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Firstly it is not very clear what exactly you have in mind with the idea of momentum. Are you suggesting the shockwave is like a giant shot that travels in a straight path, or it is remote controlled with some acceleration limit, or something else? Each of these interpretations is quite different, b...

This was a while ago, but I got 5 points for killing myself and initiating a rampage.

These two maps demonstrate the same bug, showing that something as trivial as the world size can affect whether you die. options -sb -set _shotSpeed 10 -set _flagEffectTime 0 end world size 75 end weapon pos 0 0 50 initdelay 5 delay 3 tilt 2.29 end zone pos 0 0 52.975 size 0 0 0 team 0 1 2 3 4 end b...

GM shots aren't bigger than normal shots. If they were, a server variable would be appropriate. Technically, normal shots and GM shots do not even have a radius. GM shots have their strange behaviours too (I might get corrected for calling them bugs): having a GM shot inside you does not mean you wi...

Joining doesn't always work.
Way too laggy.

If the status at the top center of the window is half off the screen, you can adjust it either by
/localset showCoordinates 0
or
/localset showVelocities 3
It's there when coordinates are turned on.

I still hear mention of this.

Firstly, this topic might better under Plug-in Development rather than Release. I think the idea of respawning without being killed by another player as punishment is slightly harsh by itself. I can agree with the aim of increasing competitiveness, but that part alone is a little depressing for the ...

It is possible in 2.0; I'm starting on it.

First two look like the height drawing bug.

Skip small text if you are not bored. There is a significant proportion of inactive to active teams, and teamless to teamed players. Some active players would also rather be teamless than join a 'poor' team for long periods of time. I can only guess the reasons might be 1) not wanting to commit to a...

I don't see why anyone is complaining about the theme at all. It might not be the most amazing artwork that you've seen in your life, but hey, it works and doesn't make you get eye cancer. Plus, it's unpaid, voluntary work. Plus you can choose between a handful of styles and eventually find the one...

Skybox gives me headache... I haven't seen anyone dare to do skybox or skydome with a definite-size unrepeated image to precision (I haven't been looking either). About fog, I would never count on someone having the effect setting on. Some people just don't feel the need to blind themselves. You can...

Put it above the ground.
Height >= 0.000001

bool getPlayerPosition(int playerID, float PlayerPos[3]) { bz_PlayerRecord* player = bz_getPlayerByIndex(playerID); if (!player) { return false; } memcpy(PlayerPos, player->pos, sizeof(float[3])); return true; } I was under the impression if you didn't bz_freePlayerRecord(player) something bad woul...

I think some of these people have problems unrelated to bans. I've had connection problems with bzexcess.com for years, mostly joining (global login approved, but the rest of the loading doesn't finish, bzadmin sometimes can't join) and sometimes really bad lag, most noticeably chat lag. Blast sugge...

lol once i got 655XX and then bzflag crashed.

Nice plugin. There is one code thing to fix, I think: else if ( key == "AUTOTIME" && nubs->size() > 0 ) keepaway.autoTimeOn = true; else if ( key == "AUTOTIME" && nubs->size() > 2 ) { double temp1 = (double)atof(nubs->get(1).c_str()); // etc } becomes else if ( ke...

I'm changing from option 2 to option 1.

option 3.. who votes no has 1 life =x option : 3 Just a guess but I'll bet that few matches have the lead change in the last 10 minutes. I'd like to see some stats on that though. 99.6% of the time bart still loses in the last 10 minutes. I choose Option 3 :tired: Pros: Procrastinating for an extra...

snick wrote:I know this because I have accurately simulated lag on a locally hosted server so I
know what the true lag is and what the figures show.

How did you attempt to calculate the true lag?

Seems easier with high gravity.

Didn't Moonpix also show a way to calculate exactly where a bullet was in relation to the real place of a lagger using an equation where lag times a constant could be applied to trailing shot lines on radar? Provided the lag numbers were accurate, that equation should make it obvious if a cheat was...

It seems like this got harder on vc2010 with msbuild and individual project settings

Although this is a great effort it lacks many points that need to be made: Jitter is the absolute worst aspect of lag. As has already been pointed out in some way, it seems like your comment is better directed as a general speech rather than relating to the lag article. What is overlooked here... I...

This has probably been said before (hm if I'm not mistaken this has been on 2.x versions too: in low detail, other tanks' treads aren't visible -- they look a bit ghostly.
What is the 'static'/noise in the view of the dark sky for?