Spectate Enemies https://github.com/EBro912/SpectateEnemies

[fast adder]

Allows you to spectate enemies when dead.

Usage

When dead, you can click to cycle through players as normal. After the last player, the mod will begin cycling through currently spawned enemies. Once all enemies have been cycled through, it will resume spectating players.

In the config located in Bepinex/config/SpectateEnemy.cfg, you can enable/disable spectating Turrets and Landmines. By default, both of these enemies are disabled and cannot be spectated. Setting the respective values to true will allow spectating these objects.

Installation

Requires the latest version of BepInEx 5. After BepInEx has been installed, drag SpectateEnemy.dll into the BepInEx/plugins folder in the game's root directory. You will need to run the game once for the SpectateEnemy.cfg file to generate.

Repo

Thunderstore

[covert cave]

Pretty pog

[fast adder]

I'm hoping it works well, i did a test in a 3 player lobby and it seems to work fine, not sure how many undiscovered edge cases exist yet

[lunar cipher]

I hope so too, this would be much funnier to have as a POV.

[fast adder]

itll be funny to watch people step into landmines

[lunar cipher]

Small clerical question: Latest version of bepinex 5 being the version on github, then? Since github's is 4.22 and Thunderstore's is (currently) 4.21

[fast adder]

i dont think a version difference that small will cause any issues

either one should work fine

[lunar cipher]

Oh okay cool

[fast adder]

i also have no clue how this is going to work with mods like BiggerLobby

in theory it should still work fine but i didnt test it with a lobby bigger than 4

[lunar cipher]

I can picture it working fine, but I'll know soon enough I suppose

[acoustic quarry]

Will this work client side? Or only if everyone has it

[fast adder]

it's clientside, who you're currently spectating doesnt get rpc'ed to my knowledge

[wintry onyx]

Got a glitch where i was stuck waiting for the ship to land after leaving a mission with this mod active, also after a certain point i couldnt spectate enemies anymore, sometimes i couldnt spectate players anymore

[covert cave]

I've updated your post to specify its a client mod. All Clients mean that It's a mod that everyone in the game needs it.

[fast adder]

Oh okay, thank you

[fast adder]

Any errors in the log file?

[mint storm]

After the second round it stopped letting me spectate enemies. I was playing as client. Can drop logs here if needed.
Also, could there be a config setting to display Bestiary names instead of the dev versions of names?

[fast adder]

Logs would be very helpful yes

I have a theory as to why it breaks but please send your logs

I also plan on adding bestiary names

[mint storm]

Mostly navmesh error spam. 3rd round it stopped working, 4th round it worked again

[fast adder]

I think the navmesh stuff is a vanilla error, my theory is that I forgot to reset the values when the game ends, so it still tries to spectate nonexistent enemies

I'll release a patch later today

[fast adder]

quick question for yall, if everyone dies while you're spectating an enemy, does it keep spectating the enemy or does it do the ship leave animation

[fast adder]

alright v1.1 just got released, hopefully those bugs are fixed

i also made it so that the mod just uses the enemy's name as its a variable in the code already

[upper kite]

Ngl, honestly spectating a landmine is amazing

[fast adder]

i can imagine lmao, i havent gotten to use it in a game myself yet but im glad people are enjoying it

@mint storm @wintry onyx let me know if you still experience issues across rounds, but im pretty sure i solved the issue

[gentle falcon]

Can there be a bind for right mouse to cycle between enemies and left mouse for players only?

[fast adder]

I was thinking about doing that, I thought it made more sense to have both be combined

I can probably add that as a config option though

[lunar cipher]

Got to spectate a few monsters earlier today alongside biggerlobby, worked without issues as far as I could tell

Also got to watch a Bracken blow itself into the void with a landmine, which was comedy

[proper musk]

i am using it right now its not letting me spectate one of my friends but it is letting me spectate enemies and another one of my friends

[fast adder]

Interesting

So it ignores one player?

[proper musk]

yeah it was ignoring one player

idk why

[fast adder]

Weird

I'll look into that for next update

It's probably my shitty way of checking when to switch to enemies

[fast adder]

@proper musk forgot to ask but how many players did you have in your lobby? 4?

[proper musk]

yep

2 were dead 2 alive

[fast adder]

Good to know, thanks

[sudden arrow]

can you include an option to enable and disable manticoils and locusts? 😃

[fast adder]

Sure, I can add an option to disable passive enemies

[sudden arrow]

👍 thanks! 💯 💙

[sand patrol]

is there a way where you can make it a little more zoomed out on bigger enemys like the forest giants and brackans

[raw rampart]

https://github.com/EBro912/SpectateEnemies/issues/1

[fast adder]

Sure

[fast adder]

@sand patrol to your knowledge are the bracken and the forest giant the only enemies with zooming issues? or should other ones be improved as well?

[sand patrol]

going off what i can remeber, i believe jester when its popped out could use a little more zoom (not sure if its possible)
dogs i also believe could use being zoomed out a little
other than this i cant really think of anything else that needed to really be zoomed out

[fast adder]

im using the same zoom value as spectating players which may be why a lot of enemies have issues

cause obviously theyre bigger than players

i could up the zoom value for everything and handle stuff like the forest giant specially

although if i zoom out too far on indoor enemies the camera will clip into the wall a lot so ill have to tinker with it a bit

[fast adder]

next update checklist:
~~ - add config option for disabling passive enemies~~
~~ - zoom out camera on all enemies ~~
- add key to instantly switch between spectating enemies and players

anything else people want added for next update?

[lunar cipher]

Nothing comes to mind!

[fast adder]

v1.2 is out now! You can now use "Interact" (E) to swap between players and enemies. The mod will also remember your last spectated enemy. I also added an option to disable passive enemies and increased the camera height for most enemies to prevent clipping

[fast adder]

has anyone encountered any conflicts with other mods? i know that when i was using the lethal enhancer mod it made landmines say "Enemy" instead of "Landmine", but anything else discovered besides that?

[cobalt nexus]

I have noticed some things becoming "Enemy" but I don't think I have lethal enhancer

[acoustic quarry]

no idea on feasability - is it possible to add lights to the enemies on the client side when spectating? Most of the time the monsters are in complete darkness and you can't see anything for me

[fast adder]

Yeah, it should be possible. I was considering doing that actually, maybe I'll make it another config option

[fast adder]

Yeah that's the default name I set as a fallback, I'll have to look into that more

[sand shell]

does this work if only the host has it installed or does it require everyone to have it installed?

[fast adder]

its a client side mod

so anyone can have it installed

[fast adder]

when you did experience monsters being shown as "Enemy" was it all enemies or mostly ones of a certain type, like landmines or turrets

or was it kinda random

[cobalt nexus]

couldn't see them

I think a couple were the suffocation bugs whatever they're called

[fast adder]

interesting, ok

thanks for the info

[fast adder]

v1.3 is out now! I added in a toggleable flashlight to the spectator camera (turns out one already existed in vanilla...it just wasn't enabled) that should allow you to see better in darker areas. You can toggle the flashlight with RMB. I also added in code to try and fix some enemies showing up as "Enemy" as well as a few other minor QOL changes.

[lunar cipher]

Nice!

Spectator flashlights clientside? Not a big deal if not, just a hilarious thought to have spectators putting a spotlight on enemies they're spectating

[fast adder]

should be clientside, yeah

[cobalt nexus]

yippee

[rich furnace]

look at this dummy

[gentle falcon]

Would it be possible to add an option for us to fly around with the camera?

[fast adder]

I feel like that would be a little out of scope, I think freecam mods do exist

If not I'll definitely make one

[rich furnace]

there is a freecam mod but it doesn't work while spectating and is also buggy

[fast adder]

Good to know, I'll take a crack at one then

[rich furnace]

you can't turn on the flashlight after people have voted to leave or the ship is close to auto leaving, and the flashlight remains on when you revive leaving a ghost light somewhere on the map

[fast adder]

Interesting, good to know. I'll try and fix that asap, thanks!

[gentle falcon]

wasnt working with this update.

[fast adder]

damn, ill work on a fix then

lots of work to do lol

@gentle falcon any errors when you start it up? could help me get on the right track

[gentle falcon]

Where would the errors be? The flashlight is working when you die, but cycling from players to enemies and clicking does nothing, even if everyone is inside and we saw monsters.

[fast adder]

if you have the console enabled you should see red text in there

if you dont then dont worry about it, i was just wondering

[atomic junco]

@fast adder

[fast adder]

yeah i figured it out, thanks, doing some testing right now

[fast adder]

Just updated to v1.4, should fix all v45 related issues and all issues mentioned here so far

[wintry onyx]

Im still unable to swap between enemies and players

cant find error in the bepinex console either

flashlight however works

[fast adder]

if you rebound your E key thats the key you should use

i was able to swap fine in my testing

I was trying to have it dynamically update it but the code that handles keybinds is horrendous

[wintry onyx]

im using default keybinds

[fast adder]

Really? Default keybinds worked fine for me...

