Shoutcasting

A shoutcaster is a spectating player with enhanced spectating abilities.

Shoutcasters see:

• Floating player names
• Dynamite counter
• Truck/tank health
• Unspotted/spotted mines

Shoutcasters are:

• Not affected by speclock.
• Marked with "shoutcaster" in the scoreboard.
• Unable to join a team.

Becoming a shoutcaster

To become a shoutcaster, login with sclogin <pass> or shoutcastlogin <pass>, using the password provided by the server admin. Use sclogout or shoutcastlogout to log out.

To promote spectators to shoutcasters, referees and admins with rcon access can use these commands:

• makeshoutcaster|makeshoutcast|makesc <clientid>

• removeshoutcaster|removeshoutcast|removesc <clientid>

Admins

Enable shoutcasting by setting a non-empty shoutcast password in the cvar b_shoutcastpassword. Disable shoutcasting by using an empty string.