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I'm not sure if the first screenshot is actually a "problem", but more the way things are. I find that on some maps, the bases are colored with enhanced radar on, while at other maps they are not. Switching to fast or fast sorted gives me colored bases all the time. As for the second probl...

Name: Fuel Stack Native Style: FFA Time to Create: Approximately 6 Days. Known Bugs/Issues: I couldn't get flags to work, although someone is welcome to try (The zones I tried using are still there, although the flags have been deactivated). Apparently, arcs texture funny. Author Comments: If by so...

Is this your HIX variation (I asked because of the name. Other than that, I see little resemblence to HIX. Then Again I don't play there nearly enough, so what do I know)? If so it looks nice, and well thought out in terms of gameplay. But I guess we don't need to worry about that from you, R3laX. I...

A question about flag zones in this map: I want to use a flag zone to keep the flags for this map on the inside of the main cylenders. As you can see, there are many levels in this map. When I put a flag zone in the map that spans the entire height of the main area inside, most of the flags exist on...

It looks like a potentially fun map. It's a bit open in some places though.

Remember, maps don't need textures to be fun. Just to be pretty. And some maps still don't need them for that.

Revised • Fixed issue by which you spawned way up high. • Fixed the "Jittery Lake" problem. • Added shot limits to SB, GM and L. • Tweaked a few variables. I was thinking about adding a new 'mini-world'... any ideas?? The Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle. Or maybe a whole map of Hogwarts Cas...

what I have in the cmd so far is "C:\Documents and Settings\Nate>" You need to navigate to your BZFlag install directory, and make sure that your map file and config file are in that directory. Then use "bzfs -conf myconfig.txt". You don't need to drag your world file anywhere i...

I guess there's not much you can do except send a report to the server if possible, giving as much information as possible in the the report. If you get too fed up you can always leave the server.

...And could someone please explain to me why you can have two boxes of the same height sit flushly together with no problems, but when you make one or both of them a meshbox, it becomes hard to travel between the two?

This idea just came to me out of the blue. I hope to finish it soon, but I'm having some problems with the meshboxes for the tunnels [at the bottom level]. I hope to put teleporters in the tunnels connecting the different levels so you could even get rid of jumping if you wanted to. I also intend to...

I also recieve this error. It may be quite trivial but I would like to know what is up too.

Ninety percent of the time, if an error is so blatantly obtrusive that it disrupts gameplay, BZFS will skip over it or not run the map file in the first place. If you're talking about testing a playable map for major errors or essential gameplay changes, you might as well ask for a certain amount of...

In theory, this isn't a bad idea... ...Are you saying you would actually fix the errors yourself, or would you just point them out and hope that the person can fix it themselves? On one hand, you are posting this in the "General Map Making Discussions" section of the Forum. This section, a...

No. If you're using Global Groups, then the person joining your server needs to have the correct callsign and corresponding password that they use on these forums in order to receive cop permissions.

I really like this map. Something tells me, though, that the first and eighth levels are going to be used the most. Perhaps you could put a shoot through wall on the outside of floors 2-8 to keep people from jumping down. This would force people to use the teleporters (having the walls be shoot thro...

It would be nice if you could give us a specific error message you recieve when you try to join certain games. Make sure you have both your callsign and password that you use on the forums entered in correctly in the join game menu. If you do that and it still doesn't work, try looking here: http://...

I found a topic about a problem that might be similar to yours. http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11045 Although *Boinkage!* had a problem with the maps not even showing up. You however, say that you are able to scroll through the saved worlds but not load them. If you have checked your map fi...

You appear to have two "-world" commands. I don't know if that is possible to have without conflict. Also, it looks like you just took the client configuration file and added -world Face_The_Triad C:\Documents and Settings\Joe\Face_The_Triad.bzw -publicaddr 68.205.202.237:5154 +r -j -world...

I don't know. You would have to be pretty stupid to run into a wall that a bullet is clinging to (Although one time at "Badgerking's Aerial and Ground Attack FFA" I saw a bullet just sitting there in the open, not moving. I thought it could be a graphics glitch so I went to touch it. I die...

I could have sworn you released this map already. I took two screenshots of the main area for those who are interested, but I was unable to get a picture of the tunnels (again, the file was too big and I don't feel like doing anything about it right now). Again, I would suggest setting the _jumpVelo...

All your zones are using the flag command as well as zoneflag command. As far as I know you don't need or can't have both in the same zone. Also, what does "obstacle" do? It is written in all your meshboxes. It's in the wiki, but it is without elaboration on what it does. I'm pretty sure y...

When you think about it, safe spawn areas are a better choice than invincible spawning because once you stop being invincible you will just be shot. You would only prolong your imminent death. Being invincible after spawning would be pointless because the problem really being addressed here is campi...

Hello, dmonkey. I downloaded your map and I was able to test it on a private server without error. If you are running the map file through bzfs, you need to rename the file without any spaces in the new name. For example: first_map.bzw. Your map file has no errors in it. I do not know who told you t...

Isn't it possible for a player on "Missile War" to grab SB, move into an enemy's base, and start camping. Unless there are some special flag zones in place that are designed to prevent this, I don't see how this would be cheating, unless there's something else I'm missing.

how do u make a object a world weapon. like when you touch it, it kills you?

To do that you need to use a physics driver. Physics drivers are applied to an object like a material is applied to an object. Here is the wiki page for making physics drivers.