Questions & Answers Trackmania Turbo

[wazerti]

Does the maps from TM2 Stadium/Canyon/Valley are compatible with TMT or not ?
Same question for the skins of TM2 ?

Thanks

[disposableaccount]

Now to the questions I have found no answers in the forums yet:
1.) Will you be able to import old maps from TM2 and change them for TM Turbo?
2.) If yes, will you be able to import maps with embedded custom objects?
3.) Will there be the possibility like in Maniaplanet 3 to create Maps with crossover car physics?
(Like make a map in Canyon with Stadium car etc...)

there is no answers yet, not very promising

[Cerovan]

then don't? a guest profile for offline play would be nice, wish maniaplanet had that

No, we need an existing player account to play the game (to register the records on the campaign, having an author name of the maps created in the trackbuilder, etc...)

so TMT will have a Uplay drm on top of Steam drm just for the lolz? if Nadeo has full control then what's the point in stacking drm like that? what's the need for a staem drm at all? it does nothing to stop piracy just look at TMU

There are several reasons (technical and more) why we require a Uplay account to play the game and i don't think that Steam will be a DRM (i mean you'll be able to launch it directly by the exe without to running Steam, yet to be confirmed).
And you should know that not all the games on Steam use the Steamworks DRM (some games can be launched without Steam running) but you can't sell a viable amount of games without being on Steam (except if you're Blizzard or a mega AAA game from others publishers).

Does the maps from TM2 Stadium/Canyon/Valley are compatible with TMT or not ?
Same question for the skins of TM2 ?

No and no.

Now to the questions I have found no answers in the forums yet:
1.) Will you be able to import old maps from TM2 and change them for TM Turbo?
2.) If yes, will you be able to import maps with embedded custom objects?
3.) Will there be the possibility like in Maniaplanet 3 to create Maps with crossover car physics?
(Like make a map in Canyon with Stadium car etc...)

there is no answers yet, not very promising

1) No.
2) Implied no.
3) No.

[TGYoshi]

Gotta praise you for simply giving straight-forward and honest answers instead of ignoring it all .

Still hoping for dedicated servers, but I'd not be amazed if that'd not be part of the game either .

[marios2000]

Will the ferris wheel be a static block or will it have a rotation like the wind turbines in Valley ?

[Cerovan]

Gotta praise you for simply giving straight-forward and honest answers instead of ignoring it all .

Still hoping for dedicated servers, but I'd not be amazed if that'd not be part of the game either .

I'm not a fan of PR-talk, if i can answer i do

Will the ferris wheel be a static block or will it have a rotation like the wind turbines in Valley ?

Good question

[disposableaccount]

then don't? a guest profile for offline play would be nice, wish maniaplanet had that

No, we need an existing player account to play the game (to register the records on the campaign, having an author name of the maps created in the trackbuilder, etc...)

that's why i said for offline play, a guest profile could have some features locked if necessary, you said TMT can't be on GOG because an account is required to play the game, if it's optional then maybe it's possible? i don't see anything about games requiring account can't be published at GOG, i know they don't allow F2P games or games with micro transactions.

There are several reasons (technical and more) why we require a Uplay account to play the game and i don't think that Steam will be a DRM (i mean you'll be able to launch it directly by the exe without to running Steam, yet to be confirmed).

why tie TMT's functionality with Uplay?
i hope TMT won't stack DRMs so we won't have to deal with weird issues because of Steamworks DRM, like United does for example.

And you should know that not all the games on Steam use the Steamworks DRM (some games can be launched without Steam running) but you can't sell a viable amount of games without being on Steam (except if you're Blizzard or a mega AAA game from others publishers).

the game will be on steam with or without drm, i don't see what one thing has to do with the other

3.) Will there be the possibility like in Maniaplanet 3 to create Maps with crossover car physics?
(Like make a map in Canyon with Stadium car etc...)

3) No.

i don't understand why Nadeo is so reluctant when it comes to environment mixing, TM2 has official mixing and it works perfectly

[Cerovan]

that's why i said for offline play, a guest profile could have some features locked if necessary, as long it's not required to start the game it should be fine for GOG right? you said TMT can't be on GOG because it's required to play the game, if it's optional then maybe it's possible? i don't see anything about games requiring account can't be published at GOG, i know they don't allow F2P games or games with micro transactions.

Having a guest profile means to lock the campaign (in solo and Double Driver), the online modes and the trackbuilder.
And that's not possible to release it on GOG because the player will need at some point to register on Uplay to enjoy all the features of the game. GOG only accept games which doesn't feature any sort of DRM (no Uplay, no mandatory account signup in game, etc...)

and for what reason will TMT require Uplay? "technical and more" doesn't answer it, why tie TMT's functionality with Uplay? i hope TMT won't stack DRMs so we won't have to deal with weird issues because of Steamworks DRM, like United does for example.

United doesn't use Steamworks, you can run the game without Steam i believe. The issue i read few times is about the Steam Overlay which may cause fps drops in rare cases.

what?

Some indie games (or bigger games) on Steam for example don't need Steam to be launched : http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

[disposableaccount]

why would a guest profile lock offline content? it makes no sense. that reminds me how in TM2 offline won't allow solo play for no reason.

earlier you said i answered my own question when i said if Nadeo has the option of releasing TMT without Uplay or not since Ubisoft does release some games without it, but now you say that it will need Uplay, why make TMT Uplay dependent? what does TMT have to gain by doing that?

United does need steam to be launched

i edited my post after you replied

[Cerovan]

why would a guest profile lock offline content? it makes no sense. that reminds me how in TM2 offline won't allow solo play for no reason.

earlier you said i answered my own question when i said if Nadeo has the option of releasing TMT without Uplay or not since Ubisoft does release some games without it, but now you say that it will need Uplay, why make TMT Uplay dependent? what does TMT have to gain by doing that?

No, we need an existing player account to play the game (to register the records on the campaign, having an author name of the maps created in the trackbuilder, etc...)

We use the Uplay Id as player login (that's an hidden data, this isn't the displayname/nickname/username). And we use Uplay because we want to let the player choose between a Steam or non-Steam version (and for a consistency between the two, we use a data that can be shared by both "plateforms", Uplay in that case).