Are you using any other mods that might conflict with it?

[scenic rivet]

this is cool, would be really cool with specific keybinds for each cam, so instead of flipping through you could just press 1 to see p1 or 2 for p2 etc

[fast adder]

im having problems now switching to enemies...i have no idea why E and left click behave the same

in my testing i didnt have that issue

now it is...man this is acting weird

[fast adder]

i think i see whats happening, when there's no enemy to spectate the E key acts like left click

[wintry onyx]

before if there was no enemies to spectate it would spectate a docile creature

like the locusts

[exotic crow]

will being able to spectate masked player/masks be added

cause rn i can't spectate them

[fast adder]

yeah i noticed that too

i can add that next update

[exotic crow]

thx

[floral kelp]

Is this working in version 45?

[fast adder]

Partially

Overall it works but there's a few minor bugs that I'll have to fix in the next version

[lunar cipher]

Was just about to wonder this, assumed the same conclusion lol

[fast adder]

yeah i figured it out, when there was no enemies SpectateNextPlayer would still run. i'm gonna add a message that appears on screen next update that will tell you if there are no enemies available

[fast adder]

v1.5 is out now, you can now spectate Masked Players and I added a message that will display when there are no enemies available to spectate. Another feature to note is when you spectate an enemy for the first time in a round, it will use the closest enemy to the player you are spectating instead of the first one in the enemy list.

[fast adder]

Any issues with this new update so far? I know it came out kinda quick

[lunar cipher]

Not that I've seen yet, everything's worked well so far.

[fast adder]

Glad to hear it

[rich furnace]

maybe spectating circuit bees should be an option

[fast adder]

Part of me just wants to make an in-game gui that lets you toggle every monster in the game

So if you just wanted to spectate brackens then you could

Etc.

[violet mason]

That's a great idea

[fast adder]

This menu's coming along well, just gotta iron out a few things and I'll make a release

[rugged tangle]

was clicking through enemies and ppl too fast and got stuck

cant do anything

if that helps

yeah camera got fully stuck here

and i got stuck when i respawned in the same place uhsahggghug

[fast adder]

Oh interesting

Did the player/enemy you were spectating despawn or something?

I don't see anything spectate enemies errors in your log so I'm curious if it's a mod conflict

[tall yarrow]

@fast adder Caught this on my log

Do you know what it means by any chance?

Stack trace:
SpectateEnemy.Patches.HUDManager_Patches.Postfix (HUDManager __instance) (at <bc7511818a844d1f9a307fe43a6840ed>:IL_0006)                                                           
(wrapper dynamic-method) HUDManager.DMD<HUDManager::Update>(HUDManager)```

[fast adder]

I believe that's an error when the game first starts, you can ignore it

[tall yarrow]

alright, thanks man

[fast adder]

I'll be releasing an update soon too

Just haven't been able to work on it with holidays and stuff

[tall yarrow]

yea don't rush it

enjoy Christmas

[fast adder]

🫡

[rugged tangle]

oh i legit forgot that i typed here sorry

nope, nothing like that i think
i also never encountered that again so ehhh

merry christmas also

[fast adder]

Yeah I'm really not sure if it's a mod compatibility thing or a rare bug, I'll keep an eye out for more reports like that

[rugged tangle]

i mean i was clicking on both lmb and e pretty wildly, maybe that was the cause

if that was the case it would be pretty hard to encounter naturally lol

[fast adder]

Good to know, I'll do some spamming and see if I can recreate it

[surreal dust]

:o

[fast adder]

Spectate Enemies v2.0 is out now!

For Developers: Spectate Enemies now has an API! Read more about it on the thunderstore page.

For Players: All enemies are now toggleable individually via an in-game GUI. You can access this GUI by pressing Insert while spectating. Note that this menu is probably temporary, and will be integrated into the in-game settings menu at some point in the future.

While the patch notes are small, this was a big update with a lot of under-the-hood changes, so please let me know if you have any bugs, issues, or feedback!

[fast adder]

I've been made aware that spectating Masked Players causes errors, so I would avoid that until I can release a fix

[rugged tangle]

possible support for custom enemies? 👉 👈

[sterile nimbus]

I was wondering if this worked with the WTO monsters I never got a chance to check

they extend the EnemyAI class so i figured they would

[rugged tangle]

doesnt

and they dont appear in the spectate enemies ingame config

[sterile nimbus]

they actually also don't appear in the debug menu despite the fact that the custom scrap does

I wonder if it's because there's a couple of levels on the chain of inheritance

oh do I just have to add the Spectatable component onto WTO's enemies?

[fiery pasture]

Does this support modded enemies?

[rugged tangle]

it does

but i think its up to the enemy dev to configure it? i could spectate the boombas i think

[fast adder]

Anything that has the EnemyAI component should be picked up by the mod

If not you can just add the Spectatable component to it like @sterile nimbus said

That class might actually be internal so remind me to make it public next update so people can use it in their mods

[fast adder]

The in-game config is populated using the in-game "test map" list of enemies, unless there's a better way that's the only way I know of to populate that menu when the game first starts

And since modded enemies aren't in that list they don't get added to the config

I actually never thought about modded enemies so I can try and get that to work

[rugged tangle]

encountered a weird bug where i could swap between enemies and players but i couldnt cycle through the individual mobs

[fast adder]

Any errors in your log?

[rugged tangle]

uhhh i legit forgot to grab it off the bat, so im just gonna keep you updated if that happens again.. sorry :d

[fast adder]

No problem, thanks for reporting anyway!

I do know there's a problem with masked players so if there was a masked player alive in your lobby that might have been why

[rugged tangle]

oh yeah a masked def spawned, wasnt a player tho

[fast adder]

I think masked players in general are busted, I've gotten multiple reports about them

And unfortunately the bug usually breaks the mod entirely

[rugged tangle]

as in for the day?

[fast adder]

Yeah, I presume so

I personally haven't been able to check it myself cause I'm away from home, but I know why the bug happens

I may be able to release a quick hotfix today

[lean harbor]

i have a bug where im only able to spectate 1 enemey

it was working for a bit then it softlocked onto 1 enemey

for the rest of the session

[fast adder]

Are you able to send your log?

[lean harbor]

yeah i am but we removed the mod and played other sessions since then

dont think there was any console errors afaik

since i tested all mods before playing with friends and the only mods who had an error was a scrap item

and i just checked my log files and unfortunately its not in it anymore

[fast adder]

Ok no problem

It's probably the masked enemy issue

I would try again once I get an update out

Might've just been a weird occurrence/incombatility or something too

[split latch]

Get this when I try to spectate an enemy, any ideas?

[fast adder]

Is that at the company?

@split latch

[split latch]

nope it was on titan

[fast adder]

oh, thats weird

do you happen to have your log from that session or is it gone

[split latch]

I checked and there was no errors or anything but i dont think i have the log anymore

[fast adder]

thats really weird, it kinda looks like its trying to spectate non-connected players or something

you know the ones that get stored underneath the map

[split latch]

I had the same thing the other day too

[fast adder]

i may have an idea why that happens, ill make a change and see if it helps

thanks for reporting

[grizzled heron]

is there a config option to change the button to switch to enemy spectating?

[fast adder]

as of now not yet, i plan on adding keybinds next update though

there was a problem with the inpututils library but now that it's fixed i can implement keybinds

[split latch]

Just tried to reproduce it but ended up having another issue instead which is that im stuck on this and cant switch player/enemy anymore

flashlight works however the camera is stuck at that location and I can't switch who I'm spectating

[fast adder]

Is it the problem with the masked enemies?

[split latch]

This was on march so I don't believe so

[fast adder]

And there's nothing in the console?

[split latch]

nope

[fast adder]

[split latch]

searched for spec and the only result it had was [Info :SpectateEnemy] SpectateEnemy loaded!

[fast adder]

That's...interesting

[split latch]

yeahh

[fast adder]

What other mods are you using?

