Rating
The game has 2 launchers in the menu, each rated on its own; its medal is the best one's.
| Launcher | Medal | Tested on |
|---|---|---|
| BZFlag (robots) | Gold · 83 | Walnut 0.1, bzflag-client 2.4.30-4+ps3.931~dev20261028224438 |
| BZFlag | Rust · 74 | Walnut 0.1, bzflag-client 2.4.30-4+ps3.931~dev20261028224438 |
BZFlag (robots) (the best)
| Aspect | Score (of 100) | What was measured | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frame rate (22) | 60/100 | median 50 fps, 1% low 22 | |
| Smoothness (18) | 72/100 | 0.7 s of stutter a minute, longest frame 1209 ms | |
| Sound (12) | 100/100 | 0.0 audible sound dropouts a minute | |
| Picture (12) | 100/100 | nothing wrong found | |
| Stability (12) | 90/100 | 0 crashes, 0 unclean quits in 0.1 h of play (provisional: under 1 h) | |
| Controls (10) | 100/100 | 1 of 1 tested checks pass (designed for keyboard and mouse: the gamepad only makes the badge) | |
| Display (6) | 75/100 | fullscreen 1920x1080; a desktop mouse pointer over the game -10; text 12 px high at 1080p -15 | |
| Features (5) | 100/100 | 1 of 1 tested checks pass | |
| Load (3) | 97/100 | 17 s to the game's first screen (the level load not measured: no play mark or no input log) |
Rated from 1 session, 8 minutes of play on bzflag-client 2.4.30-4+ps3.931~dev20261028224438 (Walnut 0.1). Details
BZFlag: Rust · 74
Rust, playable but broken: smoothness broken (a 26.6 s freeze).
| Aspect | Score (of 100) | What was measured | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frame rate (22) | 74/100 | median 70 fps, 1% low 27 | |
| Smoothness (18) | 0/100 | 6.8 s of stutter a minute, longest frame 26589 ms | |
| Sound (12) | 99/100 | 0.1 audible sound dropouts a minute | |
| Picture (12) | 100/100 | nothing wrong found | |
| Stability (12) | 90/100 | 0 crashes, 0 unclean quits in 0.1 h of play (provisional: under 1 h) | |
| Controls (10) | 100/100 | 1 of 1 tested checks pass (designed for keyboard and mouse: the gamepad only makes the badge) | |
| Display (6) | 75/100 | fullscreen 1920x1080; a desktop mouse pointer over the game -10; text 12 px high at 1080p -15 | |
| Features (5) | 100/100 | 1 of 1 tested checks pass | |
| Load (3) | 100/100 | 15 s to the game's first screen (the level load not measured: no play mark or no input log) |
Rated from 1 session, 8 minutes of play on bzflag-client 2.4.30-4+ps3.931~dev20261028224438 (Walnut 0.1). Details
Screenshots
As rendered on the PS3.
Installation
In Walnut Games, the desktop app: Install. It is then in the desktop's Games menu too.
Or from a terminal, from Walnut's apt repository:
sudo apt install bzflag-client bzflag-server
Known issues
- Naming yourself (the callsign) needs the keyboard; the rest plays with the DualShock.
- Many public servers refuse unregistered players: play against the robots, or register a callsign.
The game's home page: https://www.bzflag.org/. License: LGPL-2.1-only OR MPL-2.0.