[PLUG] Linux = Unix?
david
yrn4dsl at attbi.com
Thu Nov 14 22:43:29 UTC 2002
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:34:40 -0800
Anthony Schlemmer <aschlemm at attbi.com> wrote:
> I think the best networked tank game I ever played was one written in GL
> called "bz" that we ran under IRIX. It was like Battle Zone but it was
> in 3D color and we had to capture the other teams flag. All of the
> developers in the group I worked in had SGI boxes on their desks and we
> would sometime stay late of Fridays playing in two teams.
>
> We even went so far as to hack the code to make the gun projectiles
> fired by our tanks twice as fast as normal so we could beat the team
> that was unbeatable! There was now way our opponents could ever move
> fast enough to get our of the way in time.
>
> Yea it was bad that we cheated but the other team was impressed at our
> craftiness. :) Later on with enough practice we were good enough that
> we could win a few games now and then due to our skill at the game. :)
>
any relation to this?
http://www.bzflag.org
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