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Look in playing.cxx around line 2568 for 'case MsgMessage:' . That seems to be where the player to player messages are handled. You can follow the logic to figure out how to code your own message mode.

the xorg drivers are the current linux drivers from intel. most distros come with two intel drivers, the older XFree86 (i810) and the newer intel (intel) drivers. Both do the same thing with respect to the zbuffer problem. I have tried both. The intel driver is the default on newer distros like Ubun...

I had this same issue on an intel video card ( my son had same thing on ATI ). I found that it was an issue with the narrowWithDepth function. I commented out the renderNarrowWithDepth function call in TankSceneNode.cxx and that fixed it. Later I added a BZDB variable and a display menu item to turn...

I must have missed this post, sorry for the late reply. very nice, what'd you use to make it? I used blender, made new tracks, and yes I used the original obj file as a starting point. Only selected objects get exported in blender so it was easy to separate the tanks body/tracks from the turret/barr...

I'm too lazy to figure out what might be wrong with your mesh, however, here is another wall mesh that you can try. BZFlag will triangulate mesh faces. If the mesh is already triangulated you can see how it will look in BZ before you export it as bzw. That may be what you are experiencing. material ...

try this
http://my.bzflag.org/w/World_units

I submitted an image last week and it is still in moderation. Would someone let me know if there is a problem with this image please? thanks.

There are many possible explanations for this. One being that it is bogus. pun intended. Having said that, reload time defaults to shotrange / shotspeed , but can be set to any reasonable value. Its also possible that a network issue caused the client to get or read the wrong values for shot range a...

try this for teleporter teleporter tower11 position 0 0 0 size 5 6 6 end teleporter tower12 position 480 900 81 size 5 6 6 end link from tower11:f to tower12:f end link from tower12:b to tower11:b end where did you place the '-c' ? try it in an options block also you can set team sizes there: option...

try using the internal c-ares lib. I had this same issue on ubuntu with c-ares 1.5.1. you will probably have to remove c-ares to use the internal version.

Also it is best to give the computer that is running the server a static IP. If your machine reboots it may get another IP address if it is configured for DHCP. If that happens you will have to change the IP in the router. Sorry, I didn't mean for you to put in the values as I had them. I thought yo...

One thing that has helped me not get "stuck" on mesh maps is rounding the numbers to say three decimal points. I find that floating point values like 123.45e-15 cause issues on some platforms. I have had _way_ fewer issues with players getting stuck and mesh alignment since I modified mode...

Look at the attachment, you'll get the idea. Change any settings as needed.

The 3ds2bzw app does not build by default. What OS are you running. Perhaps someone could build it for your OS.

This is what the source file comments say, so yes it will create a bzflag mesh from a .3ds file. I used it a couple of times years ago and it worked then, If you have the ability to export your 3ds files as obj files, modeltool is probably a better choice. // // 3DS2BZW // // Author: Anonymous // Da...

I created a map a few years ago called Landmine City that uses a mesh plane 0.125x0.125 units that are invisible and use a phydrv to destroy any tank that runs over it. The mines are static of course and not as elegant as the plugin. But they are effective! Even on older clients that don't understan...

the '#' is a single line comment delimiter this is an example code but what does this mean # Add two GM, one OO zoneflag GM 2 OO flag L SW good bad Using zoneflag allows you to add one or more specific flags to that zone. In this case two GM flags and one OO flag will appear in that zone. These flag...

Ratfink: Most source that uses the configure, make, make install also has a make uninstall. You just have to keep the source around. One thing that I do if I'm not sure about an app that I want to try is "configure --prefix=my/home/dir". That way its easier to remove, (don't need to be roo...

Really nice! I am using your skydome on alachua.homelinux.net stonehenge map. I used your grouping tweak. works great. Thanks

You should try this with other 3D games or applications. There are reasons that BZ may be doing this other than just your nvidia drivers. The way BZ is built (threading or not) can also affect the performance. Sometimes windowed mode uses more resources than fullscreen. Minimizing should should stop...

One reason this could be a router issue for you is that TCP is a connection based protocol and UDP is not. As long as there is a TCP connection (you are connected to the bzflag server) the router will keep the port open for TCP. But UDP will require packets to be somewhat continuous to keep the conn...

If running configure again does not work... Some distros have separate SDL libs and headers for sound, image, etc. The configure.ac file does not include a check for SDL sound specifically. Check to make sure you have SDL sound libs and devel packages. Or try using your package manager to install th...

Both wings3d and blender can create meshes and apply images to the mesh as a U/V mapped texture. Both have 3rd party support for importing/exporting BZW maps. Look for BZWTools for blender and there is a wings3d to bzw plugin available. Search the forums. Wings3d is easier to use at first. blender h...

My bad, I had commented out the red spawn zone. Sorry. I have uploaded a corrected zip.

Try rotating the object first. Then position it. The order of transformations is important. Also as Tedius pointed out, the spin of 45 degrees is about the X axis and the Y length is 200 units. This will cause the object to rotate below the ground. Not sure what you're trying to end up with here. Tr...