Editing Game Modes

BZFlag has several game modes in which a player can take part in.
The three most common modes are FFA, or Free For All, CTF, or Capture the Flag, and RH, or Rabbit Hunt.
Free For All comes in two variants: TFFA, or Team Free For All, and OFFA, or Open Free For All.

Other game modes that are not directly built into BZFlag can be instead created using [[plug-ins]].

==Free For All==
The object of a '''Free For All''' is to gain the most points for yourself. '''Free For All''' is often abbreviated to '''FFA'''.

===Team Free For All===
In this version of '''FFA''', players can join one of the four teams, or play as a rogue. The teams available to play on depend on server settings. Players on the same color team can work together, [[Team Kill|Team Killing]] is generally not allowed, and always results in losing a point. Rogues are by themselves, and have no teammates. A team scoreboard shows up showing the collective [[score]] of all the teams. (Rogue does not count as a team.)

===Open Free For All===
In this version of '''FFA''', players can join as one of the four team colors, or as a rogue. The teams available to play on depend on server settings. However, unlike '''TFFA''', in '''OFFA''' it is truly a free-for-all: there are no teams.

==Capture The Flag==
The main objective of a '''Capture the Flag''' game is to steal an opposing team's flag and bring it back to your [[base]], while protecting your own flag at the same time.

Players can join any of the four teams, or play as a rogue. The teams available to play on depend on server settings. Often, '''CTF''' is played between 2 or 4 teams, although the occasional 3 team '''CTF''' does arise. Players usually spawn on their [[base|bases]] upon joining, and after their flag is captured. [[Team Kill|Team Killing]] is generally not allowed, and always results in losing a point. ''Flag-running,'' or capturing your own flag by bringing it to another team's [[base]], is also generally frowned upon.

==Rabbit Hunt==
The main objective of a '''Rabbit Hunt''' is to kill the white tank, or the ''rabbit''. Once a player kills the ''rabbit'', they themselves become a ''rabbit'', and now try to kill the ''hunters'' without themselves being killed.

Players join as ''hunters'', a special team that exists only in '''Rabbit Hunt'''. These hunters try to kill a ''rabbit''. How the ''rabbit'' is chosen depends on server settings, but it can either be random, by score, or by killer. ''Hunters'' are not generally not allowed to [[Team Kill|teamkill]], and [[Team Kill|team killing]] always results in losing a point.


==Other Modes==
Other game types can be created by using [[plug-ins]].

===King of the Hill===
The objective of '''King of the Hill''' is to be the only tank or team in a defined ''Hill'' for a predefined time-limit.

When a player enters the ''hill'', and is the only player or team in the ''hill'', a counter starts. Once the counter reaches the time-limit, the player or team wins, and all other teams die and hear the flag-capture sound. Often, the ''hill'' is raised, and marked in one way or another. Players can join any of the four teams, or play as a rogue. The teams available to play on depend on server settings. [[Team Kill|Team Killing]] is generally not allowed, and always results in losing a point. If someone enters the ''hill'' while another team occupies it the counter is paused. If one team is forced out of the hill, either by explosion or by simply exiting, the counter is reset.

===Hold the Flag===
One objective of '''Hold the Flag''' is to be the first to reach a destination, usually a [[base]], and capture a flag. Often this game type is used for ''races'' or obstacle courses. On other maps (Such as LouMan's Home Sweet Home), the goal is to find a predefined flag and hold it for a preset amount of time. If the player is successful, the other teams die, and hear the captured flag sound.

All players join a single team and race to capture their flag. [[Team Kill|Team Killing]] rules generally do '''not''' apply. Still, [[Team Kill|teamkilling]] always results in losing a point. On obstacle courses and ''races'' shooting is usually disabled. Points do not affect your [[score]] in anyway and are shown via the [[chat]].





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