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by AAA
Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:05 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Score for flag gets, passes and Caps
Replies: 14
Views: 3120

I thought there was a technical reason you can't change players scores? I heard on the client side, score is calculated based on MsgKilled and such, not the MsgScore that everyone else is updated with.

Anyways, good idea.
by AAA
Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:19 pm
Forum: Players
Topic: Do you met a Bzflag-player after you had seen on a server?
Replies: 24
Views: 11709

I gave Tanner the task of figuring out who I am a while back, almost two years ago. I don't have the exact logs, but a conversation went something like this after he posted a photo of an event he went to with me in it: AAA_awright: Wow, you got really close! tannerld: Huh? AAA_awright: Remember you ...
by AAA
Sat Apr 12, 2008 6:34 am
Forum: Players
Topic: Which map was the first map you ever played on?
Replies: 91
Views: 43111

Oh, boy, that was a LONG time ago.

I think my first map was the origional HiX, version 1, on xmission.bzflag.org:5154. Either that, or another favorite, twin spirals (spiral zone?) on secretplace.
by AAA
Fri Dec 28, 2007 2:55 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: UDP
Replies: 8
Views: 2512

Go to wikipedia.org, type in "Router", select your language, and click "go". Here is the English entry on Routers. If you read on, there is a link to Residential gateway . Alternatively, go go Google.com and type "router". Some broadband setups connect the computer dire...
by AAA
Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:07 am
Forum: Plug-in Releases
Topic: UselessMine - Create mines with the Useless flag
Replies: 23
Views: 18678

2. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you need to enter the file's absolute path in order for it to work. Absolute paths work, but you can specify relative paths, relative to the current working directory bzfs is running in. My servers are run in a directory, with plugins, logs, recordings, and database/...
by AAA
Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:53 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: Messages
Replies: 15
Views: 5359

When you join a server, (say, Bloodbath 2), do you get messages from the server? You should see the entire server advertisement and rules (there is 5-6 lines of it usually). And you are sure that the "All" tab is on (Press Shift+F1 a few times)? Edit: I didn't realize you could silence eve...
by AAA
Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:34 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: Messages
Replies: 15
Views: 5359

You are sure there are chat messages? I know for a while I was confised because the message box kept scrolling up because of a buggy mouse wheel, by default the mouse wheel scrolls the console, I had to change that to Page Up/Down. Keep searching through the key list, it is probably in there somewhe...
by AAA
Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:09 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: Messages
Replies: 15
Views: 5359

You can get the long list of keys by by pressing Esc to go to the menu, then Options, Input Settings, Change Key Mapping

The radar is Q, the console is W by default (I think)
by AAA
Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:10 am
Forum: Leagues: General Discussion
Topic: Bloodbath League Proposal
Replies: 8
Views: 6837

There is something about Bloodbath 2 (2.0 through 2.2, and 2.3 along the way) that makes it more appealing for organized play then HiX2 or Boxy war. There are so many play tactics, It is much different then HiX2, with only 2-3 good stratagys. BZFX has some neat stuff coming out, and there is a very ...
by AAA
Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:37 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Different banning method.
Replies: 42
Views: 18413

All the people here (except me) will never implement it (or at least author it themselves). I would be happy to take a better look into what you propose, but continuing to post in the bzbb is just going to anger lots of people and it won't get done. Please send me a PM or something. Please consider ...
by AAA
Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:05 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Different banning method.
Replies: 42
Views: 18413

Clock skew, wow... Unfortunately banning a system based on it's temperature is no use in BZFlag, when a system is likely to always be running at a maximum temperature. Most systems are behind a firewall, so we can't attack the cheaters/whoever. Using time alone, though, seems interesting, because it...
by AAA
Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:09 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Different banning method.
Replies: 42
Views: 18413

You don't get the concept of open source, do you? If your idea works, saying it here will greatly improve the chances of it getting added. If it requires secrecy, It will not work. Period. Also, don't assume that there is only one type of client connecting, I have a BZFlag client written in PHP, and...
by AAA
Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:57 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: BZLookup, because I can...
Replies: 1
Views: 1937

It seems hacky. Then again, Perl is a hack. I don't know what to say if you are serious about pulling data off of stats.bzflag.org. (Edit) There is nothing wrong with hacks, though. At least in a non-production environment. I have my own bot that scans the list server and compiles data on http://bzf...
by AAA
Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:12 am
Forum: Forum Suggestions, Questions, and Issues
Topic: Chatroom
Replies: 10
Views: 8448

