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Bz eGameType

2009-06-08T07:50:19Z

AAA: New page: {{BZFS_API_Doc}} ==Overview== List of game types the server can play. Current game type is retrieved with bz_getGameType. ==Definition== * eTeamFFAGame * eClassicCTFGame * eRabbitGam...

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}

==Overview==
List of game types the server can play. Current game type is retrieved with [[bz_getGameType]].

==Definition==
* eTeamFFAGame
* eClassicCTFGame
* eRabbitGame
* eOpenFFAGame

==See Also==
[[bz_getGameType]]

Bz getGameType

2009-06-08T07:50:14Z

AAA: New page: {{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}} ==Prototype== BZF_API bz_eGameType bz_getGameType(void); ==Returns== A value of type bz_eGameType representing the game type the server is playi...

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==Prototype==
BZF_API [[bz_eGameType]] bz_getGameType(void);

==Returns==
A value of type [[bz_eGameType]] representing the game type the server is playing

BZFlag on IRC

2009-06-08T06:49:55Z

AAA: Clarify # vs ## and the new/upcoming GMS (see discussion page)

=FreeNode=
The official BZFlag org. and its associated communities use the [http://freenode.net/ freenode IRC network] for communication and collaboration.

==Channels==
===Official channels===
BZFlag maintains 2 official channels run by the org.
====#bzflag====
The [irc://irc.freenode.net/bzflag #bzflag] channel is the primary development and support channel. The major developers and many long time community members are users. Discussions in the channel range from development and coding discussions to technical support and bug reports. #bzflag is a great channel to discuss new features and bugs. The channel is moderated by the project administration and development staff. '''This channel is not for help with specific servers or administration issues'''

====#bzflag-chat====
The #bzflag-chat channel is a more informal channel designated for player community discussions.

===Other projects and unofficial channels===
A number of players, servers, and [[leagues]] have their own channel for more focused discussion. Some of these include:

* ##bar (DUCLeague team, The Barbarians)
* #badgerking (Official Channel for Badgerking's FFA)
* #BoomBZ (Team Channel for GU team [BoOm])
* ##bz-inc (DUCLeague team, [http://my.bzflag.org/league/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=689/ Bz-Incorporated])
* ##bzflagr (Support channel for the [http://bzflagr.net BZFlagr.net servers.])
* #bzfx (Support channel for the bzfx.net BZFlag servers)
* ##bzpod (Channel to discuss the BZFlag podcast, BZPod)
* ##bzpro (Support channel for the [http://bzpro.net BZPro.net servers.])
* ##bzw (A place to discuss map making for BZFlag, including ideas and help)
* ##divi (Support channel for [http://divi.fairserve.net Divibox] and other [http://fairserve.bzflag.org Fairserve] servers)
* #dub (Support channel for the dub.bzflag.org BZFlag servers)
* ##ducleague (Support channel for [http://my.bzflag.org/league/ Ducati League (DucLeague)])
* #forestforce ([http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=10 GULeague Team])
* ##guleague (Support channel for [http://gu.bzleague.com/ GamesUnited League (GULeague)])
* #hepcat (Support channel for borrego.hepcat.org BZFlag server) ''defunct''
* ##icf (Support channel for [http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=112 Invasive Chaotic Frenzies, (GULeague)])
* #inleague (Support channel for [http://in.bzleague.com InterNational League (INLeague)])
* #kas (GULeague team, KAS)
* ##norang (Support channel for [http://bzflag.norang.ca Norang.ca] BZFlag servers)
* #pillbox (Support channel for [http://pillbox.bzleague.com/ Pillbox League (PBLeague)])
* ##planetmofo (Support channel for [http://www.planet-mofo.com planet-mofo.com] servers)
* #plosileague (Support channel for [http://bzfx.net/league/ Plosileague]) ''defunct''
* #silvercat (Support channel for [http://silvercat.bzflag.org/ Silvercat BZFlag servers]) ''defunct''
* ##t42 ([http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=39 GULeague team])
* ##untamed ([http://my.bzflag.org/league/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=909 DUCLeague team])

When the Freenode Group Management System is implemented, channels with a single # will need to either register their organization with Freenode or rename to begin with ## (a "reference" channel, one that holds no legal claim to the name).

=stormcenter.net=
An unofficial bzflag channel is run on irc.stormcenter.net
* #bzflag (unofficial support channel for [http://www.bztank.net BZtank] servers)

=IRC Clients=
To access the IRC network you need to use an IRC client. [http://irchelp.org/ http://irchelp.org/] is an excellent resource for more information on general IRC.

There is a BZFlag-hosted IRC client at http://my.BZFlag.org/irc/irc.cgi.

=External links=
*[http://my.BZFlag.org/irc/irc.cgi BZFlag.org-hosted IRC client]
*[http://irchelp.org/ IRC help docs]

[[Category:Development]]
[[Category:Support]]

BZFlag on IRC

2009-02-08T01:02:45Z

AAA: Update channel list, warning

=FreeNode=
The official BZFlag org. and its associated communities use the [http://freenode.net/ freenode IRC network] for communication and collaboration.

==Channels==
===Official channels===
BZFlag maintains 2 official channels run by the org.
====#bzflag====
The [irc://irc.freenode.net/bzflag #bzflag] channel is the primary development and support channel. The major developers and many long time community members are users. Discussions in the channel range from development and coding discussions to technical support and bug reports. #bzflag is a great channel to discuss new features and bugs. The channel is moderated by the project administration and development staff. '''This channel is not for help with specific servers or administration issues'''

====#bzflag-chat====
The #bzflag-chat channel is a more informal channel designated for player community discussions.

===Other channels===
A number of players, servers, and [[leagues]] have their own channel for more focused discussion. Some of these include:

* ##bar (DUCLeague team, The Barbarians)
* #badgerking (Official Channel for Badgerking's FFA)
* #BoomBZ (Team Channel for GU team [BoOm])
* ##bz-inc (DUCLeague team, [http://my.bzflag.org/league/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=689/ Bz-Incorporated])
* ##bzflagr (Support channel for the [http://bzflagr.net BZFlagr.net servers.])
* #bzfx (Support channel for the bzfx.net BZFlag servers)
* ##bzpod (Channel to discuss the BZFlag podcast, BZPod)
* ##bzpro (Support channel for the [http://bzpro.net BZPro.net servers.])
* ##bzw (A place to discuss map making for BZFlag, including ideas and help)
* #divi (Support channel for [http://divi.fairserve.net Divibox] and other [http://fairserve.bzflag.org Fairserve] servers)
* #dub (Support channel for the dub.bzflag.org BZFlag servers)
* ##ducleague (Support channel for [http://my.bzflag.org/league/ Ducati League (DucLeague)])
* #forestforce ([http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=10 GULeague Team])
* ##guleague (Support channel for [http://gu.bzleague.com/ GamesUnited League (GULeague)])
* #hepcat (Support channel for borrego.hepcat.org BZFlag server) ''defunct''
* ##icf (Support channel for [http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=112 Invasive Chaotic Frenzies, (GULeague)])
* #inleague (Support channel for [http://in.bzleague.com InterNational League (INLeague)])
* #kas (GULeague team, KAS)
* ##norang (Support channel for [http://bzflag.norang.ca Norang.ca] BZFlag servers)
* #pillbox (Support channel for [http://pillbox.bzleague.com/ Pillbox League (PBLeague)])
* ##planetmofo (Support channel for [http://www.planet-mofo.com planet-mofo.com] servers)
* #plosileague (Support channel for [http://bzfx.net/league/ Plosileague]) ''defunct''
* #silvercat (Support channel for [http://silvercat.bzflag.org/ Silvercat BZFlag servers]) ''defunct''
* ##t42 ([http://gu.bzleague.com/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=39 GULeague team])
* ##untamed ([http://my.bzflag.org/league/index.php?link=teaminfo&id=909 DUCLeague team])

Channel owners should be wary of registering single-# channels with the upcoming Freenode Group Management System, existing incorrectly chosen names will be migrated on a case by case basis and a freeze on single-# names without a Group Contact Form on file will become policy.

=stormcenter.net=
An unofficial bzflag channel is run on irc.stormcenter.net
* #bzflag (unofficial support channel for [http://www.bztank.net BZtank] servers)

=IRC Clients=
To access the IRC network you need to use an IRC client. [http://irchelp.org/ http://irchelp.org/] is an excellent resource for more information on general IRC.

There is a BZFlag-hosted IRC client at http://my.BZFlag.org/irc/irc.cgi.

=External links=
*[http://my.BZFlag.org/irc/irc.cgi BZFlag.org-hosted IRC client]
*[http://irchelp.org/ IRC help docs]

[[Category:Development]]
[[Category:Support]]

Talk:BZFlag on IRC

2009-02-08T01:02:28Z

AAA: # vs ## on Freenode

== # vs ## on Freenode ==

<njan> AAA_awright, once we implement our new Group Management System, we'll be imposing a freeze on registrations of # channels without GCFs.
<njan> AAA_awright, once that happens, we will start helping channels who're in the wrong namespace to migrate to the right one.
GCF = Group Contact Form
We can change the names of channels and remove defunct ones as necessary (when the changes actually occur). Some channels do intend on registering as a primary group that has a "formal claim" on their name (per Freenode policy, these groups should use one #).
--[[User:AAA|AAA]] 20:02, 7 February 2009 (EST)

IRC Cloaks

2008-10-11T06:07:48Z

AAA: Wiki formatting

Since BZFlag is a registered project with the Freenode IRC network, we are able to give you IRC cloaks (custom hostmasks) for the project.

They are available to developers, server owners, and players that have helped the project out or been affiliated for a significant time.

==Process==
Cloaks must be requested with one of the project administrators (TimRiker, JeffM, and brlcad). It is the sole discretion of the project administrators on the use and distribution of cloaks.

They must (only) be requested in person on IRC. Do not send requests via BZBB or via E-mail. Send one of the project administrators a private message on IRC stating that you'd like to have a cloak and what you think that cloak should be.

Users that request cloaks must be registered on BZBB and have a valid E-Mail address attached to the name.

==Usage==
Users that have a BZFlag cloak must conduct themselves in a mature and civil manner at all times on Freenode. The cloak associates you as a representative of the project and your behavior should not reflect poorly upon the BZFlag community. Users that do not conduct themselves in a reasonable manner will have their cloaks removed.

==Cloak Format==
All BZFlag cloaks follow a standard format. There are different cloaks available depending on the amount of involvement in the project.

; /bzflag/player/BZ_NAME
: Long-time players in good standing can request a player cloak. Long-time means you've been playing for at least 6 months. You should have an established BZFlag callsign that you've been using over that timeframe.

; /bzflag/contributor/BZ_NAME
: Users that are contributors to the project in additional ways.

; /bzflag/serverop/BZ_NAME
: Server owners that run major servers that fully support global services, and promote good clean play can get a server owner cloak.

; /bzflag/developer/BZ_NAME
: Users that are developers (i.e., have commit access) can get a developer cloak.

; /bzflag/projectadmin/BZ_NAME
: Project administrators are allowed a project admin cloak.

'''BZ_NAME''' is your registered BZBB username. Spaces or Underscores "_" will be removed from cloaks.

==Examples==
; Player : /bzflag/player/SportChick/essy
; Contributor : /bzflag/contributor/ibot
; Server Op : /bzflag/serverop/Manu
; Developer : /bzflag/developer/Chestal
; Admin : /bzflag/projectadmin/learner

Slash Commands

2008-08-25T20:07:01Z

AAA: savemsgs command

Below is a list of the commands that are available in BZFlag. Access to most of these commands is controlled through [[Server_Permissions|permissions]].

All commands are preceded by a '/' on any chat prompt.
The format for commands that take arguments are provided by the server by issuing the command with no arguments. (ie. `/ban`)

'''Some commands take no arguments''' (eg. ''/shutdownserver'', ''/superkill'') '''and therefore''' do not return the format string for the command but '''execute the command instead.'''

{|{{Prettytable}}
|-
| {{Hl3}} |'''Command'''
| {{Hl3}} |'''Description'''
|-
| ''/?'' || List commands
|-
| ''/ban'' || Ban players using the specified IPs of the player specified for certain length of time from using this server.
|-
| ''/banlist'' || List all of the IPs currently banned from this server. Items from the master ban list on my.bzflag.org/bb have an '(m)' after the IP for masterban. If an argument is specified only bans that match the argument are displayed.
|-
| ''/checkip'' || Check if a specified IP is banned or not and report the results.
|-
| ''/clientquery'' || Retrieve client version info from all users, or just CALLSIGN if given
|-
| ''/countdown'' || Starts the countdown sequence for a timed game. The countdown sequence length can optionally be specified in seconds.
|-
| ''/date'' || Responds with the current server local date and time (same as /time).
|-
| ''/deregister'' || With an argument, it deregisters another user's callsign . Without, it removes your own registration. (only affects local registration)
|-
| ''/diff'' || Shows the ''/set'' server variables that are set to something other than the default (or at least most of them)
|-
| ''/endgame'' || Ends the current game
|-
| ''/flag reset'' || Repositions flags. If unused is specified, flags carried by tanks are not affected.
|-
| ''/flag up'' || Removes all flags from the game
|-
| ''/flag show'' || Shows all flags with information.
|-
| ''/flag give'' || Give the specified flag to the specified player. If the flag is not available, it will take a flag from the person who has the flag specified. You cannot give flags that do not exist on the map.
|-
| ''/flag take'' || Will take the flag that the player specified is currently carrying.
|-
| ''/flaghistory'' || Lists what flags players have grabbed in the past.
|-
| ''/gameover'' || Ends a timed game.
|-
| ''/ghost'' || Kicks off an impersonating player or ghost
|-
| ''/grouplist'' || Lists the available user groups
|-
| ''/groupperms'' || Lists the permissions for each group
|-
| ''/help'' || With no argument it displays a lists the help files available. With the argument it displays the contents of the help file.
|-
| ''/highlight'' || Highlights any text that contains the word or words specified in the argument to this command. For example, if you type /highlight genocide , then any text that is printed on the console that contains the word genocide will be underlined and in blue.
|-
| ''/hostban'' || Ban players using the specified hostnames for a certain length of time from using this server.
|-
| ''/hostbanlist'' || List all of the host patterns currently banned from this server.
|-
| ''/hostunban'' || Will remove the the specified host from the ban list so that players from that host will be able to blay again.
|-
| ''/idban'' || Ban a player by bzbb id. This will stick even if the player ip changes.
|-
| ''/idbanlist'' || List all bans made with ''/idban''
|-
| ''/identify'' || Log in to a registered callsign
|-
| ''/idlestats'' || Displays the idle time in seconds for each player. A player is idle when he is dead and has not respawned yet.
|-
| ''/idlist'' || Will list the currently banned IDs
|-
| ''/idunban'' || Will remove the ban on the ID specified so that the player may play on the server again.
|-
| ''/kick'' || Kick a named player off the server.
|-
| ''/kill'' || Kill a player (they explode)
|-
| ''/lagdrop'' || With no argument it displays current lagdrop setting, with argument it sets it to the value specified. This specifies the number of warnings a player gets due to high lag before the server kicks the players.
|-
| ''/lagstats'' || Lists network delays, jitter and number of lost (out of order packets) by player.
|-
| ''/lagwarn'' || With no argument it displays current lagwarn setting, with argument it sets it to the value specified. If a players lag is higher that the setting they will be warned, then kicked.
|-
| ''/localset'' || Set local client variables in your configuration file.
|-
| ''/masterban'' || Manipulate the master ban list.
|-
| ''/me'' || This command displays an "action" that is conveyed to another player. It allows for a little more expressivity in the game. For example if your callsign was 'Thumper': "/me is hunting wabbits" turns into a message like "Thumper is hunting wabbits" that gets displayed differently to other players than regular chat.
|-
| ''/msg'' || This command allows a player to send a message to another player. Similar to using the "," and "." message keys in the game and then selecting your recipient, this will send some message to particular player.
|-
| ''/mute'' || Allows a server admin to remove the ability for a player to communicate with other players. Once muted the player may only talk to admins on the server. This command removes the TALK permission for that user.
|-
| ''/part'' || Leave the server with a goodbye message (same as /quit).
|-
| ''/password'' || Enter server password to gain operator privileges. It is frowned upon to use this command on servers where you are not an admin
|-
| ''/playerlist'' || List player names and IP addresses.
|-
| ''/poll'' || Start a player poll
|-
| ''/quit'' || Leave the server with a goodbye message (same as /part).
|-
| ''/record'' || List all files in the recordings directory
|-
| ''/record start'' || Starts recording
|-
| ''/record stop'' || Stops recording
|-
| ''/record size'' || Specify size of recording buffer in megabytes (MB)
|-
| ''/record rate'' || Specify recording rate in seconds
|-
| ''/record stats'' || Display statistics of recording
|-
| ''/record file'' || Specify a filename for recording instead of using memory
|-
| ''/record save'' || Save an in-memory recording buffer to a file
|-
| ''/register'' || Register your current callsign locally to the specified password. Passwords must be at least 3 characters long, and the callsign may not contain quotes or other non-alphanumeric/space characters. We use global logons and this is not needed.
|-
| ''/reload'' || Reloads the user, group, and password files (for synchronization between multiple servers on the same machine)
|-
| ''/removegroup'' || Remove a user from a group
|-
| ''/replay list'' || List recording files that can be replayed
|-
| ''/replay load'' || Load a recording file for play
|-
| ''/replay play'' || Start playback of the loaded recording
|-
| ''/replay skip'' || Skip forwards or backwards through the recording
|-
| ''/report'' || Write a message to the server administrator
|-
| ''/reset'' || Reset a server variable to it's [[BZFS|bzfs]] default setting.
|-
| ''/say'' || Generate a public message sent by the server. For example if your callsign were 'Tanner' using "/say This is a server message", will display ''[SERVER:] This is a server message (Tanner)''
|-
| ''/savemsgs'' || Saves the chat console to ''config directory''/msglog.txt. Use "/savemsgs -s" to strip coloring data.
|-
| ''/saveworld'' || Saves current world the client is paying on. For example, "/saveworld mapname.bzw" would save the world as "mapname.bzw".
|-
| ''/sendhelp'' || Send a help file to a player
|-
| ''/serverquery'' || Report the server version number
|-
| ''/set'' || With no arguments it will list the values of all server variables. With the arguments it will set the variable that is specified to the value that is given.
|-
| ''/setgroup'' || Add a user to a group
|-
| ''/setpass'' || Changes your password (for locally registered users, not globally)
|-
| ''/showgroup'' || Lists the groups that a registered user is a member of
|-
| ''/showperms'' || Show permissions granted to yourself or another player
|-
| ''/shutdownserver'' || Stop serving BZFlag on this server.
|-
| ''/superkill'' || Kick all players off the server.
|-
| ''/time'' || Responds with the current server local date and time (same as /date).
|-
| ''/unban'' || Will remove the IP address from the banlist, allowing someone from that address to connect and play BZFlag.
|-
| ''/unmute'' || Allows a server admin to restore the TALK permission to a previously muted player.
|-
| ''/uptime'' || Prints server's current running time in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
|-
| ''/veto'' || If there is a poll active, this will cancel the poll.
|-
| ''/viewreports'' || View the server's report file.
|-
| ''/vote'' || If there is a poll active, this command will place a vote in favor or in opposition to the poll. Multiple languages are supported as a vote argument in addition to "yes" and "no". By default, you must be registered to vote on a poll.
|}

[[Category:Server]]
[[Category:Client]]

User:AAA

2008-07-01T05:43:05Z

AAA:

AAA is the developer of many PHP tools for BZFlag, including BZFlag_Info, BZFSAdmin, and [http://bzflag.redjacket.ws Redjacket Stats], and the C++ program [http://masterbot.sourceforge.net/ MasterBot].

