Looking for pinball and three team maps

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Looking for pinball and three team maps

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I'm looking for two maps.

One is the pinball map, which I saw somewhere a few weeks ago, but cannot seem to loacate again. I figure that map is ripe for some colors and physics drivers, and I would like to update it.
Searching this forum gets me an early version, I was hoping for a final verion.


The other is a three team map that I heard was created by bamf, and hosted by bzg. It was triangular. That's all I know about that one.

Does anybody have any hints?
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That was fast..

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Tropican8 seems to be the last one who ran PinBall. here is a quote from him.

Made by root, modified for public use by rambo, modified again due to the map breaking in 2.0. (teles stopped working) Best run in rabbit mode.

Looks like I'l be runing pinball someday soon. It's official name is TILT. Thats why i couldn't find it.
.....Still looking for the triangle three team map.
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Well, FYI, I was hoping to start a symmetrical 3 team CTF map. :D
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I was in fact the last one to host Pinball in my short-lived rotation. It also was the only map in my rotation not by 1badplayer.

I quickly looked at the original and my copy and there are quite a few differences.

Here's what I think is an accurate changelog based on what I know (I've played the map since release at every host of it):

1. Root(er) makes the map and eventually posts it here: http://my.bzflag.org/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1513

2. Rambo adds the checker pattern on the south center ground and the fall-through floor on the west wall. (This is the 'normal' rabbit version that everyone played) He also is the one who started calling the map 'Pinball'.

3. Then at some point the teleporter links were deleted from Rambo's version. This is the version that was on 'Logic Systems bzflag server'. This server soared to the top of the list by using about 50 bots. It also was a lagfest.

4. Later another person got a hold of the map (don't know his name) and re-made the links. He also tore down the eastern wall completely to make the map more 'open', This guy's server disappeared and I grabbed the map.


Hope all of that is right. Root or Rambo feel free to correct me.
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this is a pinball map
dont know if its the one you want
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It's been awhile since I've seen my 3 team ctf map (triangular), it's nothing special, very basic. I'll see if bzg still has a copy of it.
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A-D, i could try a 3-team CTF. symmetrical? i guess ill try.
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I found a copy of the triangular 3 team ctf map (Arena Tank Bowl) at home. I'm pretty sure the bases need to be reconfigured with the newer versions of bzflag (this was written around the 1.7 days), they may appear off.

This was fun to play, gave ctf a different feel using 3 teams. If you end up putting it on a server, let everyone know.
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Thanx Bamf

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Thanx Bamf.
It looks like Hannibal is going to make an all new 3 team map. Maybe this will give him some ideas. (I was really asking for him.)
I'll probably get around to fixing it, seems easy enough, but I have four maps I'm working on work on already.
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whoa..thats nice.
The one im doing seems to be one thatll take a while.
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A Meteorite wrote:Well, FYI, I was hoping to start a symmetrical 3 team CTF map. :D

How do you do that? I thought symmetrical meant it was the same on each side, and yet 3 is an uneven number, so how you gonna make that?
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Ice Wewe wrote:How do you do that? I thought symmetrical meant it was the same on each side, and yet 3 is an uneven number, so how you gonna make that?
One could be in center, or it could be a pyramid pattern. Either way the bases would be equidistant from one another and the map a mirror image of itself.
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Equalateral

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Its called an equalateral triangle.
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Post by Spazzy McGee »

you can have 3 way symmetry ice wewe. An equilateral triangle.
any regular shape has symmetry, e.g. a hexagon has 6 ways of symmetry, a icossagon has 20. :)




there was a three way ctf map around once, back before 2.0.... hmmm
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Re: Equalateral

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A-Delusion wrote:Its called an equalateral triangle.
I need more sleep, pyramid pattern, equalateral triangle, you get the idea.
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