Game web camera idea

[eegreen]

I'm sitting at work, looking at the forums, waiting to get home so I can play Ryzom. I just came up with an idea that I think a lot of people in my situation would appreciate.
Create a web cam in game that allows people to watch what is going on without having to be in the game. Have one in each major city, and maybe in a few other locations that see alot of action.
I'm not a programmer, so I don't even know if it is possible. I think it would be entertaining to sit back and watch what other players do for a change instead of worrying about my character.
Oh, and another idea. Maybe if a player volunteers, they could have a web cam that travels with them so we could watch what one player does regardless of where they go.
As you can tell, I like this game a lot. Maybe a little too much. Anyway, let me know what you think of this idea. And any programmers please tell me if this type of thing has been done in any other games or whether it is even possible.

[sulbe]

I believe they have a web cam set up near Lakenisle in the Tryker lands. That's how they caught the culprit who was ..er .. changing the color of the lake ... and no it wasn't a yubo.

I think it would be great to have a web cam right inside one of the portals where unsuspecting travelers meet their first high level mob thats intent on making every day a bad day.

But one thing that may hinder this would be server latency. heh but even 1 framer per minute wouldn't be too bad I don't think ... dunno.

[cerest]

Good idea. Like you I don't know how feasible it would be but it's definitely an interesting idea. I'll write it down.

[bgrifter]

Money the moment your boss sneaks up behind you the webcam zooms in on an extreme closeup of Zorai medium armour plumber butt...

[loyats]

They do it with FFXI so I don't see why they couldn't with Ryzom, I mean unless the language they're using doesn't allow for it, not that i understand programing language all that much, but it seems rather unlikely.

[dkwraith]

It's a nice idea, but I think it'd be an inappropriate use of developer time. I'd rather they spend the time fixing the equipment degrading bug, or adding other types of improvements for those who are playing the game.

[nihir]

I agree it's a nice idea, but can we get all the bug fixes and such in first?

[eegreen]

I wasn't meaning for it to be something to be done soon. I agree that bugs need to be worked out before anything fun like that should be created.

Oh, and my boss would be quite mad if he found me watching the game instead of working....but still...maybe worth the risk.