[split latch]

a few, didn't used to have any issues so it might be a conflict tbf

yeah something's defo not right 😂 https://i.1a3.uk/1704152957.png

[fast adder]

What the hell lmao

It honestly could be a conflict or something weird going on

I've honestly never seen that before

[split latch]

yeah I'll have a mess around and let you know if I find anything useful out

[fast adder]

Thanks, I'm gonna try and release an update tonight with bug fixes + actual keybinds so hopefully that'll help

[split latch]

Realised I didn't have unity logs enabled 🤦‍♂️ https://i.imgur.com/1ou8FnR.png

[fast adder]

ah yeah so its the masked enemy issue

[split latch]

ah

[split latch]

I've just reproduced this with no errors at all (with unity log on)

[fast adder]

yeah im doing some bugtesting on a new version, ill report back with anything i find

testing this out too:

[fast adder]

well i did a bunch of tests in a big lobby and everything seems to work

i think ill release an update and hope for the best

alright, v2.1 is out. I added the three keybinds listed above and the bugs mentioned here should be fixed

[split latch]

Not noticed any issues so far except from one tiny one i forgot to mention earlier

it seems like when you initially switch to spectate an enemy it can show enemies you have disabled in the config

[fast adder]

ah...yeah i encountered that during v2.0 testing and thought i had fixed it

apparently not

ill add that to the docket for v2.2

[split latch]

Guessing its probably https://i.imgur.com/lHHsYqu.png

[fast adder]

yeah, GetNextValidSpectatable isnt perfect

[split latch]

since if you were in a lobby previously and the index is still valid it'd not be null there

[fast adder]

when your ship leaves the index gets reset

and when you disconnect

[split latch]

hmm nvm then

[fast adder]

i kinda have an idea of what it is

its something to do with the code that remembers your last enemy

[split latch]

ah

[fast adder]

ill look at it in a bit

had enough with this mod for today 😭

[split latch]

😂

[split latch]

I don't even know what to say now 😂 https://streamable.com/garbad

bug starts at 0:05, ship leaves at 1:13 (camera still stuck), ship lands at 2:12 (camera still stuck), 2:52 i fall from the sky and die then have the bug again

[split latch]

i did notice that a while after i died the 2nd time i was able to switch spectate type (pressing E) but i couldnt switch the actual player/enemy being spectated still

(no errors when i checked either)

[fast adder]

That's really weird...the mod doesn't do anything with your player position so it shouldn't teleport you around

I'm starting to think it might be a conflict

[split latch]

I'm not sure what it could be conflicting with though 🤔

[fast adder]

Did it happen because he was on the computer?

It seems to have broken when he logged off the terminal

[split latch]

hmm maybe

just spectated someone that's on the terminal and it seems to be fine when they get off

[fast adder]

So it seemingly happens randomly

In my testing I didn't experience any of this

I was in a 7 person lobby

[split latch]

Removed Lethal_Admin and it seems to be working currently, I did notice I seem to be unable to spectate the masked enemy though

[fast adder]

really?

interesting

oh i know why

are you getting this in your console

[SpectateEnemy]: Error when spectating: no handler for SpectatableType

[split latch]

Error when spectating: no handler for SpectatableType Masked
got that once

[fast adder]

yeah

thats the problem

i made a new SpectatableType

and forgot to add a handler for it

fukkk

[split latch]

😂

[fast adder]

welp

guess ill fix that next update

[fast adder]

i decided to just say fuck it and release a hotfix, v2.1.1 should fixed masked players

[split latch]

👌 I still have no clue what tf my issues were/are, I've added a bunch of debug logs in-case it happens again tho so I can hopefully give you some useful info

[fast adder]

yeah i just did another 2 hour or so game with my friends and i didnt encounter any of your issues

so im really confused

[split latch]

I did notice that one time I was able to switch spectate target whilst the ship was mid-leaving which was after the index was reset (not completely sure on whether the index was updated afterwards since iirc it didn't let me switch the actual target)

[fast adder]

Yeah I noticed that too

Not too big of a deal though in my opinion

Also the mod hit 1 million downloads recently, so thank you everyone for the continued support!

[split latch]

https://i.1a3.uk/1704335540.png https://i.1a3.uk/1704335555.png

seems like HUDManager.Instance.localPlayer sometimes isn't set

so StartOfRound.Instance.localPlayerController might be a better idea

[fast adder]

ah yeah i had changed all those calls to GameNetworkManager

i guess i missed one

[split latch]

well its actually https://i.1a3.uk/1704335741.png

the original screenshot was just a log i added

[fast adder]

i missed a lot

😭

youd expect that to always be set but whatever

localPlayer is stored in like 15 places

zeekers moment

[rugged tangle]

the only spectatable mob is the landmine...

cant switch or do anything

well i can to players

sorry for the giant log, its somewhere down there

switching back and forth works but now it randomly chose centipede

[fast adder]

Were there other enemies alive? I know that map is hard but I just gotta make sure

[rugged tangle]

yeah, 100%

[fast adder]

I didn't get a chance to look at the log, I'll look at it in a bit

[fast adder]

looking through that entire log i dont see any spectateenemies errors

not really sure what happened there

[sly tendon]

I also experienced this issue when spectating a loot bug that died to a landmine, maybe an issue with fairai?

[fast adder]

Yeah I'm starting to think it's an issue with dead enemies, I might've nuked the check for if the enemy is dead when I was refactoring

[sly tendon]

oh most likely, only other thing I could think of was the enemy not being marked as dead somehow

[winged bay]

This might help... The other day I was trying to switch enemies and it was giving me a dictionary error saying "boomba not contained within dictionary" and throwing a stack trace

Might be a problem with modded enemies?

[fast adder]

Yeah, modded enemies aren't supported currently

The error is my fault for not handling that case but yes modded enemies do not work currently

I need to figure out a workaround to have them be supported in the config gui

[winged bay]

It's funny cause sometimes if you try REAL hard you can get it to spectate a boomba but it doesn't follow it 🤣🤣

[fast adder]

I need to improve the checks on that

I just need a way to get every possible enemy when the game starts, and currently I'm doing that by pulling them from the "test" map hidden in the game but obviously that doesn't include modded enemies

So I'm open for ideas on that front

A hacky solution would be to just add them to the config ui whenever a modded enemy spawns, but I don't really want to go that route

A better solution might be to use an attribute as part of the mod's api and require developers to use it if they want their enemy to be spectatable

Ill have to try a few things and see what works best

But the best solution would just be finding everything that inherits EnemyAI and load them that way

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5411694/get-all-inherited-classes-of-an-abstract-class

Something like this

[lean harbor]

I yet again got a bug where i only could spec 1 mob it was working for a while then suddenly broke

It was locked onto a bunker spider

[fast adder]

Did swapping to a player then back to enemies fix it

I came to realize recently that the list of valid enemies only refreshes when you swap back to the enemies

[lean harbor]

Nope

[fast adder]

Hmm

I think I'll release another version tonight with the dead enemy fix and a few other fixes mentioned here and see if that helps

I haven't encountered it getting stuck on one enemy in my playthroughs

[split latch]

I had this earlier today with a dead snare flea btw

[fast adder]

Yeah so it definitely has something to do with dead enemies

I also want to fix that null local player bug you found

I plan on giving you credit in the changelog

[lean harbor]

i think i can sasy with confidence its the spider bugging it @fast adder

it happened again on a bunker spider

it was working for very long

there is also a dead centipede thats spectateabble

wtf now it suddenly lets me spectate other once again with just waiting and then it bugged again

now im stuck on a hoarding bug instead

[sly tendon]

its dead enemies

[lean harbor]

yeah prob true

[fast adder]

Last night my group killed a spider and it didn't cause any issues

But I know for sure it's something that happens when an enemy is dead

[fast adder]

@winged bay what custom enemy do you use? i want to use it to see if i can get modded enemies to work

[winged bay]

oh we use the "boomba" from "Lethal Things"

[winged bay]

^

[fast adder]

thanks!

[winged bay]

[fast adder]

alright, i have a method of getting all the enemies without the test level, as long as the modded enemy has an EnemyAI/EnemyType it should work

i wanna make sure this is done right so i dont think ill have the update tonight despite what i said earlier

[rugged tangle]

could spectate the turret for some reason

with no mobs alive

then i couldnt when they spawned

[fast adder]

bruh what is that mod that just spams Haunt: False

your log would probably be like 15 mb smaller lol

[rugged tangle]

diversity

sadly i only turned it off after that game

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1033387419388629093.webp?size=48&name=catCry&quality=lossless

[fast adder]

next update should fix a bunch of stuff

im refactoring a bunch of the spectate handler with the help of A13

[fast adder]

Has anyone tested this in v47? I haven't been home all day

[lean harbor]

can do it now

[lean harbor]

.

seems to work just fine

im spectating enemies with no issue

some of there perspective seems a little weird though

like spider is very weird to follow

not sure if this is correct or not

some monsters it wont let me spectate

i saw a thumper but i cant spectate it

nothing in the console to worry about related to the mod atleast

its mostly working

[covert oasis]

Would make sense, thumper got a change in v47

[fast adder]

I'll look into it

I think zeekers might've changed the head/eye position on some of the enemies

[lean harbor]

my friends says they cant spectate it

i can spectate them

works for some of my friends

not all

[fast adder]

i see what you mean by this, im gonna try and raise the camera a little and see if it helps

i havent ran into any errors while testing though so thats a plus

[grizzled heron]

is there any way you can zoom the camera out some or add it as a config

[lean harbor]

it always works for me for whatever reason

but my friends its bugged for

they cant spectate anything except a locked onto enemy

[fast adder]

funnily enough im adding that as we speak

[grizzled heron]

sweet

i always felt like it was just a bit too zoomed in especially for taller enemies like the nutcracker

[fast adder]

do you think the current zoom level should be next to the (Spectating: ) text or on the sidebar

i feel like the sidebar is getting a bit cluttered

[grizzled heron]

i think under the spectating text would be fine. depends on how big it is tbh

[fast adder]

right now im putting it next to it

so like (Spectating: Enemy) (1.0x)

i could make it block brackets for the zoom level

might make it look neater

[winged bay]

i love zoom

gonna use scroll for zoom?