These tools exist on [http://labs.tssoftware.net/websvn Tanner's SVN server], which may or may not be up, or [http://git.bzfx.net/ the BZFX Git respiratory], which may or may not be up.

Bz BasePlayerRecord

2008-05-31T04:05:06Z

AAA: prettify, spelling

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}
{{BZFS_API_Class}}

==Overview==
The '''bz_bz_BasePlayerRecord''' is an API class that is provided to expose information about a connected player to the plug-in.

==Data==
Class bz_BasePlayerRecord has the following data members:

; int version : The version number of this API class ;
; int playerID : The player ID for the player.
; [[bz_ApiString]] callsign : The username/callsign for the player.
; [[bz_ApiString]] email : The e-mail string provided by the user
; [[bz_eTeamType]] team : The team the player is currently on.
; float lastUpdateTime : The server time of the last player update
; [[bz_PlayerUpdateState]] lastKnownState : The state record that was last sent
; [[bz_PlayerUpdateState]] currentState : The predicted state at the current time, representing where the server and all remote users show the player at.
; [[bz_ApiString]] ipAddress : The Internet Protocol v4 address of the connected client
; [[bz_ApiString]] currentFlag : The one- or two-character name of the current flag the player is holding, or blank if no flag.
; [[bz_APIStringList]] flagHistory : A list of strings representing the names of all the flags the player has held, in order from newest to oldest.
; bool spawned : True if the user has spawned and is playing.
; bool verified : True if the user has authenticated with the login system. Comparable to a user having a "+" in the scoreboard.
; bool globalUser : True if the user name was authenticated using the global login system as opposed to a local one.
; [[bz_ApiString]] bzID : The globally unique ID for authenticated users.
; bool admin : Is true by default if user has the BAN permission. Sets the "@" sign.
; bool op : True if the user is identified as a server operator via /password
; bool canSpawn : True if the user has permissions to spawn (BZFlag 2.99).
; [[bz_APIStringList]] groups : The list of groups the user is a member of
; int lag : The user's current lag amount in milliseconds.
; int jitter : The user's current jitter amount in milliseconds.
; float packetloss : The user's current packet loss percentage.
; int wins : The number of kills the user has had.
; int losses : The number of deaths the user has had
; int teamkills : The number of team mates the user has killed.

==Methods==
The class provides a number of methods for various utility functions;

===update===
void update ( void );

This method will update the player record with the most current data. This is usefully if a plug-in stores the pointer to the class and wishes to use it with current data.

===hasPerm===
bool hasPerm ( const char* perm );

This method will return true if the user has the permission with the specified name.

===grantPerm===
bool grantPerm ( const char* perm );

This method will give the user the permission with the specified name, and return true if the operation was successful.

===revokePerm===
bool revokePerm ( const char* perm );

This method will remove the user the permission with the specified name, and return true if the operation was successful.

==Uses==
This class is returned by a number of API functions and events. This class is used any time player specific data is requested.

Bz sendTextMessagef

2008-05-27T04:59:39Z

AAA: use better wiki markup

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}

==Variations==
* bool bz_sendTextMessagef(int from, [[bz_eTeamType]] to, const char *fmt, ...)
* bool bz_sendTextMessagef(int from, int to, const char *fmt, ...)

==Parameters==
; from : The player ID that the message will appear to be from. This must be a valid player ID or BZ_SERVER.
; to : Specifies the receiver[s] of the message. This must be either a valid player ID, if the message is to be sent to a single player; a [[bz_eTeamType]] enumeration, if the message is to be sent to all members of the specified team; or BZ_ALLUSERS, if the message is to be sent to all connected players.
; fmt : A printf-style format string.
; ... : The parameters for the format string.

==Description==
This API function sends a message to a single player, all players, or all players on a team using printf-style formatting.

==See Also==
[[bz_sendTextMessage]]

Bz sendTextMessage

2008-05-27T04:57:59Z

AAA: wikify with definition lists, See Also section

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}
{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Prototype==
* BZF_API bool bz_sendTextMessage (int from, int to, const char* message);
* BZF_API bool bz_sendTextMessage (int from, [[bz_eTeamType]] to, const char* message);

==Parameters==
; int from: The player ID that the message will appear to be from. This must be a valid player ID, or BZ_SERVER if the message is to be a system message.
; int to: The target player ID to send the message to. This must be a valid player ID or BZ_ALLUSERS if the message is to be broadcast to all connected users.
; [[bz_eTeamType]] to: The target team to send the message to. This must be a valid team enumeration from [[bz_eTeamType]].
; const char* message: The text of the message to be sent.

==Description==
This API function will cause the server to send a text message to a single player, all players, or team. The text message can be made to appear from any user or the server itself.

==See Also==
[[Bz_sendTextMessagef]]

Bz APIStringList

2008-05-26T00:06:23Z

AAA: initial content

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Class}}
==Prototype==
class BZF_API bz_APIStringList {
public:
bz_APIStringList();
bz_APIStringList(const bz_APIStringList &r);
bz_APIStringList(const std::vector<std::string> &r);

~bz_APIStringList();

void push_back ( const [[bz_ApiString]] &value );
void push_back ( const std::string &value );
bz_ApiString get ( unsigned int i );

const bz_ApiString& operator[] (unsigned int i) const;
bz_APIStringList& operator= ( const bz_APIStringList &r );
bz_APIStringList& operator= ( const std::vector<std::string> &r );

unsigned int size ( void );
void clear ( void );

void tokenize ( const char* in, const char* delims, int maxTokens = 0, bool useQuotes = false);
};

BZF_API bz_APIStringList* bz_newStringList ( void );
BZF_API void bz_deleteStringList( bz_APIStringList * l );

==Description==
Contains a list of strings.
Comparable to std::vector<std::string>

Plugins generally should never create Bz_APIStringList objects, only copy the data out.

==Member Access==
[[bz_ApiString]] get ( unsigned int i );

const bz_ApiString& operator[] (unsigned int i) const;

===Parameters===
; unsigned int i : bz_ApiString element to return

==Functions==
===size===
unsigned int size ( void );

Returns the number of elements on the list

===clear===
void clear ( void );

Removes all elements from the list

===tokenize===
void tokenize ( const char* in, const char* delims, int maxTokens = 0, bool useQuotes = false);

Appends a list generated from a tokenized string. Use of this function is discouraged, the tokenize() function available in plugin_utils is prefered.

Bz MD5

2008-05-25T23:42:49Z

AAA: version info, parameter types, spelling

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Prototype==
BZF_API const char *bz_MD5(const char* str);

BZF_API const char *bz_MD5(const void* data, size_t size);

==Parameters==
; const char* str : A pointer to a null terminated string to use as the MD5 source.
; const char* data : A pointer to raw unterminated data to use as the MD5 source.
; size_t size : The size of the raw data.

==Returns==
The 32-character lowercase hexadecimal (ASCII) representation of the MD5 hash.

==Description==
This function uses the same MD5 logic as BZFS.

==Version==
Requires BZFS 2.99.4 (20080524, r17281) or later

Bz RegisterCustomFlag

2008-05-25T21:09:52Z

AAA: wikify

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}
{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Prototype==
BZF_API bool bz_RegisterCustomFlag ( const char* abbr, const char* name, const char* helpString, bz_eShotType shotType, bz_eFlagQuality quality );

==Parameters==
; const char* abbr : The desired flag abbreviation. Must be unique. Must be 1 or 2 characters.
; const char* name : The desired flag name. Max length 32 characters.
; const char* helpString : The desired help string. Max length 128 characters.
; [[bz_eShotType]] shotType : The default shot type for the flag.
; [[bz_eFlagQuality]] quality : The flag's quality (good/bad).

==Description==
This function registers a custom flag. The registered abbreviation must be unique (that is, may not conflict with existing built-in or API flags).

The registered flag will have no functionality by default (i.e. it will behave like Useless), but it can be used by your plugin by examining player records to see if they hold the flag, and taking appropriate action.

The flag's "stickiness" will be determined by quality; this is roughly consistent with BZFlag's builtin flags. Good flags will be Unstable (that is, when dropped they will disappear and be respawned); bad flags will be Sticky (that is, undroppable).

==Usage==
If you wish to use a custom flag with +/-f or -sl server parameters (including +f good and -f bad), or in flag zones on the map, you must register the flag during init via -loadplugin (or before a call to [[bz_restart]], if using it in a map).

If a plugin registers a flag while there are clients connected, they will automatically recieve the update. However, be aware that there is ''no'' corresponding bz_UnregisterCustomFlag function, so there is a limit to the dynamic capability of this functionality.

==Version==
Requires BZFS 2.1.16 (r15952) or newer.

Bz debugMessagef

2008-05-25T21:01:35Z

AAA: initial content

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Prototype==
BZF_API void bz_debugMessagef( int level, const char* fmt, ... ) _ATTRIBUTE23;

==Parameters==
; level : A pointer to a null terminated string to use as the MD5 source.
; fmt : printf-style message format
; ... : Parameters to insert into fmt

==Returns==
No return value

==Description==
Outputs a debug message to

==Example==
bz_debugMessagef(1, "%d players joined from %s", playerCount, playerSource.c_str());

==See Also==
[[Bz_debugMessage]]

Bz debugMessage

2008-05-25T20:55:08Z

AAA: initial content

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Syntax==
void bz_debugMessage ( int level, const char* message );

==Parameters==
; level : What debug level to output to, higher numbers require a higher debug level to get printed
; message : Message to print

==Returns==
No return value

==Description==
Prints a standard debug message

Bz MD5

2008-05-25T06:08:04Z

AAA: remove all possible ambiguity that could possibly confuse anyone

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}{{BZFS_API_Funcs}}
==Syntax==
const char *bz_MD5(const char* str);

const char *bz_MD5(const void* data, size_t size);

==Parameters==
; str : A pointer to a null terminated string to use as the MD5 source.
; data : A pointer to raw unterminated data to use as the MD5 source.
; size : The size of the raw data.

==Returns==
The 32-character lowercase hexedecmial (ASCII) representation of the MD5 hash.

==Description==
This function uses the same MD5 logic as BZFS.

Template:BZFS API Doc

2008-04-10T01:04:28Z

AAA: remove link underscore

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:+.7em;"
||'''BZFS API Documentation''' This page contains part of the [[BZFS API]] documentation for use by [[Plug-ins]] on the [[BZFS]] server.
|}<br>
<includeonly>[[Category:BZFS_API_Docs]]</includeonly>
<noinclude>Adding this template to a page will automatically add the page to the [[:Category:BZFS_API_Docs|Category:BZFS_API_Docs]] page. To use this template add '''<nowiki>{{BZFS_API_Doc}}</nowiki>''' at the top of the page you are creating/editing.</noinclude>

Bz APIString

2008-04-10T01:03:01Z

AAA: remove Underscore

{{BZFS_API_Doc}}

==Overview==
The bz_ApiString is a text string utility class that is used by the [[BZFS API]] for passing text back to a plug-in from various events and functions. The class contains a number of utility methods commonly used by plug-ins.

==Construction==
plug-ins should never create a bz_ApiString, they are only passed back to the plug-in by BZFS.

==Assignment==
The standard = operator is provided to assign the value in a string, from other strings, std::strings, and const char pointers.

==Boolean Operators==
The standard == and != operators are provided to assign allow testing of bz_ApiStrings with other bz_ApiStrings, std::strings and const char* pointers.

Services Proposal

2008-03-31T00:38:47Z

AAA: server version

{{DesignDocument}}
This is a proposal for a revamped BZFlag services system (list server, BZFlag forum, and website) by AAA.
Post comments on the [[Talk:BZFlag_Services_Proposal|Discussion page]]

== Features ==

=== Minimum Requirements ===
The BZFlag global service requires the following minimum features (and example):
* Redundancy or distributed system for minimal failure (geographical distribution)
* Internal authentication system common to all services
* Ability to list servers
** Player tracking (Who is where)
** Players on the server
** Team sizes (max and current)
** Custom server status info (Game timer, game status)
** Restricting server visibility by global group (advertise)
** Get org names from the group manager for client sorting
** Server version
* Forum with common authentication
* Wiki with common authentication
* Token store with common authentication, for authenticating users to 3rd parties
* Backwards compatibility in some way with 1.10.x and 2.0.x

=== Proposed features ===
* Encrypted logins (by the BZFlag client and/or weblogin)
* Registration in the client
* Server Push for stats with replication of current data to an API query page for external sites
* Anon usage profile data storage from clients for devs.
* Knowing if the server requests global auth or not (reg bit to tell people to reg)
* Global group management

=== Considerations ===
* Lightweight where possible

=== Other services ===
* Image/texture uploading and hosting

Services Proposal

2008-03-31T00:37:30Z

AAA: Moved up Redundancy point, global regristration necessary bit down

{{DesignDocument}}
This is a proposal for a revamped BZFlag services system (list server, BZFlag forum, and website) by AAA.
Post comments on the [[Talk:BZFlag_Services_Proposal|Discussion page]]

== Features ==

=== Minimum Requirements ===
The BZFlag global service requires the following minimum features (and example):
* Redundancy or distributed system for minimal failure (geographical distribution)
* Internal authentication system common to all services
* Ability to list servers
** Player tracking (Who is where)
** Players on the server
** Team sizes (max and current)
** Custom server status info (Game timer, game status)
** Restricting server visibility by global group (advertise)
** Get org names from the group manager for client sorting
* Forum with common authentication
* Wiki with common authentication
* Token store with common authentication, for authenticating users to 3rd parties
* Backwards compatibility in some way with 1.10.x and 2.0.x

=== Proposed features ===
* Encrypted logins (by the BZFlag client and/or weblogin)
* Registration in the client
* Server Push for stats with replication of current data to an API query page for external sites
* Anon usage profile data storage from clients for devs.
* Knowing if the server requests global auth or not (reg bit to tell people to reg)
* Global group management

=== Considerations ===
* Lightweight where possible

=== Other services ===
* Image/texture uploading and hosting

Services Proposal

2008-03-30T23:52:24Z

AAA: More details

{{DesignDocument}}
This is a proposal for a revamped BZFlag services system (list server, BZFlag forum, and website) by AAA.
Post comments on the [[Talk:BZFlag_Services_Proposal|Discussion page]]

== Features ==

=== Minimum Requirements ===
The BZFlag global service requires the following minimum features (and example):
* No single point of failure (geographical distribution)
* Internal authentication system common to all services
* Ability to list servers
** Player tracking (Who is where)
** Knowing minimum requirements to talk, join, and spawn
** Players on the server
** Team sizes (max and current)
** Custom server status info (Game timer, game status)
** Restricting server visibility by global group
* Forum with common authentication
* Wiki with common authentication
* Token store with common authentication, for authenticating users to 3rd parties

=== Proposed features ===
* Encrypted logins (by the BZFlag client and/or weblogin)
* Registration in the client

=== Considerations ===
* Lightweight where possible

=== Other services ===
* Image/texture uploading and hosting

Services Proposal

2008-03-30T23:46:52Z

AAA: Initial import

BZFlag 2.0.9

2007-09-10T00:36:39Z

AAA: Improved sentence on BZFlag 2.0.10 and 2.2

BZFlag 2.0.9 is an unreleased development branch of BZFlag. It is an extension of the source code released with version [[BZFlag 2.0.8]] of the game. It contains minor bug fixes and patches mostly relating to [[BZFS]] and the [[BZFS API]]. This code base is only available from the [[BZFlag SVN|SVN]] repository.

A commit list of the things that make this release to the time of writing is:
[[CommitList-2.0.9]]

Due to a lot of changes and bug fixes, a maintenance release of [[BZFlag_2.0.10|BZFlag 2.0.10]] is planned to be created from this version. It was originally said that 2.0.9 would be the last version before [[BZFlag_2.2|BZFlag 2.2]].

Development on new features has proceeded in [[BZFlag_2.2|BZFlag 2.2]]

==See also==
[[BZFlag Version Numbers]]

[[Category:Versions]]

Talk:Slash Commands

2007-08-08T01:40:41Z

AAA: Wiki the page

== Wiki the page ==

I would like to see some linking where appropriate, /record to [[Replay Server]] for example --[[User:AAA|AAA]] 21:40, 7 August 2007 (EDT)

Flag ideas

2007-08-07T17:59:07Z

AAA: Wikified page

== Some simple guidelines ==

=== <span style="color:#cc0000">READ THIS FIRST</span> ===

* First, check that your idea isn't already here. Chances are someone else has already come up with your flag.
* Next, think carefully about your flag. Come up with a short and succinct description. Not only will a short description will make it easier for the project management team to make a decision about the flag, but it usually also indicates the quality of the idea. Chances are if a flag requires more than a short sentence or two, it's too complicated for the game.
* Make sure your flag idea isn't overpowered or stupid.
* Finally, add your flag to the section with the blank 'status' field. Use the teal background color and leave the status blank!
* Note that your flag approved to a "yes" does not mean it will happen. Everything done is what the developers want to do - if a flag requires significant changes to the codebase and isn't the most brilliant idea ever, it'll probably sit here for quite some time before being implemented, if ever.

This is NOT a list of flags that are being considered. Discussion/implementation of these is encouraged, but does not mean any of these flags are going into the game.

If you do implement a flag keep these things in mind:
* All powerful flags aren't fun.
* Flags that ensure your immediate destruction aren't fun.
* Flags that aren't useful aren't fun.
* Flags boost/modulate tactical trait of tanks

Based on these observations we have the following rules:

;Flag power must be limited
:For example, BZFlag has stealth and cloaking flags, but no stealth-and-cloak flag. Such a tank would be virtually impossible to destroy. Nobody likes to play against someone who can't lose.
The guided missile and laser flags are both exceptionally powerful flags, but neither make the owner invincible. Laser takes twice as long to reload and a guided missile can be dodged while still firing on the owner. You've gotta be good, but it can be done.

;Flag powers can counteract/balance each other.
:Some flags are handily defeated with another kind of flag. The oscillation overthruster can be destroyed by a super bullet or a shock wave (or a genocide). Cloaking is effective against laser and stealth is good against guided missile. Ricochet is useful against ricochet.
:Consider adding counterbalancing flags together. Or consider adding a flag that acts as a counterbalance to an existing flag or flags. Also consider making your new flag counterbalanced by an existing flag; superbullet is often a good choice.

;Don't add flags that (almost) instantly kill the owner.
:I considered adding a Death flag that would instantly kill the tank that grabbed it. I changed my mind because that's not fun and seriously dampens interest in picking up flags. Mines are similar. You're driving around and *boom* you're dead. Nothing you could've done to avoid it, no mistake you made. You're just dead. People don't mind losing so much if they know it was because they did something wrong.
:Even worse is a flag that disables your radar and vision. You're basically dead. You can shoot at random and hope to get lucky, but no amount of skill can save you. And what's worse than the Death flag is that you have to stagger around waiting for someone to kill you.
:A flag that seriously disables a tank is not as bad because the player can still use skill to defeat as many enemies as possible before getting shot. Thus we have flags like left turn only and obesity.

;Flags should require new skills
:Flags that require new skills keep the game interesting. If there's still more to learn about using ricochet or guided missile, or more to learn about fighting against them, then people will keep playing.
:Some flags seem pretty dull to some players. The steamroller and the phantom zone come to mind, or quick turn. These aren't the most powerful flags, but they do have their uses and some people enjoy them. However, I think I should have removed SR and PZ. Steamroller's usefulness is very limited and looks pretty weak compared to shock wave. PZ tends to encourage very defensive play, which slows the game down. But quick turn can be very effective when used well; put it in a tight furball and it'll do serious damage. You just have to learn how to take full advantage of it.

