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by Bullet Catcher
Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So You Think You Can Dodge
Replies: 3
Views: 2436

Re: So You Think You Can Dodge

My reflexes aren't fast enough, and I don't have the precision control necessary to dodge that well. Thus, my call sign. :P
by Bullet Catcher
Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why are there only like 30 people playing BZFLAG at one time
Replies: 60
Views: 27398

Re: Why are there only like 30 people playing BZFLAG at one

To paraphrase what psycho said, the current BZFlag situation is the result of independent personal choices made by many individual people. The only meaningful restrictions on BZFlag developers are those that they have created in their own minds. Misquoting President Kennedy: ask not what BZFlag can ...
by Bullet Catcher
Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:43 pm
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: Riker’s Winter Cup 2014 North America vs Europe/Asia?????
Replies: 57
Views: 20788

Re: Riker’s Winter Cup 2014 North America vs Europe/Asia????

Any player who is in the geographic regions of North America and Europe is eligible to participate in the Riker Cup. When you say "geographic regions" are you referring to physical geography or cultural geography? I am not making up that distinction, and this is a nice example of how diff...
by Bullet Catcher
Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:01 pm
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: Riker’s Winter Cup 2014 North America vs Europe/Asia?????
Replies: 57
Views: 20788

Re: Riker’s Winter Cup 2014 North America vs Europe/Asia????

there is not a clear/publicized documentation that shows everything about the Rikers. Over the years the GU admins have consistently refused to create detailed written rules covering every possible situation, despite repeated requests for such from a few players. I do not expect any change in that ...
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:33 pm
Forum: 1vs1 League Discussion
Topic: A new year, a new beginning.
Replies: 16
Views: 15546

Re: A new year, a new beginning.

Changing the scoring system to give less weight to results as they get older would give emphasis to current players without having to do an occasional reset. Another approach is "seasons" as used in the Ducati league, where a reset is done on a regular schedule with recognition for the top...
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:25 am
Forum: Players
Topic: On Master-Ban-List?!
Replies: 10
Views: 4895

Re: On Master-Ban-List?!

swissboy is someone else who uses the same ISP as you. He has used so many different IP addresses that it was necessary to block many thousands just to keep him out. Apologies for the inconvenience to you, but he is so obnoxious that it is worth it.
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:47 am
Forum: Players
Topic: On Master-Ban-List?!
Replies: 10
Views: 4895

Re: On Master-Ban-List?!

swissboy is deservedly banned on many individual servers, but is not in the master ban list. The quickest way to get playing is to send a private message here on BZBB to the relevant server owner and politely ask to be added to their whitelist group.
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:25 pm
Forum: Help: Server Setup and Administration
Topic: Request Global Permission Groups here
Replies: 357
Views: 231124

Re: Request Global Permission Groups here

We will not create any "stfu" group. Please choose a nicer group name.
by Bullet Catcher
Mon Jul 22, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: Plug-in Development
Topic: BZHue
Replies: 6
Views: 4933

Re: BZHue

Watch the faces of the players in the video to see how much fun it is to play BZFlag!
by Bullet Catcher
Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:55 am
Forum: Game Releases and Versions
Topic: The New Version Of Bzflag
Replies: 8
Views: 13037

Re: The New Version Of Bzflag

We are waiting for you to learn computer programming so you can make those changes yourself, Latin Heat. We are all counting on you to do well in your math, physics, and art classes so you will have the background required to improve our favorite game.
by Bullet Catcher
Sat May 25, 2013 5:12 pm
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: Suggestion To Limit Team Creation :: Please Read
Replies: 5
Views: 1855

Re: Suggestion To Limit Team Creation :: Please Read

Does it matter which team you are on? If the answer is "yes" then we will continue to allow anyone to create and build the team they want. If the answer is "no" then you should be content to play fun matches, where official team membership is irrelevant, when there are no opponen...
by Bullet Catcher
Thu May 09, 2013 4:25 am
Forum: Ducati League Discussion
Topic: Flag pass on ducati
Replies: 19
Views: 11755

Re: Flag pass on ducati

Server code changes would be required to add features to the randomly generated maps used in the Ducati league. Anything is possible, but first we have to decide exactly what is wanted. Flag passing is done by creating an "unsafe" location on the map (easy to do). If a flag is dropped ther...
by Bullet Catcher
Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:07 pm
Forum: Help: Setup / Hardware / Performance Issues
Topic: Bzflag failed when building on Linux Fuduntu 2013.2
Replies: 8
Views: 3253

