When Infected do you play as them?

[OneHellofaDragon]

I've seen some conflicting info online that seems to imply sometimes you do.

[Robonos]

1.Become infected
2. Die from any other cause than getting killed by a monster, infection process completing, headcrab jumps on you.
3. As a headcrab you can evolve but have to be far away from others.

[Chad Toddson]

havent been able to play as monster even when any of the above comments happen.

[Robonos]

Originally posted by Chad Toddson:

havent been able to play as monster even when any of the above comments happen.

On the lobby settings was the "Never Spawn Playable Enemy?" option enabled?

[RobeRonin]

first the lobby needs to be set to spawn playable monsters ! {this sometimes bugs out reinforcements}
If you die from Infection strangely you do not become a monster but rather yo die and your corpse walks around as a npc attacking people {this is so silly}
lots of lobbies doable playable monsters in my experience!