Combine Security Camera Update

[Cengiz]

Combine Security Camera Update

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Hello Everyone. I want to suggest updating the Combine Security Cameras. First of all, The Security Cameras currently are useless, and they only take a Photo of a Person if they run at a Certain Distance within the Cameras sight ( where then they can take a Photograph of the Individual ). Sometimes some Civil Protection Members can also use the Cameras to look throve them...but who wants to look throve Cameras for 4 hours? ​

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My suggestion

Let the Cameras Actively Report to Civil Protection Officers if a Person or Xen Creaturs are in its Sight. Like the following :​

1. Hase a Weapon Equipped in their Hands / are Shooting with a weapon​
2. BOL / Anti-Citizen Marked Individual​
3. Xen Creatures like Headcrab or Zombies​

The list goes on and on, but I don't feel like continuing right now. I only wish that the Cameras become somehow more Useful.

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Thank you for Reading my Suggestion
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[The_Grass_Man]

Based suggestion

 

[Ansty]

but who wants to look throve Cameras for 4 hours?

 

[ZeroPants]

BOL / Anti-Citizen Marked Individual

this is already a thing, I think the other two are as well

 

[Tengu]

1. Hase a Weapon Equipped in their Hands / are Shooting with a weapon​
2. BOL / Anti-Citizen Marked Individual​
3. Xen Creatures like Headcrab or Zombies​

I'm not actually sure if number one is a thing.. That would be interesting to find out. Number two is a thing, and is very helpful even with how vague it can seem sometimes. Three I don't know if that would ever be a thing thats possible.
In general, cameras are very useful for civil protection as it stands.. and they aren't overly extensive enough to cause EVERY little thing to get you caught or in trouble, only looking out for obvious indicators (BOL AC ect) like CPs normally would but with its facial recognition.

 

[Ozzekiel]

BOL/Anti citizen marks are already a thing, the other two would be useful and even more things that currently requires a staff who happens to be watching in order to pull off. such as an automatic alert when the camera is taking fire or instead when it's fully shot out

Also recommend making an alert for people who are wearing gas masks or bandanas, so if someone is BOL'd they won't be pinged for that but instead be pinged for failure to identify. Aside from these things, I can't think of much else off the top of my head.

Nvm, I thought of much else from the actual VIEWing side itself
1 - Instead of just a console, have it be a monitor as well. The feed will play on the monitor for you and everyone around to see.
2 - Ability to see /mes of people interacting near the camera, as well as dialogue.
3 - Identify each person that passes the camera (via getting its attention drawn), maybe Flanders combine hud concept can be used for this (https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/814909840178544670/903817253601038356/1635557217822.png)
4 - Maybe the people that pass through the camera can be logged, via the currently useless Updates tab
5 - Now I can't think of much else

 

[Xushi]

Pretty sure Civil Protection can already look through cameras - if not them, then Dispatch.

 

[Landon]

Pretty sure Civil Protection can already look through cameras - if not them, then Dispatch.

They can go to a monitor, do /me looks through cameras, then @ staff for logs

 

[vilhjalmrf]

They can go to a monitor, do /me looks through cameras, then @ staff for logs

That is for 'playback footage'. We can view from the cam's perspective but we can't see any /me or text from people.

 

[Aspect™]

I was already planning to improve cameras for the Dispatch Update, so,

Accepted!