[fast adder]

yeah

works great

[winged bay]

will this apply to friends also or only enemies?

[fast adder]

i think just enemies for now

i also think im just about ready to release this update, i havent run into any getting stuck/console errors so hopefully the fixes in this update will help with that

[fast adder]

alright, v2.2 is out! It contains the following features:

• v47 support
• camera zooming for enemies
• support for modded enemies
• fixes for dead enemies
• fixes for the first enemy spectated sometimes being a disabled enemy
• other errors in the console

Please let me know if you encounter any other issues with the new update. Thanks!

[lean harbor]

Also want to mention i wasnt even host in any of my games but it works for me most of the time so maybe they bug it somehow with the settings

[languid turret]

recently i encountered an issue with this mod (before the v47 update). sometimes you just cant switch to other enemies anymore with left click. Then youre stuck on one enemy even though there are many other. Is this going to be fixed? Sorry i didnt read the whole history of this thread.

[fast adder]

It should have been fixed in the most recent update, try v2.2 and see if it helps

Also apparently the game just updated again to v49, hopefully it doesn't break anything I just made or I'll have to make another release

[sharp phoenix]

is there any plans to add a first person view on spectating enemies? It seems like the camera is really high up on some mobs and makes spectating a lil goofy

[fast adder]

i do want to make a first person view at some point, the problem is that a monster's "eyes" isnt on their head a lot of the time, like for instance on the spider its "eyes" are on its butt and not its head, so i would have to manually calculate positions for the camera to sit on the enemies a lot of the time

its definitely possible but itll take some time

i could also let the lower limit of zoom be like 0.1x or something instead of 1.0x

[sand shell]

So that's why the spider kept shaking its ass at me

Just wanted a better a look

[sharp phoenix]

ahhh i didn't realise its based off where their eyes are interesting

[agile ridge]

You can technically do this right now with https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/5Bit/FPSSpectate/ (which works with Spectate Enemies by pure coincidence) but the fact of the matter is that the camera position is often either misplaced or the creature doesn’t actually properly look at the player, even if it’s pathing towards them, so in its current state it’s essentially useless

[sharp phoenix]

i was wondering if you could pair these together

[agile ridge]

It “works”

It’s just not pleasant is all

[sharp phoenix]

works ™️

[agile ridge]

honestly the annoying thing about the FPSSpectate mod is with how it simulates a first person camera, MoreCompany cosmetics clip into it which is very annoying to watch

so I kind of wish someone would make a proper successor since the mod hasn’t been updated for a while now

[rugged tangle]

cant spectate masked for some reason, is this a known issue?

[sharp phoenix]

It worked for me yesterday unless there has been an update since

[rugged tangle]

hm

maybe an incompatibility on my side

[fast adder]

make sure masked are checked off in your config settings

im not sure if masked are considered a daytime enemy so they might be off by default

[rugged tangle]

hm? they were def on, i checked

[rugged tangle]

or did you mean on

[fast adder]

yeah, checked off as in turned on

[rugged tangle]

still cant 😦

[fast adder]

are there any errors in your console?

[rugged tangle]

kindaaaa a lot

lmk if its unreadable and if i need to tone down the logging a bit

[fast adder]

hmm...i dont see any spectate enemies errors in there

i do see youre running a lot of mods so it could be a weird incompatibilty

i was able to spectate masked players fine on v2.2.1

although i did notice it doesnt show the playernames anymore, not sure if something changed in v49

[split latch]

spectating masked players works fine for me on the latest version

[rugged tangle]

must be me then, thanks

[fast adder]

ill definitely look out for any other reports

[rugged tangle]

yeah, hmu if someone else reports it so we can compare modlists

[languid turret]

do you guys know if this mod works with controlcompany?

[fast adder]

I haven't tested it but I assume control company overrides all the spectating code

So it wouldn't work for the host

[keen rune]

the mods worked alongside eachother perfectly fine for me

My question is- i want to get rid of the control company mod, is there any way this mod could let me use push to talk to speak through the enemies im spectating to have some laughs with friends?

[fast adder]

Oh it does work? That's good to know

[fast adder]

It's probably possible, I'd have to look into it further cause you can probably just remove the check for if you're dead

[willow crag]

Hey, I found Weird bug.
My friend and I get stuck Camera on Spec player and Enemy. then if you spec back to Player the Camera become black and stuck
this is happend when v2 > Latest version
1 > 1.5 Version Fine

[fast adder]

do you happen to have the log from that game?

[willow crag]

sry no have log because i already change to v1.5 :/

[fast adder]

ive had people report bugs like that before and they remove SpectateEnemies and it still happens

so i still dont know if its this mod or another mod thats the root cause

[willow crag]

ah y and 1 more idk who fk Maggie Monster on Config Menu??

[fast adder]

if youve played a mod with custom monsters it gets added to your spectateenemies config

you mightve been in a lobby that had custom monsters in it

[willow crag]

we notice strange on Config Menu SpectateEnemies. Maggie monster who?
we only install Mimics, RollingGiant, Boomba ( that custom monster )

ya but who maggie monster e.e

[fast adder]

i have no idea lmao

[willow crag]

maybe some Dev Mods wanna make new Monster. but still not done and make bug SpectateEnemies maybe?

who know

[fast adder]

i honestly dont know

it may be an enemy that exists in a mod but doesnt spawn yet

like you said

[keen rune]

Honestly I thought it was your mod in the videos I was watching it looks like its a part of the same mod

[fast adder]

to be completely honest i was gonna make a control mod but they beat me to the punch haha

[keen rune]

Any chance you know how they got it to seem like its your mod putting the voices out? it doesnt seem like they have the control mod but they are all talking to eachother through the monster they are spectating

seems like its a fun way to mess with your friends

[fast adder]

they probably just disable the code that prevents you from talking when dead

talking to alive players rather

[keen rune]

well- they could still talk to the dead players

it was just when they pushed a different push to talk button- it came through the spectated creature

didnt work when they spectated the players so i thought it was yours tbh lol seems so like- part of the mod

i may just be wrong tho im gonna double check bc i feel crazy rn ive been looking for the mod that does it since i seen it

I found it but there must be another mod they are using on top of yours if it isnt from this

Looks like the exact same mod, they arent able to control the creatures- just spectate and speak through them- i am so confuseddd

[fast adder]

yeah im really not sure

but my mod doesnt have any speaking functionality yet

it could be like a "hear dead players" mod

[keen rune]

oh i found a copy of the modpack maybe i can go through and figure out which one it is, maybe you guys could like partner up or something or you could find a way to integrate it, your mod is amazing and combined with whatever is going on here is comedy gold

(just throwing out an idea) As is tho- your mod is actually so good, i am always impressed by what mod makers are able to do

[fast adder]

for sure, id love to know what that mod is

i do know Control Company does some voice stuff

[keen rune]

yeah it seems different tho bc it only happens when you spawn a creature from what i gather?

this seems interesting bc you cant actually control the monster so its not as hectic of a way to troll like you cant go up and force the monster to kill them, but you can talk as the monster which seems funny

and the fact the entire dead lobby can still hear you and laugh along with you is great

[fast adder]

yeah i think you can either control the monster or choose to just watch it

from the clips ive seen of the mod

[keen rune]

yeah if you want you can set an ai to control it but its not a creature that was already on the map, you spawn it on whoever you are spectating

from what i've been able to do atleast

or you spawn it when you enter ghost mode

but whenever you leave the creature even if you had ai control on it dissappears which isnt bad tbh for that kind of mod

[fast adder]

yeah that makes sense so you cant just spawn infinite monsters lol

[keen rune]

damn looking through this mod list is leaving me more confused lmaoo

[fast adder]

2 million downloads...thanks again for the support! ❤️

[fast adder]

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/HalfRed/SpectateEnemies_Zoom_Fix/

bro couldnt make a pr

im kidding my zoom implementation was dogshit

anyone know if this guy is in the discord so i can see if i can just implement this into the mod itself

[grizzled heron]

you could try contacting them on steam lmao
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198038150408

[fast adder]

where'd you get their steam? am i blind

oh its in teh fucking screenshot

im an idiot

thanks

[storm saddle]

Love wins

[rugged tangle]

there's another spectate mod that also does zooming and also has nightvision (that kinda doesnt work) btw, and i dont think it conflicts with yours

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/PXC/EnhancedSpectator/

[rugged tangle]

ig since no one else is reporting the same issue i have with not being able to spectate masked i'll have to check for incompatibilities myself 😭

[fast adder]

again? damn

theyve been working fine for me

[rugged tangle]

they haven't worked for me since my first report, I'm 110% sure it's an incompatibility on my side, gonna try to find it today

[unkempt oracle]

came here to ask this, haha, just want to wait til you have it in the base mod tbh

[fast adder]

i got permission from the developer to add it to the main mod, so thatll be soon

[tough stag]

so, after clicking the Insert key to open the ingame menu, shit broke

it still worked but it spammed the logs with this, even after game reboots

only while i was dead, that is

[split latch]

that's ToggleMute not SpectateEnemies xD

[tough stag]

bruh lmao i'm just dumb

well incompatibility report then

idk, will test more

(for now ignore this)

[fast adder]

[rugged tangle]

oh cool spectating masked works for me now

[fast adder]

Did you figure out the incompatibility?

