Hi,
I wanted to give some more information about a great new feature that we have worked on with Reaby. First of all we will use Nadeo's modo this time and say that the 1.0.0 is ready when it is ready. The 0.9.7 didn't change a lot compared to the 0.9.6 it was a big update that fixed a lot of details that added some wooow effect to eXpansion but it has very little new stuff. It also has a lot of small changes to work & look better on ShootMania
I won't say a lot but for the next version that might be the 1.0.0 not sure yet, we have a lot of new stuff coming. One of the most important changes is the new Records system.
At the moment eXpansion only supports records for TrackMania game modes and only for game modes were we need to drive the best time. We have thought about this and have decided that it was no good, we need to support other modes as well like SM Obstacles, SM PlatformBeta and Stunt. In order to achieve this we could have coded a new Record system that uses scores instead of times. But when we look at it, both record system are nearly identical. There very little differences.
Keeping one LocalRecord system were we added conditions for each game mode isn't' an option either we wanted something easy to modify.
That is why LocalRecords were recoded, so that a new Record Plugin for a particular game mode can be coded in a few minutes. Local Records extend BaseRecords system, that specifies how the scores/times need to be displayed, any particularity in the Database request and how to handle laps mode. And that done it works.
Using this new system we were able to add support for SM_PlatfromBeta & yesterday to Obstacles. for obstacles the most complicated was to find a map easy enough for noobs like us to finish. We spent only half an hour coding and it was coded.
This system is open to anyon so if you create your own title/game mode and wish to have record working on it with a controller you can do it so with a plugin that has only a few lines in it.
This also means that you can have 2 records plugin working on the same time, I had such a feature asked before, to have records save for each lap as well as a record for all laps saved separately. This is now something that can be done with only a few lines of code.
Keep tuned to what is coming to eXpansion,
and remember try it out we need more users to use it. eXpansion has proven to be a reliable & stable controller it isn't in it early stages where there was few crashes. It is also a mature project on which we have been working with reaby for over 1 year now. If you try it and there is things you don't like please report it, we can't know if no one reports anything to us.
We have given lot's of time to this project with reaby and we believe we have created the best controller even throught it has missing features those are things that can come with time.