== List of suggested flags: ==

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|+align="bottom" style="color:#e76700;"|''Legend''
|-
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|To be Approved
|-
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|'' ''
|Approved as a not bad idea, but needs research
|-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|'' ''
|Rejected
|-
|style="background-color:#41a141;"|'' ''
|Claimed (Implementing)
|-
|style="background-color:#4141a1;"|'' ''
|SVN
|-
|style="background-color:transparent;"|'' ''
|Maybe but there are issues
|}

{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!Name
!+/-
!Status
!Use
|-
|Low Gravity(LG)
| +
|style="background-color:#4141a1;"|''Yes, done in 2.1.x.''
|Gravity is reduced to a large degree allowing the tank to jump very high in the air.
|-
|Long Reload (LR)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Reloading weapon takes twice as long.
|-
|Don't Stop (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Tank always moves forward or backwards, it cannot stop.
|-
|BackFire (BF)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Shots fire to rear of tank instead of front.
|-
|FrienDly fire (FD)
| +
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Your shots don't kill friendly tanks (Your own ricochets are harmless!).
|-
|Sensor Echo (SE)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Maybe, not a bad idea.''
|All tanks show up twice (or more) on radar. Echoes behave like the tank they mirror, down to the flag.
|-
|Delayed Shot (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Shots wait some prescribed amount of time (2 seconds?) between clicking and actually firing.
|-
|Extra Shot (ES)
| +
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Player gets an extra shot.
|-
|SlowMotion (SM)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Tank moves and turns with half speed.
|-
|Ricochet Guided missile (RG)
| +
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe if it's a simple ricochet and has a more narrow lock-on angle.''
|Instead of exploding, the RG bounces off of surfaces and continues to track the target. Option 1: It loses velocity with each bounce. Option 2: When the RG bounces, it travels in a straight line for a certain distance before regaining lock. EDIT: Perhaps we keep it as a simple ricochet, without any lock loss. The GM keeps lock, it' just takes longer to get there.
|-
|NearSight (NS)
| -
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe, not too game breaking, but not relay that exciting.''
|All tanks farther than (variable defined) world units are completely invisible on HUD. The closer they are to the player, the more visible they become. Similar to an invisible fog, does NOT effect buildings. Gives enemies a long-range advantage.
|-
|Long Shot (LS)
| +
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe, not a bad idea.''
|Bullets go twice as far but at a slower speed. Possibly N/2 extra bullets.\
|-
|INcoming (IN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's very very close to a cheat.''
|Bullets that will hit the tank are highlighted on radar/main view in some fashion as a warning system.
|-
|Flip Out (FO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No not really different from reverse controls.''
|Out of window view is upside-down.
|-
|EarthQuake (EQ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, same as using a shockwave on landing.''
|When landing after a jump, a shockwave will destroy tanks on the ground in the immediate vicinity of the landing tank.
|-
|DeFender (DF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Fires a short-range shot that projects a miniature shockwave to destroy enemy shots.
|-
|Retro (RE)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, doesn't do ANYTHING''
|View becomes green wireframe and otherwise looks like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone original Battlezone].
|-
|Velocity Shooting (VS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, is a server option, not to be mixed for some players and not others.''
|Shots keep Vertical-Velocity (as its set on some Servers for all players). If you jump; shots go up and when you fall; shots aim downward.
|-
|SQuishable (SQ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|The opposite of Steamroller. When you touch other tanks (including teammates), you die.
|-
|Judas (JD)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|When you pick up the flag, you immediately become a player on a different (random) team (or rogue). You must play on that team for as long as you have the flag. If you kill one of your new teammates, you die. BUT you can kill your old teammates for as long as you hold the flag. When you drop the flag or are killed, you revert to your old color.
|-
|ANtagonize(AN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, can not be localized easily, and may anger people.''
|This bad flag causes your tank to automatically send out mild insults and taunts to opposing players. Especially the good ones by name.
|-
|CoW launcher (CW)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, would require vertical aiming to work properly.''
|(Goofy) Launches a cow along a parabolic trajectory.
|-
|ConFusion (CF)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to CB.''
|Tank colors and names are shuffled around. Like colorblindness, but worse.
|-
|ShowOff(SO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, basically useless in gameplay.''
|(Goofy) Tank is capable of doing tricks, back flips when jumping, riding on one tread, etc.
|-
|Leash(LE)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Tank is confined to a small radius for a set time period but can still jump.
|-
|BUckler (BU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, shield is enough.''
|Give the player a 45 degree shield that reflects all shots. It should be located in the arc between 270-315 degrees. The shielded area should be visible but transparent.
|-
|PSychic (PS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too powerful and makes ID pointless.''
|Callsigns and flag names of all (visible?) tanks appear above the tank.
|-
|Full Reverse(FR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to HS and too limited in scope.''
|Your tank can move full speed in reverse. A middle ground between high speed and normal.
|-
|All Terrain (AT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No slopes, never. No.''
|Can drive over slopes and pyramids, (unless steeper than 45?) and perhaps up walls too.
|-
|Tac Nuke (TN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No too powerful.''
|On impact with any surface or tank, causes TN to detonate like a half-size SW. Option 1: TN has long reload time or is a single shot flag. Option 2: TN has an "arming" range where it cannot detonate until it passes out of that range. This range can be equal to 1/2 the blast radius or some arbitrary number. Option 3: If the TN hits a tank with a Shield flag, it is neutralized.
|-
|Glue Trail (GT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Leaves a trail that slows down other tanks behind it. fades after server-set number of seconds?
|-
|Oil Slick (OS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Leaves a trail that makes tanks behind skid/spin. Fades after server-set number of seconds?
|-
|Petrificus Totalus (PT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players, and rather lame.''
|Paralyzes tank. Cannot move, turn or shoot for set number of seconds.
|-
|Toy Gun (TG)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, pointless in game play, just use the Useless flag.''
|When you shoot,the bullet that comes out is a fake bullet attached to a string which is attached to your tank.
|-
|Icy Treads (IT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just like momentum.''
|Tank loses traction on the ground and on all objects, as if the friction setting was lowered for that particular tank.
|-
|ParaChute (PC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just like Wings.''
|You can control your tank ONLY when falling down and you fall down slower.
|-
|ToRnado (TR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|You jump and spin uncontrollably.
|-
|GhostS (GS)/SPawn (SP)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|2 or 3 mini bot tanks come out of your tanks and help you by providing cover ect. They die by being shot or after a certain period of time (45 secs?).
|-
|Death Ball (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|Tank morphs into a Death Ball and kills anyone who touches it. Faster than a normal tanks. Can be killed by being shot 5 times. You can't jump.
|-
|DiG (DG)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to burrow.''
|Your tank goes completely underground upon picking up the flag, and you may then shoot up at tanks above you. Anybody may lock on you (as with GM) if they hold GM, SB, or even no flag. You are also in range of SW. Bullets will follow you underground.
|-
|RaM (RM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too poweful and complex.''
|Tank travels at normal speed unless you fire. Firing causes your tank to accelerate forward quickly and only for a certain range. When you touch another tank, it has Steamroller effect, causing them to explode.
|-
|Auto Teleport (AT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, too powerful, and looks too much like a cheat.''
|With this flag a player can teleport to any place visible place on the radar by clicking the desired area on the radar. Only one teleport can be done per flag, otherwise you would be impossible to kill. Another way to make it harder is to put a reload time on it, so there would be at least some pause between teleports. If you teleport to an area occupied by a building, you go to the highest place on the specified area of the building.
|-
|Ice Laser (IL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players, just kill them.''
|This laser does not kill players. Instead, it freezes them. They can't move, jump, or shoot, for 10 seconds. Players who are shot by normal bullets while they are frozen become unfrozen. When a tank is frozen, the tank becomes white, preventing other players from knowing which team the frozen tank is on.
|-
|Kamakazi Attack (KA)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|This can be a good and a bad flag. When picked up, starts a self-destruct timer, that, when runs out, will blow you up. But if the right button is pressed before the time is up, then you blow up on the click. This can be use to kill multiple tanks, and can also be used in mid-air. Moderate blast-radius?
|-
|Swallow Tanks (SW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too confusing.''
|(GOOFY) If you touch another tank it disappears and becomes an observer to your tank. The more tanks you swallow the more obese you become. You can only swallow a limit of 3 tanks at a time, if you swallow more you pop. If you are killed all of the tanks you are carrying are set free. The tanks jump as they are set free to avoid multiple shots that may have been fired at the original tank. Swallow your own teammates and carry them deep into enemy territory!
|-
|Electricity Bolt (EB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too powerful and confusing.''
|Looks like thief shot when fired (Short range weapon) only when it hits a structure it kills everyone on it or touching it (or in it, players with OO). This would be handy for killing tanks sitting in hard to get to places!
|-
|Invisible Objects (IO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|All surface objects (pyramids, boxes, etc.) become invisible.
|-
|Meatloaf Launcher(ML)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Just move forward while jumping, unrelated name.''
|Jumping propels your tank not only upwards but forwards as well.
|-
|Bent Turret (BT)
| -/+
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|All shots go out 30 degrees to the left/right (than a normal shot). Some people might call this a super flag because it helps dodging.
|-
|Tiny Bullet (TB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Perhaps.''
|This bad flag causes your the bullets to shrink, making them hard for you to hit your opponent.
|-
|Missle Jammer (MJ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|Prevents a GM lock on your tank. You can still be killed by normal shots, or unlocked shots.
|-
|ECM (EM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Perhaps, if there is some indication of who does it.''
|Other tanks' radars get jammed within a certain range.
|-
|Score Flags (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe, a multi-player isn't a bad idea.''
|Gives you more than one point for each kill. Maybe randomize between 2 and 5 points. (This could also be used as a handicap for beginners)
|-
|NearSight (NS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe, not too game breaking, but not relay that exciting.''
|All tanks farther than (variable defined) world units are completely invisible on HUD. The closer they are to the player, the more visible they become. Similar to an invisible fog, does NOT effect buildings. Gives enemies a long-range advantage.
|-
|Black Death (BD)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too powerful and confusing''.
|This flag is similar to a team flag only when it is captured it kills all other opposing teams (instead of just one specific team). This would make it so that multiple teams would be competing for one flag. (The color of the flag is black)
|-
|Colored Flag (CF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, would destroy CTF.''
|CTF only flag. Other people see the CF as their own team flag (except own team?)
|-
|Punch (PU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just kill with steamroller.''
|Hitting a tank at full speed throws it some appreciable distance away
|-
|Remote Mines (RM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, no mines. They will seem to kill players for no reason.''
|Firing places a mine, up to some predefined number. The next shot detonates all of them
|-
|Firewall (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too hard to sync, and somewhat confusing.''
|Firing creates a temporary wall of flame that tanks cannot pass
|-
|Glue Bomb (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Shot would detonate in a big pile of glue, slowing down people in the blast radius
|-
|Corbomite Device (CD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing, and hard to sync.''
|When the tank is shot, it generates a reciprocating shot to what killed it - these shots can be dodged normally, in most cases (SW, GM being impossible/difficult)
|-
|Clone (CN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing and too much like cheats.''
|Tank emits a hologram clone at some offset from itself as a diversion.
|-
|Smoke Screen (SC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, doesn't add much for gameplay.''
|The tank emits a cloud of smoke behind it. This provides a visual wall, and perhaps cancels out GM locks as well.
|-
|Time Lapse (TL)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to blind and jamming combined.''
|Holding this flag will cause the HUD & radar to refresh only every second or so.
|-
|Big Bullet (BB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too powerful, shots are computed as point hits.''
|Bullets are twice (or more) as large. Tank feels a kick-back when firing
|-
|Gravity Well (GW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|One-shot fire, creates a gravity well at some distance away from the firing tank. This well pulls in all tanks around it - driving away from the well will slow the descent. Possible avoidance/negation flags include BU, OO, PZ, HS.
|-
|Mirror (MI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just make CL deflect laser.''
|Holding this flag will reflect a hit by laser. Flag is not dropped after a hit. The appearance of a tank holding this flag changes so that it reflects the surroundings. Or maybe appears pseudo-transparent, rather like the inside of structures viewed with Oscillation Overthruster, or of objects when in the PZ.
|-
|Plasma Ball (PB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limited, and just kinda weird.''
|Shoots a large (8 unit) sphere that behaves exactly like a super bullet -- except it travels very, very slowly. It would travel as fast as a burrowed tank going in reverse, thus being easy to outrun in open areas, but hard to avoid on "indoor" maps. Because of the size, it would kill burrowed tanks when fired on the ground.
|-
|Fake Bullets(FB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, and pointless.''
|1) your bullets look, bounce, show up on radar, and seem real, but they pass right through tanks, causing no damage, and can't harm anyone. This can seem like a bad flag, but would be great to get the other team jumping and running while having zero chance of hitting your own team (and this is how I'd like to use it). 2) Could be made a bad flag that requires you to hold it for a certain amount of time before dropping it. (Would be nice if there were a way to keep a bad flag if you choose.) 3) optional: fire rate is doubled, or unlimited
|-
|BulletInertia(BI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's a server setting.''
|When a shot is fired it has the same motion as the tank when it was fired. So if the tank is falling the shots move downward towards the ground, and shots are accelerated or decelerated if the tank is going forward of backward.
|-
|Warp Engine (WE)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|Tank can hit newly-defined "Warp" key (perhaps jump key?) and, with a two-second delay, instantaneously be transported an amount in the direction of facing equal to the current warp power, which starts at a minimum value. Pushing the key during the delay period increases the power; increasing it past a certain amount causes the warp engine to overload and blow up. Warping into buildings or outside the world boundary causes a collision and blows up the tank. (A random chance of being dropped when used, depending on how much power is applied? Use a gradual teleporter fog during the about-to-warp delay? Signal about-to-warpness to the other players by turning the tank gradually bright glowing white? Use a new sound for when the warp occurs?)
|-
|Identify Friend/Foe (FF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just apply the setting to Masquerade.''
|Masquerade for the radar. Tank shows up for everyone as their team on the radar.
|-
|Rotating Turret (RT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, no turning turrets, ever.''
|Turret can turn. Like GM, you can lock on people, and the turret always fires in their direction (horizontally, not vertically). May need some graphics changes (tank becomes bottom part - tank orientation + top part - turret orientation)
|-
|Boat (BO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too dependent on map features.''
|Tank floats on water. Moats don't kill you. You move a bit slower on water though. You can still jump on water, but not as high.
|-
|MortarBomb (MB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, requires vertical aim to be any use.''
|Shot has same trajectory as a jump. Vertical velocity alters trajectory. Should be very useful once mastered. Many applications e.g. stop-shoot-go to drop a shot on a pursuer. - FiringSquad
|-
|CriticalMass (CM)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, this is a server side plugin, not a flag.''
|When killed you explode in a ShockWave (perhaps larger). Tanks with this flag should pulse on your radar. Suicide to kill at close range and dangerous to have near you. Points scored from explosion should accrue to the holder not the killer, otherwise not worth holding onto flag. - FiringSquad
|-
|ShortHop (SH)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to jump.''
|Jump is half the normal height and takes half the time. (+) Good for jumping over bullets and regaining control quickly to return fire. (-) Unable to reach everywhere. - FiringSquad
|-
|1000 Tons Weight (TW)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just stupid''
|Timer starts as soon as flag as picked up(30 sec timer? Server set?), and user cant drop it. When timer runs out, a 1000 ton weight falls out of the sky killing the owner. When you shoot someone the flag gets transfered over. Player 1 gets TW, 25 seconds go by, he shoots Player 2, then, 5 seconds time, BOOM. Make a nice CLLANNG sound, and tank stops, and other tanks see the weight fall on him. (Punkus)
|-
|Red Eye (RE)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex and somewhat pointless.''
|First shot causes target tank out-of-window screen to become all white (like a red-eye flash). Out-of-window view stays white for a certain number of seconds (2? 3?). Within that time initial tanks shots are normal, other shooting tank causes white screen again. Radar works as normal, only out-of-window view is affected
|-
|SUbtle (SU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use CL''
|Tank appears normal to friendlies - only outline visible to enemies.
|-
|Klingon Cloak (KC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, to powerful.''
|A super cloak, combining stealth and cloak to render you totally invisible to others (though not untouchable). You're not invincible though because, just like with the cloaks used by the Klingons, your tank cannot fire while you have this flag and there is a couple second delay between dropping cloak and being able to fire. Not much for fighting, but great for sneaking up on campers.
|-
|Team Invulnerable(TI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use Friendly Fire.''
|Can't be killed by a teammate, except maybe superbullet, genocide.
|-
|TagYourit (TY)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, should be a game mode, not a flag.''
|Your tank can't fire and the only way to drop the flag is to get within a certain radius of another tank. The flag is automatically transferred to the other tank.
|-
|SwiM (SM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex.''
|In short: Can get into building. while in building can:
* raise slowly while the jump-key is pressed. fall slowly otherwise.
* get to the almost top of the building. from the top can shoot and be shot - while holding the jump key(otherwise he'll fall-in)
* and can die if the countdown reaches zero. a countdown will be started when he gets to a building, and stopped when he gets out.
|-
|Proximity Drop (PD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for the other players.''
|When driving close to opposing tanks (say 3 tank lengths) you cause them to lose their flags.
|-
|Lightning Bolt (LB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, lame munchkin flag. Too limited in use.''
|A lightning bolt descends from the sky and hits the highest object above the tank (possibly passing through everything on it's way down?), destroying people above you. Harmless to your own tank. Effective against tanks with GM sniping from high places. Completely useless against almost everything else.
|-
|ThrUster (TU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, We have Wings.''
|Clicking causes thrusters to fire up underneath your tank. Holding the left mouse button keeps the rockets on (for a time, until they burn out and you plummet to the ground). Landing on other tanks destroys, unless the thrusters used up. Rockets must recharge (especially after being burnt out) like any offensive weapon. A bit like the tank in StarFox64 - yes, I know, sinful console game.
|-
|Ostrich (OS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, we have burrow.''
|(Goofy) Your tank becomes an ostrich. Clicking causes you to bury your head (and the rest of your body) underground, making it impervious to attack for a very short period, but completely unable to move. Any tanks in the way of it diving underground are destroyed. Weak against lasers, because there would be no time to duck.
|-
|LaZarus(LZ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shield.''
|When killed holding this flag, after being exploded your tank magically combines, and you are not dead.
|-
|WaveFront (WF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shockwave.''
|Like shockwave, but only, say, 30 degrees high and wide, but has longer range
|-
|Dud Shot (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's kinda mean. And you could not shake it on servers with shake kills.''
|Not all of your bullets work
|-
|Death Blossom (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Just use shockwave.''
|Shoots all bullets available in a circular pattern from the tank.
|-
|COlumn(CO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, very limited in use.''
|All of your (currently loaded) shots are fired at once, on top of each other, making a vertical column.
|-
|Sniper Rifle (SR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use laser.''
|Your Tank's shots have infinite range, think of the good, and the bad.
|-
|Flash Bang (FB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, redefines too many existing behaviors, and far too complex.
|A few possible implementations. 1) Right-click fires non-lethal shots which travel until a second right-click upon which they explode (similar to SW radius, perhaps bigger) and blind tanks within blast. 2) Could be semi-bad flag where normal shots don't kill but temporarily blind tanks that are hit to allow escape (or kill by teammate). 3) Right click flashes all opponents within line-of-sight of tank w/flag. If tanks are turned such that they can see tank w/flag, they are temporarily blinded.
|-
|Freeze Wave (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just kill them.''
|Similar to Shock Wave, except that instead of destroying other tanks within the shock radius, it freezes other tanks within the freeze radius for a certain time, so they cannot move or fire (even in mid-air). When the other tanks re-awaken, they are immune to freezing for a certain time. Dropping the flag forces a reload time (like Thief). This flag encourages team play. An alternate implementation would freeze yourself if any team tanks get frozen.
|-
|ARchitect(AR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Your tank can move buildings by driving into them.
|-
|Gravity Bullet (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, requires vertical aim to work well.''
|Your bullets are affected by gravity. This obviously reduces the range when fired on the ground, but a tank sitting on a building or jumping has the ability to hit people below them... if they time their shots right.
|-
|RubberTank (RT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, use shield.''
|I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you shoot bounces off me and kills you! Regular shots ricochet off your tank back in the direction they came, if shooter is still there or close then he gets hit by his own shot. GMs explode without killing or cause rubber damage (flag drop). Super bullet and shock wave kill. Steam roller bounces off you, maybe causing his death or both your flags to drop.
|-
|MagNet (MN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's just mean.''
|Bullets are attracted to player's tank.
|-
|Force Field (FF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Just use Shield.''
|Pushes bullets away. Well aimed shots do not get pushed away
|-
|Boomerang Bullet (BB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limiting.''
|Shots move in a curved path that includes the point of firing
|-
|ZigZag (ZZ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limiting. ''
|Shots don't fly straight. Instead they fly in a sine wave or a zigzag pattern. Probably no reasonable expectation of hitting what you want.
|-
|FReeze (FR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No Too limiting.''
|Tank can't move, only jump and fire.
|-
|Shock Ring (??)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shockwave.''
|Shockwave in a horizontal ring pattern
|-
|RemoteControl (RC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Player can take control of another player's tank, steer and/or fire it, causing the other player to become vulnerable and/or kill himself or others. Offensive and defensive uses, especially if gm or laser campers are around. Automatically dropped after use.
|-
|TransLocate (TL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Identify a player, then switch places (perhaps N times use)
|-
|Clone (CN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Takes on the properties of the nearest player's flag
|-
|Lemur mode (LM)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Walk on walls. (maybe parallel to ground only, from however high you touched it, and then jump to get off?)
|-
|Cattle Prod (CP)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Steamroller!?!?!''
|(Goofy) A cattle prod sticks out some fixed distance in front of the bearer's tank. Anyone who touches the prod dies. Clicking while the flag is in effect does nothing.
|-
|MiRage (MR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Player sees tanks and shots where they shouldn't be.
|-
|Wormhole Bullet(WB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Bullets that hit other tanks send them to a random link/teleporter instead of killing them. (If there are no teleporters, don't create flags?).
|-
|INflate(IN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Your bullets cause tiny tanks to become normal sized, normal tanks to become obese, and obese tanks to explode.
|-
|Proximity Fuse (PF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Shells explode with a small shock wave when they pass within range of a tank (even a friendly one).
|-
|Laser Cloud(LC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Firing this causes a x amount (x = amount of shots available) of short laser beams to project from the tank, killing all GM, bullets, and tanks they meet. It can aim up and down, and has the range of a Shockwave. Can be over driven by a greater amount of shots than the tank has lasers for. Right clicking causes one single laser beam twice as long as usual, it uses all the shots available, and takes twice as long to recover (optional)
|-
|French Fries (FF)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, kinda lame.''
|(Goofy) Other tanks are attracted to the french fry and will turn to it if they are facing it within 90 degrees.It automatically moves toward it. Other tanks can still turn around (slowly) until it gets out of the magical 90 degrees.
|-
|Time Displacement(TD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Employing this causes the whole world to freeze for a short period of time. Except you, and perhaps PZ. You loose your flag after this. You can't shoot while the world is frozen.
|-
|Ugly
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|When opposing tanks have you in there lock angle, their tanks automatically turn away from you. This can be compensated for by turning against it.
|-
|Fly by Wire (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, though adding this to GM might be nice.''
|Missile flies with built-in camera; player's tank stands still until missile flight is over.
|-
|KamikaZe (KZ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Tank drives fast, explodes with a large radius when it collides with another tank or obstacle
|-
|Random Teleport (RT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Can't control when or where it teleports you
|-
|Air Burst (AB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Flag explodes when it reaches its apex when dropped. Apex is especially high. Explosion is large (bigger than shock wave). Being in or behind a building should protect you. Being behind (or through!) a teleporter should not.
|-
|Heat Seeker (HS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never, same as GM.''
|Missile is fire-and-forget; heads toward nearest "heat source"
|-
|HoloGram (HG)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Player's tank appears off to one side from where it really is.
|-
|Grappling Beam (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Clicking fires a laser-like beam that travels at the same speed as bullets, and does the same thing to enemy tanks if they are hit. If the beam hits a pyramid or a box, however, the tank gets pulled rapidly to the object that was hit (like a grappling hook).
|-
|ILlusion (IL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Opposing players see 2(?) fake copies of your tank at constant random offsets from your real position (if they are shot, either nothing happens or the fakes disappear?).
|-
|SNake (SN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) Becomes like a game of Nibbles for the bearer of the flag; a laser-looking barrier comes out behind the tank, and stays there (possibly for only a fixed length). Any player that touches the barrier dies.
|-
|Kill or be Killed (KK)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Player has to make kills within a certain time, or risk blowing him/herself up. {abbrev should be changed for obvious reasons}
|-
|ShotGun (SG)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Shots split and go off in different directions.
|-
|Interdimensional Teleport (IT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never, no "on drop" actions.''
|Teleports to a random location when dropped
|-
|Rear Shot (RS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Shoots both in front and behind (if available shots)
|-
|LLama (LL)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) Involuntarily charges all visible tanks, starting with the closest, including teammates. Has the same effect as SR on impact. Other tanks see an amusing llama. graphic.
|-
|SuperDrop(SD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|When killed holding this flag, all tanks loose their flags, and they are sucked into the ether.
|-
|George Bush (GB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) All game and player messages are sent through a filter translating them into George W. Bush speak. Because he knows how difficult it is to put code on your project.
|-
|Turbo Boost (TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Right click makes you faster than high speed briefly. Flag can be used multiple times, maybe with a recharge time.
|-
|ReFlect (RF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|When you get hit, you die as usual, but shot isn't stopped, it is reflected back in the direction it came from.
|-
|MirroR (MR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|See reflections of other tanks on the walls for aiming ricochet bullets
|-
|SubterFuge (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Similar to Antagonize. Players near you or those you id are sent deceptive messages purportedly from other players or teammates. These would be stock messages such as: watch out, [callsign] is behind you... let's go after [callsign]... boo... where callsign is a player on a team other than theirs or a rogue.
|-
|MagShield(MS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, need to shoot.''
|A defense only flag. Fire and you envelope yourself with a brief magnetic shield that looks like or similar to shock wave, only this shield acts like a wall stopping or causing shots to rico as appropriate. Put up your shield soon enough and you're safe, but wait too long and a shot's ricocheting around inside with you. Tanks can drive thru the shield, both to fire at you or to be protected by you as you approach a target (camper). To fire yourself you have to drop the flag.
|-
|Tether Ball(TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. too many changes.''
|A ball appears behind the tank attached by a tether and can be swung along the ground by sharp turns. If a tank (even your own) hits either the tether or the ball it is destroyed.
|-
|Dumbfire Missile (DM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|A missile that can not be locked on, but has an actual blast area (miniature shock-wave, but without affecting PZ players). Possible alternative: Full size SW, but flag is 'used' (dropped for a long time, like the shield flag) when fired.
|-
|MultiFlag (MF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Tank can hold two other flags at the same time.
|-
|OIl (OI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. large engine change.''
|Tank leaves an oil trail behind which steers people off course.
|-
|Flag Launcher(FL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. No multiple flags.''
|Gives tank the same attributes as TH but can pick up a second flag without being affected, and fire it at another tank. If it misses you keep the flag but if it hits the tank is forced to give up any currently held flags and pick up the launched flag. Good with LE.
|-
|Radar Scout (RS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, confusing.''
|Your tank becomes a radar-equipped scout (you can still shoot). In a certain radius around you, all tanks (except you) look obese (due to increased radar) and can be shot like obese tank (hitting is easier); they still fit through teleporters. In addition, cloaked and stealthed tanks and shots also become visible. Every tank on the play field can see and shoot the obese and cloaked tanks, so you have the advantages that

