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Hmm, sounds like somebody has been playing too much Shift... ;-)

This is actually a pretty neat gameplay idea, despite the fact that there really isn't a way to do this properly (due to the whole "upright tanks" thing). The only thing that concerns me is, "how do you get down?"

Yep, It actually would be quite easy to make. No, I doubt anyone will make it for you. I would look into using the /countdown functions inside BZFS if you want timed matches. There's also the timedCTF plugin bundled with the source if you want that. Just be warned that once the game ends, you have t...

> I personally don't play with any sound at all since it annoys those around me. $10 headphones FTW! ;-) Personally, I'm not sure whether the visual alert would be good or bad. For me, seeing a player with GM on the stats page, along with the shot curving towards my dot, and the GM itself in the HU...

If you really wanna know, grab the SVN source and build it yourself. If you have built BZFlag 2.0 from source then you should be able to handle it. From playing with it, I can tell you that there aren't really any big changes between this and 3.0. Once you get past the shiny new ./configure script, ...

I've never used BZAdmin without using "a real OS", so I may be wrong here...

Try adding -ui stdout to the incantation, like: That should just give you just the output, which can then be piped to the logfile of your choice.

One thing that I've learned is that (new) people do not respond to new game concepts that well. Especially if they can be confusing. I've had people on my KOTH server asking what the purpose of the map was quite frequently, even after I put it in the server message and the help file. And it really i...

A couple problems: 1) You did not specify a license for this map. Please read the announcement in this forum category concerning map licenses. 2) From what I know, HiX clones usually don't fare well on the public servers. In addition, I'm not sure whether this is really that much different from the ...

Driving up surfaces has never been supported, and I doubt it ever will. The closest thing you can get is with the _maxBumpHeight variable, which allows you to "bump" onto boxes by driving onto them. You can also jump up obstacles by setting _noClimb to 0. However, there isn't a way to driv...

Hey, instead of: teleporter name tele1 size 0.125 20 20 position 0 50 0 border 1 end Try: teleporter tele1 size 0.125 20 20 position 0 50 0 border 1 end For some reason, specifying the teleporter's name using the name attribute doesn't work right, for some reason.

Odd, as far as I know I don't get anything weird when I try to build... Some questions: 1) Is this a server-side plugin flag, or is this built into the source itself? 2) Is this "plugin" integrated into SVN trunk? If not you might want to show your source code, as well as a list of the fil...

> or if you don't want to write out the mesh vertex by vertex use a 3d editor like > wings 3d or blender. i personally use wings 3d because it is easier for me. I write my meshes by hand, and there are quite a few people out there that still do (I know Tedius does). It's always a good skill to lear...

About "in game" ranks: <obvious> As far as I know, there is no implementation of ranks that can be accessed in-game. I've tried to find a way to get a player's (forum) rank from a script, but players are stored by ID, and there isn't a universal way to extract a player's ID from their name...

1. I know there are some ways to manipulate iTunes via keyboard shortcuts, so you can play music while you frag. (You can search around for your preferred media player if you like. Google is your friend!) 2. One of the things that I like about BZFlag is that there is no leveling up. If you want, you...

> SHELLSHOCK! SHELLSHOCK!

A little excessive, but you're right. The best way to learn is to do it yourself. Believe it or not, there will not always be people around to tutor you in the basics.

I have to hand it to you, this seems like a really fun map. From what I've tested, it looks and feels like a Pythonian map (shame that those maps aren't hosted anymore). Even with the flag limits, I still feel like this could turn into all-out GM/Laser sniping, which is good if you like that sort of...

One question: Once you start the plugin, can you change the flagOfDay.conf file to use a different flag (maybe via cron)? Like, if you load the plugin with flagofDay.conf containing "GM", and then change it so it reads "L", would it give players Laser? Seems like a neat idea, tho...

> (should work on Mac,too) Only if you have BZFlag in your $PATH (which you probably don't). To get it to work in OS X, you have to do something like... /Applications/BZFlag-2.0.10.app/Contents/MacOS/bzflag -solo 5 ...which isn't too fun. Also, from experience, playing with bots is kinda boring. It...

I get Geno, but I don't really use it a lot. Mainly because I usually play on maps where the geno is shot-limited, or nonexistant. And when I do get Geno I usually spray them and hope for the best.

I don't really consider it that good of a flag.

About half of the avatars here are generic "BZFlag" avatars. From the rest, I think it highly varies. I've seen donny_baker's avatar in a few places over the interweb, so it isn't as funny (along with that infamous Do Not Fall Down Stairs). Another thing is that avatars (usually) relate to...

I've had a couple experiences using wireless mice to play BZ, and they both were not good. Partly because the batteries in them were always half-dead, and partly because the IR is just too unreliable for me.

From my experience, HiX variations do not last long on the public server. Mainly because people who want to play HiX usually go to the real thing. ;-)

But I'd like to see the three-player tactics in action before I judge it.

Meh, I switched from my Mighty Mouse to a cheap wired Microsoft Mouse. Mainly because I don't have to worry about right-clicks being interpreted as left-clicks (which is problematic if you're trying to identify a teammate right in front of you ;-) and because the scroll-wheel is better.

Usually when you get this error it is a problem with the map file itself. If you're running a 2-team (or 3-team) CTF, this error seems to pop up more than usual. Try running the map with bzfs -world mymap.bzw and see if the error still pops up.

In general, when thinking of a flag idea, try to keep in mind how it would work in even distribution with every other flag, and no shot limits. For this reason, Final Smashes wouldn't work well in BZFlag, because somebody could easily abuse this (like unlimited Geno abuse, but far worse). Also, for ...

I'm pretty sure this has been rejected, both on the grounds that it would be too hard to implement, as well as making the game rather confusing. Also, sounds a bit similar to this idea (in the sense that tanks are stuck but can shoot).

If you want to, you can always post it on the wiki.