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If you're on a laptop with low resolution, the option to change the size of the window when it comes up is –window-size=x.

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Feel free to modify those or create your own as you need (assuming you copied the directory). There are a few scripts in the directory that start everything with appropriate flags. The game client is designed to allow players to join game servers and play on the world files.To get a list of the command line options you can use, run: This is not possible with BZAdmin as this only allows administration and messaging and has a command line interface. Some of the features in the BZFlag game client which are not provided in BZAdmin and BZFS are listed below. More details about these features are provided below. Once the game client is started there's five options which are provided to users when initially started. The options in the Join Game section are listed below.Ĭonnect to the selected server if permitted.

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The password a player uses to register their callsign with. The team a player would like to join if permitted.Ī custom message which is displayed next to a players callsign. Start a locally run server from the game client with limited options. The options in the Options section are listed below. The settings used for input in the game client. The settings used to adjust the display from the game client. The settings used in the game client interface. The settings used to adjust effects like spawns and gm shots. Settings to save the server list for some time. Save the settings a user would like to have. The settings used to determine if the client should save the users identity. The radar is the box to the bottom-left of the BZFlag GUI. It gives one a 360 degree, zoomable view around ones tank.

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It can be adjusted with the following parametersĪn example of a full size, fully transparent radar panel. It is zoomed in at the default '1' setting. Typical scoreboard on a Free For All server The heads up display (HUD) is located on the users screen when they are playing as a tank which gives them information. The image shows a typical scoreboard found in BZFlag on a Free For All server with the sort order (in options) set to Score. The scoreboard can be switched on and off using the 's' key. Note that the font in the image is not the default font - look here for ways of changing the default font.

Number of times the player has made a kill on an enemy tank.

Number of times the player had been killed.

The number in square brackets shows the number of teammates the player has killed.

The number of times you have killed that player.

The number of times that player has killed you.

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The callsign registration status is denoted by (, '+', '-' or and is described here.

In brackets is the email address of the player, which only shows if not blank. This is sometimes set to the team of the player if they are in a league. If the player is carrying a flag, a flag ID will show separated by a forward slash.Players often use the field for humourous comments (take care that rude or offensive content can earn you attention from the server administrator). The colour of each player's scoreboard entry shows to which team the player currently belongs. The users listed at the bottom are observers (could be waiting to join, or just.

observing) and have no tank in play in the game. Observers can interact textually they can send player or team messages and can issue server commands as permitted by their status. The observer mode can be used to watch other players or team flags. It can also be used to freely roam around the map. The default controls for observer mode are as follows:ĭisplay a label just under each tank listing their name. Navigates the camera around with tank-driving style controls.

Pans and tilts the camera without moving the position. Moves the camera position up and down vertically, and left and right horizontally.

Previous/Next target in the current display mode. Sets narrow/wide viewing angle, allows you to see more or less of the field Does not have any effect in the roaming mode.Ĭycles through various observer modes: roaming, driving with a tank, following a tank, tracking a tank, and tracking a team flag. This is an extra command for use in roaming mode that enables you to define the camera position and rotation. The /forceradar command was added in v2.0.16. Mouse observer controls were added in v2.0.16. #OBZERVER TUTORIAL BZFLAG REGISTRATION#.