Tanks are more likely to shoot at each other, since you are normal in size, the others are obese
Others will think twice before destroying you since you provide them with a targeting aid
|-
|TurreT (TT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Turns your tank into a turret. Same as Burrow + Machine Gun + Angular Velocity, but your tank can't move at all.
|-
|AnnoYance (AY)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too easy to camp by a flag.''
|Tank is very large and fast, can't shoot, and invincible. Can distract enemies while friendlies go in for the kill.
|-
|AntiMatter (AM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, needs more thought for vertical worlds.''
|Tank cannot be hit except for SB/SW. 50% increased reload time, can be steamrolled by any tank, colliding with buildings results in death too
|-
|Targeting Computer (TC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, a lag nightmare.''
|HUD shows where to aim for lead-ahead based on dead reckoning
|-
|StraFe (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, will not be a flag feature if ever implemented.''
|Modifier key makes turning strafe
|-
|ECCM (um...)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|When firing from ECCM equipped tank, other tanks in front of it, 20/30 degrees, have for a while both not working radar and communication (excluding admins).
|-
|HeadAche (HA)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|All colors (not just tank colors) are inverted. Causes confusion for player, should have time limit. Submitted by ThatGuySpencer
|-
|Double Shot (DS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, see backfire.''
|Shots come out of both ends of your tank, shoting backwards and fowards (maybe your bullets run out twice as fast) - Terminator
|-
|X-ray Vision(XV)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, difficult to portray with complex worlds.''
|Can see through buildings, but not drive through them. Either they are completely invisible (making out-the window driving fun) or they show up like with OO. Makes it possible to surprise others who are behind objects, and who are depending only on radar to know where you are.
|-
|SNiper (SN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, to much like laser.''
|Tank has one, invisible, shot that lasts until it hits something/someone. Never ricochets. Blam!
|-
|PariaH (PH)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Tank is identified in all ways as each other player's nemesis.
|-
|NeMesis (NM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, not a good flag feature.''
|HUD indicates direction (but not distance) to last person to kill you, even if under stealth.
|-
|Rear Window (RW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|View is split horizontally, bottom half is view out the back.
|-
|Collector (CO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No holding multiple flags, unproductive''
|Or cleaner (CR). Everything is normal except this tank can collect all the flags, without being able to use them. The moment he presses spacebar or dies all flags he holds return to the world.
|-
|Bomber (BM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No we don't do splash damage''
|Like WG, but all shots go downwards. Speed is determined by _gravity. Useful for flying servers. When flying with BM the speed is slower than that of WG, but bombs shot will have a larger radius (can kill more things around them).
|-
|Pole-aXed (PX)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No may as well just kill him, and we don't kill for a bad flag''
|Tank cannot move forwards or backwards, can steer and jump (even on no jump servers,to be more fair). It's like being stuck on a pole.
|-
|Splash-Damage (SD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No we don't do splash damage''
|When one of your bullets hits an enemy, he explodes in a shockwave.
|-
|False Enemy (FE)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|The opposite of MQ, when you pick up this flag, your teammates see you as another player
|-
|GalaGa (GG)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|When this flag is held, your tank becomes 1.5 (to 2) times wider. However, you are able to shoot two bullets at the cost of one (like a dual fighter in Galaga).
|-
|Dome of Protection (DP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Similar to SW, but instead the "shell" is a protective dome. All shots are simply absorbed or, if there is richochet, bounce off it. It can only be penetrated by SB and SW. Note: when the flag is held the player cannot fire normal shots. They can still fight by making the shots bounce back at them.}
|-
|Campers Bullet (CP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Shots go through teleporters, without actually teleporting. Useful for hiding behind a teleporter and shooting through it, while being shielded by the teleporter.}
|-
|Black Hole (BH)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your shots move slowly, shots within half a shockwave radius of yours aim towards yours, (double maximum turn/frame of guided missile,) your shots absorb any shots that hit them to increase their range. Black holes either can't absorb each other or if they collide, they instantly kill all tanks, including the shooter(s).}
|-
|PHase shift (PH)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Oscillation Overthruster, but can backup, jump and shoot in walls. Shoots Super Bullets, and can be killed by Phantom Zone.}
|-
|Thief Beam (TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Laser with higher rate of fire than normal shots, and steals flags instead of killing.
|-
|ASsassin (AS)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|As small, fast and short-ranged as thief. Fatal and can't steal flags. Stealth and Cloaking in effect when someone is not in range, and cloaking in effect when you can't see them. (partial cloaking in effect when you can see part of them, that is, they're on the side of your view.) Can be steamrolled by anyone. Longer reload time than Thief. Can only kill once (but maybe you still keep the flag?).
|-
|BoMb (BM)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Can be transferred to someone by shooting them, also transfers the timer. When the bad flag timer (or another timer) is up, the holder dies and creates a shockwave.
|-
|Terrain Immunity (TI)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|User is invulnerable to, and can walk through, terrain hazards such as stuff that would normally be fatal to touch and conveyor belts.
|-
|Cloaked Bullet (CB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your bullets are invisible out-the-window.
|-
|No Ricochet (NR)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Shots don't ricochet.
|-
|Charge Beam (CB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Hold mouse button to charge. Releasing shoots a laser that keeps firing for as long as you charged the beam for. (Maybe a limit on charge time, so there's a limit on how long you fire a laser for?)
|-
|Gravitational Field (GF)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Attracts nearby tanks and bullets towards you. You are also afected by Newton's third law, with a resulting force pushing you in the opposite direction of the sum of all the force vectors of all the tanks and bullets you attract. It can be good and bad. With skill you can use this flag to alter bullet paths and tank motion to your/your teammate's advantage, or to your enemy's disadvantage. An example of the effect might be if a tank w/ WG is nearby you could be pulled aloung in flight,although flight would be more difficult for the tank w/ WG. There is a higher risk of being hit and higher difficulty in moving.
|-
|Destroy Buildings (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|When your shot hits an object (such as a building) it causes that object to disappear temporarily. Still ricochets off.
|-
|PLane (PL)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Turns your tank into a plane. Planes have two guns, one on each wing. You can accelerate or decelerate by using scroll wheel up to accelerate, down to decelerate. Point the mouse in the direction you want to turn. If you are shot or touch a wall you turn back into a tank. ENEMY tanks get vertical lock-on on you, meaning if they shoot while you are within their view, then their shot is at an angle upward or downward so that it might hit you. You can get some flags as a plane. Shock wave drops a bomb straight down with the velocity of a shot, plus your velocity; Laser shoots a laser from your nose-cone; Rapid Fire, Super Bullet, Machine Gun, GM are the same as normal (but you still have wing guns); Cloaking, Stealth, and Masquerade are the same; Thief shoots from nose-cone; Black Hole shoots from nose-cone; OO lets you fly through walls (except floor and the surrounding wall, of course); PZ is same as normal; Galaga makes you wider, but you can shoot more shots; Charge Beam from nose-cone; Sensor Package is same as normal; No Ricochet prevents ricochet; etc.. If you drop a flag as a plane, it drops first the grabbed flag, then once you have no grabbed flag, turns you back into a tank. I realize this probably won't be implemented.
|-
|Sensor Package (SP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|In-game description: "Tank has upgraded sensors and can send locks to guided missiles and allies." Description here: You can see what flag an enemy has, you get those arrow things for enemy team flags as well as your own (and also vertical ones), all walls show up as green wireframe on black background; you get those "enemy in range, enemy to left/right" from Battle Zone when an enemy is in your range; you can lock on to enemies (but not allies) (as you do, all ENEMY missiles within the radius of a SW lock onto them, all ALLIES with GM lock onto them, but not their fired missiles), you also get notifications when you are within an enemy's line of sight and range, especially when you are within the blast radius of someone with shockwave, you can see what flag somebody has on the radar and HUD (letters over their head).
|-
|Flak (FK)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your tank shoots debris (or oval shaped sheilds or whatever they may look like) that collide and disintegrate regular type bullets instantly when the two come in contact.
|-
|Improved Masquerade (IM)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your tank appears on the Radar and through the view finder as a friendly tank to the enemy, but not to right-clicks and identification through targeting. However, this lasts until your fire. When you fire, you immediately lose the flag. This is good for infiltrating another side, but as soon as someone right-clicks you in his targeting reticule, your identity is displayed.
|}
[[Category:Gameplay]]

Flag ideas

2007-08-07T17:57:35Z

AAA: Wikified page

== Some simple guidelines ==

=== <span style="color:#cc0000">READ THIS FIRST</span> ===

* First, check that your idea isn't already here. Chances are someone else has already come up with your flag.</li>
* Next, think carefully about your flag. Come up with a short and succinct description. Not only will a short description will make it easier for the project management team to make a decision about the flag, but it usually also indicates the quality of the idea. Chances are if a flag requires more than a short sentence or two, it's too complicated for the game.</li>
* Make sure your flag idea isn't overpowered or stupid.
* Finally, add your flag to the section with the blank 'status' field. Use the teal background color and leave the status blank!
* Note that your flag approved to a "yes" does not mean it will happen. Everything done is what the developers want to do - if a flag requires significant changes to the codebase and isn't the most brilliant idea ever, it'll probably sit here for quite some time before being implemented, if ever.

This is NOT a list of flags that are being considered. Discussion/implementation of these is encouraged, but does not mean any of these flags are going into the game.

If you do implement a flag keep these things in mind:
* All powerful flags aren't fun.
* Flags that ensure your immediate destruction aren't fun.
* Flags that aren't useful aren't fun.
* Flags boost/modulate tactical trait of tanks

Based on these observations we have the following rules:<br>

;Flag power must be limited
:For example, BZFlag has stealth and cloaking flags, but no stealth-and-cloak flag. Such a tank would be virtually impossible to destroy. Nobody likes to play against someone who can't lose.
The guided missile and laser flags are both exceptionally powerful flags, but neither make the owner invincible. Laser takes twice as long to reload and a guided missile can be dodged while still firing on the owner. You've gotta be good, but it can be done.

;Flag powers can counteract/balance each other.
:Some flags are handily defeated with another kind of flag. The oscillation overthruster can be destroyed by a super bullet or a shock wave (or a genocide). Cloaking is effective against laser and stealth is good against guided missile. Ricochet is useful against ricochet.<br><br>
Consider adding counterbalancing flags together. Or consider adding a flag that acts as a counterbalance to an existing flag or flags. Also consider making your new flag counterbalanced by an existing flag; superbullet is often a good choice.

;Don't add flags that (almost) instantly kill the owner.</dt>
:I considered adding a Death flag that would instantly kill the tank that grabbed it. I changed my mind because that's not fun and seriously dampens interest in picking up flags. Mines are similar. You're driving around and *boom* you're dead. Nothing you could've done to avoid it, no mistake you made. You're just dead. People don't mind losing so much if they know it was because they did something wrong.
:Even worse is a flag that disables your radar and vision. You're basically dead. You can shoot at random and hope to get lucky, but no amount of skill can save you. And what's worse than the Death flag is that you have to stagger around waiting for someone to kill you.
:A flag that seriously disables a tank is not as bad because the player can still use skill to defeat as many enemies as possible before getting shot. Thus we have flags like left turn only and obesity.

;Flags should require new skills
:Flags that require new skills keep the game interesting. If there's still more to learn about using ricochet or guided missile, or more to learn about fighting against them, then people will keep playing.
:Some flags seem pretty dull to some players. The steamroller and the phantom zone come to mind, or quick turn. These aren't the most powerful flags, but they do have their uses and some people enjoy them. However, I think I should have removed SR and PZ. Steamroller's usefulness is very limited and looks pretty weak compared to shock wave. PZ tends to encourage very defensive play, which slows the game down. But quick turn can be very effective when used well; put it in a tight furball and it'll do serious damage. You just have to learn how to take full advantage of it.

