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Long shots on radar

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Can someone, please, tell me where is (or how is called) in the BZFlag configiguration the line that is used to set the long shots on the radar? I only need:
if is on the line 100;36;25;11 etc...
if is called linear_shot_radar or something like that... :P
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P.S. is nothing to do with "What about your Operating System" but I don't want to open a new topic for a stupid thing like that.... :)
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Fox in the Fog wrote: P.S. is nothing to do with "What about your Operating System" but I don't want to open a new topic for a stupid thing like that.... :)
Yes you do! Otherwise an admin (like me) must waste their time splitting the topic and editing the title for you. Please read the FAQs...
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Re: Long shots on radar

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Strg+F -> "linedradarshots" -> ENTER -> Done.
PS: Better start new topics, makes more sense when you are talking about something else.
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What do you mean with: Strg+F ?
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Strg+F will open a search box that allows you to search for certain text pasages in most text editors.
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Yes, I understand now, I have find the line on the BZFlag configuration that is called linedradarshots, and I have also changed the 2 to 40 and I have saved.... But when I open BZFlag the shots are normal.... Why?
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/me sees no "Strg" key on the keyboard
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It's known as "Ctrl" elsewhere.
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I don't understand yet, because I have found the line called "linedradarshots" and was set on 2... I have changed to 40 and I have saved the configuration, but on BZFlag the shots are like before. Why?
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Please post a copy of your config (attach it to a message) so we can help you figure out what is going wrong. Remove your password from the file first.
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This is my Configuration file...
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From your configuration file:

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set linedradarshots 2
looks like you didn't save your changes.
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Your conf still says "set linedradarshots 2" ;)

Here is the order you should edit your conf in:

Close BZFlag.
Open the conf.
Edit the conf.
Save the conf.
Open BZFlag.

You can not edit the conf while bzflag is open because it just overwrites it when it quits. Changes take effect on restart only.

If you want to change something in game, do /localset linedradarshots 40
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You can also bind a key to toggle between lengths.

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bind A down "toggle linedradarshots 10 60"
That's what I have and it's really useful :)
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Under what circumstances do you find the short lines more useful, Bambino? I have mine fixed at 40, which works well except for situations with tight ricochet. But even those situations are usually too short-lived to make it worthwhile to adjust in real time.
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Bullet Catcher wrote:Under what circumstances do you find the short lines more useful, Bambino?
I used to play on Castle Warfare and there is a smaller set world size there so the 60 shot lines I normally have are to larger for the map (almost longer than the map) so I bound it to a key toggle to make it easier. It was starting to give me a headache.
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Re: Long shots on radar

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Thanks to all! :D Now everything is clear in my mind...! :P
Very cool also Bambino, the /localset command :)
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