Sphere

The sphere is a BZW Object that defines a sphere in the game arena.

Code

Sphere Appearance

The code to place a sphere in your map is as follows:

sphere name example_sphere divisions 4 flatshading position 0 0 10 size 10 10 10 radius 10 rotation 0 shift 0 0 0 scale 0 0 0 shear 0 0 0 spin angle nx ny nz phydrv example_phydrv smoothbounce matref example_material end

Valid properties for a sphere are <properties> name=defines the name of the sphere, it is not required, and often unused divisions=defines the number of subdivisions (pieces) of the sphere flatshading=enables flat shading, smooth shading is the default position=defines the center point of the sphere size=defines the size of the sphere radius=sets all size values to the same value rotation=defines rotation for the sphere shift=shifts the sphere (repeatable) scale=scales the sphere (repeatable) shear=shears the sphere (repeatable) spin=spins the sphere around vector n (repeatable) phydrv=attaches a physics driver to the sphere smoothbounce=makes ricochets use normals matref=defines a material for the sphere to use </properties>

Appearance

By default, the sphere is a perfect sphere, with a red brick texture around the outside. You can, however, make the sphere elongated on one side (just don't use the radius option).

History

The sphere object has been supported since BZFlag 2.0.0. In previous versions of BZFlag, this object will not work.

Editor Support

Editors that support the sphere object include Blender using the BZWTools, Wings3D using the BZW Exporter for Wings3D, and pyBZEdit. BZEdit and BZFed do NOT support the sphere.