Bug: No custom painted cars and horns

[moledig]

After the MP 4 update most people I play with can no longer see custom painted cars or hear custom horns.
But there are a few people out there that have this working. So what's the secret?
What changed with the P2P stuff in the MP 4 update?
Are there new ports that have to be opened on the client side and not just the server?
Does all custom content have to be in the cloud someplace and use locater files now?


The Top things I liked about Canyons:
1. The way the cars drove.
2. I could paint my name on the rear bumper of my car so my friends would know it was me ahead of them.
3. I could create a custom horn so my friends would know it was me taunting them as I passed them.
4. I could run my own server and keep track of top times on each track. (without having to become a SQL admin)

But then no one asked me......
Tip: If you use steam you can create a desktop short cut to Canyons and skip all the annoying MP tile stuff.

[Cerovan]

After the MP 4 update most people I play with can no longer see custom painted cars or hear custom horns.
But there are a few people out there that have this working. So what's the secret?
What changed with the P2P stuff in the MP 4 update?
Are there new ports that have to be opened on the client side and not just the server?
Does all custom content have to be in the cloud someplace and use locater files now?

It doesn't seems we have specifically change something on the P2P side on MP4. There could be several reasons why you may not see custom content or players can you your custom content:

• Wrong values in the P2P settings in the launcher which may saturate your bandwith (in upload or download or both)
• Insufficient bandwith on your side (or for the players who can't see the skins) to share the content fast enough to all the players of the server
• Update of your operating system or firewall or routeur/box that may have reseted the settings for ManiaPlanet.exe

As you can see, it a complicated thing to debug/pinpoint.

[speedychris]

It doesn't seems we have specifically change something on the P2P side on MP4.

Hmm all Players in our Clan have the same issue. Besides the MP4 Update we dont changed anything in our Systems. In MP3 all ok, in MP4 not.

[TMarc]

Check your firewalls and anti-viruses, just in case they have blocked this major update.

[speedychris]

No Windows Firewall active, AV is Defender. And again it doesnt work at 5 Persons since the MP4 Update with no changes in the PC Setup.

[TMarc]

Since Maniaplanet updates itself via the Launcher, even Defender might recognize it as spyware or trojan and block some functions.

I often hear "we did not change anything", but actually things were changed where the affected people did not think it had an impact...

[moledig]

I did a clean load of Windows installed Steam and loaded the game, no firewalls, nothing else.
And again it's not just me.

[speedychris]

Since Maniaplanet updates itself via the Launcher, even Defender might recognize it as spyware or trojan and block some functions

If that happens there MUST be a notification from Defender, but there is none. On other Player System with different AV P2P doesnt work too.

Fact is without loc-Files (=using P2P) no Car-Skins works, confirmed with various Players in my Clan. References to Firewall or AV are useless because they are not the problem (before MP4 its working). Complete MP4 clean reinstall still not change anything.

So whats next?

[TMarc]

These are valid points, and I'm clueless.

Now I think we have to wait for answer/resolution by Nadeo,
perhaps with a new debug version of Maniaplanet which might help to find out the cause.

[moledig]

"Fact is without loc-Files (=using P2P) no Car-Skins works,"

So if I load up my friends skins and horns on my server then create loc-files for them, then I can at least see and hear them until the bug is fixed?