While we are listing chat channels, #bzstocks is where development for web browser projects takes place, including BZStocks, but also my projects, BZFlag_Info, BZFSAdmin, AAABot, and Redjacket Stats. ##planetmofo is, um, not for the faint of heart. In #bzfx you get to see TK's as they happen if I ha...
by AAA
Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:01 am
Forum: Fansites
Topic: Redjacket Stats - Stats with Graphs
Replies: 7
Views: 6984

It is removing data after 7 to 8 days now, R3laX only has 32 images to load now. I am working on a way to determine what data is more unimportant based on time and length, and a way to load hidden data if you want it. My last version had stats like favorite team and server, that will come later on t...
by AAA
Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:56 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: RecordReplay.cxx
Replies: 4
Views: 2764

I am still working on recording server session data with a plugin with a meteorite. The big problem is that plugins are not provided with the same data (in the same way at least) as servers. I can connect my PHP Bot to a server, give it admin privileges, and it can gather more types of data that way...
by AAA
Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:35 am
Forum: Fansites
Topic: Redjacket Stats - Stats with Graphs
Replies: 7
Views: 6984

Redjacket Stats - Stats with Graphs

I have finished most of the features I want to get on the site now. This is the "second return" of bzflag.redjacket.ws , It has been up three times. This time hosting is generously being provided by Constitution. A good example of player graphs: http://bzflag.redjacket.ws/index.php/player/...
by AAA
Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:06 am
Forum: Players
Topic: which is a better idea?
Replies: 23
Views: 10084

Very well said Sky King. Boxy war and HiX2 are both good maps for that. A certain other map that has become an absolute runaway hit, Bloodbath 2, however, is not. I cannot figure out why, but something about the mass genocide of teams (with G or with SW, L, SB, or GM) seems to have a great appeal. I...
by AAA
Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: serverlist - more servers on a list
Replies: 3
Views: 2365

Because BZFlag really needs another configuration option.
Less then 10% of the servers will be interesting to players usually, because of how many people, lets consider that.
by AAA
Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:35 pm
Forum: Servers: General Discussion
Topic: BloodBath- great Server- HUGE problem.
Replies: 11
Views: 4762

It's called bloodbath for a very good reason.
As for cheating, it happens to be the most copped server I have ever played on, usually with 2-6 admins keeping a good eye out for cheaters and TKers.
by AAA
Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:37 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Physics
Replies: 9
Views: 3763

For a game that developed it's own physics, graphics, and network engines from scrach, BZFlag is a very well written game. I know JeffM says otherwise, but when it comes to learning game development, I recommend looking at the BZFlag source (no one I know has actually been hired as a result, however...
by AAA
Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:17 pm
Forum: Screenshots & Artwork
Topic: Accepting Screenshots for the new BZFlag.org Website
Replies: 22
Views: 10093

Erm... I was being serious. If you wanted screenshots that are appealing to new users, just say so. http://bzflag.redjacket.ws/media/screenshots/bloodbath_2/bzfi0089.png Scaling the image and compressing it still got it rejected because of filesize (which phpbb doesn't tell you if there is an error)...
by AAA
Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:49 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Flag or server setting - Sticky Bullets.
Replies: 30
Views: 11516

True, the server has no ideas where walls are. It is up to the client to make bullets ricoshet. I can imagine, however, running a .bzw or .bwc file through a processor that maps the world to a list of sticky walls, and with each shot fired it determines what wall it hit and places a WW bullet moving...
by AAA
Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:15 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: RecordReplay.cxx
Replies: 4
Views: 2764

The whole idea of the plugin API is to make it simple to interact with server events, and if by plugins alone you cannot create phantom tanks (or bots for that matter) you at least should have all the resources available to record a file that record/replay can read. I do not do very much plugin prog...
by AAA
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:50 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: New flag (cos its time for a change)
Replies: 14
Views: 6641

Prehaps they cleaned the page up, the only one I could find was GalaGa (GG): "When this flag is held, your tank becomes 1.5 (to 2) times wider. However, you are able to shoot two bullets at the cost of one (like a dual fighter in Galaga)." It really isn't too much different in power then, ...