MultiRoombaRover/plans/spectate_mode_overhaul_outline.md

spectate system overhaul

• rip out and remake the entire page
  • basically keep nothing from it
• right now the spectator page is a mess, and hasn't been updated in a while
  • does not work properly, aside from the page being out of date
• the spectate page should use modules from the driver page
• there should be no such thing as a "spectate mode" on the driver page. If someone wants to spectate, they must go to the spectator page.

rules of the spectator page

• spectators are not allowed to drive
• spectators are not allowed to chat
• spectators are not allowed to have nicknames
• spectators are not allowed to login as admin
• these are the permissions for spectators based on the sever's access control mode
  • open
    • spectators can spectate
  • turns
    • spectators can spectate
  • admin
    • spectators can spectate
  • lockdown
    • spectators can NOT spectate

what should be on the spectator page?

• for each rover
  • video component
  • current driver
  • sensor telemetry component
• logs
• room cameras
• online user list

layout and styling of the spectator page

• use same styling style as the driver page
• feel free to add spectator role checks to hide the features that spectators can't use in certain components.
• mainly designed for a 4:3 monitor
  • make use of the vertical space
• a row of columns, one for each rover at the top
• below the row of columns:
  • 50/50 split
    • user list
    • chat
  • room cameras