Revision as of 17:43, 20 April 2011

Welcome to the Bitfighter wiki pages. Bitfighter is a community project, so please help build these pages out where you can.

Bitfighter is a multi-player networked space-based shoot-em-up game with retro vector graphics and Robotron-like controls.

Playing

• What Is Bitfighter?
• Game types
• Ship configuration (weapons & modules)
• Scoring
• Hosting a game
• Playing tips
• INI File
• Command line parameters
• Creating a portable install for Windows
• Bitfighter:Current events - This is where games are scheduled. If you don't see anyone check this out for when there will be people and vote for your available time.

Creating Levels

• Level Design Tips
• Level file syntax
• Creating hostile objects
• chat flash

Levelgen Scripts

• Karamazovapy's levelgen tutorial
• Using a levelgen script
• Programming levelgens
• Levelgen gallery

Managing Servers

• Hosting multiple servers on Linux
• Hosting a Dedicated Server in OS X
• Hosting a dedicated server on Windows
• Updating to Linux server to the latest code

Robots

• Using robots
• Programming robots
• Robot gallery
• Creating Bot NavZones to help bots navigate

Lua Bitfighter Programming Utilities

• Lists

Development

Want to get involved? Then we want you! See the "Get Involved!" section (above) to see what we need done, and the "Contact" section to get in touch with the devs.

• Development roadmap
• Getting the source code
• Building Bitfighter
• Contribute using Mercurial
• Contributors/Credits
• Release checklist
• Ideas for triggers

Wiki notes

Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.

• Configuration settings list
• MediaWiki FAQ
• MediaWiki release mailing list