== List of suggested flags: ==

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|+align="bottom" style="color:#e76700;"|''Legend''
|-
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|To be Approved
|-
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|'' ''
|Approved as a not bad idea, but needs research
|-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|'' ''
|Rejected
|-
|style="background-color:#41a141;"|'' ''
|Claimed (Implementing)
|-
|style="background-color:#4141a1;"|'' ''
|SVN
|-
|style="background-color:transparent;"|'' ''
|Maybe but there are issues
|}
<br>
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!Name
!+/-
!Status
!Use
|-
|Low Gravity(LG)
| +
|style="background-color:#4141a1;"|''Yes, done in 2.1.x.''
|Gravity is reduced to a large degree allowing the tank to jump very high in the air.
|-
|Long Reload (LR)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Reloading weapon takes twice as long.
|-
|Don't Stop (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Tank always moves forward or backwards, it cannot stop.
|-
|BackFire (BF)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Shots fire to rear of tank instead of front.
|-
|FrienDly fire (FD)
| +
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Your shots don't kill friendly tanks (Your own ricochets are harmless!).
|-
|Sensor Echo (SE)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Maybe, not a bad idea.''
|All tanks show up twice (or more) on radar. Echoes behave like the tank they mirror, down to the flag.
|-
|Delayed Shot (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Shots wait some prescribed amount of time (2 seconds?) between clicking and actually firing.
|-
|Extra Shot (ES)
| +
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Player gets an extra shot.
|-
|SlowMotion (SM)
| -
|style="background-color:#a14141;"|''Yes.''
|Tank moves and turns with half speed.
|-
|Ricochet Guided missile (RG)
| +
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe if it's a simple ricochet and has a more narrow lock-on angle.''
|Instead of exploding, the RG bounces off of surfaces and continues to track the target. Option 1: It loses velocity with each bounce. Option 2: When the RG bounces, it travels in a straight line for a certain distance before regaining lock. EDIT: Perhaps we keep it as a simple ricochet, without any lock loss. The GM keeps lock, it' just takes longer to get there.
|-
|NearSight (NS)
| -
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe, not too game breaking, but not relay that exciting.''
|All tanks farther than (variable defined) world units are completely invisible on HUD. The closer they are to the player, the more visible they become. Similar to an invisible fog, does NOT effect buildings. Gives enemies a long-range advantage.
|-
|Long Shot (LS)
| +
|style="background-color:transparent;"|''Maybe, not a bad idea.''
|Bullets go twice as far but at a slower speed. Possibly N/2 extra bullets.\
|-
|INcoming (IN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's very very close to a cheat.''
|Bullets that will hit the tank are highlighted on radar/main view in some fashion as a warning system.
|-
|Flip Out (FO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No not really different from reverse controls.''
|Out of window view is upside-down.
|-
|EarthQuake (EQ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, same as using a shockwave on landing.''
|When landing after a jump, a shockwave will destroy tanks on the ground in the immediate vicinity of the landing tank.
|-
|DeFender (DF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Fires a short-range shot that projects a miniature shockwave to destroy enemy shots.
|-
|Retro (RE)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, doesn't do ANYTHING''
|View becomes green wireframe and otherwise looks like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone original Battlezone].
|-
|Velocity Shooting (VS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, is a server option, not to be mixed for some players and not others.''
|Shots keep Vertical-Velocity (as its set on some Servers for all players). If you jump; shots go up and when you fall; shots aim downward.
|-
|SQuishable (SQ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|The opposite of Steamroller. When you touch other tanks (including teammates), you die.
|-
|Judas (JD)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|When you pick up the flag, you immediately become a player on a different (random) team (or rogue). You must play on that team for as long as you have the flag. If you kill one of your new teammates, you die. BUT you can kill your old teammates for as long as you hold the flag. When you drop the flag or are killed, you revert to your old color.
|-
|ANtagonize(AN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, can not be localized easily, and may anger people.''
|This bad flag causes your tank to automatically send out mild insults and taunts to opposing players. Especially the good ones by name.
|-
|CoW launcher (CW)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, would require vertical aiming to work properly.''
|(Goofy) Launches a cow along a parabolic trajectory.
|-
|ConFusion (CF)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to CB.''
|Tank colors and names are shuffled around. Like colorblindness, but worse.
|-
|ShowOff(SO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, basically useless in gameplay.''
|(Goofy) Tank is capable of doing tricks, back flips when jumping, riding on one tread, etc.
|-
|Leash(LE)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Tank is confined to a small radius for a set time period but can still jump.
|-
|BUckler (BU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, shield is enough.''
|Give the player a 45 degree shield that reflects all shots. It should be located in the arc between 270-315 degrees. The shielded area should be visible but transparent.
|-
|PSychic (PS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too powerful and makes ID pointless.''
|Callsigns and flag names of all (visible?) tanks appear above the tank.
|-
|Full Reverse(FR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to HS and too limited in scope.''
|Your tank can move full speed in reverse. A middle ground between high speed and normal.
|-
|All Terrain (AT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No slopes, never. No.''
|Can drive over slopes and pyramids, (unless steeper than 45?) and perhaps up walls too.
|-
|Tac Nuke (TN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No too powerful.''
|On impact with any surface or tank, causes TN to detonate like a half-size SW. Option 1: TN has long reload time or is a single shot flag. Option 2: TN has an "arming" range where it cannot detonate until it passes out of that range. This range can be equal to 1/2 the blast radius or some arbitrary number. Option 3: If the TN hits a tank with a Shield flag, it is neutralized.
|-
|Glue Trail (GT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Leaves a trail that slows down other tanks behind it. fades after server-set number of seconds?
|-
|Oil Slick (OS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Leaves a trail that makes tanks behind skid/spin. Fades after server-set number of seconds?
|-
|Petrificus Totalus (PT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players, and rather lame.''
|Paralyzes tank. Cannot move, turn or shoot for set number of seconds.
|-
|Toy Gun (TG)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, pointless in game play, just use the Useless flag.''
|When you shoot,the bullet that comes out is a fake bullet attached to a string which is attached to your tank.
|-
|Icy Treads (IT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just like momentum.''
|Tank loses traction on the ground and on all objects, as if the friction setting was lowered for that particular tank.
|-
|ParaChute (PC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just like Wings.''
|You can control your tank ONLY when falling down and you fall down slower.
|-
|ToRnado (TR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|You jump and spin uncontrollably.
|-
|GhostS (GS)/SPawn (SP)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|2 or 3 mini bot tanks come out of your tanks and help you by providing cover ect. They die by being shot or after a certain period of time (45 secs?).
|-
|Death Ball (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|Tank morphs into a Death Ball and kills anyone who touches it. Faster than a normal tanks. Can be killed by being shot 5 times. You can't jump.
|-
|DiG (DG)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to burrow.''
|Your tank goes completely underground upon picking up the flag, and you may then shoot up at tanks above you. Anybody may lock on you (as with GM) if they hold GM, SB, or even no flag. You are also in range of SW. Bullets will follow you underground.
|-
|RaM (RM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too poweful and complex.''
|Tank travels at normal speed unless you fire. Firing causes your tank to accelerate forward quickly and only for a certain range. When you touch another tank, it has Steamroller effect, causing them to explode.
|-
|Auto Teleport (AT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, too powerful, and looks too much like a cheat.''
|With this flag a player can teleport to any place visible place on the radar by clicking the desired area on the radar. Only one teleport can be done per flag, otherwise you would be impossible to kill. Another way to make it harder is to put a reload time on it, so there would be at least some pause between teleports. If you teleport to an area occupied by a building, you go to the highest place on the specified area of the building.
|-
|Ice Laser (IL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players, just kill them.''
|This laser does not kill players. Instead, it freezes them. They can't move, jump, or shoot, for 10 seconds. Players who are shot by normal bullets while they are frozen become unfrozen. When a tank is frozen, the tank becomes white, preventing other players from knowing which team the frozen tank is on.
|-
|Kamakazi Attack (KA)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|This can be a good and a bad flag. When picked up, starts a self-destruct timer, that, when runs out, will blow you up. But if the right button is pressed before the time is up, then you blow up on the click. This can be use to kill multiple tanks, and can also be used in mid-air. Moderate blast-radius?
|-
|Swallow Tanks (SW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too confusing.''
|(GOOFY) If you touch another tank it disappears and becomes an observer to your tank. The more tanks you swallow the more obese you become. You can only swallow a limit of 3 tanks at a time, if you swallow more you pop. If you are killed all of the tanks you are carrying are set free. The tanks jump as they are set free to avoid multiple shots that may have been fired at the original tank. Swallow your own teammates and carry them deep into enemy territory!
|-
|Electricity Bolt (EB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too powerful and confusing.''
|Looks like thief shot when fired (Short range weapon) only when it hits a structure it kills everyone on it or touching it (or in it, players with OO). This would be handy for killing tanks sitting in hard to get to places!
|-
|Invisible Objects (IO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|All surface objects (pyramids, boxes, etc.) become invisible.
|-
|Meatloaf Launcher(ML)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Just move forward while jumping, unrelated name.''
|Jumping propels your tank not only upwards but forwards as well.
|-
|Bent Turret (BT)
| -/+
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|All shots go out 30 degrees to the left/right (than a normal shot). Some people might call this a super flag because it helps dodging.
|-
|Tiny Bullet (TB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Perhaps.''
|This bad flag causes your the bullets to shrink, making them hard for you to hit your opponent.
|-
|Missle Jammer (MJ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe.''
|Prevents a GM lock on your tank. You can still be killed by normal shots, or unlocked shots.
|-
|ECM (EM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Perhaps, if there is some indication of who does it.''
|Other tanks' radars get jammed within a certain range.
|-
|Score Flags (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe, a multi-player isn't a bad idea.''
|Gives you more than one point for each kill. Maybe randomize between 2 and 5 points. (This could also be used as a handicap for beginners)
|-
|NearSight (NS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Maybe, not too game breaking, but not relay that exciting.''
|All tanks farther than (variable defined) world units are completely invisible on HUD. The closer they are to the player, the more visible they become. Similar to an invisible fog, does NOT effect buildings. Gives enemies a long-range advantage.
|-
|Black Death (BD)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, far too powerful and confusing''.
|This flag is similar to a team flag only when it is captured it kills all other opposing teams (instead of just one specific team). This would make it so that multiple teams would be competing for one flag. (The color of the flag is black)
|-
|Colored Flag (CF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, would destroy CTF.''
|CTF only flag. Other people see the CF as their own team flag (except own team?)
|-
|Punch (PU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just kill with steamroller.''
|Hitting a tank at full speed throws it some appreciable distance away
|-
|Remote Mines (RM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, no mines. They will seem to kill players for no reason.''
|Firing places a mine, up to some predefined number. The next shot detonates all of them
|-
|Firewall (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too hard to sync, and somewhat confusing.''
|Firing creates a temporary wall of flame that tanks cannot pass
|-
|Glue Bomb (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for players.''
|Shot would detonate in a big pile of glue, slowing down people in the blast radius
|-
|Corbomite Device (CD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing, and hard to sync.''
|When the tank is shot, it generates a reciprocating shot to what killed it - these shots can be dodged normally, in most cases (SW, GM being impossible/difficult)
|-
|Clone (CN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing and too much like cheats.''
|Tank emits a hologram clone at some offset from itself as a diversion.
|-
|Smoke Screen (SC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, doesn't add much for gameplay.''
|The tank emits a cloud of smoke behind it. This provides a visual wall, and perhaps cancels out GM locks as well.
|-
|Time Lapse (TL)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to blind and jamming combined.''
|Holding this flag will cause the HUD & radar to refresh only every second or so.
|-
|Big Bullet (BB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too powerful, shots are computed as point hits.''
|Bullets are twice (or more) as large. Tank feels a kick-back when firing
|-
|Gravity Well (GW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|One-shot fire, creates a gravity well at some distance away from the firing tank. This well pulls in all tanks around it - driving away from the well will slow the descent. Possible avoidance/negation flags include BU, OO, PZ, HS.
|-
|Mirror (MI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just make CL deflect laser.''
|Holding this flag will reflect a hit by laser. Flag is not dropped after a hit. The appearance of a tank holding this flag changes so that it reflects the surroundings. Or maybe appears pseudo-transparent, rather like the inside of structures viewed with Oscillation Overthruster, or of objects when in the PZ.
|-
|Plasma Ball (PB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limited, and just kinda weird.''
|Shoots a large (8 unit) sphere that behaves exactly like a super bullet -- except it travels very, very slowly. It would travel as fast as a burrowed tank going in reverse, thus being easy to outrun in open areas, but hard to avoid on "indoor" maps. Because of the size, it would kill burrowed tanks when fired on the ground.
|-
|Fake Bullets(FB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, and pointless.''
|1) your bullets look, bounce, show up on radar, and seem real, but they pass right through tanks, causing no damage, and can't harm anyone. This can seem like a bad flag, but would be great to get the other team jumping and running while having zero chance of hitting your own team (and this is how I'd like to use it). 2) Could be made a bad flag that requires you to hold it for a certain amount of time before dropping it. (Would be nice if there were a way to keep a bad flag if you choose.) 3) optional: fire rate is doubled, or unlimited
|-
|BulletInertia(BI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's a server setting.''
|When a shot is fired it has the same motion as the tank when it was fired. So if the tank is falling the shots move downward towards the ground, and shots are accelerated or decelerated if the tank is going forward of backward.
|-
|Warp Engine (WE)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, FAR too complex.''
|Tank can hit newly-defined "Warp" key (perhaps jump key?) and, with a two-second delay, instantaneously be transported an amount in the direction of facing equal to the current warp power, which starts at a minimum value. Pushing the key during the delay period increases the power; increasing it past a certain amount causes the warp engine to overload and blow up. Warping into buildings or outside the world boundary causes a collision and blows up the tank. (A random chance of being dropped when used, depending on how much power is applied? Use a gradual teleporter fog during the about-to-warp delay? Signal about-to-warpness to the other players by turning the tank gradually bright glowing white? Use a new sound for when the warp occurs?)
|-
|Identify Friend/Foe (FF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just apply the setting to Masquerade.''
|Masquerade for the radar. Tank shows up for everyone as their team on the radar.
|-
|Rotating Turret (RT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, no turning turrets, ever.''
|Turret can turn. Like GM, you can lock on people, and the turret always fires in their direction (horizontally, not vertically). May need some graphics changes (tank becomes bottom part - tank orientation + top part - turret orientation)
|-
|Boat (BO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too dependent on map features.''
|Tank floats on water. Moats don't kill you. You move a bit slower on water though. You can still jump on water, but not as high.
|-
|MortarBomb (MB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, requires vertical aim to be any use.''
|Shot has same trajectory as a jump. Vertical velocity alters trajectory. Should be very useful once mastered. Many applications e.g. stop-shoot-go to drop a shot on a pursuer. - FiringSquad
|-
|CriticalMass (CM)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, this is a server side plugin, not a flag.''
|When killed you explode in a ShockWave (perhaps larger). Tanks with this flag should pulse on your radar. Suicide to kill at close range and dangerous to have near you. Points scored from explosion should accrue to the holder not the killer, otherwise not worth holding onto flag. - FiringSquad
|-
|ShortHop (SH)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too similar to jump.''
|Jump is half the normal height and takes half the time. (+) Good for jumping over bullets and regaining control quickly to return fire. (-) Unable to reach everywhere. - FiringSquad
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|1000 Tons Weight (TW)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just stupid''
|Timer starts as soon as flag as picked up(30 sec timer? Server set?), and user cant drop it. When timer runs out, a 1000 ton weight falls out of the sky killing the owner. When you shoot someone the flag gets transfered over. Player 1 gets TW, 25 seconds go by, he shoots Player 2, then, 5 seconds time, BOOM. Make a nice CLLANNG sound, and tank stops, and other tanks see the weight fall on him. (Punkus)
|-
|Red Eye (RE)
| +/-
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex and somewhat pointless.''
|First shot causes target tank out-of-window screen to become all white (like a red-eye flash). Out-of-window view stays white for a certain number of seconds (2? 3?). Within that time initial tanks shots are normal, other shooting tank causes white screen again. Radar works as normal, only out-of-window view is affected
|-
|SUbtle (SU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use CL''
|Tank appears normal to friendlies - only outline visible to enemies.
|-
|Klingon Cloak (KC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, to powerful.''
|A super cloak, combining stealth and cloak to render you totally invisible to others (though not untouchable). You're not invincible though because, just like with the cloaks used by the Klingons, your tank cannot fire while you have this flag and there is a couple second delay between dropping cloak and being able to fire. Not much for fighting, but great for sneaking up on campers.
|-
|Team Invulnerable(TI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use Friendly Fire.''
|Can't be killed by a teammate, except maybe superbullet, genocide.
|-
|TagYourit (TY)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, should be a game mode, not a flag.''
|Your tank can't fire and the only way to drop the flag is to get within a certain radius of another tank. The flag is automatically transferred to the other tank.
|-
|SwiM (SM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex.''
|In short: Can get into building. while in building can:
* raise slowly while the jump-key is pressed. fall slowly otherwise.
* get to the almost top of the building. from the top can shoot and be shot - while holding the jump key(otherwise he'll fall-in)
* and can die if the countdown reaches zero. a countdown will be started when he gets to a building, and stopped when he gets out.
|-
|Proximity Drop (PD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too confusing for the other players.''
|When driving close to opposing tanks (say 3 tank lengths) you cause them to lose their flags.
|-
|Lightning Bolt (LB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, lame munchkin flag. Too limited in use.''
|A lightning bolt descends from the sky and hits the highest object above the tank (possibly passing through everything on it's way down?), destroying people above you. Harmless to your own tank. Effective against tanks with GM sniping from high places. Completely useless against almost everything else.
|-
|ThrUster (TU)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, We have Wings.''
|Clicking causes thrusters to fire up underneath your tank. Holding the left mouse button keeps the rockets on (for a time, until they burn out and you plummet to the ground). Landing on other tanks destroys, unless the thrusters used up. Rockets must recharge (especially after being burnt out) like any offensive weapon. A bit like the tank in StarFox64 - yes, I know, sinful console game.
|-
|Ostrich (OS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, we have burrow.''
|(Goofy) Your tank becomes an ostrich. Clicking causes you to bury your head (and the rest of your body) underground, making it impervious to attack for a very short period, but completely unable to move. Any tanks in the way of it diving underground are destroyed. Weak against lasers, because there would be no time to duck.
|-
|LaZarus(LZ)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shield.''
|When killed holding this flag, after being exploded your tank magically combines, and you are not dead.
|-
|WaveFront (WF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shockwave.''
|Like shockwave, but only, say, 30 degrees high and wide, but has longer range
|-
|Dud Shot (DS)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's kinda mean. And you could not shake it on servers with shake kills.''
|Not all of your bullets work
|-
|Death Blossom (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Just use shockwave.''
|Shoots all bullets available in a circular pattern from the tank.
|-
|COlumn(CO)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, very limited in use.''
|All of your (currently loaded) shots are fired at once, on top of each other, making a vertical column.
|-
|Sniper Rifle (SR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use laser.''
|Your Tank's shots have infinite range, think of the good, and the bad.
|-
|Flash Bang (FB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, redefines too many existing behaviors, and far too complex.
|A few possible implementations. 1) Right-click fires non-lethal shots which travel until a second right-click upon which they explode (similar to SW radius, perhaps bigger) and blind tanks within blast. 2) Could be semi-bad flag where normal shots don't kill but temporarily blind tanks that are hit to allow escape (or kill by teammate). 3) Right click flashes all opponents within line-of-sight of tank w/flag. If tanks are turned such that they can see tank w/flag, they are temporarily blinded.
|-
|Freeze Wave (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just kill them.''
|Similar to Shock Wave, except that instead of destroying other tanks within the shock radius, it freezes other tanks within the freeze radius for a certain time, so they cannot move or fire (even in mid-air). When the other tanks re-awaken, they are immune to freezing for a certain time. Dropping the flag forces a reload time (like Thief). This flag encourages team play. An alternate implementation would freeze yourself if any team tanks get frozen.
|-
|ARchitect(AR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Your tank can move buildings by driving into them.
|-
|Gravity Bullet (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, requires vertical aim to work well.''
|Your bullets are affected by gravity. This obviously reduces the range when fired on the ground, but a tank sitting on a building or jumping has the ability to hit people below them... if they time their shots right.
|-
|RubberTank (RT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, use shield.''
|I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you shoot bounces off me and kills you! Regular shots ricochet off your tank back in the direction they came, if shooter is still there or close then he gets hit by his own shot. GMs explode without killing or cause rubber damage (flag drop). Super bullet and shock wave kill. Steam roller bounces off you, maybe causing his death or both your flags to drop.
|-
|MagNet (MN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, it's just mean.''
|Bullets are attracted to player's tank.
|-
|Force Field (FF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Just use Shield.''
|Pushes bullets away. Well aimed shots do not get pushed away
|-
|Boomerang Bullet (BB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limiting.''
|Shots move in a curved path that includes the point of firing
|-
|ZigZag (ZZ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too limiting. ''
|Shots don't fly straight. Instead they fly in a sine wave or a zigzag pattern. Probably no reasonable expectation of hitting what you want.
|-
|FReeze (FR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No Too limiting.''
|Tank can't move, only jump and fire.
|-
|Shock Ring (??)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, just use shockwave.''
|Shockwave in a horizontal ring pattern
|-
|RemoteControl (RC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Player can take control of another player's tank, steer and/or fire it, causing the other player to become vulnerable and/or kill himself or others. Offensive and defensive uses, especially if gm or laser campers are around. Automatically dropped after use.
|-
|TransLocate (TL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Identify a player, then switch places (perhaps N times use)
|-
|Clone (CN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Takes on the properties of the nearest player's flag
|-
|Lemur mode (LM)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Walk on walls. (maybe parallel to ground only, from however high you touched it, and then jump to get off?)
|-
|Cattle Prod (CP)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, Steamroller!?!?!''
|(Goofy) A cattle prod sticks out some fixed distance in front of the bearer's tank. Anyone who touches the prod dies. Clicking while the flag is in effect does nothing.
|-
|MiRage (MR)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Player sees tanks and shots where they shouldn't be.
|-
|Wormhole Bullet(WB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Bullets that hit other tanks send them to a random link/teleporter instead of killing them. (If there are no teleporters, don't create flags?).
|-
|INflate(IN)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Your bullets cause tiny tanks to become normal sized, normal tanks to become obese, and obese tanks to explode.
|-
|Proximity Fuse (PF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Shells explode with a small shock wave when they pass within range of a tank (even a friendly one).
|-
|Laser Cloud(LC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.. Just... No.''
|Firing this causes a x amount (x = amount of shots available) of short laser beams to project from the tank, killing all GM, bullets, and tanks they meet. It can aim up and down, and has the range of a Shockwave. Can be over driven by a greater amount of shots than the tank has lasers for. Right clicking causes one single laser beam twice as long as usual, it uses all the shots available, and takes twice as long to recover (optional)
|-
|French Fries (FF)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too complex, kinda lame.''
|(Goofy) Other tanks are attracted to the french fry and will turn to it if they are facing it within 90 degrees.It automatically moves toward it. Other tanks can still turn around (slowly) until it gets out of the magical 90 degrees.
|-
|Time Displacement(TD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Employing this causes the whole world to freeze for a short period of time. Except you, and perhaps PZ. You loose your flag after this. You can't shoot while the world is frozen.
|-
|Ugly
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|When opposing tanks have you in there lock angle, their tanks automatically turn away from you. This can be compensated for by turning against it.
|-
|Fly by Wire (FW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, though adding this to GM might be nice.''
|Missile flies with built-in camera; player's tank stands still until missile flight is over.
|-
|KamikaZe (KZ)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Tank drives fast, explodes with a large radius when it collides with another tank or obstacle
|-
|Random Teleport (RT)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Can't control when or where it teleports you
|-
|Air Burst (AB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Flag explodes when it reaches its apex when dropped. Apex is especially high. Explosion is large (bigger than shock wave). Being in or behind a building should protect you. Being behind (or through!) a teleporter should not.
|-
|Heat Seeker (HS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never, same as GM.''
|Missile is fire-and-forget; heads toward nearest "heat source"
|-
|HoloGram (HG)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Player's tank appears off to one side from where it really is.
|-
|Grappling Beam (GB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Clicking fires a laser-like beam that travels at the same speed as bullets, and does the same thing to enemy tanks if they are hit. If the beam hits a pyramid or a box, however, the tank gets pulled rapidly to the object that was hit (like a grappling hook).
|-
|ILlusion (IL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Opposing players see 2(?) fake copies of your tank at constant random offsets from your real position (if they are shot, either nothing happens or the fakes disappear?).
|-
|SNake (SN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) Becomes like a game of Nibbles for the bearer of the flag; a laser-looking barrier comes out behind the tank, and stays there (possibly for only a fixed length). Any player that touches the barrier dies.
|-
|Kill or be Killed (KK)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Player has to make kills within a certain time, or risk blowing him/herself up. {abbrev should be changed for obvious reasons}
|-
|ShotGun (SG)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Shots split and go off in different directions.
|-
|Interdimensional Teleport (IT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never, no "on drop" actions.''
|Teleports to a random location when dropped
|-
|Rear Shot (RS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Shoots both in front and behind (if available shots)
|-
|LLama (LL)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) Involuntarily charges all visible tanks, starting with the closest, including teammates. Has the same effect as SR on impact. Other tanks see an amusing llama. graphic.
|-
|SuperDrop(SD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|When killed holding this flag, all tanks loose their flags, and they are sucked into the ether.
|-
|George Bush (GB)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|(Goofy) All game and player messages are sent through a filter translating them into George W. Bush speak. Because he knows how difficult it is to put code on your project.
|-
|Turbo Boost (TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Right click makes you faster than high speed briefly. Flag can be used multiple times, maybe with a recharge time.
|-
|ReFlect (RF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|When you get hit, you die as usual, but shot isn't stopped, it is reflected back in the direction it came from.
|-
|MirroR (MR)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|See reflections of other tanks on the walls for aiming ricochet bullets
|-
|SubterFuge (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Similar to Antagonize. Players near you or those you id are sent deceptive messages purportedly from other players or teammates. These would be stock messages such as: watch out, [callsign] is behind you... let's go after [callsign]... boo... where callsign is a player on a team other than theirs or a rogue.
|-
|MagShield(MS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, need to shoot.''
|A defense only flag. Fire and you envelope yourself with a brief magnetic shield that looks like or similar to shock wave, only this shield acts like a wall stopping or causing shots to rico as appropriate. Put up your shield soon enough and you're safe, but wait too long and a shot's ricocheting around inside with you. Tanks can drive thru the shield, both to fire at you or to be protected by you as you approach a target (camper). To fire yourself you have to drop the flag.
|-
|Tether Ball(TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. too many changes.''
|A ball appears behind the tank attached by a tether and can be swung along the ground by sharp turns. If a tank (even your own) hits either the tether or the ball it is destroyed.
|-
|Dumbfire Missile (DM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|A missile that can not be locked on, but has an actual blast area (miniature shock-wave, but without affecting PZ players). Possible alternative: Full size SW, but flag is 'used' (dropped for a long time, like the shield flag) when fired.
|-
|MultiFlag (MF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''Never.''
|Tank can hold two other flags at the same time.
|-
|OIl (OI)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. large engine change.''
|Tank leaves an oil trail behind which steers people off course.
|-
|Flag Launcher(FL)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No. No multiple flags.''
|Gives tank the same attributes as TH but can pick up a second flag without being affected, and fire it at another tank. If it misses you keep the flag but if it hits the tank is forced to give up any currently held flags and pick up the launched flag. Good with LE.
|-
|Radar Scout (RS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, confusing.''
|Your tank becomes a radar-equipped scout (you can still shoot). In a certain radius around you, all tanks (except you) look obese (due to increased radar) and can be shot like obese tank (hitting is easier); they still fit through teleporters. In addition, cloaked and stealthed tanks and shots also become visible. Every tank on the play field can see and shoot the obese and cloaked tanks, so you have the advantages that

