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I finally got it running by taking the source and building a new deb based on my system, with help, of course.

Thanks to all who responded to my post here. Everything helps. I learned a lot in this process.

Okay, I stripped it all out and am starting over. The Readme starts out with ./autogen.sh. Is this necessary? Do I really need autoconf?

When I do I get this message. Forbidden You don't have permission to access /bb/posting.php on this server. It might help if I started over. How does one remove every trace of bzflag? I can do it the hard way but is there an easy way to do it? I'm used to doing this with Aptitude or Apt-get or Synap...

Build ares ........: yes Build curl ........: yes Build glew ........: no (clients disabled) Build regex .......: no (using system) Build zlib ........: yes BZFlag client .....: no bzflag client binary! (need OpenGL) BZFlag server .....: yes (with plugins) BZAdmin client ....: yes I tried copying th...

joevano wrote:Did you get any errors when compiling?

I must have but I didn't see them. I did it several times.

I'm using Debian. Is there a different install procedure for Debian versus Ubuntu? Many people think they are the same but there are some differences.

All that I found with 'find / -name bzflag -print' was directories.
The executable is missing.

Thanks. That is what I have been hoping but I can't find the executable. Where is it likely to be? It is not in ~/src/bzflag/bzflag as in the instructions. As yet, I can't find it.

After installing 2.4 from source, all I get when I try to start is: ~$ bzflag bash: bzflag: command not found I installed using ./configure make sudo make install I'm running Debian Testing on amd64. Yes, I've run updatedb. As far as I can tell, all the files are where they are supposed to be. I'm n...

Never mind. I removed .bzf and reloaded. I should have done this a long time ago. I have no idea what setting it was but something was goofy. Anyway, it's working now. Sorry to bother you.

When my tank picks up OO, it goes blind when inside any solid object. All I can see is total blackness. I have searched repeatedly and done several upgrades but I can't find a way out of this. Is there a fix for this?

I'm running Debian Squeeze.

This has become a common problem recently. It never used to be. Do I have a mal-functioning client? I run Debian Lenny.

At least I'm not the only one. Thanks for the replies.

Maybe someone has a suggestion. On some BZ maps, my tank gets stuck (sealed) in the transporter gates. It's not universal, but it can be frustrating, particularly when following another tank through the gate and it goes through. Any ideas? Anything that I can set?

I'm running Debian Etch.

I would like to differ about the point on video card does not affect network. If you have a intergrated graphics or a card without a GPU, all the work of graphics gets diverted to the CPU. If the CPU is working on graphics as well as network data, it's gonna develop lag because it can't process the...

I picked one, but I like them all. My real prefference is for maps that lend themselves to hide and seek strategy. Scores don't interest me in the least.

JeffM2501 wrote:If you are one of these affected systems

Must be. I run Debian Etch. I think I'll wait; upgrades are coming quickly.

Thanks for the explanation.

CannonBallGuy wrote:Use the name and password from this forum, EXACTLY the same - enter them in the "Join a Game" menu...

But, doing this crashes the game.

A Meteorite wrote:Did you used to use /register and /identify ?

I can't figure out how to do them. If I enter my password in the appropriate place in the connection script, the game crashes. So, how do I do /identify?

Well, I almost always feel like I'm two seconds behind everyone else. I know my connection is not slow. It may not be the world's fastest, but it's not slow.

I think that there's more to it. /lagstats does not give an accurate picture. I have an adsl connection and still get kicked occassionally. A server will tell me that I have an high lag, while /lagstats says I don't. Video card response must be part of the problem. My tank often blows up before I se...

RPG wrote:In Windows you can change the mouse sensitivity under Control Panel > Mouse.

I'm using Linux. Yes, I can change the sensitivity, but it doesn't translate to BzFlag. I don't know why.

Is it possible to adjust mouse speed, or sensitivity, in BzFlag? Mine is a Kensington optical and it's too sensitive.

Spoke too soon. It just crashed again.

I had it crash once. I use Debian. The game just folded up and vanished. I was able to restart it and haven't had any problem since. Sorry, I have no idea why.

Thanks for the explanation. Can you explain why some players can do things that I can't? I was just on a site and watched a guy with wings fly much, much, much higher than I could and he stayed up as long as he wanted. I could not repeat his performance no matter what I tried. I'm using Linux. Do th...