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Your tank speed affects the distance (actually the speed). Just try it. Go backwards and fire, paying attention to the distance you are getting) and then try doing it while going forwards. Your tank velocity affects the bullet velocity (they may be added together, though I am not sure on that one),...

CannonBallGuy
Well I'm not stupid, I just don't see any way to close the model in Wings3D

I don't see any "make face" that Me1 talked about, and the tutorials on wings3d.com on how to close holes only work on outer faces (eg solid objects)

I have a model thanks to Me1.

Me1 Thank you so much! the term "solid" is incorrect, as mesh models only define the outer "faces" of an object. they are all hollow inside. Capping is simply making faces, it's not automatic you just make faces that cover the holes, so it looks solid, as me1 has done for you. B...

I changed the name from EMP Pulse to EMP Pulse Cannon. abbreviation is still EP. Changed rendering a little, still a little stumped how render nodes and effects work, but with quarter/golf ball sized hail and flash flood/tornado warnings I have been preocupied today. (we had a tornado sighting 22.7 ...

Spazzy Mcgee
If I wanted a bzfs model I would have posted in Map making sub-forum

JeffM2501
I'm sorry I don't know what you mean, In the two years I've been using Wings3D I've never found a way to make hollow objects solid...

Constitution
Basically that's the point

Constitution I think we all agree a single list server that every time you start has a different game mode is silly, but think outside the box for a minute and think if you could re-do the lists so that FFA, CTF, and RH were all removed from something. It's like opening a candy jar and there being ...

Does anybody have a solid bzflag tank model? the one I have (http://opencombat.net/files/tank.obj) isn't solid.

Cheers

That Exploding Tank
Technically FlashBang wouldn't be able to.

Either way I don't think it would fly over with the devs though.

I got all but the rendering of EMP Pulse done. I added four variables here's an explanation (When rendering is done I'll post a patch) _empActivationTime, exactly like _gmActivationTime, means pulses won't activate till that time (I think default around 1.5 seconds and 2 seconds is good) _empRange s...

If I understood this right, you want to edit some textfile to change your settings? Did you know that there is a config file where you can change even more than the in-game menus offer? Nononononononono, port the "loading" of the menus to text files, not pure source-code creation. And may...

Slayer++
Stereo only works on certain... um... video cards?

I'm not sure, I remember reading a post a while back about stereo view only working on certain computers. I'm not sure if it's video card based, or OS/Driver based.

Been thinking more about EMP pulse... what if it made a buzzing sound or a ka-zap sound when you fired it? huh? sound cool?

me1 wrote:there wouldn't really be a use, since people can already do it without a flag...

People that know how. Isn't that a little advantageous for some people?

Been thinking about EMP Pulse, this would be a powerful flag against dodgers. Also been thinking about rendering, I want it to shoot like a normal bullet but be like white and have like zaps coming out of it... What do you guys think? (on low detail settings it would be white/bluish) Me1 No as a HUD...

How about this:
Open BZFlag goto, Options->Cache Settings

Clear both listserver and file caches, this will make it where you have to download all your maps again.

Also what version of bzflag are you using?

Looks to me like the message lagged, not uncommon...

More idea's: In Phantom zone, objects should be partially transparent. And the HUD should be jittery, (like whenever Frodo puts on the ring in Lord Of the Rings movies) I saw a non-shader way tutorial a while back that did that. Not to mention a junkload of flash tutorials for that. I don't know the...

Ok got a few minor enhancements ideas... Moving Message Prompt Effect: When you hit a button to start typing a message (n m , . z) instead of the prompt appearing below radar and info box, it appears above them. Reason I want it: I have a monitor when it turns on and is "cold" it will be w...

Have the client open up with a different list each time you launch it. If I open the client now and it shows the CTF list, it would remember the setting and choose rabbit hunt next time. The third time I open the client it would show the free for all list. Rinse and repeat. That would be complicate...

Here's what I mean. Have a very easy way for maps to be downloadable(if said owners of such maps don't have a problem with it of course) via the bzflag client and be able to choose the amount of bots in them, for practice purposes. Or even better, have BZflag configurable so that you can have multi...

I believe that your MPH figure for light should be Miles Per Second, and therefore the correct MPH figure is 670,616,629.2 MPH. Comparison must be between like terms. ;-) ack! the page I got it off of said 186,282.397 Miles per hour, not Miles per second >.< That's why I posted that, cause the numb...

yowl.org is a webpage, and has nothing on it, just a Title of "Bye"

I think your trying to say he'd need code modifications, but I'm not sure, it's worded oddly. yes he would, or we'd convert his model into the C code used by the game. Ether way would work. Yeah that's what I meant, I didn't know much about how the tank was rendered. What's all this about C code? W...

asciimonster wrote:I'm sure this isn't allowed for copyright reasons

Not in mainstream bzflag release, but a sound you legally acquired would be legal for you to do yourself.

When an explosion happens far away, in bzflag, the boom is a little less loud when it happens right besides you. As far as I can tell you can hear explosions that happen far away at the same time as you can see them boom. Doesn't BZFlag use OpenAL? I always thought that the sound was correct. Note ...