by blast on 2009-04-27, no comments
On Monday the 20th, the accepted students for Google Summer of Code 2009 were announced. BZFlag has four students this year. Quentin Pradet a.k.a. Cygal Project: Lots o’ bug fixing This project will be targeted at fixing some of the bugs in the latest development code. Some of the current bugs are big enough to […]
by blast on 2009-04-04, no comments
Here’s another pre-alpha Windows build of BZFlag’s development code for Windows. This is based off SVN revision 19585. So, download the Windows Installer and give it a shot. Please report any bugs you see (check the bug tracker and our BUGS file from SVN to make sure it hasn’t already been reported). Version 2.99.x is […]
by blast on 2009-02-22, 3 comments
Today I’m going to start a set “BZTips” postings. These will focus on some of the lesser known features of BZFlag. For this first posting, I will cover Client Side Chat Filtering. Many servers have a chat filter set up to block profanity. But there are still quite a few that do not have such […]
by blast on 2009-02-15, no comments
As some of you probably heard, Winny is no longer hosting Missile Wars 2. The map won’t go away though, as I have picked up the hosting for it. You can find it at BZExcess.com:5154. It should be set up identical to the old server, including the admins/cops. I have a few more tweaks to […]
by blast on 2009-02-02, no comments
Attention all map authors. Need a host for your maps? Then check out my map hosting page for more information. I have hosted maps for several people in the past, but this is the first time I’ve put the offer out there in the open. Eventually I hope to have a powerful web interface for […]
by blast on 2009-01-22, no comments
I threw together a Windows installer of the BZFlag development code. Version 2.99.15 from today can be downloaded from the post on the official forum. I’m not entirely sure if it will work, because it was built with the Express version of Visual C++ 2008. I haven’t tested it on a machine without that installed. […]
by blast on 2008-12-25, 2 comments
Dashing to your base In my 3D rendered tank Gonna steal your flag Cap it several times! You get a super flag And shoot me in the butt As my tank blows into chunks I mutter “WTF!” Oh, jingle tanks, jingle tanks Jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to shoot A bullet […]
by blast on 2008-12-23, no comments
Finally got around to setting up a website. I’ll probably get a better template up here once I get enough time. But for now, this is fine. BZExcess is currently hosting two maps for the 2.0.x version of the game. Port 5154 is running Louman’s Metropolis, and port 5167 is running a map called “Rabbit […]