Maniaplanet 2019-10-24

[xbx]

Hello all!

A an update is available.

Main changes:
* MapEditor improvements (camera, plugins api)
* MeshEditor improvements. (it is now possible to see the physics materials on the edited mesh, ...)
* MapEditor: it is now possible to change the stadium waypoints banner image. (from Skins\Any\Banner8x1 folder)
* TM: additional apis around authorghost
* SM: small improvements at network initialisation time, fixes for advanced gamemodes.
* improvements to title menus. (TitleControl.PlayMap("http://my/map/url.gbx", ...) is now supported, )
* some crash fixes (issues with concurent http requests, ...)
* translations

Enjoy!
(and report any issues)

and many thanks to the testers.

2019-10-24: bug fixes.
2019-11-21: very small fix for the "Shows"

[Miss]

Thanks for the update!

(Before anyone asks, Openplanet is broken currently, I will release an update tonight )

[CatWithScarf]

Thanks for the update!

" * TM: additional apis around authorghost "
What does that mean?

[DrownLies]

Thank you!

[niebo26]

Here's a detailed changelog for the Mesh Modeler :
- Physics Materials : checkered materials useful for Not Visible Meshes to see which surface type faces have
- Custom Game Materials : these materials are game materials in which you can alter some parameters (like PhysicsID for example). Compared to normal custom materials, these ones are embeddable in maps !
- Several fixes

Niebo

[reggie1000]

Hi, here are some new features for the map editor :

• When moving around the camera (Alt or Free mode button), two little dots will appear to better see what you are focusing, and where your camera is.
• The dot shows in pure white when you're moving, and darkens when you're not doing anything or when it is behind/inside something (can't see it directly), and even darker when it's both not moving & hidden
• You still have 2/4/6/8 on the numpad to turn the camera, but it now turns by 45° steps instead of 90° steps which seemed nicer, just like it used to be in the TM Turbo controller editor.
• Use alt+directional arrows to move around. If you're zoomed in, it'll go slowly, zoomed out it'll go faster. It starts a little slower and builds up speed, so just using little nudges allows you to move around just a bit, may be handy when working with small items.
• Use Alt + and Alt - on the numpad to zoom in and out. Same idea, it builds up speed, you can just nudge the zoom a bit
• Use Alt+PgUp and Alt+PgDown to smooth scroll up&down. Same thing as the directional arrows for the speed relative to zoom & the nudges.
• You can also use Alt+Left click+Right click and move your mouse up and down to smooth scroll up and down
• You can now change the Start, Checkpoint and Finish banner pictures in TM Stadium by skinning them. You may also do this through script like any other skinnable block.
• Changing the MediaTracker intro no longer unvalidates maps
• Plenty of new plugin script features are available, you can see them here : viewtopic.php?f=279&t=46249&p=309694#p309694
• A few other bug fixes here and there

[nighthawk4571]

Thanks for these notes reggie1000 - very useful.
One point is a great little improvement: "Changing the MediaTracker intro no longer unvalidates maps".

Cheers! ...

[cime62]

Thank you alinoa for telling us about those new very interesting and useful features! Now maybe I can make maps within 2min instead of 5!

[xbx]

Hello,

Just a quick note that I've pushed an update with various fixes for the issues reported in the forum.

[Miss]

Ah so it is live, thanks for the update!