Immunity from Team Kill and Self Kill Shots

Brought to you by: Someone

Have you ever been chasing down an enemy only to be killed by a teammate shooting at the same enemy? Have you ever been killed by your own shots? Here's a tip that prevent shots from teammates and yourself from killing you.

For this edit, we're going to playing.cxx in /src/bzflag/ of the extracted source. Search for " myTank->checkHit(myTank, hit, minTime);", and you will find this section:

  float minTime = Infinity;

  myTank->checkHit(myTank, hit, minTime);
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < curMaxPlayers; i++)
    if (player[i])
      myTank->checkHit(player[i], hit, minTime);

Let's remove the line "myTank->checkHit(myTank, hit, minTime);" so that the section now reads like this:

  float minTime = Infinity;

  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < curMaxPlayers; i++)
    if (player[i])
      myTank->checkHit(player[i], hit, minTime);

Next, we are going to add a new line immediately below "if (player[i])":

    if (player[i]->getTeam() != myTank->getTeam() || myTank->getTeam() == RogueTeam)

The section should now read like this:

  float minTime = Infinity;

  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < curMaxPlayers; i++)
    if (player[i])
    if (player[i]->getTeam() != myTank->getTeam() || myTank->getTeam() == RogueTeam)
    myTank->checkHit(player[i], hit, minTime);

Save the file, compile your new client, and you're done. To see Someone's original instructions, read his comment "Stealth Tanks Blink on Radar". As always...

Have fun!