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Hi, I was almost done with my map, but I was trying to add physics drivers for jumps from the corners. But they didn't work, and I realized I had to make them meshboxes. But something about the meshbox code is stopping the map from working, and I can't test it. What is wrong? I tried to run it in iBZEdit to find out what lines were wrong, but it can't support zones or meshboxes anyway.

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# Created with iBZEdit on Wed Sep 08 15:03:37 2010
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    meshbox
      name JumpTop
      position -195 195 0
      size 5 5 0
      rotation 0
      shift 0 0 0
      shear 0 0 0
      scale 0 0 0
      spin 0 0 0
      phydrv JumpTop
      obstacle
    end
The spin attribute takes 4 values, not 3. This is what is causing your problem. Check the manual page for the BZW format.
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Re: Code not working

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Thanks, but I got another problem.

I changed the code and tried it, and I started a server successfully (great!).

Then I quit the game and came back 7 hours or so later, and now I can't make any server for any map, even random map. It says, failed (exit=2). What do I do?
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Also, how would I add genostats?
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Do not use the "Start Server" menu in the game to run a server. If an error occurs, you will have no way of knowing what error. Run bzfs from the command prompt or terminal with the correct paramaters. As for adding genostats, you'd first have to compile and install that plugin, and then it's as easy as adding "-loadplugin genostats" to your configuration.

Edit: Here is where genostats was from: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=12418

I modified it to respond to /gs as well.
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Re: Code not working

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Ok...

I tried to set up a server for the map. I completely confused myself and am totally clueless.

I opened bzfs and it said that it can't run a server, perhaps one is already running? Then it logged out. I couldn't type anything.

I got this iBZServer application somewhere, is that of any use? I tried to run a server with it but it didn't work.

I tried the "Running a Server on Mac OSX" thread but I couldn't download the files.

I tried the How to Run a Public Server thread but I couldn't complete any of the steps.

What do I do?
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I can't help you there, but I did notice an error. Your physics are after the object it's used in, but they need to be before.
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Hi,
To check it "bzfs" is already running:
Go to the utilities folder and open activity monitor, in the upper right corner of the activity monitor window there should be a search field type in "bzfs". If it's already running it should appear in the list select it and press "Quit Process" then quit.

To start a local server:
I assume you already know this but anyway,
Navigate to where bzflag is located and right click it chose show package contents and navigate to Contents/MacOS/bzfs
drop this file into a open terminal window it should now read something like this:

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Last login: Thu Sep  9 19:21:33 on ttys000
McSpiders-MacBook-Pro:~ mcspider$ /Applications/Games/Action/BZFlag-2.0.16.app/Contents/MacOS/bzfs
now add -world and drop in your world file it should read something like this:

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Last login: Thu Sep  9 19:21:33 on ttys000
McSpiders-MacBook-Pro:~ mcspider$ /Applications/Games/Action/BZFlag-2.0.16.app/Contents/MacOS/bzfs -world /Users/mcspider/Documents/BZFlag/Maps-WIP/DownUnder\(fin\).bzw
you can add any other options you wish such as:

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Last login: Thu Sep  9 19:21:33 on ttys000
McSpiders-MacBook-Pro:~ mcspider$ /Applications/Games/Action/BZFlag-2.0.16.app/Contents/MacOS/bzfs -world /Users/mcspider/Documents/BZFlag/Maps-WIP/DownUnder\(fin\).bzw -tk -passwd omni -ddd
And I would recommend that you try running a server with -ddd it will show all the errors in the map file (if any).

to make it public you need to add these options:

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-public " Your server name " <your server name>
-publicaddr 000.000.000.000:8080  <your IP and Port>
-p 8080 <port to listen on>
Don't include the <descriptions>
This should work but if you have any questions ask them. :wink:
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Thanks tankx and McSpider!

I started a server correctly, and then I couldn't make another after I fixed a problem with the map.

This is the code for my meshboxes:

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physics
  name JumpTop
  linear 200 -200 200
end

meshbox
  name JumpTop
  position -195 195 0
  size 5 5 0
  rotation 0
  shift 0 0 0
  shear 0 0 0
  scale 0 0 0
  spin 0 0 0 0
  phydrv JumpTop
end

physics
  name JumpBottom
  linear -200 200 200
end

meshbox
  name JumpBottom
  position 195 -195 0
  size 5 5 0
  rotation 0
  shift 0 0 0
  shear 0 0 0
  scale 0 0 0
  spin 0 0 0 0
  phydrv JumpBottom
end
It still doesn't work, what is the problem?

I took out "obstacle" line because the terminal rejected it, and the boxes didn't appear.
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The only thing I see is you have 0 for the meshbox's z size.
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CaptainHiggins wrote: I started a server correctly, and then I couldn't make another after I fixed a problem with the map.
hmm, the only reason I can think of for that is that you didn't stop the previous server.
You can try checking with activity monitor as I described above.
To stop a server you should go to the terminal window that the server is running in and press cmd and . or if you have a server password setup use /shutdownserver
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Doesn't Ctrl-C work on OSX?
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Yes, Ctrl-C does work for OSX in terminal to abort the currently running process, but only if you didn't tell the process to run in the background.

another option would be to use the command "kill -KILL pid" in termial to stop the process, if you know the pid of the process you want to kill.

you could use the command "ps -ax | grep bzfs" (without the quotes) to get the pid

Activity Monitor, is nice for those wanting a GUI program to see/kill processes with and more. It's similar to Task Manager for Windows
This web page has a picture of it,
http://oreilly.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/04 ... nitor.html
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