My friend told me apparently vanoss ran into an incompatibility in one of his videos so I guess this mod has a few other mods it doesn't work with

[rugged tangle]

nope

didnt touch anything

ok nvm, i turned off diversity actually but idk if it was it or not...

[fast adder]

Version 2.3 is out now!

• Greatly improved the zoom feature (big thanks to HalfyRed!)
• Switched the configuration system back to BepInEx's
  • This should also add support for LethalConfig!
• Added a config option to disable the controls tooltip on the right side

[mortal solar]

anyone else get these errors?`

or know how to fix?

[willow crag]

have plan for add FPS Spectate? i mean firstperson only for player ( i know somebody already make that [when v40] . but i want something like This is Mod have Tooltips and Config not force the firstperson)

[fast adder]

Try deleting the config file and let it generate again

[fast adder]

Yes, that is planned to come soon

[mortal solar]

still same error

[fast adder]

Oh

What version of bepinex are you using?

[fast adder]

actually, i think this is my fault...bepinex 6 supports spaces in configuration names but i guess bepinex 5 doesn't

[mortal solar]

the one that exist on thunderstore

[rugged tangle]

cant spectate anything now....

[rugged tangle]

might be due to me accidentally installing lethalsdk nope

[fast adder]

Any errors? I tested it before releasing and everything seemed to work fine

[rugged tangle]

lets see

cant really see anything related to spectate, but i can try downgrading the version or getting rid of the mods that i got after the games in which it was working

2.2.1 works for me

2.3.0

[wise pebble]

whats a maggie anyways

[rugged tangle]

if only i knew

[storm saddle]

It's an unimplemented enemy from LethalThings, I think?

[wise pebble]

pretty sure its something unfinished from lethal things

[fast adder]

Maybe modded enemies broke again? I'll admit I didn't get the chance to test any modded enemies

It definitely worked for regular enemies though

I'll have to look into that later today

I do see that none of the regular enemies are in the config gui, that's a red flag right there

[rugged tangle]

yeah, but it also ate a couple modded too

so the ones left were knight from scarletmansion and maggie/boomba from lethal things

[fast adder]

i think this is caused by the same issue with a space being in one of the config names

ill release a fix to remove spaces

[fast adder]

this error still confuses me though...it SAVES the config correctly, but it cant load it?

so it allows you to have spaces when it saves...but not when it loads

interesting

this actually might be an incompatibility with LethalConfig, the mod loads completely fine without it

@mortal solar @rugged tangle can you send me your modlist? i just tried to run it with lethalconfig and everything loaded fine

[rugged tangle]

018d7a3c-9814-b479-848c-aa6e1ab7c9cb

I suggest you actually don't cause it's a 2gb modpack, I can check it for you when I wake up 😭

[fast adder]

i have no idea whats causing that error about the invalid characters, running it locally all the settings load fine

this is what i get

which is correct

[mortal solar]

I think i dont get errors anymore but let me check when home again

[mortal solar]

yeah i still get the error, at least first time hosting, but rehosting it doesnt show up

havent tried multiplayer so cant tell if the mod doesnt work at all or still works

[fast adder]

Can you send your mod list?

I think it's an incompatibility with something but I have no idea what it is

[mortal solar]

BepInEx-BepInExPack-5.4.2100
FlipMods-ReservedItemSlotCore-1.8.17
FlipMods-ReservedFlashlightSlot-1.6.3
FlipMods-ReservedWalkieSlot-1.6.2
FlipMods-HotbarPlus-1.5.7
RugbugRedfern-Skinwalkers-4.0.1
Ozone-Runtime_Netcode_Patcher-0.2.5
x753-Mimics-2.3.2
Evaisa-HookGenPatcher-0.0.5
Evaisa-LethalLib-0.14.2
malco-Lategame_Upgrades-3.1.1
Evaisa-LethalThings-0.9.4
Sligili-HDLethalCompany-1.5.6
Suskitech-AlwaysHearActiveWalkies-1.4.4
HomelessGinger-MaskedEnemyOverhaul-3.1.2
FlipMods-BetterStamina-1.3.2
PopleZoo-BetterItemScan-3.0.1
TheFluff-FairAI-1.3.2
IntegrityChaos-Diversity-1.1.10
NiceHairs-NuclearLib-1.0.4
NiceHairs-Symbiosis-1.0.5
Rune580-LethalCompany_InputUtils-0.6.3
Kittenji-Herobrine-1.2.1
FlipMods-LetMeLookDown-1.0.1
bigmcnugget-VanillaContentExpansion-0.1.8
EliteMasterEric-Coroner-1.6.0
Danos-LethalStats-0.9.2
TwinDimensionalProductions-CoilHeadStare-1.0.6
kyxino-LethalUtilities-1.2.21
Piggy-JesterStompShake-1.0.8
Monkeytype-HideChat-1.0.0
MegaPiggy-BuyableShotgunShells-1.0.5
MegaPiggy-BuyableShotgun-1.0.4
FlipMods-MoreBlood-1.0.2
akechii-DiscountAlert-2.3.0
Hexi-HexiBetterShotgun-0.3.3
x753-More_Suits-1.4.1
Hexnet111-SuitSaver-1.1.4
alexanderjoe-BiggeryBattery-1.0.2
Jordo-NeedyCats-1.1.1
AllToasters-SpectateEnemies-2.3.0
NomnomAB-RollingGiant-2.5.1
NotAtomicBomb-TerminalApi-1.5.1
loaforc-FacilityMeltdown-2.2.6
Nozz-Lethal_Missions-1.1.8
Lordfirespeed-OdinSerializer-2022.11.9
xilophor-LethalNetworkAPI-2.1.4
Piggy-MaskedAIRevamp-0.2.0
jaspercreations-Scopophobia-1.1.1
BGN-PizzaTowerEscapeMusic-2.3.0
LethalResonance-LETHAL_RESONANCE_MELTDOWN-1.1.5
no00ob-LCSoundTool-1.5.1
Clementinise-CustomSounds-2.3.2
LethalResonance-LETHALRESONANCE-4.0.3
kuba6000-LC_Masked_Fix-0.0.2
Zaggy1024-PathfindingLagFix-1.2.1
Rocksnotch-ShovelFix-1.1.0
notnotnotswipez-MoreCompany-1.7.6
Verity-TooManySuits-1.0.5
BatTeam-LethalFashion-1.0.6

AlexCodesGames-AdditionalContentFramework-1.0.3
AlexCodesGames-AdditionalSuits-2.0.0
lethal_coder-BetterBrackenModel-1.2.4
Florent-Terminal_Tools-1.0.2
Bobbie-FixRPCLag-1.0.1
Ozone-BepInUtils-1.2.1
Owen3H-IntroTweaks-1.4.5
zoomstv-FasterRocket-1.0.1
AinaVT-LethalConfig-1.3.4
ShaosilGaming-GeneralImprovements-1.1.7
Spyci-CozyImprovements-1.2.2
Regis-ImmersiveCompany-0.2.7
Kittenji-Dont_Touch_Me-1.2.1
BananaPuncher714-LethalQuantities-1.1.13
Zaggy1024-OpenBodyCams-1.1.2
Noosh-LambdaCompany-1.0.0
qwbarch-BarchLib-1.0.0
Bobbie-NAudio-2.2.2
Bobbie-UniTask-2.5.0
qwbarch-Mirage-1.0.5
SillySquad-Arachnophilia-1.3.0
Quixler-DeadAndBored-1.2.0
SweetOnion-LethalSnap-1.3.5
LegoMaster3650-FairGiants-1.0.0
Glitch-NoPropShadows-1.0.1
fumiko-CullFactory-0.6.2
mrov-LethalRichPresence-0.5.8
Scoliosis-StrangerThingsMod-0.0.32
Owen3H-CSync-1.0.7
Hardy-LCMaxSoundsFix-1.0.0

i have needycats and morecompany disabled

[fast adder]

Cause at first I thought it was lethal config but apparently it isn't

What does your config file currently look like?

