diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4FE.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4FE.cpp
index 9cb3407..7603933 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4FE.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4FE.cpp
@@ -2267,6 +2267,12 @@ Logical
 	return gHavePersist && IsFootball(gPersistSelection);
 }
 
+Logical
+	RPL4FrontEnd_IsCameraRole()
+{
+	return gHavePersist && WantsCamera(gPersistSelection);
+}
+
 void
 	RPL4FrontEnd_SetHostedPilots(
 		const char *owner_address,
diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4FE.h b/RP_L4/RPL4FE.h
index b6bf02c..1ad3643 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4FE.h
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4FE.h
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@ void
 Logical
 	RPL4FrontEnd_IsFootballSelected();
 
+//
+// True when this player's setup menu has YOUR ROLE on Live Cam. Only the
+// HOST's pick is acted on - the host is the one that writes the egg - so
+// the lobby publishes this and then shows it against the owner's row
+// only. A member who picked it still races, which is what their row goes
+// on saying.
+//
+Logical
+	RPL4FrontEnd_IsCameraRole();
+
 // Hosted-race pilots fed by the Steam lobby: overrides the
 // RP412HOSTPODS parsing with real personas and loadouts. owner_address
 // is this pod's mesh IP (the FakeIP); count 0 clears the override.
diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
index 01118f2..549065d 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4LOBBY.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ namespace
 	const char	kNetRevision[] = "2";
 	const char	kNetRevKey[] = "nr";
 
+	// this member picked Live Cam rather than a grid slot
+	const char	kCamKey[] = "cam";
+
 	// the owner's mission setup, shown to everyone in the room
 	const char	kMapKey[] = "mp";
 	const char	kTimeKey[] = "td";
@@ -172,6 +175,15 @@ namespace
 		SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, "cl", color);
 		SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, "bd", badge);
 
+		//
+		// Live Cam. The loadout above still goes out unchanged - the pick
+		// is a role, not a vehicle, and it is only acted on for the host,
+		// so a member's own row must go on showing what it will really
+		// fly. The room screen reads this against the owner's row.
+		//
+		SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, kCamKey,
+			RPL4FrontEnd_IsCameraRole() ? "1" : "0");
+
 		// football: this member's own team and position pick
 		SteamMatchmaking()->SetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, "tm",
 			RPL4FrontEnd_TeamKey(RPL4FrontEnd_GetTeamIndex()));
@@ -246,6 +258,7 @@ namespace
 		char		team[32];		// football pick
 		char		position[16];
 		char		netRev[8];		// simulation protocol revision
+		Logical		camera;			// picked Live Cam (acted on for the host)
 		Logical		published;
 	};
 
@@ -289,6 +302,9 @@ namespace
 			strncpy(member->netRev,
 				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, kNetRevKey),
 				sizeof(member->netRev) - 1);
+			member->camera = (atoi(
+				SteamMatchmaking()->GetLobbyMemberData(gLobby, member->id, kCamKey)) != 0)
+					? True : False;
 			member->published =
 				member->ip[0] != '\0' && member->consolePort > 0 && member->gamePort > 0;
 		}
@@ -566,7 +582,19 @@ namespace
 			// travel on the wire; the catalogs turn them back into
 			// names, so nobody reads "bttlbrg".
 			//-----------------------------------------------------------
-			if (FootballLobby())
+			//
+			// A Live Cam host brings no vehicle, so its row says the role
+			// instead of a loadout. Only the owner's row: the host writes
+			// the egg, so only the host's pick is acted on, and a member
+			// who set Live Cam is still going to race - saying otherwise
+			// here would be the room screen lying about the grid.
+			//
+			if (member->camera && is_owner_row)
+			{
+				DrawTextA(mem, "LIVE CAM", -1, &row,
+					DT_RIGHT | DT_VCENTER | DT_SINGLELINE);
+			}
+			else if (FootballLobby())
 			{
 				if (member->team[0] != '\0')
 				{