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Why so many blank grey cars in multiplayer on TM2 stadium? And TMUF for that matter? I have the full paid for version.

Because thats how this ugly system works. It's based on p2p and locators. If u use a custom skin and enter on a server with 100 people, all those players have to download the data from u, the same goes for them, ur pc has to download the data from them in order to see the skin that they use. So if u have a slow connection, u have to use locators to speed this process. I know its kinda dumb but it works like that. i always hated this, despite all the love i got for nadeo.

SuperP wrote:Because thats how this ugly system works. It's based on p2p and locators. If u use a custom skin and enter on a server with 100 people, all those players have to download the data from u, the same goes for them, ur pc has to download the data from them in order to see the skin that they use. So if u have a slow connection, u have to use locators to speed this process. I know its kinda dumb but it works like that. i always hated this, despite all the love i got for nadeo.

how should it works differently??
that you get the skins sent via usb stick?

The default nation appears to be 'none' , I think its likely that many players have just not selected a national skin, I did not think to do it at first either. But as all those files are present as part of the installation, p2p should not be the problem.

steeffeen wrote:

SuperP wrote:Because thats how this ugly system works. It's based on p2p and locators. If u use a custom skin and enter on a server with 100 people, all those players have to download the data from u, the same goes for them, ur pc has to download the data from them in order to see the skin that they use. So if u have a slow connection, u have to use locators to speed this process. I know its kinda dumb but it works like that. i always hated this, despite all the love i got for nadeo.

how should it works differently??
that you get the skins sent via usb stick?

I've got a 30mb fibre connection so that isn't the issue. Just wish all these noobs would play the game properly and use the correct locators.

Hey. There is no proper way to play a game. It's recreation, and by definition it's not serious (unless you're in a league, I guess, but that's only serious within the league. You can't generalize the seriousness to outside the league and I'm sidetracking again.) There are already some people in this community, just like in every community, who try to force their opinions onto everyone else. Don't become one of them.
Personally I'd much rather play the game than troubleshoot why my locators have stopped working. The only remarkable thing about the skins I use is the bizzare names I give them, after all. I like them but that's only because of self-bias.

Peer2peer is a server-side option and many servers, especially the more popular ones, have it turned off to reduce the load on slower connections. So in most places the only way to get your custom car skin shown is through a locator. And locators are a tedious process to go through for every car you paint.
Also, if you're calling somebody a noob you'd better be prepared to prove you've been playing for longer! Someone might call you out on it!

flidd wrote:I've got a 30mb fibre connection so that isn't the issue. Just wish all these noobs would play the game properly.

Be patient, when having played tm or sm for some weeks, you'll experience this 'issue' less often.

The skins and stuff which have to be downloaded will gather in your cache on your harddrive.

I've been playing TMUF for years (17th on the UK ladder) and TM2 Canyon since the day it came out and now TM2 Stadium and have the grey car issue in all 3 games. It really kind of spoils the experience. I also use a custom car skin in TMUF and have asked other players if my skin is visible to them which it is, apparently. In a server where there is maybe 12 players, perhaps half of them have grey cars. The custom track graphics load fine and some players cars seem to load fine too. Maybe Nadeo should implement a default skin if custom locators or skins aren't loading, rather than the bland grey blank car.

flidd wrote:Maybe Nadeo should implement a default skin if custom locators or skins aren't loading, rather than the bland grey blank car.

That's a pretty good idea. Where do we put suggestions now that the suggestions board is gone?
I think TMO actually did that back in 2003/2004. But I was only building tracks back then, I didn't play online until 2008 in TMNF (getting bored of TMNF so many years ago when I couldn't buy TMUF -- until I managed to get very lucky a year and a half later -- is the reason I still dislike stadium 1 so much). Boredom is a powerful emotion. But the only person who seems to agree with me about that is fictional .