Tanks are more likely to shoot at each other, since you are normal in size, the others are obese
Others will think twice before destroying you since you provide them with a targeting aid
|-
|TurreT (TT)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Turns your tank into a turret. Same as Burrow + Machine Gun + Angular Velocity, but your tank can't move at all.
|-
|AnnoYance (AY)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, too easy to camp by a flag.''
|Tank is very large and fast, can't shoot, and invincible. Can distract enemies while friendlies go in for the kill.
|-
|AntiMatter (AM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, needs more thought for vertical worlds.''
|Tank cannot be hit except for SB/SW. 50% increased reload time, can be steamrolled by any tank, colliding with buildings results in death too
|-
|Targeting Computer (TC)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, a lag nightmare.''
|HUD shows where to aim for lead-ahead based on dead reckoning
|-
|StraFe (SF)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, will not be a flag feature if ever implemented.''
|Modifier key makes turning strafe
|-
|ECCM (um...)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|When firing from ECCM equipped tank, other tanks in front of it, 20/30 degrees, have for a while both not working radar and communication (excluding admins).
|-
|HeadAche (HA)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|All colors (not just tank colors) are inverted. Causes confusion for player, should have time limit. Submitted by ThatGuySpencer
|-
|Double Shot (DS)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, see backfire.''
|Shots come out of both ends of your tank, shoting backwards and fowards (maybe your bullets run out twice as fast) - Terminator
|-
|X-ray Vision(XV)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, difficult to portray with complex worlds.''
|Can see through buildings, but not drive through them. Either they are completely invisible (making out-the window driving fun) or they show up like with OO. Makes it possible to surprise others who are behind objects, and who are depending only on radar to know where you are.
|-
|SNiper (SN)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, to much like laser.''
|Tank has one, invisible, shot that lasts until it hits something/someone. Never ricochets. Blam!
|-
|PariaH (PH)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|Tank is identified in all ways as each other player's nemesis.
|-
|NeMesis (NM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No, not a good flag feature.''
|HUD indicates direction (but not distance) to last person to kill you, even if under stealth.
|-
|Rear Window (RW)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No.''
|View is split horizontally, bottom half is view out the back.
|-
|Collector (CO)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No holding multiple flags, unproductive''
|Or cleaner (CR). Everything is normal except this tank can collect all the flags, without being able to use them. The moment he presses spacebar or dies all flags he holds return to the world.
|-
|Bomber (BM)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No we don't do splash damage''
|Like WG, but all shots go downwards. Speed is determined by _gravity. Useful for flying servers. When flying with BM the speed is slower than that of WG, but bombs shot will have a larger radius (can kill more things around them).
|-
|Pole-aXed (PX)
| -
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No may as well just kill him, and we don't kill for a bad flag''
|Tank cannot move forwards or backwards, can steer and jump (even on no jump servers,to be more fair). It's like being stuck on a pole.
|-
|Splash-Damage (SD)
| +
|style="background-color:#ffff00;"|''No we don't do splash damage''
|When one of your bullets hits an enemy, he explodes in a shockwave.
|-
|False Enemy (FE)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|The opposite of MQ, when you pick up this flag, your teammates see you as another player
|-
|GalaGa (GG)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|When this flag is held, your tank becomes 1.5 (to 2) times wider. However, you are able to shoot two bullets at the cost of one (like a dual fighter in Galaga).
|-
|Dome of Protection (DP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Similar to SW, but instead the "shell" is a protective dome. All shots are simply absorbed or, if there is richochet, bounce off it. It can only be penetrated by SB and SW. Note: when the flag is held the player cannot fire normal shots. They can still fight by making the shots bounce back at them.}
|-
|Campers Bullet (CP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Shots go through teleporters, without actually teleporting. Useful for hiding behind a teleporter and shooting through it, while being shielded by the teleporter.}
|-
|Black Hole (BH)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your shots move slowly, shots within half a shockwave radius of yours aim towards yours, (double maximum turn/frame of guided missile,) your shots absorb any shots that hit them to increase their range. Black holes either can't absorb each other or if they collide, they instantly kill all tanks, including the shooter(s).}
|-
|PHase shift (PH)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Oscillation Overthruster, but can backup, jump and shoot in walls. Shoots Super Bullets, and can be killed by Phantom Zone.}
|-
|Thief Beam (TB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Laser with higher rate of fire than normal shots, and steals flags instead of killing.
|-
|ASsassin (AS)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|As small, fast and short-ranged as thief. Fatal and can't steal flags. Stealth and Cloaking in effect when someone is not in range, and cloaking in effect when you can't see them. (partial cloaking in effect when you can see part of them, that is, they're on the side of your view.) Can be steamrolled by anyone. Longer reload time than Thief. Can only kill once (but maybe you still keep the flag?).
|-
|BoMb (BM)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Can be transferred to someone by shooting them, also transfers the timer. When the bad flag timer (or another timer) is up, the holder dies and creates a shockwave.
|-
|Terrain Immunity (TI)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|User is invulnerable to, and can walk through, terrain hazards such as stuff that would normally be fatal to touch and conveyor belts.
|-
|Cloaked Bullet (CB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your bullets are invisible out-the-window.
|-
|No Ricochet (NR)
| -
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Shots don't ricochet.
|-
|Charge Beam (CB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Hold mouse button to charge. Releasing shoots a laser that keeps firing for as long as you charged the beam for. (Maybe a limit on charge time, so there's a limit on how long you fire a laser for?)
|-
|Gravitational Field (GF)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Attracts nearby tanks and bullets towards you. You are also afected by Newton's third law, with a resulting force pushing you in the opposite direction of the sum of all the force vectors of all the tanks and bullets you attract. It can be good and bad. With skill you can use this flag to alter bullet paths and tank motion to your/your teammate's advantage, or to your enemy's disadvantage. An example of the effect might be if a tank w/ WG is nearby you could be pulled aloung in flight,although flight would be more difficult for the tank w/ WG. There is a higher risk of being hit and higher difficulty in moving.
|-
|Destroy Buildings (DB)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|When your shot hits an object (such as a building) it causes that object to disappear temporarily. Still ricochets off.
|-
|PLane (PL)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Turns your tank into a plane. Planes have two guns, one on each wing. You can accelerate or decelerate by using scroll wheel up to accelerate, down to decelerate. Point the mouse in the direction you want to turn. If you are shot or touch a wall you turn back into a tank. ENEMY tanks get vertical lock-on on you, meaning if they shoot while you are within their view, then their shot is at an angle upward or downward so that it might hit you. You can get some flags as a plane. Shock wave drops a bomb straight down with the velocity of a shot, plus your velocity; Laser shoots a laser from your nose-cone; Rapid Fire, Super Bullet, Machine Gun, GM are the same as normal (but you still have wing guns); Cloaking, Stealth, and Masquerade are the same; Thief shoots from nose-cone; Black Hole shoots from nose-cone; OO lets you fly through walls (except floor and the surrounding wall, of course); PZ is same as normal; Galaga makes you wider, but you can shoot more shots; Charge Beam from nose-cone; Sensor Package is same as normal; No Ricochet prevents ricochet; etc.. If you drop a flag as a plane, it drops first the grabbed flag, then once you have no grabbed flag, turns you back into a tank. I realize this probably won't be implemented.
|-
|Sensor Package (SP)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|In-game description: "Tank has upgraded sensors and can send locks to guided missiles and allies." Description here: You can see what flag an enemy has, you get those arrow things for enemy team flags as well as your own (and also vertical ones), all walls show up as green wireframe on black background; you get those "enemy in range, enemy to left/right" from Battle Zone when an enemy is in your range; you can lock on to enemies (but not allies) (as you do, all ENEMY missiles within the radius of a SW lock onto them, all ALLIES with GM lock onto them, but not their fired missiles), you also get notifications when you are within an enemy's line of sight and range, especially when you are within the blast radius of someone with shockwave, you can see what flag somebody has on the radar and HUD (letters over their head).
|-
|Flak (FK)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your tank shoots debris (or oval shaped sheilds or whatever they may look like) that collide and disintegrate regular type bullets instantly when the two come in contact.
|-
|Improved Masquerade (IM)
| +
|style="background-color:#5BFAFA;"|'' ''
|Your tank appears on the Radar and through the view finder as a friendly tank to the enemy, but not to right-clicks and identification through targeting. However, this lasts until your fire. When you fire, you immediately lose the flag. This is good for infiltrating another side, but as soon as someone right-clicks you in his targeting reticule, your identity is displayed.
|}
[[Category:Gameplay]]

Ideas

2007-08-07T17:30:48Z

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NOTE: These are just possibilities. We won't be implementing everything here.<br>

Commentary may include personal comments by developers.

