Getting canyon stunts mode to work offline

[subtlefly]

Hi all,
I work at a small school and Ubisoft / Nadeo has given me permission to use Maniaplanet for education because they are legends!
With the Canyon planet, I can go online, register the product go in and out once or twice and then use it offline - with no connection at all with no issues (My computers at school have no internet- I can hotspot a phone to get them online temporarily one at a time)
With the stunts mode, I have downloaded the title, have updated the game, it all works fine when the computer has a connection, but will not work when there is no connection- it says I have to update or acquire the title for it to work.
Can you guys help me out here?
Also there is a stunts option from the regular canyon local server option, but when I choose stunts I cannot find any maps to use in my maps, even when I have downloaded stunt maps from mania exchange. I have managed with a lot of help from fng_thatoneguy to get a dedicated server running for canyon but I cannot manage to change the match settings to get a stunt server running.
Sorry to be such a super noob, but I really appreciate any help to keep moving forward
thanks and have a great day
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[Demented]

I'd like to know a clear way to do this too.

I've followed many different methods for installing and playing "Stunt" or "Stunts" offline including the individual Stunt Environment titles, the All Environments Stunt titles and so on and they all work fine if I'm online but not offline and unless I'm updating things I prefer to stay offline.
If there is a method that works for this I'd love to hear step by step how to do it and if it matters whether or not MP and custom folders are on a C:drive or alternate drive.
Also, Please don't post "I've heard this works, but have never tried it myself". I appreciate the intent but we really want to know what actually does work.

[Miss]

You can try starting the game with /title= and /kiosk (with the title pack identifier after /title=).

Using /title puts you immediately in the given title by the title ID, and /kiosk puts the game in kiosk mode, which if I remember correctly, doesn't require a connection.

Not sure if this works, but it's worth a try. (Sorry demented )

[spaii]

IMPORTANT : Do you use a buyed account or a demo account ?

Canyon Stunters is not supported anymore.
Are you sure you using Stunts title ?
There is the official link :
http://titlepack.stunters.org/Stunts.Title.Pack.Gbx

MatchSettings has to be put inside DedicatedServerFolder/UserData/Maps/MatchSettings :

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<playlist>
	<gameinfos>
		<game_mode>0</game_mode>
		<script_name>TrackMania\Stunts.Script.txt</script_name>
		<title>Stunts@spaii</title>
		<chat_time>10000</chat_time>
		<finishtimeout>1</finishtimeout>
		<allwarmupduration>0</allwarmupduration>
		<disablerespawn>0</disablerespawn>
		<forceshowallopponents>0</forceshowallopponents>
	</gameinfos>

	<hotseat>
		<game_mode>0</game_mode>
		<time_limit>300000</time_limit>
		<rounds_count>5</rounds_count>
	</hotseat>

	<filter>
		<is_lan>1</is_lan>
		<is_internet>1</is_internet>
		<is_solo>0</is_solo>
		<is_hotseat>0</is_hotseat>
		<sort_index>1000</sort_index>
		<random_map_order>1</random_map_order>
	</filter>

	<startindex>1</startindex>
	<map>
		<file>Ltt--make-the-best-_-XD-lol.Map.Gbx</file>
		<ident>HbOwKn9k5LhqTOKwgZLYPJyP1kc</ident>
	</map>
	<map>
		<file>World-trainings-c-stunts1.Map.Gbx</file>
		<ident>3j20q8xONsbHVxSI3ycx8f0p_43</ident>
	</map>
</playlist>

On my last tests, everything worked offline.

Since i not tested with last dedicated server, I will redone a test tomorrow and tell you more precision.

[Demented]

Thanks Miss. No need to apologize. I appreciate you and spaii taking the time to offer a possible solution.
@spaii; I can't speak for subtlefly but I have purchased all current Trackmania & TM2 Titles with the exception of Turbo, so that is not the issue. The latest Title I tried I believe was called Stunts and include all environments. I do have Maniaplanet installed on a "D:Drive" and have the custom content folders assigned to that drive as well. I have always suspected that it could be an issue if the Title Pack is looking for files or custom content on a "C:Drive" only. I kind of gave up on it over a year ago but would still enjoy playing it. I've never been able to get any of the Title Packs to work offline except for the Trackmania² Title (Made by Nadeo that lets you play all environment and do enviro-mixing).

[spaii]

Tested today, and i've got same issue with the message to update the title to the latest version.
It seems that is the previous manialink version when in local network mode. (A lot of my hair removed with that !!)
And another message that tells me to send current Stunts title on cloud when i come again online, i'm clearly surprised with this.
Next investigations tomorrow...

@Demented : thx for precisions
All my tests was on M: drive today, i will test on a C: drive.

[subtlefly]

Hi Team,
Thanks for helping, we have keys for Canyon and Storm that have been gifted to us by Ubisoft / Nadeo for alternative education because they are such an excellent company. So I thought that Stunts (and all the other canyon based modes/titles) you can use offline modes and are free variations of Canyon.

Also when you use regular canyon local play it tells you that you can create a local server stunts from the create server options menu, but then cannot "see" any stunts maps that I have downloaded and put into MyMaps.
If I choose Script as the option, I cannot find the (stunts) script option in he menu- there is no stunts there in the choices.
It won't let you create a server of that type with any other type of track either. (so its an option but I can't get it to work)

At the moment we can make regular rounds tracks, but we are trying to branch out to creating stunt environments using an offline editor and then getting in there in lan multiplayer.

So thanks for working on this for me it is most appreciated
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[Demented]

This is the biggest drawback with the Title Pack idea. There is no way to insure a level of quality in the details that are important to some but maybe not to others. It's not to say that there aren't some truly great Titles out there and I'm sure Stunts is one of them. I can see that a lot of work has gone into it (and others). However, it's always seemed to me that Title Packs should be submitted to a specified team at NADEO that can test all aspects and add any scripting or code that is needed to make them solid before releasing them to the public. Yea it's extra work for part of the team, but having more happy players is always a good goal.

[spaii]

Also when you use regular canyon local play it tells you that you can create a local server stunts from the create server options menu

Stunts mode via regular canyon local play is not maintained by Nadeo anymore, stunts mode was to be made by community since start of ManiaPlanet (this is why i decided to create Stunts title), this is why it's not possible on your side to view stunts maps inside regular canyon title. (Stunters MapType ?)

I've got a lot of work for the next two weeks,and no time for ManiaPlanet, but after this period i could make a video tutorial to explain how to launch local server for stunts title.

BTW, there is clearly a problem when i launch stunts title local server when i'm offline, i have to found a workaround before send you other informations, i'm sorry for that and i can only say "please wait" for now.

Thx

[subtlefly]

Thanks Spail,
We really appreciate any and all of your efforts
Have a great day
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