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The tanks look like they are stationary. Perhaps they need to ignite their flames underneath to become hover tanks?

Very cool.

You created an inside version of each of each face, which is not usually a problem. However, in your case it masked the real problem in your 6 2 7 3 face which is not the correct order. Here is a fixed version in which I removed all the unnecessary inside faces: mesh name 1 vertex 40 200 0 #0 am I t...

A Distraction, the problem you're having can be explained by the fact that I posted the sounds in the wrong format, which work fine on some, but not all platforms. I converted them, and replaced the zip file at the top of this thread. also, the good people at bzflagr have offered a place that you ca...

oops, I forgot a couple of my favorite ones. Let me know what you think of the "flames" sound at the end of the explosion.

Here are some copyright free, sound samples immunogoblin and I have been working on. These are just a first try, so your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Drop these in your Resources directory (after renaming the original sounds). I have had fun playing bz with these sounds for a while now. It...

heh, they should have included how easily people get offended to innocuous statements made by others. :) I can see what you mean, blue tank, but I'm pretty sure what they found surprising was the ability for us to carry on in-depth conversations while doing all the other stuff required for the game ...

That is some strange behavior, I'm not sure why it is doing that. It seems that the client spawns in-between the cake layers of the bases. I think if you build your cake differently it will solve the problem: box name Base1_2 position 400 0 0 size 100 100 16 rotation 45 outside matref blue top matre...

When I was testing my graphics-card-killing map I found that when I got 30-45 fps on the MacBook Pro, a lot of people had under 20fps, (perhaps 20% found it unplayable?). So I aim for 50-60 fps as the minimum when I'm testing maps. Here's a picture of someone playing at my map: http://gizmodo.com/ga...

pfft... me coding stuff.... but yeh i suck wih coding.. but yeh... im not sure wut the problem is... ... is that a prblem? Mapmaking is coding. There are tools that make it a bit easier, but one would be foolish to rely on these tools entirely. so wut am i suppsed to do now =( The next step is to g...

I think you can avoid having to use texcoords if you name the "bottom" vertices of your face first. That is, start in the lower left-hand corner when you create your face. material name wall texture boxwall diffuse 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.68 end define wall mesh vertex -18 51 1 #0 labeling your v...

This is something that I'd love to have implemented. I don't think it would be too complex if we treated the sounds as if they were textures. Include the http link to the sound object or cue in the map file and give the player the option to download the "sound textures." I would also like ...

Its possible that bzfs starts up on its own when you open the Terminal. Another thing that may cause the error is that something else is using that port, though I can't imagine what, or how.


I would try running on a different port (bzfs -p 5156) to see if I still get the error.

heh, thanks guys, I wasn't sure if it would be recognizable. I've been working on the smiley face for some time now. The hardest part was timing the screenshot for just the right moment.

Yep, that was meteorite's laggy test server :)

T E D I U S :)

see it?

Its a good idea, I'd love to help if you need it. It will be great to have some powerful sounds that sit well when mixed. I think thats where the effort should be concentrated. As for trying to make the mix less chaotic by decreasing the sustain and decay, I think you run the risk of making the game...

what they said ^^.

(original post deleted) They beat me to it.

Twice now I've played with some great teammates. We would wait to clear out the middle, then capture and hold it with Wings and Stealth flags. Only when we had control of the middle could we work on our strategy to capture the team flags. It is not an easy map. If you're up for the challenge, and if...

make sure you also have -fb in your options. It allows you to place flags on "buildings"

I like it a lot, it is straightforward and gameplay-centric. I hope people play it. It's a clever use of physics, ah3. I don't think it would hurt to open the sides so that jumpers can play over there if so inclined. Also, I might have passed over it just because of the name. Battlefield CTF sounds ...

I use a lot of paper. I sketch on blank paper, design on graph-paper and try to have things pretty well planned out before I work on the code itself. Occasionally I'll use blender, but I like to script everything in PHP to create the bzw file. So it takes me about 1.5 seconds to make the map (once t...

Wow, I just became aware of a mistake in that last version. This one should be right.

Yes, "Calypso's Wrath" uses my whirlpool, but anomaly's map predates both that map and the movie it is based on.

This is a great map. Anomaly's maps are all well-thought-out, simple, and fun to play on. Just like a Mac.

F687/S, you have a 200 unit long box and you are spinning it on the x-axis, like an airplane propellar. Perhaps you'd get the results you expect if you spun it on the z-axis like: spin 45.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 or alternatively, you may find it more easier to use the rotation parameter instead: rotation 45.0

I wish it had an option to clear the current text out of the current bzw, before exporting, instead of appending. If you type on the command-line: php dImachine.php > yourmap.bzw instead of: php dImachine.php >> yourmap.bzw it will replace your original "yourmap.bzw" instead of appending ...

PETER wrote:You can edit this map and post it here if you want...

I made a couple of minor changes. I don't know if they would be considered improvements.

I agree with Joe, it is a cool concept.