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== Cleaning up ==
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= The list =
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{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" border="1"
|+align="bottom"|''Legend''
|-
|style="background-color:#FF00FF;"|'' ''
|Implemented as a server-side plug-in
|-
|style="background-color:#0080FF;"|'' ''
|SVN (Implemented and will be in next release)
|-
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|'' ''
|In progress (Implementing)
|-
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|'' ''
|Good Idea
|-
|style="background-color:#808080;"|'' ''
|Idea
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|'' ''
|Vague, not understood, or in need of work
|-
|style="background-color:#FF8000"|'' ''
|Rejected, but can be implemented as a server plug-in
|-
|style="background-color:#FF0000;"|'' ''
|Rejected
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|'' ''
|Unknown (new)
|}
</div>

== General/Gameplay ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Add support for 5 (or more) button mice
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Great Idea
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better physics
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In progress
|
*Planning, some changes in CVS.
|Unknown
|(Old)
|-
|3-second (or however long) 'invulnerability' for incoming tanks - but they can't shoot
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*I could see this backfiring... your spawn attracts opponents to come, wait, and blast you when you lose invincibility. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Ability to turn off ricochet for laser flag but allow ricochet for bullets... or let them bounce only n times.. OR implement mirror buildings/walls. Should go for some interesting self-kills when combined with the no-radar/bullet bounce
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Small jumps
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option for genocide flag - if you're killed while you have it, your team dies :^)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Feasible with a plug-in, too. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|for broadband or LAN connections - voice chat for teams
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*I really think that you can do this with another service; I'm not sure if being part of BZFlag would be a good idea due to size and bandwidth issues.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Tank avatars (uploadable tank images) - have to think about shapes, though - someone could make a 1x1x1 pixel tank - that would suck - or a tank that looks like a building or pyramid. Clients don't have to accept downloading of avators (just view other tanks in default mode). Or just s-e-l-e-c-t from a certain number of predefined avatars that could come with the bzflag distribution. Or client provides a URL to download their avatar (saves server bandwidth).
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Might not be implemented. Requires discussion; we may want to consider making the computer force a minimum size or something similar.
*How about uploadable flag graphics?
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|'Kamikaze' option for players - can take someone out by suicide
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Server option if implemented.
*Implemented with a plugin by Theme97
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option: everyone is radar-stealthed by default unless you get a 'radar' flag. You can still see all buildings, pyramids, teleports, and arena walls, though.
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea
|
*Make them use their window. ;)
*Given the fairly narrow field of view out the window and the time it takes to turn a tank all the way around for a look-see, I think this could be frustrating. How about everyone starts out with minimum range radar instead and gets longer ranges with an appropriate flag? -M. Jetleb
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Option for above: if you pick up GM or Laser, you're visible on radar to everyone whether they've got a radar flag or not
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Selectable 'ricochet' fire - hold down shift key or something and your bullets won't ricochet
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option - tanks only have a certain number of times they can jump (gets reset when you get killed)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Multiple-shields (server option for shield flags, or can be random - can get hit x number of times)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*This is pretty much moot now. It's been shot down by the devs at least once, and a similar effect can be achieved by setting _shieldFlight to a very small number. This effectively provides as many hits as _maxFlagGrabs. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Configurable 'radarless' and/or 'blind' zones in the arena - can't see what's in there on radar or via visuals
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Tank collisions - why can tanks drive through each other? Weird.
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good Idea
|
*Lag could be a big problem here. If implemented, it must be impossible for two tanks to get stuck to each other. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|When tanks collide - great opportunity to implement tank damage concept, especially if one of them is moving especially fast, or has momentum flag, etc. Can push a tank off a building if your pushing them from their side.
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Tank damage won't happen, but the kinetics could be neat, especially for mid-air collisions. It would certainly make "jump dancing" more interesting. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Morph
|(Old)
|-
|If a tank explodes right next to another tank, the other tank can be destroyed or get damaged
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Somewhat implemented with the [[ShockwaveDeath]] plug-in. It would probably not be too hard to implement something similar (with a plugin) without shockwaves. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Skins or views- In-tank mode, bumper mode, out-of-cab mode, chase mode.
|(Unknown)
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|The ability to choose tanks, but they all die at one shot. maybe the jump height, speed, turn speed, acceleration, size can be preset.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|Option to choose different kinds of tanks. Different tanks could be weighted with different strengths and weaknesses. (almost like having a default flag). Would also need some form of health/damage status measurement, not just single hits. For example, there could be a larger, heavily armored tank that has powerful weapons, but moves slowly, versus a small, light, fast tank which is difficult to hit, but very low armor to protect from hits.
|(Unknown)
|
|Cue
|(Old)
|-
|What about a radar that only covers visible areas (don't passing through buildings/pyramids) ? This would leads to more placement tactics).
|(Unknown)
|
|K<nowiki>'</nowiki>limero
|(Old)
|-
|Always random respawn. Currently in CTF games first respawn is at own base. This can be abused by leaving and rejoining to get near base. This leave/rejoing trick is considered to be a mild form of cheating by many. Always random respawn would make it useless.
|(Unknown)
|
* I believe there is a plug-in for this. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]] 22:38, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
|-
|multiple (3?) jump stengths mini, normal, max...just the thing to confuse the opponents that expect one and you're off doing the other.
|(Unknown)
|
|kitchen
|(Old)
|-
|Shield Flag Changes: Give Shield flag a radius, and draw it like a moving less opaque blue shockwave. Any tanks inside the shield radius would be protected, until the shield got hit a certain number of times.
|(Unknown)
|
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|At our company, we instituted a voluntary policy of dropping flags after 1 kill. Prevents slaughters and keeps things rolling more. It'd be great to be able to have the game do this for us, plus I'd love to see it turned on at external sites.
|(Unknown)
|
|TomMatelich
|(Old)
|-
|Server option: default powers -- flag(s) that everyone in the game automatically has (this wouldn't count as holding a flag). For example, the current Jumping option would == including Jumping as a default power.
|(Unknown)
|
|NebNamwen
|(Old)
|-
|Shot Aiming. Basically the center shot aim box could be moved left and right as far as the edge of the view window. (This would be enabled by default.) If the map is a vertical one a server option could be enabled so that vertical aiming could be enabled (using the same concept as horizontal aiming.) The aiming would be automatically centered by a button or key. These options could be mapped to a second joystick access, mouse scroll wheel or keyboard buttons.
|(Unknown)
|
* Lateral shooting would basically be the same as a rotating turret, and this idea has been shot down many times. Vertical shooting has been poo-pooed also. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]] 01:45, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
|NN
|6/20/07
|}
</div>

== UI ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Make option to show previous players list
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Make ALL server options available from the menus
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*There are a LOT of server options, and this could add quite a bit of clutter. If you need more than a basic game, you should probably learn to start BZFS from the command line anyway. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Separate windows for player messages & server messages
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea.
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Message log
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea.
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Send message to everyone 'but' specified player (crosses team boundaries, or not)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Hmm. Everybody BUT a specified player? [M. Jetleb -> as in: "Let's all get the GM guy" without the GM guy knowing he's facing a co-ordinated attack - I like this idea)
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|The ability to see what the world is like before connecting to the server.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|Multi-monitor support (i.e., radar on one screen, window on another, chat/event log on a third)
|(Unknown)
|
|bhtooefr
|(Old)
|-
|Make a part in bzflag to put up a real server. 1st screen has the flags you want, next page is to find the MAP file that you created on your hard drive, next page pick if you want jumping etc.
|(Unknown)
|
|Colin
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

== Technical ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Better network handling
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In progress
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better robot AI
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Don't know if players would like it or not in multiplayer game. Pluggable or scriptable robot AI , maybe? - Code must be restructured first
*Server side bots are coming! [[User:TD-Linux|TD-Linux]] 17:41, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better positioning of tanks
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*BZFlag already does this, but the algorithm is bad. Needs work.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Serious multithreaded design - shouldn't lock up interface while looking for servers, or doing anything else. This program is way-unstable on Windows
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In Progress
|
*We're working on these problems; many complaints are due to people still using old servers/clients.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Some type of BZFlag GUID* to ban players who cheat - won't accept players who disable their GUID, etc.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Global Unique Identifier, sort of like an IP addrss, but permanent. Usually a number. Problem occurs when you lose your GUID (have to reformat your HD, etc. How do you keep someone from hacking their GUID, or setting up a modified BZFlag server for identity theft, etc.
|(Unknown)
|
*I doubt this is even possible, let alone practical. What about people who play from more than one location? And, because this is an open-source game, it would probably be cracked in minutes. Any verification can be spoofed, or at least altered. there is no foolproof way to permanently ban someone. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|To prevent cheating - the server determines what flags & abilities each tank has (possible?)
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|In Progress
|
*Seriously being considered. This would also have the advantage of allowing different versions of clients and servers to work together. Yes, it's possible, but this type of change will mean a change in the network protocols.
*Being worked on for 2.2
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|BZFlag for mac in separate data and application files.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|J2ME client (allows one to play on a cell phone), would use radar
|(Unknown)
|
|bhtooefr
|(Old)
|-
|Special 'open source' BZFlag version (server and client) which is guaranteed to be compatible with all other BZFlag versions.
|(Unknown)
|
*BZFlag is already open-source, and making a universally-compatible client is not even remotely practical. Incompatibility is part of why the game breaks off new versions in the first place. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Orca
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

== Game Modes, Team Play, and Scoring ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Tounament mode
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Great Idea?
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|When you shoot someone on your own team, instead of both of you blowing up, neither is destroyed, and their score goes up one, while your's goes down one. This would make teamkilling impossible and greatly discourage traitors as well.
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*But then couldn't cheaters spawn two clients and ramp up their scores by teamkilling their other login? --YHARG
|Trigger Happy Nerd
|(Old)
|-
|A new gameplay mode- Takes two to tank. One to control the (rotating) turret, the other drives. KIA switches positions. "Teamplay" but all in one tank.
|(Unknown)
|
*I see serious lag issues with this... How does Halo do it? ;) -L4m3r
*The main problem with this idea is coordination. If one person were to leave, the tank would be crippled. You COULD solve this by having the person switch to normal mode, but this could cause considerable jerking between modes on a busy server. [[User:F687s|F687s]] 22:13, 20 June 2007 (EDT)
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Turret mode, If enabled by the server (Can be manditory with automatic grouping). One user drives and the other shoots, Turret mode tanks get double points (But onyl take one from the target). lost double points if killed. Have double ammo, And controllable speed (Max = _tankSpeed * 2 Min = _tankSpeed). Plus it takes 2 shots to kill a turret mode tank. Points gained and lost by turret tanks are divided evenly between the users, Unless the server is all turret mode, in h which case two users are displayed as one.
|(Unknown)
|
|Dogbert
|(Old)
|-
|Ability for a team to vote to 'banish' someone from their team
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Possibly unfair to newer players. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|There should be a game of cops and robbers. The teams can change after about 10 mins or so.
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|A special FFA Game mode "Team by Flags". This means, same Flag = same Team, so if there is a Tank with Rapid fire, and you pick up Rapid fire, you are automatically handled as Team member (this means, killing the other Tank with Rapid fire will be handled the same way as when killing a team member). YHARG: Funky idea: what about a game mode where teams shared flag abilities? Like, each player on a team's flag applies to the whole team. This could make for some interesting combos...
|(Unknown)
|
|Agonizer
|(Old)
|-
|Make life trickier for the Rogue Team; with a mix of Rogues and Colored Teams, the Rogues have more targets. This should also change the effect of the Masquerade flag - perhaps your tank is invisible to Rogues (like Cloaking)?
|(Unknown)
|
|NickGrim
|(Old)
|-
|A server option to make deaths not affect your score unless they were self-inflicted/team (the method used by many online games). This would encourage more aggressive play, because it's worth going out and blasting. As it is, you've got a very good chance by just phantoming/OOing out of the way and keeping you score at zero to stay in the top three places! It would also help fix the rather unfair situation of spawning just below a building on which someone is GM-camping...there's pretty much no way to escape, so you lose a point.
|(Unknown)
|
|LionsPhil
|(Old)
|-
|Don't show individual score in CTF games. This might help teamplay as it reduces the incentive to run around as if it would be FFA.
|(Unknown)
|
|abli
|(Old)
|-
|Give points to the player how captures flag in CTF. (Say, around 4 or so) After all, it is often a bigger job than killing someone.
|(Unknown)
|*Maybe the score could be based the number of tanks in the other team, similar to shooting someone w/ geno. This can also discourage people from capturing thier own flag by scoreing the negative number of teamates. I'm not sure if the individual scores of the players of the captured team (other than the one who captures the flag) should be affected however. [[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]] 09:44, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
|-
|Ducati/Freestyle "Roles" mode: Make a game mode where players are presented with a list of flag choices (limitable to a few roles, if wanted) at respawn or connect time, and are forced to use this flag for the remainder of their connection/tank life. This would be really useful in the case of stealth vs. seer, where you could choose to be stealth or seer, but couldn't switch between them. Another idea would be high speed vs. quick turn. Or steamroller vs. machine gun... Team play would have the interesting effect of people banding together and people with each role on the team. Especially in stealth vs. seer, where a seer team member could warn the team about enemies! There would be no team flags/bases.
|(Unknown)
|
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|New game called tag were someone is it and they shoot someone else and there it and ect.
|(Unknown)
|
|Supermatthew
|(Old)
|-
|Also a new game called "Hide and seek" were everyone is clocked(think thats it, were you don't see them on radar) except one who is it. he needs to find someone and shoot them then hese cloked and who was shot is not. Also when someone is shot there sent back to Ground zero( 0X, 0Y, 0Z ) so they can't shoot who ever just shot them.
|(Unknown)
|
|Supermatthew
|(Old)
|-
|"Cat" game: when a player dies, he/she respawns automaticaly, after 3 secs or so. When they have respawned 9 times, they can no longer spawn, and are observers. The one who lasts the longest wins. Games are timed.
|(Unknown)
|
|(Unknown)
|4/20/2007
|-
|}
</div>

== Maps, Mapping, and BZW ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Materials that don't allow OO and PZ to go through
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Would be nice for multilevel worlds made with the new ability to have objects above the ground.
*Sounds awesome! TD-Linux 17:41, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
*As a special case, there could be Zoned objects (objects that only respond to PZ and maybe OO; normal tanks behave like PZ through these objects). [[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]] 18:05, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Differently-shaped teleporters (circles, triangles, etc.)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*probably low priority
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|360 degree teleports - hit a spot on the ground or in the air from any direction and you teleport
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Configurable random teleporters - teleports to a different location every time
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Idea is a bit vague... randomized teles are implemented if you use multiple links. Is this what is meant by this suggestion? -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Triggers in levels
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|(Unknown)
|
*Triggers for what? unless you're talking about AI, this could most likely be handled with a server plug-in. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Dragonstar
|(Old)
|-
|wraparound world - radar remains centered on your current position. Internally, objects leaving the north border reappear to the south, but from the user's radar / visible perspective, you just see to the horizon. I believe this is how the original Battlezone worked. There are some implications: laser would need a range limit.
|(Unknown)
|
|nsayer
|(Old)
|-
|As a generalization to the wraparound world concept, how about the option of making a map based on geometry that’s non-Euclidean, for example spherical or hyperbolic. Jumping/flying, the shape of the tanks/objects, and bullet trajectories would also be affected by this global geometry. It would be like a world that has a high gravitational field, or a world situated near a wormhole.
|(Unknown)
|
|[[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]]
|5/21/2007
|-
|-
|Get rid of the PZ flag and replace it w/ special telporters that do the same thing (they could be called "zoners", and should probably look different from regular teleporters). This way superflags, badflags, and team flags can all be zoned (without needing an exception to the restricition against using more than one flag at a time). The above idea of other zoned objects would play a major role here. Zoned flags can only be picked up by zoned tanks. Flags can spawn zoned, or become zoned by being carried by an unzoned tank that becomes zoned by going through a zoner. Likewise, a zonedflag becomes unzoned when a zoned tank carries it through a zoner. Unzoned tanks respond to shots from zoned flags the same way zoned tanks respond to shots from unzoned flags. For example: when zoned, L, WG, geno, and GM do not kill unzoned tanks (zoned GM will still lock onto any tank, and zoned geno would still kill every tank on the same team as the zoned tank that was shot). Although, flags like SW and SB would still kill any tank regardless of thier zoning status. As an extension to this idea one team in a CTF game could start out zoned, i.e. thier base is zoned and they initially spawn zoned. In order for the unzoned team to capture the zoned team's flag, the flag must become unzoned, and vice versa for the zoned team. This way new possibilities exist, like two bases could be superimposed as long as one base is zoned and the other is not. Another possible extension is different kinds of zones (w/ corespondingly different kinds of zoners) for CTF involving more than two teams. The relationship between differently zoned tanks would be the same as the relationship between zoned and unzoned tanks.
|(Unknown)
|
|[[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]]
|5/21/2007
|}
</div>

== Server Options, Administration, Plug-ins, and the Plug-in API ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Ability to configure server to turn somethings off or on depending on number of players - for instance, turn off ricochet after a certain number of players are connected, turn off GM & laser if a certain number of players aren't playing (GM & Laser with 2 players is kinda ridiculous)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Allow custom-made weapons with a Object-Oriented scripting language (sorta like Liero AI uses: http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/liero/index.html )
|(Unknown)
|
|Dragonstar
|(Old)
|-
|Preset world weapons that can be fired manually by admins from within BzFlag.
|(Unknown)
|
|Dogbert
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

== Graphics & Sound ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Sounds of tanks moving.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|Have different tank death scenes for the dying tank point of view. I realize there is some time needed for one to die and respawn, but the jumping effect one sees when killed irritates me to no end! I'd be happier if all faded to black or white or orange and had text across the screen saying ""respawning... please wait"" :) Also, when killed and your tank was moving toward a building, it just falls right thru it until it hits the ground.. wrong physics there! Splatter or tumble or shatter or something :)
|(Unknown)
|
|Robi
|(Old)
|-
|Custom color schemes for rogue players. The turret and body components can be chosen to be one of a predefined set of colors (e.g. red, yellow, black, white, blue, green, purple...). The game prohibits choosing a color scheme that matches a team scheme (e.g. red turret with red body) and the limited set stops someone choosing a shade which is nearly a team color (e.g. 0xFE0000 instead of 0xFF0000) (and also save texture memory, I think).
|(Unknown)
| * Clients are able to define their own colors, and removing the ability to would cause accessibility issues (Colorblind users). --[[User:AAA|AAA]] 13:30, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
|LionsPhil
|(Old)
|-
|Allow a small decal on the back of the top of the tank. (think Half-Life's customizable spraypaint). Possibly also apply it to any held flag?
|(Unknown)
|
|LionsPhil
|(Old)
|-
|I'd like to see something more interesting done with the sky... maybe there could be a little ufo (easter egg) that would fly around occasionally? Tux on a ufo! ;)
|(Unknown)
| This is up to servers. --[[User:AAA|AAA]] 13:30, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|Flag decals: Each flag would have a little icon/decal showing it's type ONLY when held by a player. It's kind of nice to be able to surprise people with an undercover shockwave, but doesn't make sense to have to right click (identify) or check the user list to see what flag someone has.
|(Unknown)
|
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|Background music! : (This can be done with an external media player so it shouldn't be the heighest priority, It would be nice to be able to control your music from within BzFlag)
|(Unknown)
|More usefully, you could just map key combinations to commands, rather than wasting time supporting all the various music players on every OS BZFlag supports. I don't know whether that would work so well on Windows, though. --[[User:77.97.207.100|77.97.207.100]] 10:14, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

== List Server and Other Global Services ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Multiple list servers, in case bzflag.org goes down (as it happened around feb. 15. 2004)
|(Unknown)
|Of course someone would need to pay for it. --[[User:BinarySpike|BinarySpike]] 18:10, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

[[Category:Development]]

Ideas

2007-08-07T16:50:46Z

AAA: /* General/Gameplay */

{{Old}}
NOTE: These are just possibilities. We won't be implementing everything here.<br>

Commentary may include personal comments by developers.

