Is it supposed to allow this? [includes screenshots]

[OCybrManO]

I've done this several times on official EA servers. When you die you bring up the spawn menu and deselect any spawn point you currently have selected. Next, click the X in the corner to close it instead of the CLOSE button (if you don't use the X it will keep popping up again every few seconds, IIRC). Finally, press your jump key to switch into free-look mode and fly around the map as long as you want. I guess if you had someone on teamspeak or ventrilo you could even use them to scout ahead and tell you where people are currently situated... but that would probably be considered cheating.

Anyway, enough about that glitch/feature. On to the screenshots I took while messing around with it:

Direct hit!

One more hit makes Mr. Tank go BOOM!

When boats attack... part 1.

When boats attack... part 2.

Nothing really interesting... I just thought it looked cool.

This genius thought it would be best to hop in a stationary rocket thing in an attempt to blow up the tank.

Tank vs Anti-Tank


This one isn't using that free look thing... but I wanted to included it, anyway:

Here I am sitting behind the Chinese base with my detonator out... waiting for the enemy to get in their transport helicopter... which happens to be loaded with C4.

 

[bam23]

You could be flying around the map as long as you want but you said you were playing in EA servers, this means you'd be missing out on the rank.

Ventrilo and teamspeak open up a bunch of possibilities. This game was developed without 3rd party voicecom programs in mind obviously.

 

[Krynn72]

yeah, I was able to get into free spectator mode once, I didnt know how I did it though. I guess its pretty much like any other game with a spectator mode though, it doesnt tend to cause a lot of problems.