Public Server

2012-03-20T10:16:12Z

Helton:

A public server is a server which interacts with the list server and is able to be joined by players with typing in the address and port number.

==Authentication Key==
To add your server to the list server you are first required to obtain an '''Authentication Key'''. This key links your account with being the owner of that domain, and you will have to provide that key in the [[Config File]] in order to successfully connect with the list server of 2.4.0. You can register your domain and get a key at http://my.bzflag.org/listkeys.

'''NOTE:''' Users switching from 2.0.x to 2.4.x servers will notice that the server authentication key was not an option at the time.
{|
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'''-publickey''' 01234567890
|}

==Public Address==
The public address that will be displayed to everyone is also required to have your server globally authenticate with the list server. This can either be your server's IP address, or a domain name. You may also include the port number if the default port number is not used.
{|
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'''-p''' 5154
'''-publicaddr''' myserver.org:5154
|}

==Public Title==
Unless you want your server to have no name, you can give your server a brief title that is displayed to everyone viewing the [[List Server]]. '''NOTE:''' Users switching from 2.0.x to 2.4.x servers will notice that the configuration option has changed from '''-public''' to '''-publictitle'''.
{|
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'''-publictitle''' "My Awesome Server - by My Name"
|}

==Verifying a Public Server==
You may want to verify that your server is indeed going public. By enabling the '''-d''' option before starting the server, you can check the output to see if you are indeed hosting a public server. The output lines you should have may vaguely resemble:
Running a public server with the following settings:
public address is sigonasr2.servegame.org:4500
LIBCURL version: libcurl/7.20.1 c-ares/1.7.1
Loaded master ban list from http://bzflag.org/master-bans.txt
listening on 0.0.0.0:4500
with title of "My Awesome Server - by My Name"
As long as you are not seeing "private" server anywhere, you should be broadcasting to the world. This may not necessarily mean it is passing your firewall. See [[Creating a server]] for more details.
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Skybox

2012-03-20T10:16:09Z

Helton:

Skyboxes replace the normal scenery of BZFlag.

The material names needed to create a skybox are:
* LeftSkyboxMaterial
* RightSkyboxMaterial
* TopSkyboxMaterial
* BottomSkyboxMaterial
* FrontSkyboxMaterial
* BackSyboxMaterial

==Working with Skyboxes.==

Unless all six images load correctly, no skybox will be displayed. For this reason it is recommended to start with a working skybox, and change one texture at a time, testing each image one at a time. Colors are applied to this test world to assist in identifying left/right and front/back materials.
Image size will be automatically scaled to fit. Maximum default image size for clients is 1024 by 1024 pixels. Power-of-two pixel dimensions are recommended, but not required. You will notice a thin black line in the corners, this is a bug. This thin black line is not seen on GNU/Linux. It may only be on Mac OSX.

It is important to have 6 _different_ materials. Even if they all should look the same make them differ using for example the ambient or shader properties.

==Code==

{|
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world
name SkyboxMaterialTest
size 230
end
options
-set _drawCelestial 0
-set _drawClouds 0
-set _drawGround 1
-set _drawGroundLights 0
-set _drawMountains 0
-set _wallHeight 0
end
# For reference, Include the other two "Magic" Material names.
# TeleMaterial will be available in BZFlag version 3.0
# teleporter texture
material
name LinkMaterial
addtexture http://cbg.bzflag.org/images/Panzer/borg/blackholes/nebula4.PNG
end
# -set _drawGround 0 will disable the GroundMaterial
material
name GroundMaterial
addtexture http://cbg.bzflag.org/images/Panzer/borg/blackholes/nebula4.PNG
end
#Space Skybox
material
name skyboxBase
color 1 1 .99999999
end
material
name LeftSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox1.png
diffuse red
end
material
name FrontSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox2.png
diffuse yellow
end
material
name RightSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox4.png
diffuse green
end
material
name BackSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox5.png
diffuse blue
end
material
name TopSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox3.png
diffuse purple
end
material
name BottomSkyboxMaterial
matref skyboxBase
texture http://images.bzflag.org/llegendary/Optic%20Delusion_skybox6.png
diffuse white
end
#End Space Skybox

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