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==Description==
 
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The ThiefControl plug-in is an attempt to force decent play with regard to the thief flag.  It is designed to prevent players from stealing flags from other players on the same team by forcing the player to drop his or her thief flag and invalidating the steal.  There are, however, different rules for different game modes.  The following table describes the behavior of the plug-in for each game mode.
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The ThiefControl plug-in is an attempt to force decent play with regard to the thief flag.  It is designed to prevent teammates from stealing flags from one another by forcing the player to drop his or her thief flag and invalidating the steal.  There are, however, different rules for different game modes.  The following table describes the behavior of the plug-in for each game mode.
  
 
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Revision as of 05:02, 14 May 2008

Description

The ThiefControl plug-in is an attempt to force decent play with regard to the thief flag. It is designed to prevent teammates from stealing flags from one another by forcing the player to drop his or her thief flag and invalidating the steal. There are, however, different rules for different game modes. The following table describes the behavior of the plug-in for each game mode.

Game Mode Plug-in Behavior
Team FFA Game Teammates cannot steal any flags from each other. Rogues are exempt from this rule.
Classic CTF Game Teammates can only steal team flags from each other. Rogues are exempt and can steal anything from anyone.
Open FFA Game Anyone can steal from anyone. The thief flag can be used in any desired way.
Rabbit Game Hunters cannot steal from each other.

Notes

ThiefControl is included in the development source code for BZFlag 3.0.

See Also

Flag List