IsSpectating()

Built-in (engine) Client

Returns 1 if the local client is spectating

Signature

IsSpectating(<localClientNum>, [checkFistPerson])

Parameters

Name	Required?	Details
localClientNum	Required	Number of the local client to check
checkFistPerson	Optional	Check if we want first person spectating to be not considered as spectate

Example (from Treyarch's docs)

if ( IsSpectating( localClientNum, false ) )

Real uses in BO3's scripts

Called 59 times in the decompiled scripts. A few, zombies first:

scripts/zm/_zm.csc, line 870 if(!self islocalplayer() || isspectating(localclientnum, 1) || localclientnum != self getlocalclientnumber())
scripts/zm/_zm_ai_raps.csc, line 84 if(isspectating(n_local_client))
scripts/zm/_zm_ai_sentinel_drone.csc, line 193 if(isspectating(n_local_client))
scripts/zm/_zm_ai_spiders.csc, line 114 if(isspectating(n_local_client))
scripts/zm/_zm_ai_wasp.csc, line 91 if(isspectating(n_local_client))

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Built-in descriptions, parameters and examples come from Treyarch's BO3 mod tools docs. Usage links point at shiversoftdev/t7-source (decompiled BO3 scripts).