Beta 2 feedback topic

[billz]

http://www.scunnerz.com/Crash.rar

Crash logs uploaded above.

[Hylis]

thanks

if it reproduce often, please try without the sound and tell us while we are looking

[Alinoa]

For server admins, please look at this topic:
http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 31#p133231

So here is a small update.
(I'll also uplaod soon a difference patch to avoid redownloading 300 Mo...)

http://files.maniaplanet.com/ManiaPlane ... -12-19.zip

wrt to ManiaPlanetBetaServer_2012-12-18.zip, it only contains updated title packs as in the client game (lightmaps, objects in royal exp )
And it fixes a cas where the server refused to launch.

It doesn't fix the canyon missing blocks issues - I still have to investigate.

[niarfman]

For server admins, please look at this topic:
http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 31#p133231

So here is a small update.
(I'll also uplaod soon a difference patch to avoid redownloading 300 Mo...)

http://files.maniaplanet.com/ManiaPlane ... -12-19.zip

wrt to ManiaPlanetBetaServer_2012-12-18.zip, it only contains updated title packs as in the client game (lightmaps, objects in royal exp )
And it fixes a cas where the server refused to launch.

It doesn't fix the canyon missing blocks issues - I still have to investigate.

Thanks Alinoa, Twice you redirect me efficiently today ^^

The "Yaute" people are very pleasant

[SiH13]

Someone (Skynight) has a link in their nickname and when they are online I cannot click anywhere without opening the link (when having the buddies tab opened).
This makes my buddies tab get stuck and I cant play

[Gibra]

I just downloaded the Maniaplanet Update (The Shootmania one is running right now)

Here is my impression at first sight :

- Grey Stations ? Kind of Ugly to me, but that's a personnal matter.

- New Stations for Royal and Royal Exp ? If every mode should have it's own ladder system, we will found ourselves with thousands of stations.. Couldn't there be any way to integrate every game and ladder into a single Shootmania Station with multiple rankings depending of game etc ?

- Big and little Stations. I have no idea how to transform a "big" station into a little one and vice-versa

- Maniaplanet Home Station should be brought back. Instead of having it by the menu button

- When I connected I just saw a huge message telling that a friend is online. I read in this topic that setting myself to "busy" will prevent this. But if I wanna be "available" and don't have this message ? The older way to tell a buddy is online was less intrusive but still effective in my opinion.

- This vertical menu about friends is really strange and looks very tiny on my 27" screen. I guess it could be more comfortable to use. Even if it's useful, I hope there will be some improvement on it.

This is my very first sight impressions. Even if there's a lot of criticizing, I'm telling you what I expect as a player.
But I must thank you for the work you have done, I know there's a lot of effort behind this and I'm pretty sure that you're on the right way.

Keep up the good work

[Omnixor]

Someone (Skynight) has a link in their nickname and when they are online I cannot click anywhere without opening the link (when having the buddies tab opened).
This makes my buddies tab get stuck and I cant play

and I thought my mouse bugged... got same thing.

[Alinoa]

A small question to quickly update our maps for the beta 2:
Is there a command line to compute the shadows of all our maps?

For all:
/computeallshadows

And some options:

/useronly (only lightmaps calculated on players' tracks)
/LmQuality=Fast
/LmQuality=Default
/LmQuality=High
/collections=Storm
/collections=Storm,Canyon

[PapyChampy]

I just downloaded the Maniaplanet Update (The Shootmania one is running right now)

- Big and little Stations. I have no idea how to transform a "big" station into a little one and vice-versa

Use the + and - keys when selecting a station. Ctrl key allows you to reorganize your stations up to your choice.

[eyebo]

I just downloaded the Maniaplanet Update (The Shootmania one is running right now)

- Big and little Stations. I have no idea how to transform a "big" station into a little one and vice-versa

Use the + and - keys when selecting a station. Ctrl key allows you to reorganize your stations up to your choice.

You can also select a station, then hold ALT, and use your scroll wheel on your mouse to resize a station.

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My feedback about Beta 2:

Other than a few bugs and annoyances (like the missing blocks in Canyon), I think the update is amazing. I like the in-game chat. Great idea!

The UI is more consistent between the maniaplanet menu and the title menus themselves. That's good. The transition between stations is smoother which is really nice. I like that you can right click to get out of a title and back to the main menu.

The simple MediaTracker is cool for those just starting out, or someone needing something really simple.

The tornado offzone is awesome.

The new shootmania blocks really add a lot to the game! So much cool stuff is possible.

To all of you who have worked so hard and are continuing to work so hard on this update: Thanks for your work! It's appreciated!