For spectate enemies

[mortal solar]

i just tried a new save on first launch and i get that error, rehosting and new save it doesnt show up

[fast adder]

Should be SpectateEnemy.cfg

[mortal solar]

its default i deleted it before

[fast adder]

So it saves the config fine

It just can't load it

For whatever reason

[mortal solar]

no error before latest update

not sure if possible to try if it works in singleplayer but ill test it out closer to the weekend multiplayer

[fast adder]

Yeah I'm pretty stumped with this one, I have no idea if it's some mod incompatibility or some weird bepinex bug

Wait...I think I may know why that happens

I think one of the custom enemies may have an invalid config character in its name

Do you know if any of the custom enemies you have in your mods have an apostrophe or something in the name

[mortal solar]

just looking at the configs it doesnt appear to be anything wierd about the names

unless this

[fast adder]

Cause the only other hypothesis I have besides it being an obscure bug is the mod trying to register an enemy in its config whose name contains invalid characters

But i know for sure underscores are allowed

[mortal solar]

what a mystery my guy

[fast adder]

Indeed

[mortal solar]

if it is an enemy it might be stranger things mod or mirage since those are the latest i installed

[fast adder]

Try removing those mods and see if it works

[mortal solar]

nope same error

[fast adder]

🥲

I think this gonna boil down to brute force

Like removing a bunch of mods and seeing if it still errors

Cause I still can't reproduce that error on my end

[scarlet gyro]

Cant spectate enemies, says they are dead even though they are alive.

[rugged tangle]

but you did say you tested it on a new profile and couldnt reproduce it?

maybe it boils down to borked config files?

[fast adder]

i tested on an existing and new config

the only mods i was using was inpututils, spectateenemies, and lethalconfig

[unkempt oracle]

Remove 50% of the mods, and if the error is still there keep removing 50% of the active mods, when the error is gone, re-introduce the last 50% modlist back one at a time. (Hope that makes sense)

[fast adder]

^^^

[rugged tangle]

didnt do the binary yet, but removed like 40 mods and now its this

[fast adder]

[rugged tangle]

i might actually get down to the real reason at some point but just for now im keeping you informed

with what i got

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1112883564330102814.gif?size=48&name=catscared&quality=lossless

[lament junco]

uhm

[Error : Unity Log] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Stack trace:
SpectateEnemiesFix.ZoomFix.Postfix (System.Object __instance) (at <e26180d49efc412eba4e76f3009a8f56>:IL_0000)
(wrapper dynamic-method) SpectateEnemy.SpectateEnemies.DMDSpectateEnemy.SpectateEnemies::LateUpdate(SpectateEnemy.SpectateEnemies)

i get spammed with this after i updated

my log output

for now i returned mine to v2.2.1

is it because i have that zoom mod

i can now remove the ZoomFix mod?

for new update to work?

[fast adder]

yes, the zoom fix is now implemented into the mod itself

so you dont need it anymore

[lament junco]

ok. thanks

1 less mod

[split latch]

turns out my spectate issues might've been related to morecompany

since if someone joins mid-game whilst ur dead it disables your playercontroller object (which causes the issue i had)

[fast adder]

yeah so the player is technically player controlled

even if theyre not in the game yet

that makes sense

[lament junco]

spectate is also broke right now?

[fast adder]

we think theres an incompatibility with a mod that causes the config to fail to load, but we're not sure which one yet

[lament junco]

MoreEmotes maybe?

hahaha

whenever someone says player controllers. all i think are emotes

anyways. ill go update and drag a Guinee pig from my crew to test if anything is broken

then stress test their fps with a bunch of mods

[fast adder]

the best way is to just remove a bunch of mods until it works again, then you know a mod from what you removed is the culprit

then you slowly add them back until it breaks again

[lament junco]

most of the time. i just remember which one i just added before something broke

[split latch]

well not exactly what you said, the issue was that when a player joins it only checked isPlayerControlled (which is false for dead people) before enabling/disabling the object so basically if someone joined mid-game, it'd break the player controllers of all dead players until someone joins whilst them players are alive

which would also explain why it sometimes fixed itself but sometimes didn't

[fast adder]

Ah I see

Good find

[rugged tangle]

def not this one

[rugged tangle]

just to make sure, the config is always supposed to be populated with all the enemies?

im down to last 15 mods

i found it

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/Kittenji/Dont_Touch_Me/

[fast adder]

So was I right?

The enemy has an apostrophe or something in the name

So the config fails to save it

Assuming that's the case I'll release a patch that sanitizes the enemy names

[storm saddle]

if ' then kill

[fast adder]

pretty much

[rugged tangle]

prrrrobably yeah

[fast adder]

alright, i just uploaded a version that sanitizes the enemy names to remove the invalid characters, hopefully thatll fix the config loading issues

[plucky spade]

came here for this exact problem, im suspecting lethalthings unless they do work together, i cant test rn bc my friends arent on 🫠

[rugged tangle]

#1176357567824396388 message

[plucky spade]

oh i dont have that mod

[fast adder]

is the problem still occuring on v2.3.1?

[lament junco]

spectate has new bug?

its for modded monsters?

[plucky spade]

working now ty

[rugged tangle]

this lil guy is broken btw, cant spectate him but i can hear him...

probably cause due to the mechanic that makes him mimic scrap

[lament junco]

is it possible to have a delay on the death ragdoll view before going to spectate?

[fast adder]

It might

I'd have to look into that

[lament junco]

i just want to see the first person view during death a bit longer XD

adding that with that few seconds scream would be lovely

[willow crag]

this is not normal right? because i can't zoom out ( i testing singleplayer only 3 mods SpectateEnemies, LCInputUtils v6, and DevMode )

or because using LCInputUtils v6, because SpectateEnemies Depency v0.4.4

[fast adder]

yeah might be an old inpututils dependency, i can update it as soon as i can

probably sometime tomorrow night

[willow crag]

but i already testing old version ( 0.4.4 ) still same. maybe not work if singleplayer

joe_idk

[fast adder]

I did end up looking into this and played a few matches, but I couldn't reproduce that error. It may just be an incompatibility with DevMode

[split latch]

is there any known issues with the masked enemy not showing up? Since I can spectate all other enemies fine just not the masked

[fast adder]

I was able to spectate masked fine yesterday, but I did notice the names were wrong

Not sure if that's a bug with the game itself cause it pulls directly from the maskedPlayer variable

Were they naturally spawning masked or player spawned masked?

[split latch]

player spawned

[fast adder]

Hmm...yeah I was able to see them fine, it was just the player names that were messed up

I was running a pretty big modpack too

I'm wondering if it's another mod cancelling the MaskedPlayer Start/Awake event cause that's how spectate enemies grabs the information

It attaches a Spectatable component too so if that never gets attached then you can't spectate the enemy

[solar badge]

Can UI be resizable, we have a lot of enemies 😭

or just add scroll bar

[fast adder]

Damn someone finally filled it😭

Yeah I can add a scroll bar lol

[winter berry]

When spectating ghost girl, you should be able to see her.

[fast adder]

agreed

i can add that to the list of changes too

[winter berry]

Maybe also tell you who the target is, if that's possible.

[fast adder]

it should be possible in theory

[raven parcel]

Does it work with v50

[fast adder]

The current version should, I don't think anything changed in terms of spectating

I haven't been able to test it myself yet

[raven parcel]

i can test it for you then?

[fast adder]

Sure, if you want to

Let me know if you run into any bugs or errors

[solar badge]

Error while disconnecting: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
  at SpectateEnemy.Patches.GameNetworkManager_Patches.Postfix () [0x00001] in <0991d25543da43b3b780f4b25d9bf5ec>:0 
  at GameNetworkManager.Disconnect () [0x0007e] in <126a87ecbe81427089f4bae3b253432b>:0 
  at GameNetworkManager.OnApplicationQuit () [0x00015] in <126a87ecbe81427089f4bae3b253432b>:0 

Getting this exception when quitting the game in menu

[raven parcel]

It works completly fine

I tested it with all my friend it works like a charm

[fast adder]

Noted, thanks!

