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Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 27 May 2014, 05:26
by DDaems
ManiaPlanet.exe" /computeallshadows /useronly /collections=Stadium /fullcheck /LmQuality=Default
It all still works, but make sure your game starts in offline mode.
Disable your internet connection or block maniaplanet with your firewall.
*damn, took me a while to figure out.
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 27 May 2014, 09:37
by TMarc
DDaems wrote:ManiaPlanet.exe" /computeallshadows /useronly /collections=Stadium /fullcheck /LmQuality=Default
It all still works, but make sure your game starts in offline mode.
Disable your internet connection or block maniaplanet with your firewall.
Thats not necessarily true for everyone else. It might be a issue of your system... But needs to be confirmed...
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 27 May 2014, 13:18
by weerwolf
CAUTION!
I have spend a few days calculation 768 track on ultra. This created approx 17 GB of lightmaps in my cache folder.
After launching maniaplanet, i got the notification to either increase or trim the cachefiles.
I choose increase, but the limit was set to 1,25 GB - non adjustable.
Maniaplanet trimmed the cache to 1,25 GB and i lost 16GB of lightmaps, unrecovarable.
Im slighty annoyed now ..........
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 27 May 2014, 22:08
by TMarc
Thanks for the warning! That's very unfortunate and unexpected.
However, only the 4k/2k versions of the lightmaps are lost, but not those that were automatically stored directly in the map files, and thosr should still be acceptable.
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 28 May 2014, 11:04
by Fix
Ah!! That's really a nasty one
And this is the worst way to discover it.
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 14:01
by 0yster
TMarc wrote:Hmm... I tried as well (only 1 TMUF stadium map) and I confirm your issue.
However I can load the Map in MP3-Stadium and calculate the shadows manually there (Gbx size increased from 9kB to 130kB).
Now I just have discovered that apparently the commandline processing mode is not working (either does nothing, or if you specify /title=Stadium it says "Wrong Title") if there are
only TMN/TMUF maps in the Maps folders.
But if you place another another regular ManiaPlanet (TrackMania Canyon, Valley or Stadium) Map (have a very simple map!) there as well, then simply and only with
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ManiaPlanet.exe /computeallshadows /useronly /LmQuality=High
it works!
I made a new track through tm2 stadium and put it in pretty much all the folders in "maps" directory. Used the extension that you used specifically but i am still getting
"Load titles.
Search of matching collections."
Where do i put the tm2 map specifically ?
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 15:28
by TMarc
In your maps folder, anywhere there should be fine.
Did you try the additional parameter /collections=Stadium ?
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 15:44
by 0yster
TMarc wrote:In your maps folder, anywhere there should be fine.
Did you try the additional parameter /collections=Stadium ?
Did and did again, I am still getting the "load titles" message.
This is what my target looks like:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\ManiaPlanet\ManiaPlanet.exe" /computeallshadows /useronly /LmQuality=default
EDIT: Could you send me the map or a map you think would work. I just created a simple map and saved it. I'd like to see if the map that worked for you, works for me as well.
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 16:01
by TMarc
Do you have only that one map in your maps folders?
Perhaps you need to put another Stadium map there. Download any from
http://tm.mania-exchange.com/tracksearc ... ronments=2 and try again.
Re: Shadow calculation and lightmaps explained
Posted: 02 Aug 2014, 17:44
by 0yster
I had the track in my "my maps" folder and also in the main directory just in case. I downloaded 2 other maps and threw them in the "my maps" folder. Try it and the same "Load titles." message.