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Like Joevano said, you need to learn to search more... but as i know this is a topic i struggled with, im thinking about making a tutorial (in video form) soon about the basics of making a map by hand

Ok, I think I was typing the paths wrong earlier... Got it now. Thanks!

ok, but I need a command to type in before that so it knows what to do with the paths and variables i typed in. And what directory do i need to be in when i type this in?

normally I start my server through the client GUI, though I have started it through terminal before a long time ago (and I remember it took me a day or to to figure it out) So my map is in user/bzworlds/quickshot.bzw in terminal I typed: cd bzworlds then bzfs -quickshot.bzw -passwd 123 It keeps sayi...

Well, alezakos' idea seems like the easiet, but I'm not figuring it out. Do I type that in the map file? or like in a terminal window? (btw i'm on MacOS) If its the map file, where in the file? if its in the terminal, what directory do I need to be in? and what command?

So lately, I've been playing a lot of BZF with some friends on my LAN. Problem is, I'd like to be able to use regular server commands to change bullet speed and other variables. Anyone know how I might go about doing that?
Thanks!
Sniper752

As Allejo said, put your map in the map releases forum. If its good enough, I can probably host it for you.

IMO, that could be a neat play style. You would just have to write a plugin that would only give the cop the ability to give flags to his team, and not the other team. I wouldn't put superflags on the ground for this. maybe have the team be able to vote for a cop change? (just trying to expand on yo...

OK, so how many names have you gone through so far? And yeah, i never would expect you to leave. you don't seem capable (for good or bad)

I use iBZEdit (pretty much the only map .bzw editor) It has its quirks and such, but its pretty stable. Downside is, it doesn't fully support meshes, and does not at all support textures or spheres/cones/arcs/etc. Generally I will finish the map in iBZEdit, naming everything so I know what it is in ...

Would anyone be willing to walk me through how to build/ compile the 2.4.2 version on a mac? (Mac version 10.7.4)

I'd try, but... I have no programming experience and have no idea whatsoever how to do that

ok, that has got to be one of the biggest let downs ever! I'm running mac (Lion, and Mountain Lion) and soooooooo want the joystick hats option

Dartman, This is meant just to be a FFA style map. Unless someone can come up with one amazing idea. OD, Why didn't I think of random tells on chance? great idea! Now I just gotta figure out how to code conveyors for the railroads. bullet, so should I set a WW shockwave to fire like every five minut...

Ok, I am working on a "BZFopoly" map, based off of a traditional monopoly board. I need Ideas... Here are a few I have so far: (DONE) 3D jail with a tele from the "go to jail" space. You can not drive out of the jail (except by tele), but you can shoot through the bars cash under...

1) amend the operation of the masquerade flag so that if you get hit by a geno-holding opposing player, it kills their team. To be clear, if I'm red, and you're green (see what I did there ;-), and I'm holding MQ and you're holding the green flag, and you shoot me, all greens die. Adds a litle risk...

Plugin Capture the Base has been requested by Sniper752 and added to the queue. The goal of the plugin is to create a "Capture the Base" play style. - Assumption Made Plugin uses a custom map object called CTB which will contain the parameters position, size, and color. -Once an opponent ...

For once, Planet Mofo pleased me! This is by far the best rabbit hunt I've been on!

Plugin Title: Capture the Base Plugin Purpose: to make the Capture the Base play style work similar the the KotH play style Plugin Description: This plugin will require a map object to define base zones (similar to the KotH zone (3 dimensions). When a player enters another teams base, the message &...

Some symbols don't seem to work in the BZF client. "&" and "#" I know as a fact don't work. I wouldn't be surprised of other similar symbols wouldn't work in the cline, such as !@^* etc. so if your password has any symbols like these it in, try changing it to a password that ...

I doubt another version would have a substantial effect, it may have a slight impact, but none that would be long lasting. But if you wish to pursue this you could always contribute ;) I would, I so would. But I don't have time to learn the programming language and all that. Life has been busy late...

Reading through this topic, all I am reading is people complaining about a better version... I don't understand what is so wrong with 2.4. I think the up grade is much better, and kudos to the people who worked on it. Nuff said. C.Dogg9200 right, and if BZ doesn't keep upgrading, It's gonna die soo...

Something I noticed in relation to the CustomFlags plugin: You may want to find a different abbreviation for the Circumference (CI) which looks just like the Cloaking (Cl) abbreviation perhaps CC? Also, in your first post about the CF.cpp, you mentioned that the Circumference spray would be abbrevia...

I didn't have a "BZFlag" folder in application support, so I made my own, and added the DownloadAccess.txt file, left it blank, but nothing worked

So I wanted to allow image downloads from the mofo servers... but I can't find the "DownloadAccess.txt" (or whatever name it was) that it mentioned. I'm on a Mac (10.7.4)
Help?