[solar badge]

[13:10:48.5867527] [Error  : Unity Log] UnityException: CreateScriptableObjectInstanceFromType is not allowed to be called from a MonoBehaviour constructor (or instance field initializer), call it in Awake or Start instead. Called from MonoBehaviour 'Plugin' on game object 'BepInEx_Manager'.
See "Script Serialization" page in the Unity Manual for further details.
Stack trace:
UnityEngine.ScriptableObject.CreateInstance (System.Type type) (at <e27997765c1848b09d8073e5d642717a>:IL_00001)
UnityEngine.ScriptableObject.CreateInstance[T] () (at <e27997765c1848b09d8073e5d642717a>:IL_00001)
LethalCompanyInputUtils.Api.LcInputActions..ctor () (at /home/runner/work/LethalCompanyInputUtils/LethalCompanyInputUtils/LethalCompanyInputUtils/Api/LcInputActions.cs:39)
SpectateEnemy.Inputs..ctor () (at <0991d25543da43b3b780f4b25d9bf5ec>:IL_00000)
SpectateEnemy.Plugin..cctor () (at <0991d25543da43b3b780f4b25d9bf5ec>:IL_0000c)
Rethrow as TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'SpectateEnemy.Plugin' threw an exception.
UnityEngine.GameObject:AddComponent(Type)
BepInEx.Bootstrap.Chainloader:Start()
UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputSystem:.cctor()

Your mod doesn't work with unity debugger

[fast adder]

I guess unity debugger doesn't like input utils

I think the version of input utils the mod uses is still outdated, I need to update it

[solar badge]

you should check the readme again

Dev fixed the readme on how to use input action api

instead of init in constructor you should init in Awake

[fast adder]

Noted

[safe torrent]

Also getting a similar error when quitting the game

  at SpectateEnemy.Patches.GameNetworkManager_Patches.Postfix () [0x00001] in <0991d25543da43b3b780f4b25d9bf5ec>:IL_0001 
  at (wrapper dynamic-method) GameNetworkManager.DMD<GameNetworkManager::Disconnect>(GameNetworkManager)
  at GameNetworkManager.OnApplicationQuit () [0x00015] in <af9b1eec498a45aebd42601d6ab85015>:IL_0015```

[fast adder]

I think I have an idea as to why that happens, gonna try and work on a fix/update this weekend

[fast adder]

besides these errors mentioned, has anyone had any trouble using the mod in v50? all the new enemies work correctly?

[sharp vapor]

I haven't had any issues

[rugged tangle]

cullfactory broke inside flashlights but i reported that to their author and they said they'll look into it

so yeah

other than that i still cant spectate dont touch me but i think that's something coming from that issue long ago with it wiping the list

[fast adder]

yeah if the enemy doesnt inherit EnemyAI then it wont be spectatable

just how the mod works right now, i should probably make a better method for choosing valid targets

but for next update itll most likely be bugfixes and that scrollbar that was requested

[rugged tangle]

oh? i thought that was cause of its name containg an ' cause it was spectatable before

then you made a change and it started wiping the list

[fast adder]

yeah i had released a fix to sanitize enemy names and remove apostrophes

does it still wipe the list?

[rugged tangle]

no, it just stopped appearing there since

[fast adder]

hm

good to know, i can look into that too for the next update

[fast adder]

alright, v2.4 is out now:

- Added a scrollbar to the enemy picker GUI that appears when the enemy list exceeds the window
- Updated InputUtils to the latest version
- Fixed a minor error that would appear when the game exits
- The ghost girl is now visible when spectating her and will display which player she is currently targeting

B1ade im gonna have to look a bit more into that issue with that specific monster, i just wanted to get this out for v50, so i can have that fixed in a hotfix down the road

[rugged tangle]

https://tenor.com/view/komaru-komarugif-komaru-everyday-комару-комаругиф-gif-9606335926411058399

[fast adder]

speaking of hotfixes, i totally didnt forget to add a patch in for the ghost girl, so thats why v2.4.1 is a thing

[candid storm]

Ayoo

I come with a question

So when spectating an enemy and it says the enemy’s name is it the name accurate to configurations?

And not just what people call them?

[gilded orchid]

it says the names that the game uses to define them

[candid storm]

And as the game defines them we use those definitions in configurations?

Like monster spawns

[slate socket]

if you mean whether that's their name in the code, i believe that's the case

[gilded orchid]

I'm not a modder but it probably works like that

[fast adder]

enemy internal and in-game names can differ depending on the enemy

the mod uses the internal name

so the name that the game calls them and not the bestiary

its a lot easier to get an enemy's internal name than their bestiary name

and more efficient

[rugged tangle]

lc when 👀

[fast adder]

lol

I honestly just put that there because there's literally no control scheme anywhere in the game

I had to figure out the controls by looking at the code

[rugged tangle]

lmaoo

[rugged tangle]

also I might be stupid but mine is at least one line halfway down the box and I haven't seen the scrollbar appear yet... might be just that one line though, I'm gonna report back when I remember about this issue next time

[fast adder]

i think the scrollbar only appears once it goes off the screen

the box rather

cause no point in having a scrollbar if you cant scroll

[fast adder]

Interesting

[rugged tangle]

it might be taht i have exactly 3 enemies down there

[fast adder]

Hotfix time lol

Also I see Don't Touch Me is on there now, is it working with the mod now?

[rugged tangle]

yeah

[fast adder]

Sweet

[safe torrent]

@fast adder Been trying to find out why I sometimes get crashes in my pack when pressing Online and it seems to be related to this mod somehow, if I disable it I can't reproduce the crashes

Idk why, but maybe you could potentially look into it and release a fix for this

Gonna guess some strange interaction with another mod potentially but unsure

[fast adder]

If you can send me a log and a mod list of when it happens that'd be great

I do inject some stuff when the main menu loads so it could very well something else interfering with that process

[rugged tangle]

its there but unspectatable

[fast adder]

sorry yall I haven't been very active lately in terms of modding

I'll try and get this updated to the newest version as soon as I can

❤️

[lean harbor]

is the mod currently broken ? if you know

[candid storm]

I actually haven't tested it

I'd assume not

[dreamy ginkgo]

pretty sure every enemy works

like old bird and butler ik

[candid storm]

It literally spectates enemies

and also

even tho it doesn't like

[dreamy ginkgo]

not sure about barber or fox tho

[candid storm]

have v55 update

it would consider Barber and Fox as "modded monsters"

so it would still spectate them

I'd assume

[candid storm]

I know StarlancerEnemyEscape does this

[fast adder]

yeah i dont think much of the spectate code changes between updates

so the mod isnt really prone to breaking

if the new enemies work then thats all that matters

[fast adder]

I just released an update to prevent confusion, it should also fix the scrollbar issue but not much changed under the hood

let me know if anything breaks

i tested it for a little bit myself and it seems to handle the new enemies fine

[safe torrent]

@fast adder any chance we can get an optimization update? The mod seems to lower performance and I've also seen some reporting error spam they say relates to the mod recently the mod could use an update to support the new enemy added in V60 anyways most likely

[fast adder]

yeah the last few updates it was able to handle the new monsters without any issues but maybe something changed

i can definitely try and get that out soon if its causing issues

[safe torrent]

Yeah the new monster can certainly be spectated, not sure why some are getting error spam while dead though

[fast adder]

do you happen to have a snippet of the error message

it'll help me pin down what the issue is

[safe torrent]

Probably a conflict with LethalPerformance's default settings, cus the error I've seen people mention is this one

[fast adder]

oh, spectateenemies doesn't do anything with textures or resolution so id be suprised if that was the conflict

unless someone else has run into the same issue

[safe torrent]

I saw someone else mention earlier they had that error while dead, but not with the mod disabled

[solar badge]

EnemySpectate causing cookie atlas no space error

not reflection probe

[safe torrent]

I've not had it personally

[safe torrent]

Got you

Yeah I've never had reflection probe errors

But that explains why I needed to increase cookie atlas before

[solar badge]

cookie texture is used for flashlights to gave them on how light should cast

[fast adder]

oh i see

[safe torrent]

That makes sense :3

[fast adder]

yeah spectateenemies uses the unused helmet flashlight that already existed in the game

cause in the game by default there's a flashlight on every player's helmet that isnt used

so spectateenemies takes advantage of that which i guess is what causes the issue?

