eXpansion plugin pack for Manialive - (updated: 3.4.2014)

[oliverde8]

Hi, has been a while reaby didn't update the list of things we have done. Do not think we have been sitting idly, we have done a lot of stuff this last few weeks.

ManiaLive is also getting a major update so we rare keeping an eye on the changes that are made, in order to stay update we have moved to packagista just behind ManiaLive .

Major Additions
- Generalization of Scripting : Scripting is now easier, prettier and faster
-All widgets have been reworked so you can move them around
-All widget positions automatically resets when eXpansion version changes
-Pay to restart/pay to skip features with new widget added
-Pay to add map to wish list(jukebox) have been added
-New pager system using ManiaScript with a scroll-bar has been coded
-All multi page windows reworked to work with the new scrollbar
-Visual of all Widgets have been fixed
-Visual of windows have been changed
-Tooltips added to buttons to get more information on mouse over
-Player page reworked to use tooltips and look better
-Times widget is now working with ManiaScript no additional load on the controller
-rank calculations are even faster, and some minor fixes
-Added help for multiple complex commands, for people using them
-best rank point is now 1 and not 0
-MapRatings optimized not to slow down the controller on Map ends when everyone votes
-MapRatings widget uses a progress bar, looks cool
-Added mapname search
-New eXp menu, appears when right click and doesent take place on the right of the screen.
-New stats to find plugin that generates most income
-Added /history to see list of old maps played.
-Better server statistics, 24H accurate display
-enable color for map names + grayout maps with history
-added autoload to show messages ingame too
-fixe a map being deleted while it is jukeboxed

Other Additions
-Trays sometimes getting blocked on minimized position fixed
-Advertising widget added
-PlainWidget system added to support scripting system better
-WidgetBackgrounds centralized in 1 class
-Settings to change widget backgrounds added
-Dropdown menus fixed
-Server stat window added to show information about the server
-some colors have been changed
-more admin permissions added and some errors were wrong permissions were required were fixed
-Buttons redesigned looks nicer
-Statistics are united in 1 window, not 50 different chant commands
-Fixed issue with unlimited ram allowance to PHP making ugly graphs
-Fix double voting issue
-fixes rare exception when player has left before sending personalized message to him
-Fix : Records order when 2 player has same time
-Fixed issue with map ratings not inserted in to DB
-minor optimization to music widget
-Fixed issue with recently played maps that could be added to the JB
-fix for billing (force using intval of amount)
-Fixed issue with play time being to hight in statistics
-removing unused commands
-fix cancel vote,

[hackie]

Maybe a stupid question , but where to download latest version ?

I found 2 different versions. ( size )

from homepage = 8,9MB
from github = 9MB

[oliverde8]

We haven't done an official release yet.
The version on the homepage is the latest Master git which is stable and works fine with the latest released version of ManiaLive.
But the changes above are on the dev branch on which we are still working and that requires the latest git version of ManiaLive which isn't yet done.
Yes ManiaLive is also receiving a big update so we will not release before that update.

If you want to use the latest version you need some git knowledge and to be able to use some commands lines to use some auto install stuff. !! The dev branch can be broken at times !!

[reaby]

Oh, I nearly forgot... Happy first year anniversary to eXpansion PluginPack

[reaby]

Major Additions
* Optimized Pager is now finished, it can hold massive amount of entries, we tried with 800 maps with no problems.
* chat command /info changed to /server
* Records widgets revisited, now fully operating with maniascript, requiring very few updates from server controller to draw them.
* added laps options to game options Gui
* Fixed issue with local map search
* Faq topics revisited and updated
* Records widgets can be toggled between scoreboard layer and visible always
* Added Network status to display players with poor ping
* Remove RoundReports, Remove old Widgets_Records
* Autosave matchsettings file if maplist is changed or gamesettings changed
* Buttons tooltip opens left or right depending on the space available
* fix widget not to flicker at update...more rules to records widgets
* added scaling on mousehover to some of the elements, like buttons

[oliverde8]

Hi,

I want make a list because there isn't really new stuff appearing just improvements for reaelese that are being made.

There was quite a lot of development going on this weekend. Thanks a lot to frostBeule for using our system during his Weekly Race. It has been very productive for us and has enabled us to come up with solutions and optimisations to allow eXpansion to work very well under extreme conditions.
The Controller itself worked admirably it runned during 2 consecutive hours with peaks of nearly 100 players and it rarely dropped below 50. No crash was seen.
We have seen that the memory usage improvements we have done during the week works, less then 100mb memory usage and no increase or anything.
We have seen that The controller isn't using all of the server resources(CPU),
And seen that the controller is very reactive even with 100 players. You can open windows and close them without trouble.

The system worked like a dream up to 50 players. Then we had some players complaining about fps drops. To go up to 100 players we had to deactivate the LiveRankings and LocalRecords widgets, We have worked on the issue since then and have made huge improvements. More improvements will be made to make things even better.

We haven't posted around how our hud's looks like so here is 2 screen shots.


You can see on your left the Spectator Overlay for Rounds and Lap mode that allows you to keep track of the positions of the first players. The dedimania widget has been hidden and appears only when you click tab.

Reaby has also introduced a irc plugin to the pack.

We hope realese soon once we have solved this issue : http://forum.maniaplanet.com/viewtopic. ... 68&t=25400

[tcq]

Sounds great. Glad to see people using ManiaLive instead of the totally overloaded MPAseco. It's about the racing, not who can see the track the best through all of the thousand windows/advertisements. And you guys are doing an awesome job with the development of the eXpanson plugin pack. Keep it going

[Chris92]

Sounds great. Glad to see people using ManiaLive instead of the totally overloaded MPAseco. It's about the racing, not who can see the track the best through all of the thousand windows/advertisements. And you guys are doing an awesome job with the development of the eXpanson plugin pack. Keep it going

MPAseco is for ShootMania, I think you're talking about XAseco²

[oliverde8]

Sounds great. Glad to see people using ManiaLive instead of the totally overloaded MPAseco. It's about the racing, not who can see the track the best through all of the thousand windows/advertisements. And you guys are doing an awesome job with the development of the eXpanson plugin pack. Keep it going

MPAseco is for ShootMania, I think you're talking about XAseco²

Well the majority of the eXpansion pack plugins are made for Trackmania but server generic stuff like administration, map jukebox and stuff works also in shootmania.
At the moment it isn't our priority but after the Trackmania release we intend to work on Shootmania more. This consists on running tests on shootmania as well writing new plugins for shootmania.

We have a system that was tested that allows to use 1 manialive configuration for both games and all the available game modes. It will automatically activate deactivate the the plugins that are compatible. So we intend to have 1 controller for both ShootMania and TrackMania in order to make the configuration easier for admins. Specially the ones that needs to switch often for one game to another on their server.

[Knutselmaaster]

Great to see you guy's are still in action.
It looks like your work is advancing very well.
Can you please link me to a server running your latest version?