= Editing this page =

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== Cleaning up ==
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= The list =
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{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="1" border="1"
|+align="bottom"|''Legend''
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|style="background-color:#FF00FF;"|'' ''
|Implemented as a server-side plug-in
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|style="background-color:#0080FF;"|'' ''
|SVN (Implemented and will be in next release)
|-
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|'' ''
|In progress (Implementing)
|-
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|'' ''
|Good Idea
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|style="background-color:#808080;"|'' ''
|Idea
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|'' ''
|Vague, not understood, or in need of work
|-
|style="background-color:#FF8000"|'' ''
|Rejected, but can be implemented as a server plug-in
|-
|style="background-color:#FF0000;"|'' ''
|Rejected
|-
|style="background-color:#FFFFFF"|'' ''
|Unknown (new)
|}
</div>

== General/Gameplay ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Add support for 5 (or more) button mice
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Great Idea
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better physics
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In progress
|
*Planning, some changes in CVS.
|Unknown
|(Old)
|-
|3-second (or however long) 'invulnerability' for incoming tanks - but they can't shoot
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*I could see this backfiring... your spawn attracts opponents to come, wait, and blast you when you lose invincibility. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Ability to turn off ricochet for laser flag but allow ricochet for bullets... or let them bounce only n times.. OR implement mirror buildings/walls. Should go for some interesting self-kills when combined with the no-radar/bullet bounce
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Small jumps
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option for genocide flag - if you're killed while you have it, your team dies :^)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Feasible with a plug-in, too. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|for broadband or LAN connections - voice chat for teams
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*I really think that you can do this with another service; I'm not sure if being part of BZFlag would be a good idea due to size and bandwidth issues.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Tank avatars (uploadable tank images) - have to think about shapes, though - someone could make a 1x1x1 pixel tank - that would suck - or a tank that looks like a building or pyramid. Clients don't have to accept downloading of avators (just view other tanks in default mode). Or just s-e-l-e-c-t from a certain number of predefined avatars that could come with the bzflag distribution. Or client provides a URL to download their avatar (saves server bandwidth).
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Might not be implemented. Requires discussion; we may want to consider making the computer force a minimum size or something similar.
*How about uploadable flag graphics?
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|'Kamikaze' option for players - can take someone out by suicide
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Server option if implemented.
*Implemented with a plugin by Theme97
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option: everyone is radar-stealthed by default unless you get a 'radar' flag. You can still see all buildings, pyramids, teleports, and arena walls, though.
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea
|
*Make them use their window. ;)
*Given the fairly narrow field of view out the window and the time it takes to turn a tank all the way around for a look-see, I think this could be frustrating. How about everyone starts out with minimum range radar instead and gets longer ranges with an appropriate flag? -M. Jetleb
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Option for above: if you pick up GM or Laser, you're visible on radar to everyone whether they've got a radar flag or not
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Selectable 'ricochet' fire - hold down shift key or something and your bullets won't ricochet
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Server option - tanks only have a certain number of times they can jump (gets reset when you get killed)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Multiple-shields (server option for shield flags, or can be random - can get hit x number of times)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*This is pretty much moot now. It's been shot down by the devs at least once, and a similar effect can be achieved by setting _shieldFlight to a very small number. This effectively provides as many hits as _maxFlagGrabs. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Configurable 'radarless' and/or 'blind' zones in the arena - can't see what's in there on radar or via visuals
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Tank collisions - why can tanks drive through each other? Weird.
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good Idea
|
*Lag could be a big problem here. If implemented, it must be impossible for two tanks to get stuck to each other. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|When tanks collide - great opportunity to implement tank damage concept, especially if one of them is moving especially fast, or has momentum flag, etc. Can push a tank off a building if your pushing them from their side.
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Tank damage won't happen, but the kinetics could be neat, especially for mid-air collisions. It would certainly make "jump dancing" more interesting. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Morph
|(Old)
|-
|If a tank explodes right next to another tank, the other tank can be destroyed or get damaged
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Somewhat implemented with the [[ShockwaveDeath]] plug-in. It would probably not be too hard to implement something similar (with a plugin) without shockwaves. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Skins or views- In-tank mode, bumper mode, out-of-cab mode, chase mode.
|(Unknown)
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|The ability to choose tanks, but they all die at one shot. maybe the jump height, speed, turn speed, acceleration, size can be preset.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|Option to choose different kinds of tanks. Different tanks could be weighted with different strengths and weaknesses. (almost like having a default flag). Would also need some form of health/damage status measurement, not just single hits. For example, there could be a larger, heavily armored tank that has powerful weapons, but moves slowly, versus a small, light, fast tank which is difficult to hit, but very low armor to protect from hits.
|(Unknown)
|
|Cue
|(Old)
|-
|What about a radar that only covers visible areas (don't passing through buildings/pyramids) ? This would leads to more placement tactics).
|(Unknown)
|
|K<nowiki>'</nowiki>limero
|(Old)
|-
|Always random respawn. Currently in CTF games first respawn is at own base. This can be abused by leaving and rejoining to get near base. This leave/rejoing trick is considered to be a mild form of cheating by many. Always random respawn would make it useless.
|(Unknown)
|
* I believe there is a plug-in for this. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]] 22:38, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
|-
|multiple (3?) jump stengths mini, normal, max...just the thing to confuse the opponents that expect one and you're off doing the other.
|(Unknown)
|
|kitchen
|(Old)
|-
|Shield Flag Changes: Give Shield flag a radius, and draw it like a moving less opaque blue shockwave. Any tanks inside the shield radius would be protected, until the shield got hit a certain number of times.
|(Unknown)
|
|YHARG
|(Old)
|-
|At our company, we instituted a voluntary policy of dropping flags after 1 kill. Prevents slaughters and keeps things rolling more. It'd be great to be able to have the game do this for us, plus I'd love to see it turned on at external sites.
|(Unknown)
|
|TomMatelich
|(Old)
|-
|Server option: default powers -- flag(s) that everyone in the game automatically has (this wouldn't count as holding a flag). For example, the current Jumping option would == including Jumping as a default power.
|(Unknown)
|
|NebNamwen
|(Old)
|-
|Shot Aiming. Basically the center shot aim box could be moved left and right as far as the edge of the view window. (This would be enabled by default.) If the map is a vertical one a server option could be enabled so that vertical aiming could be enabled (using the same concept as horizontal aiming.) The aiming would be automatically centered by a button or key. These options could be mapped to a second joystick access, mouse scroll wheel or keyboard buttons.
|(Unknown)
|
* Lateral shooting would basically be the same as a rotating turret, and this idea has been shot down many times. Vertical shooting has been poo-pooed also. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]] 01:45, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
|NN
|6/20/07
|}
</div>

== UI ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Make option to show previous players list
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Make ALL server options available from the menus
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*There are a LOT of server options, and this could add quite a bit of clutter. If you need more than a basic game, you should probably learn to start BZFS from the command line anyway. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Separate windows for player messages & server messages
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea.
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Message log
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|Good idea.
|
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Send message to everyone 'but' specified player (crosses team boundaries, or not)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Hmm. Everybody BUT a specified player? [M. Jetleb -> as in: "Let's all get the GM guy" without the GM guy knowing he's facing a co-ordinated attack - I like this idea)
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|The ability to see what the world is like before connecting to the server.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|Multi-monitor support (i.e., radar on one screen, window on another, chat/event log on a third)
|(Unknown)
|
|bhtooefr
|(Old)
|-
|Make a part in bzflag to put up a real server. 1st screen has the flags you want, next page is to find the MAP file that you created on your hard drive, next page pick if you want jumping etc.
|(Unknown)
|
|Colin
|(Old)
|-
|}
</div>

== Technical ==
<div align="center">
{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
!width="40%"|Idea
!width="7%"|Status
!width="40%"|Commentary
!width="7%"|Submitter
!width="6%"|Date
|-
|Better network handling
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In progress
|
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better robot AI
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*Don't know if players would like it or not in multiplayer game. Pluggable or scriptable robot AI , maybe? - Code must be restructured first
*Server side bots are coming! [[User:TD-Linux|TD-Linux]] 17:41, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
|-
|Better positioning of tanks
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
|
*BZFlag already does this, but the algorithm is bad. Needs work.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Serious multithreaded design - shouldn't lock up interface while looking for servers, or doing anything else. This program is way-unstable on Windows
|style="background-color:#00FFFF;"|In Progress
|
*We're working on these problems; many complaints are due to people still using old servers/clients.
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|Some type of BZFlag GUID* to ban players who cheat - won't accept players who disable their GUID, etc.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Global Unique Identifier, sort of like an IP addrss, but permanent. Usually a number. Problem occurs when you lose your GUID (have to reformat your HD, etc. How do you keep someone from hacking their GUID, or setting up a modified BZFlag server for identity theft, etc.
|(Unknown)
|
*I doubt this is even possible, let alone practical. What about people who play from more than one location? And, because this is an open-source game, it would probably be cracked in minutes. Any verification can be spoofed, or at least altered. there is no foolproof way to permanently ban someone. -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|To prevent cheating - the server determines what flags & abilities each tank has (possible?)
|style="background-color:#00FF00;"|In Progress
|
*Seriously being considered. This would also have the advantage of allowing different versions of clients and servers to work together. Yes, it's possible, but this type of change will mean a change in the network protocols.
*Being worked on for 2.2
|MORPH
|(Old)
|-
|BZFlag for mac in separate data and application files.
|(Unknown)
|
|iPod
|(Old)
|-
|J2ME client (allows one to play on a cell phone), would use radar
|(Unknown)
|
|bhtooefr
|(Old)
|-
|Special 'open source' BZFlag version (server and client) which is guaranteed to be compatible with all other BZFlag versions.
|(Unknown)
|
*BZFlag is already open-source, and making a universally-compatible client is not even remotely practical. Incompatibility is part of why the game breaks off new versions in the first place. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Orca
|(Old)
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== Game Modes, Team Play, and Scoring ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
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|Tounament mode
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*Great Idea?
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
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|When you shoot someone on your own team, instead of both of you blowing up, neither is destroyed, and their score goes up one, while your's goes down one. This would make teamkilling impossible and greatly discourage traitors as well.
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*But then couldn't cheaters spawn two clients and ramp up their scores by teamkilling their other login? --YHARG
|Trigger Happy Nerd
|(Old)
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|A new gameplay mode- Takes two to tank. One to control the (rotating) turret, the other drives. KIA switches positions. "Teamplay" but all in one tank.
|(Unknown)
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*I see serious lag issues with this... How does Halo do it? ;) -L4m3r
*The main problem with this idea is coordination. If one person were to leave, the tank would be crippled. You COULD solve this by having the person switch to normal mode, but this could cause considerable jerking between modes on a busy server. [[User:F687s|F687s]] 22:13, 20 June 2007 (EDT)
|MORPH
|(Old)
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|Turret mode, If enabled by the server (Can be manditory with automatic grouping). One user drives and the other shoots, Turret mode tanks get double points (But onyl take one from the target). lost double points if killed. Have double ammo, And controllable speed (Max = _tankSpeed * 2 Min = _tankSpeed). Plus it takes 2 shots to kill a turret mode tank. Points gained and lost by turret tanks are divided evenly between the users, Unless the server is all turret mode, in h which case two users are displayed as one.
|(Unknown)
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|Dogbert
|(Old)
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|Ability for a team to vote to 'banish' someone from their team
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*Possibly unfair to newer players. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|MORPH
|(Old)
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|There should be a game of cops and robbers. The teams can change after about 10 mins or so.
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|(Unknown)
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|iPod
|(Old)
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|A special FFA Game mode "Team by Flags". This means, same Flag = same Team, so if there is a Tank with Rapid fire, and you pick up Rapid fire, you are automatically handled as Team member (this means, killing the other Tank with Rapid fire will be handled the same way as when killing a team member). YHARG: Funky idea: what about a game mode where teams shared flag abilities? Like, each player on a team's flag applies to the whole team. This could make for some interesting combos...
|(Unknown)
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|Agonizer
|(Old)
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|Make life trickier for the Rogue Team; with a mix of Rogues and Colored Teams, the Rogues have more targets. This should also change the effect of the Masquerade flag - perhaps your tank is invisible to Rogues (like Cloaking)?
|(Unknown)
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|NickGrim
|(Old)
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|A server option to make deaths not affect your score unless they were self-inflicted/team (the method used by many online games). This would encourage more aggressive play, because it's worth going out and blasting. As it is, you've got a very good chance by just phantoming/OOing out of the way and keeping you score at zero to stay in the top three places! It would also help fix the rather unfair situation of spawning just below a building on which someone is GM-camping...there's pretty much no way to escape, so you lose a point.
|(Unknown)
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|LionsPhil
|(Old)
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|Don't show individual score in CTF games. This might help teamplay as it reduces the incentive to run around as if it would be FFA.
|(Unknown)
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|abli
|(Old)
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|Give points to the player how captures flag in CTF. (Say, around 4 or so) After all, it is often a bigger job than killing someone.
|(Unknown)
|*Maybe the score could be based the number of tanks in the other team, similar to shooting someone w/ geno. This can also discourage people from capturing thier own flag by scoreing the negative number of teamates. I'm not sure if the individual scores of the players of the captured team (other than the one who captures the flag) should be affected however. [[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]] 09:44, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
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|Ducati/Freestyle "Roles" mode: Make a game mode where players are presented with a list of flag choices (limitable to a few roles, if wanted) at respawn or connect time, and are forced to use this flag for the remainder of their connection/tank life. This would be really useful in the case of stealth vs. seer, where you could choose to be stealth or seer, but couldn't switch between them. Another idea would be high speed vs. quick turn. Or steamroller vs. machine gun... Team play would have the interesting effect of people banding together and people with each role on the team. Especially in stealth vs. seer, where a seer team member could warn the team about enemies! There would be no team flags/bases.
|(Unknown)
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|YHARG
|(Old)
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|New game called tag were someone is it and they shoot someone else and there it and ect.
|(Unknown)
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|Supermatthew
|(Old)
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|Also a new game called "Hide and seek" were everyone is clocked(think thats it, were you don't see them on radar) except one who is it. he needs to find someone and shoot them then hese cloked and who was shot is not. Also when someone is shot there sent back to Ground zero( 0X, 0Y, 0Z ) so they can't shoot who ever just shot them.
|(Unknown)
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|Supermatthew
|(Old)
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|"Cat" game: when a player dies, he/she respawns automaticaly, after 3 secs or so. When they have respawned 9 times, they can no longer spawn, and are observers. The one who lasts the longest wins. Games are timed.
|(Unknown)
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|(Unknown)
|4/20/2007
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== Maps, Mapping, and BZW ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
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|Materials that don't allow OO and PZ to go through
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*Would be nice for multilevel worlds made with the new ability to have objects above the ground.
*Sounds awesome! TD-Linux 17:41, 12 March 2007 (EDT)
*As a special case, there could be Zoned objects (objects that only respond to PZ and maybe OO; normal tanks behave like PZ through these objects). [[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]] 18:05, 21 May 2007 (EDT)
|(Unknown)
|(Old)
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|Differently-shaped teleporters (circles, triangles, etc.)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*probably low priority
|MORPH
|(Old)
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|360 degree teleports - hit a spot on the ground or in the air from any direction and you teleport
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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|MORPH
|(Old)
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|Configurable random teleporters - teleports to a different location every time
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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*Idea is a bit vague... randomized teles are implemented if you use multiple links. Is this what is meant by this suggestion? -L4m3r
|MORPH
|(Old)
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|Triggers in levels
|style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|(Unknown)
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*Triggers for what? unless you're talking about AI, this could most likely be handled with a server plug-in. [[User:L4m3r|L4m3r]]
|Dragonstar
|(Old)
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|wraparound world - radar remains centered on your current position. Internally, objects leaving the north border reappear to the south, but from the user's radar / visible perspective, you just see to the horizon. I believe this is how the original Battlezone worked. There are some implications: laser would need a range limit.
|(Unknown)
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|nsayer
|(Old)
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|As a generalization to the wraparound world concept, how about the option of making a map based on geometry that’s non-Euclidean, for example spherical or hyperbolic. Jumping/flying, the shape of the tanks/objects, and bullet trajectories would also be affected by this global geometry. It would be like a world that has a high gravitational field, or a world situated near a wormhole.
|(Unknown)
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|[[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]]
|5/21/2007
|-
|-
|Get rid of the PZ flag and replace it w/ special telporters that do the same thing (they could be called "zoners", and should probably look different from regular teleporters). This way superflags, badflags, and team flags can all be zoned (without needing an exception to the restricition against using more than one flag at a time). The above idea of other zoned objects would play a major role here. Zoned flags can only be picked up by zoned tanks. Flags can spawn zoned, or become zoned by being carried by an unzoned tank that becomes zoned by going through a zoner. Likewise, a zonedflag becomes unzoned when a zoned tank carries it through a zoner. Unzoned tanks respond to shots from zoned flags the same way zoned tanks respond to shots from unzoned flags. For example: when zoned, L, WG, geno, and GM do not kill unzoned tanks (zoned GM will still lock onto any tank, and zoned geno would still kill every tank on the same team as the zoned tank that was shot). Although, flags like SW and SB would still kill any tank regardless of thier zoning status. As an extension to this idea one team in a CTF game could start out zoned, i.e. thier base is zoned and they initially spawn zoned. In order for the unzoned team to capture the zoned team's flag, the flag must become unzoned, and vice versa for the zoned team. This way new possibilities exist, like two bases could be superimposed as long as one base is zoned and the other is not. Another possible extension is different kinds of zones (w/ corespondingly different kinds of zoners) for CTF involving more than two teams. The relationship between differently zoned tanks would be the same as the relationship between zoned and unzoned tanks.
|(Unknown)
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|[[User:Sparky1|Sparky1]]
|5/21/2007
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== Server Options, Administration, Plug-ins, and the Plug-in API ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
|- style="background-color:#ffff88;"
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!width="6%"|Date
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|Ability to configure server to turn somethings off or on depending on number of players - for instance, turn off ricochet after a certain number of players are connected, turn off GM & laser if a certain number of players aren't playing (GM & Laser with 2 players is kinda ridiculous)
|style="background-color:#808080;"|Idea
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|MORPH
|(Old)
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|Allow custom-made weapons with a Object-Oriented scripting language (sorta like Liero AI uses: http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/liero/index.html )
|(Unknown)
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|Dragonstar
|(Old)
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|Preset world weapons that can be fired manually by admins from within BzFlag.
|(Unknown)
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|Dogbert
|(Old)
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== Graphics & Sound ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
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!width="6%"|Date
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|Sounds of tanks moving.
|(Unknown)
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|iPod
|(Old)
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|Have different tank death scenes for the dying tank point of view. I realize there is some time needed for one to die and respawn, but the jumping effect one sees when killed irritates me to no end! I'd be happier if all faded to black or white or orange and had text across the screen saying ""respawning... please wait"" :) Also, when killed and your tank was moving toward a building, it just falls right thru it until it hits the ground.. wrong physics there! Splatter or tumble or shatter or something :)
|(Unknown)
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|Robi
|(Old)
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|Custom color schemes for rogue players. The turret and body components can be chosen to be one of a predefined set of colors (e.g. red, yellow, black, white, blue, green, purple...). The game prohibits choosing a color scheme that matches a team scheme (e.g. red turret with red body) and the limited set stops someone choosing a shade which is nearly a team color (e.g. 0xFE0000 instead of 0xFF0000) (and also save texture memory, I think).
|(Unknown)
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|LionsPhil
|(Old)
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|Allow a small decal on the back of the top of the tank. (think Half-Life's customizable spraypaint). Possibly also apply it to any held flag?
|(Unknown)
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|LionsPhil
|(Old)
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|wireframe mode! man, this would make the game ten times cooler for nostalgia
|(Unknown)
|Already implemented, debug must be on --[[User:BinarySpike|BinarySpike]] 18:10, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
|rjbs
|(Old)
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|I'd like to see something more interesting done with the sky... maybe there could be a little ufo (easter egg) that would fly around occasionally? Tux on a ufo! ;)
|(Unknown)
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|YHARG
|(Old)
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|Flag decals: Each flag would have a little icon/decal showing it's type ONLY when held by a player. It's kind of nice to be able to surprise people with an undercover shockwave, but doesn't make sense to have to right click (identify) or check the user list to see what flag someone has.
|(Unknown)
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|YHARG
|(Old)
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|Background music! : (This can be done with an external media player so it shouldn't be the heighest priority, It would be nice to be able to control your music from within BzFlag)
|(Unknown)
|More usefully, you could just map key combinations to commands, rather than wasting time supporting all the various music players on every OS BZFlag supports. I don't know whether that would work so well on Windows, though. --[[User:77.97.207.100|77.97.207.100]] 10:14, 30 May 2007 (EDT)
|YHARG
|(Old)
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|}
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== List Server and Other Global Services ==
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{| cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="100%"
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!width="6%"|Date
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|Multiple list servers, in case bzflag.org goes down (as it happened around feb. 15. 2004)
|(Unknown)
|Of course someone would need to pay for it. --[[User:BinarySpike|BinarySpike]] 18:10, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
|abli
|(Old)
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</div>

[[Category:Development]]

User:AAA

2007-07-31T18:15:44Z

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AAA is the developer of many PHP tools for BZFlag, including BZFlag_Info, BZFSAdmin, and [http://bzflag.redjacket.ws Redjacket Stats].

These tools exist on [http://labs.tssoftware.net/websvn Tanner's SVN server], which may or may not be up.