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How to stop spectating enemies in CS 1.6

Type mp_forcecamera 1 in the server console so dead players can only spectate teammates, or 2 to also lock them to first person.

mp_forcecamera

Limits who dead players can spectate: anyone, own team only, or own team in first person.

mp_forcecamera <0|1|2>

Examples

mp_forcecamera 1

Dead players watch teammates only.

mp_forcecamera 2

Teammates only, first-person view.

Values

ValueWhat it does
0Default Spectate anyone
1 Spectate own team only
2 Own team only, first-person view only

Arguments

modeRequired
0, 1 or 2.

What it does

With 0, dead players can watch anyone, including enemies. Set it to 1 so they can only watch teammates, or 2 to also lock them to first-person view. Matches usually use 1 or 2 so dead players cannot scout the enemy for their team.

Good to know

Run it on your server

On a SLASHPLAY server, type it in the Console tab of the server page; the reply shows right under it. A value set there lasts until the server restarts. To keep it, add the line to cstrike/server.cfg. New to this? Start a CS 1.6 server first.

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