good work :)
  13. tenchis
    BattleRecorder would certainly be a great add on to bf3 not only for the esports community but for the rest as well, however I think that BatttleRecorder wasnt the most needed feature the game needed at this point, I think that Dice shouldve focused in polishing the game very well right now and then bring on BR. however I might be wrong and Dice might bring lots of updates to the game with BR included!! also BR would help catch the cheaters and make it a lot easier on us to get rid of them.!!:)
  14. Rellik
    ohhh plz plz plz let this be the recorder. plz!
  15. Marsmillo
    Battlerecorder would indeed be nice! But I think that eSports, cups, ladders and others would like to have specator mod more. Me myself I'm looking forward to de recorder function, and all the new movies and films that will be created with them.

    The most requested feature for me is ingame / squad based VoIP
    On console the have VoIP, thy fixed it. So way do we PC players are left in the cold?
  16. Gizmo1981
    Fraps is only good for video's from your own perspective, Think about this, Imagine we have battlerecorder, You've just had an EPIC game and had used fraps to capture your moment, Let's say for this example you have 27GB of footage from that one particular match, Now imagine that on loading the map you type into the console "demo.record" and it records the entire match, Every players movement, Every single event ingame even if you are nowhere near the action, then the game ends and you type "demo.stop"

    Later you decide you want to make a montage.. but hey.. you have 27GB of footage to sift through.. quite a daunting task, Do you agree?

    Now let's say you launch the recording that was initiated through battlerecorder, You notice you can go from first person to third person, Or perhaps you want a cinematic angle which pans left or right from the side as you run through a train spraying 20 soldiers with your AK.. You add slow motion, Or fading effects or whatever, and then can export that file as an AVI or MP4 in full 1080p.. Wouldn't that be epic?

    Plus it helps in catching aimbotters too :)
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  17. ebug9
    For the love of god, if this is true, there better be a rewind function.
  18. Rellik
    hope private matches come along with the battlecorder....i mean they go hand and hand dont they???

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