Some problems I have with Bzflag

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Here is a small list of problems I have in Windows98, and if anyone have =
any suggestion how to fix these let me know.

My system Pll 400, 128M, Viper V770-ultra (TNT2) drivers are there own =
but based on NVIDIAs reference drivers v4.12.01.0353


1. My setting are not saved, tried to remove the bzflag.bzc, reinstall =
..but nothing helps. Seen some info about profile directory, what is =
that?=20
2. Everytime I start Bzflag for the first time after power up, it always =
gives me the lowest quality setting (due to problem #1) and after =
changing those and restarting bzflag I get almost the same settings as I =
chose before except shadow that is ON. (I dont use shadow on, see next =
why). When I get the low settings I noticed that the startup line says =
that I have a TNT2 PCI, normally it says TNT2 AGP.=20
3. If I run with shadow off and 1024x768 i have between 90-130fps....but =
if I use shadow on it gets very jerky sometimes droppes down to 20-30fps =
when I'm looking at a flag or other moving shadows.....this is strange =
since the drop is so big.
4. Many times a bad connection to the server hangs the computer....if =
I'm lucky I can ctr-alt-del out of it and force a shutdown of bzflag but =
many times I need to ctr-alt-del again and that reboots the computer. If =
there is somekind of timeout involved here that doesn't work so often.

I have one suggestion of improvement for the game and that is based on =
my experience on problem #4, some kind of ping function in the Find =
Server page...that would help selection of servers.

Then I only wish I had more free time to play and cablemodem...but this =
I have to fix myself ;-)

Thanks in advance=20
Mikael