[safe torrent]

So we got Zeekerss to blame on that being unoptimzed then

XD

[fast adder]

i mean not pointing fingers but im pretty sure spectateenemies doesnt create its own light object

ill have to double check the code

[solar badge]

probably zeekerss made 2 cookie texture and forgot to change for helmet light

[safe torrent]

Yeah that sounds about right Since he hasn't made use of it it's probably just been untouched

[fast adder]

if (StartOfRound.Instance.shipIsLeaving)
{
     SpectateEnemies.Instance.Hide();
     Light light = __instance.playersManager.spectateCamera.GetComponent<Light>();
     if (light != null)
     {
         light.enabled = false;
     }
     return;
}```

this is all spectateenemies does

it just turns the existing light on and off

so if its causing issues i might have to look into spawning in a light object thats compatible

actually wait wrong snippet

[safe torrent]

Yeah if that's what causes the performance overhead stuff with the mod then that wouldn't hurt, I'm sure DiFFoZ could profile it and give you more info on where the performance issues stem from though

[fast adder]

 if (HUDManager.Instance != null && player.IsOwner && player.isPlayerDead && !StartOfRound.Instance.shipIsLeaving && (!player.IsServer || player.isHostPlayerObject))
{
    // flashlight already exists on spectator camera, thanks zeekerss
    Light light = HUDManager.Instance.playersManager.spectateCamera.GetComponent<Light>();
    if (light != null)
    {
      light.enabled = !light.enabled;
    }
}```

there

i had even left a comment about it lmao

[solar badge]

#1259442214921175082
just let them now profile yourself

[safe torrent]

Lol

That's true :3

@fast adder you should profile your mod

[fast adder]

i really should

a lot of the code is

not pretty

to say the least

@solar badge is there anything I can do to fix the light issue myself? like modifying the component or something? i'm pretty beginner at unity cookies so i just figured id ask if youre more experienced with that kinda thing

i dont wanna get spammed with bug reports if the problem isnt my fault lmao

[solar badge]

currently I cannot help because im on the work, but try to find the cookie texture reference in the ship scene and then use it for spectate camera light

[fast adder]

no problem, ill give that a shot. thanks for pointing me in the right direction

@safe torrent besides that, you had said that the new enemy is still spectatable with no issues right?

its just the flashlight that causes performance issues

[safe torrent]

Most likely the flashlight yeah

[fast adder]

gotcha

ill definitely still run a profiler on my mod just in case

but thanks for reporting the issue

[safe torrent]

Yw ^^

[fast adder]

i was just profiling my mod in a 2 player lobby and the main LateUpdate loop wasnt even taking up a millisecond of the frame even with the flashlight on

i didnt notice any FPS drops with it on/off either nor did i get any errors about the cookie atlas

so im a little stumped about whats causing the issues, im not sure if its an incompatibility or if it only happens in big modpacks with a lot of stuff going on

I just released a new version that references the updated binaries as well as fixing some console errors, still not sure what's wrong with the flashlight but this should hopefully help point things in the right direction

[safe torrent]

I think the issues may have more so been with EnhancedSpectator, removing that helped out fps quite a bit

That or an interaction with the 2 mods

[fast adder]

looking at the code it seems like EnhancedSpectator (quite literally) uses the same exact code for the flashlight

the nightvision mode is unique though

im wondering if its what DiFFoZ mentioned and its just Zeekers forgot to update something with the flashlight since its unused

although again i didnt see any fps drops in my testing with it on or off

and the profiler didnt seem to report anything either

[drifting crystal]

hi, getting an error popup in logs, thought i should share even though i think its not causing a big issue, it appears to occur 2 times in a row, then not again for a long while., so i can only assume its as im getting alive while spectating an enemy or something.

[01:49:17.3515590] [Error : Unity Log] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object Stack trace: SpectateEnemy.SpectateEnemies.LateUpdate () (at <e8ff516edd4142a689327e0fc65cb913>:IL_025E)

[fast adder]

yeah it could be some weird conflict between states

[unborn wadi]

We just recently ran into an issue with this mod.

We removed BadAssCompany & Diversity.
Added EladsHUD & Biodiversity to the modlist.
Played v64 first time as a group since v62.

Every time a player died, they could not see the HUD for the controls, and could not vote for the ship to leave, nor change between players. The only thing that worked was switching between an enemy and a player. Is this a know issue, or something clashing with EladsHUD, possibly?

@earnest echo Any idea if your HUD and SpectateEnemies are compatible?

[earnest echo]

I WAS SUMMONED

nope no idea havent touched this game in a few months

[unborn wadi]

Fair. We'll be doing some testing later.

[fast adder]

it might be, spectateenemies directly modifies the vanilla hud so if something with that gets changed by another mod there could be conflicts

[hardy shale]

Would be nice to allow the key toggle for spectating enemies to be rebindable so we can use this with Poltergeist

[fast adder]

all the keys should be rebindable in the options menu

unless i missed the key for spectating enemies

[hardy shale]

Oh, like the ingame options menu? I didn't even think to check there, I assumed that sort of thing would be in a config file

I'll check again later, thanks

[fast adder]

Yeah, the mod utilizes InputUtils to add binds to the in game bind menu

I'm pretty sure the key for spectating enemies is on there

[fast adder]

Mod has been updated to v2.7, contains support for v65 and a fix to an error that appeared when disconnection from the game (thanks 1A3!)

[slow egret]

lemme spectate obunga >:(

[misty birch]

Will the fork be updated for v80 ?

@fleet flax

[junior bay]

Yes, I'll try to when I can

[static edge]

Any chance that the v81 fork of this will get updated to fix this error? I can't keep this mod in the modpack due to how much it constantly spams the logs, making me unable to really pin down when an actual error is occurring due to how quickly this buries it.
It's a constant spamming stream.

[junior bay]

I took a look at it, seems the new method wants 3 params instead of 2
Should be a quick and easy fix

[junior bay]

i'm not able to test on v81 atm with anyone, try replacing the dll in the mod folder with this and lmk if that fixes the issue

[static edge]

The error does in fact seem to be fixed!

[junior bay]

Awesome, i'll upload it tomorrow

[junior bay]

Fixed the log spam, thank you @static edge !
Also added a compabitility section to the readme, recommending you pick either this mod OR poltergeist instead of trying to use both at the same time, and that it doesnt work with BrutalCompany
https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/ZetaArcade/SpectateEnemiesFork/

@fast adder https://github.com/EBro912/SpectateEnemies/pull/18
I've still got the PR up to merge this in

[fast adder]

Thank you, I've been meaning to merge that in. I'll make a new release in the coming days with your fixes

[junior bay]

Wonderful!

[fast adder]

I really appreciate you keeping it alive

[junior bay]

https://tenor.com/view/touhou-touhou-project-kirisame-marisa-marisa-kirisame-gif-11936097800016515634

[junior bay]

Though, slight suggestion as well
Looking into it, SpectateEnemies is purely clientside
It falls into that grey area where it isnt quite a cheat mod, since gaining extra knowledge whilst you're already dead isnt that useful
It only matters with revive mods, or stuff like DeadNBored

but it might be worth networking it and make it required on all users

[fast adder]

I never really considered it a cheat mod because the alive players can't hear you, and yeah obviously that's assuming you aren't using any death or revival related mods

[junior bay]

Yeah
It only becomes a cheat mod when those exist

And iirc DeadAndBored does require the host to have it to work, so it doesnt count either
https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/ZetaArcade/DeadAndBoredFork/

[fast adder]

The thing is I wouldn't really know what to even network with spectate enemies because there isn't really anything to network besides ensuring all players have the mod

I dunno

[junior bay]

Pretty much that
But yeah, its not neccesary imo

[fast adder]

I do see your point though in those cases where it can be used as a cheat

It may be something I look into

But yeah also not a huge deal

[fast adder]

I just built and released an update, let me know if there's any more issues. Huge thanks again to @junior bay for helping keep this project alive!

https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/AllToasters/SpectateEnemies/

[dapper meteor]

hi there, running into this block of red with spectate enemies and brutal company minus extra reborn. didnt know if i should post here or the other thread, but i assume this is why the enemies added from that mod arent showing up in the config as spectatable enemies. seems fairly minor though

[Error  : Unity Log] ArgumentException: Cannot use whitespace characters at start or end of section and key names
Parameter name: key
Stack trace:
BepInEx.Configuration.ConfigDefinition.CheckInvalidConfigChars (System.String val, System.String name) (at <d1b9206986c241dcad96bb21eee55a97>:0)
BepInEx.Configuration.ConfigDefinition..ctor (System.String section, System.String key) (at <d1b9206986c241dcad96bb21eee55a97>:0)
BepInEx.Configuration.ConfigFile.Bind[T] (System.String section, System.String key, T defaultValue, System.String description) (at <d1b9206986c241dcad96bb21eee55a97>:0)
SpectateEnemy.SpectateEnemies.PopulateSettings () (at <6a0cd69b1fb8434abb8f61ea4f46ad20>:0)
SpectateEnemy.Patches.QuickMenuManager_Patches.Postfix () (at <6a0cd69b1fb8434abb8f61ea4f46ad20>:0)
(wrapper dynamic-method) QuickMenuManager.DMD<QuickMenuManager::Start>(QuickMenuManager)

[junior bay]

Its been an incompat since prior to even v73

i included that in the readme of my fork but idk if that got put into the main one

[dapper meteor]

ah i see. both mods should still work separately though, right?

[junior bay]

yep