Intersecting blocks, or custom positions/rotations?

[ZionFox]

Hello Trackmania Community,

I have started to get into the development of making tracks, and using some ideas and inspiration from other designers, I can seen them use things that don't appear to be available to me. I was wondering how they have done it?

For example, on curved roads, straight blocks have been placed through them (clearly intersecting, or clipping) creating an additional route, or obstacles, although trying to do this through the editor isn't allowed.
Additionally, I have seen custom positions or locations for the signs/advertisements around some tracks, and was wondering if this is custom blocks, or the same sign block with more precise movement/rotation controls?

For reference, I do use the Advanced editor, and I have searched at least 100 various terms to find out the information through Google, but it's returning vague results. Is there a location where one can download and use additional blocks, or items?

Thank you for reading, and I hope someone knows something about this.

~Zion

[steeffeen]

the keyword is "block mixing"

you might want to check out this tool:
http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 65&t=22466

[ZionFox]

Thank you Steeffeen, I will try this out, it looks promising.

[Rots]

Just to clearify: "Objects" can be placed freely on the map or on other blocks (on editor, press F3 to see available objects*). Objects can be rotated with numpad +/- or right click for a 90º rotation.

Blocks intersecting other blocks is called "blockmix" as steeffeen said.

*on valley there are official nadeo objects which can be used on normal maps. Others environments don't have custom official objects

[ZionFox]

Thanks for the information Rots. Is there a directory location or some other page/topic listing custom Objects for use in Canyon and Stadium? Google seems to have a very very hard time with Trackmania 2 searches, probably due to the superscript '2' in the name.

[phil13hebert]

Thanks for the information Rots. Is there a directory location or some other page/topic listing custom Objects for use in Canyon and Stadium? Google seems to have a very very hard time with Trackmania 2 searches, probably due to the superscript '2' in the name.

If you want some objects, you could take a look at ManiaPark where you can find some of the created objects