Options Object

Description

The options block can be used to specify most BZFlag server command line options. This is useful for defining a set of normal options that a world may require, such as allowing jumping or ricochet, adding flags, setting shot limits, or loading necessary server plugins.

Disallowed command line options

The following options are not allowed in the options block of a world file.

• -badwords
• -ban
• -banfile
• -cache
• -cacheout
• -conf
• -d
• -filterCallsigns
• -filterChat
• -filterSimple
• -groupdb
• -helpmsg
• -i
• -noMasterBanList
• -masterBanURL
• -p
• -passwd
• -pidfile
• -publicaddr
• -publiclist
• -publickey
• -q
• -recbuf
• -recbufonly
• -recdir
• -replay
• -reportfile
• -reportpipe
• -ts
• -UPnP
• -utc
• -userdb
• -w
• -world

Syntax Examples

Here is an example that enables jumping (-j), ricochet (+r), adds some flags (+f), sets the maximum simultaneous shots to 5 (-ms), sets the tank speed to 200, and defines maximum acceleration settings (-a).

options
    -j
    +r
    +f WG{9}
    +f GM{4}
    +f good
    -ms 5
    -set _tankSpeed 200
    -a 50 38
end