Re: Bzflag failed when building on Linux Fuduntu release 201

/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libGL.so when searching for -lGL
/usr/lib64/libGL.so is what you need to link with on your 64-bit computer. I don't know the best way to make that happen.
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:27 pm
Forum: Help: Source Code / Compiling / Development
Topic: how to get started
Replies: 1
Views: 3822

Re: how to get started

Most of the information you need is in the BZFlag wiki, including an overview of the BZFlag source code and basic instructions for compiling the software. The code isn't always easy to follow, unfortunately. The list of outstanding bugs is a good place to find something to work on.
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:59 pm
Forum: Help: Source Code / Compiling / Development
Topic: Compiling error
Replies: 3
Views: 4148

Re: Compiling error

The build system is designed to work when running as a normal user, so don't use root privileges when building BZFlag. After successfully building it a sudo make install command is usually appropriate to make bzflag run correctly from any current working directory. If you have downloaded and unpacke...
by Bullet Catcher
Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Battlezone
Replies: 2
Views: 2061

Re: Battlezone

It was the 1980s, but if you remember the '70s you can be forgiven for confusing them. 8) Battlezone [wikipedia] was the only arcade game I ever really enjoyed playing, which probably explains my interest in BZFlag.
by Bullet Catcher
Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: A new matching variant for GU league
Replies: 93
Views: 34283

Re: A new matching variant for GU league

Would it be enough to simply allow official reporting of fun matches? Without making any changes to the league website code we could add a red team and a purple team and record fun match results using those teams. This would increase league activity as measured by the number of reported matches. Pla...
by Bullet Catcher
Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BZ tanks
Replies: 0
Views: 1431

BZ tanks

I just returned from a 2-week vacation in the country of Belize, whose 2-letter ISO country code is BZ . I didn't see any military vehicles with treads and turrets, but I took pictures of some of the tanks I did see: bz_tanks.jpg Rain is the only natural source of fresh water on the small islands of...
by Bullet Catcher
Sat Dec 08, 2012 3:51 pm
Forum: Help: Map Making
Topic: how can I vanish a teleporter?
Replies: 7
Views: 3563

Re: how can I vanish a teleporter?

Can the tank warp from a teleporter to the place which there is not another teleporter? If you make the destination teleporter link its two sides to each other, then tanks and shots will pass right through it as though it weren't there. It will still be visible, of course, but that is about as clos...
by Bullet Catcher
Mon Nov 26, 2012 6:35 pm
Forum: Bugs and Problems
Topic: BZFlag application not showing up
Replies: 4
Views: 3522

Re: BZFlag application not showing up

The BZFlag configure step will choose to not compile the bzflag program if it fails to detect certain libraries and header files. Most likely, you installed the missing requirements between the time it failed and the time it succeeded.
by Bullet Catcher
Thu Nov 22, 2012 6:03 am
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: Firebirds have played 1000 matches.
Replies: 6
Views: 2797

Re: Firebirds have played 1000 matches.

Way to go, Firebirds! Your 1000th match was the 10th win in a row and the 13th match in a row without a loss.
by Bullet Catcher
Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:10 am
Forum: Map releases
Topic: Fast Racer Rage
Replies: 19
Views: 6968

Re: Fast Racer Rage

Both the client and server represent distances with single-precision floating point numbers that have about 6 decimal digits of precision. It doesn't really matter whether "round" numbers are used for map positions unless two objects are supposed to be very close but not touching.
by Bullet Catcher
Tue Aug 07, 2012 4:46 am
Forum: Plug-in Releases
Topic: OneVsOne Plugin for 2.4.x
Replies: 14
Views: 7293

Re: OneVsOne Plugin for 2.4.x

It looks like you need to replace BaseUrlHandler with bz_BaseURLHandler in the source code and recompile.
by Bullet Catcher
Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:39 pm
Forum: GU League Discussion
Topic: 2.0.16 replays
Replies: 3
Views: 1757

Re: 2.0.16 replays

I still have the 2.0.x league replay files on BRL, but I don't know about other servers. If you are looking for a specific match then ask about it and the relevant server owner may be able to put up a 2.0.16 replay server with it.