Radar Management

[Sky King]

The thread on controls for newbies got me thinking about how I've reassigned keys on my keyboard.

The one single thing that I have done (besides experience) that has improved my BZ game more than anything else...

I changed the radar zoom levels assigned to keys 1,2, and 3; and assigned radar zoom levels to keys 4, 5, and 6. I fiddled around with various zoom levels and came up with zoom settings that were just what I needed for certain situations. For instance, I play Boxy and LaserMania quite a bit... In Boxy, if I am a tower sniper, I press 4 and the zoom is just exactly right. If I am capping and am making the entry into your fort, I press 2 and the zoom is just right for that job.

BTW, these changes had to be made by text editing the config file, not in the options screen in BZ.

I may have to doctor up my zoom presets a bit if I started playing another map a lot, but right now, I have 1-2-3-4 set just right for Boxy situations and 1-5-6 set just right for LaserMania situations.

[Joe-Schmoe]

The only thing I've changed on my radar is changing the size of the bullets.

I've found the three preset zooms to be adequate, sometimes I zoom out to 3 just to get a general idea where everyone is, and then go immediately back to 2. All I need, really.

[The Red Baron]

The radar is the single most powerful asset in Bz, learn to configure it and use it.

[nouveau]

Is it possible to have 2 radars at the same time with several zooms?

[ducktape]

no thats not possible like Jeffm would say: it would'nt be bzflag anymore

[Hannibal]

How do you change the radar pre-sets? I know it can, just cant seem to do it.

[Saber]

I think it's with the config file but I'm not sure.

[CannonBallGuy]

It is..