Dedicated server for TMNF/TMU-F (2011-02-21)

[undef.de]

Hi there!

Question about the List-Method GetDetailedPlayerInfo():

I have some trouble to display the Player-Avatar. I have the 'FileName' from the structure 'Avatar', but sometimes the Avatar is not displayed soon as the original scoretable (which the Avatar already displays). And sometimes the Avatar is never displayed (after hours of waiting). I access it with e.g. "tmtp://Skins/Avatars/player.dds". The next problem: The Player Avatar of the player himself is never displayed. How is the right way to display the Avatar?



If i try to get the 'LastMatchScore' from the structur of 'LadderStats', if have saw the following behavior:

- At EndRace (where the Scoretable is displayed) is the 'LastMatchScore' not updated for a Player that received a Score for current Match. Only at the next Challange has 'LastMatchScore' the Score. Is there a way to get at the Scoretable the current match score of each Player?

- If this Player did not get a Score at one of the next Challanges, the 'LastMatchScore' still holds the "old" Score. Is this the right behavior, and why? I was thinking, that the 'LastMatchScore' holds the "last match score" and if the Player does not get a score for the last match, it should be 0.



For the same project if have some more questions:

How can i do the same as tmtp://#addfavourite=xxx and tmtp://#addbuddy=xxx from within a Server Controler/Plugin just without the player leaves the current game?

Is there a way to find out whether the player pressed the ENTER or DEL key?

Thanks a lot!

[Gekko]

I did this in the past, but like you had some problems.
You can show the avatar only if you have enabled the cache on the server....
Example :
If your server download all from players, you can use the file name to recall it directly from your server cache dir and show with a quad where you want.
Not directly from the player object!!

For the EndRace info with last match scores, some times it depend on the connection.
TM use the HALF of the time setted for the ending chat, try to get longer chat to have more possibility.
Nadeo server need some track to update. So if you get LP (last match) maybe is of 5 tracks before.

There is a way to understand if a player used DEL or RESPAWN KEY like i did in the combos, that when a player use respawn the combos are resetted!!
Is very easy, because the checkpoints have a number. So if the number is 0 again and no finish is token they pressed it.
If you need help, take a look to the COMBOS plugin of the TPS OS 1.4.


I hope this help you!!

[undef.de]

Hi Gekko!

I did this in the past, but like you had some problems.
You can show the avatar only if you have enabled the cache on the server....
Example :
If your server download all from players, you can use the file name to recall it directly from your server cache dir and show with a quad where you want.
Not directly from the player object!!

Thx... i test it.

For the EndRace info with last match scores, some times it depend on the connection.
TM use the HALF of the time setted for the ending chat, try to get longer chat to have more possibility.
Nadeo server need some track to update. So if you get LP (last match) maybe is of 5 tracks before.

Hmmm... ok. I have already changed to fix this behavior, so it was just a question like to know why. Thx.

There is a way to understand if a player used DEL or RESPAWN KEY like i did in the combos, that when a player use respawn the combos are resetted!!
Is very easy, because the checkpoints have a number. So if the number is 0 again and no finish is token they pressed it.

That´s not what i need. I need to know if the Player has finished the map and then pressed DEL to skip the Scoretable and start again an new run. The Checkpoint-Event did´nt helps me there.

I need something like that:

TrackMania.PlayerKeyPressed(string KeyPressed, int PlayerUid, string Login)
KeyPressed are 'TAB', 'DEL', 'C'

TrackMania.PlayerKeyReleased(string KeyReleased, int PlayerUid, string Login)
KeyReleased are 'TAB', 'DEL', 'C'

That would be nice.

[TheM]

I need something like that:

TrackMania.PlayerKeyPressed(string KeyPressed, int PlayerUid, string Login)
KeyPressed are 'TAB', 'DEL', 'C'

TrackMania.PlayerKeyReleased(string KeyReleased, int PlayerUid, string Login)
KeyReleased are 'TAB', 'DEL', 'C'

That would be nice.

Such CallBack doesn't exists
Only thing you can do is with ManiaLink (actionkey=""), but this will only do F5, F6 and F7.

[svens]

Such CallBack doesn't exists
Only thing you can do is with ManiaLink (actionkey=""), but this will only do F5, F6 and F7.

Could you give a small example for this? (I'm interested )
Do you get a ManialinkPageAnswer cb for that?

[TheM]

Code: Select all

*snip*
	$xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><manialinks id="'.$this->manialinksID.'"><manialink id="'.$this->keyWidgetID.'">'.
	'<quad action="'.$this->keyWidgetID.'003" actionkey="3" sizen="0 0"  posn="70 70 1"/>'.
	'</manialink>'.$customui.'</manialinks>';
*snip*

This code is from the Fufi Widgets.
What it does:
It makes an invisible ManiaLink, in this case it captures F7 (actionkey="3") and it gives answer 382009003 (382009 is the keyWidgetID).
As you know you can "catch" this answer with XASECO (or a different controller), and voilà.

Any questions... don't hesitate to ask

[Slig]

And those 3 keys F5 , F6 , F7 are usable only when playing, so not in spectator state (where the game use to choose the spec view).


Note that if you ask things specific for some existing scripts, it should be asked on the concerned script topic. Same for replies which should be general and not script specific.

[Plecc]

Hi all,
Plz be patient as i am a bit of a noob to all this, i recently decided to get a tmuf server setup.
I managed to get all the basic bits sorted, but for some reason im having problems setting up a second user account to run the server. (stupid i know!)
I followed this link from the 1st post:-

"For TM United Forever dedicated account, see on the player page : http://official.trackmania.com/tmf-playerpage/

then it asks for my user name and password, the only user name and password i have are the ones form my original account, which don't seam to work.

What am i doing wrong? is there a different user name and password i need to use?
I haven't managed to find anywhere else to create a new account.

Thanks.
Plecc

[Ant]

On the player page, you need to create a new login and password for the server to use (in either dedicated servers or ladder servers) - and its linked to your tmuf account cos you already logged into the player page with that. Hope this helps you mate

[weerwolf1]

http://www.tmfserver.com/Creating-dedic ... ervers.pdf

[Slig]

"For TM United Forever dedicated account, see on the player page : http://official.trackmania.com/tmf-playerpage/
then it asks for my user name and password, the only user name and password i have are the ones form my original account, which don't seam to work.

It is for TMUF accounts, not TMNF !

If it's really a United account, then perhaps that some weird characters in your password can make some issue, try to change it (from the game itself). When you will succeed to authentify on the playerpage, you will be able to create up to 10 TMUF dedicated accounts.

If you only have a Nations account, then just use the game to create another Nations account (set use several profiles in the launcher config) that you will use as a server account. Of course such "server" account can only be used for Stadium only servers, and without coppers handling.


PS: the way to create the dedicated account, United or Stadium only, is indicated in the first post...

[xis101]

can someone tell me (confirm) if guestlist works with this release?

I´ve tried, but I got always wrong password.

[Xymph]

can someone tell me (confirm) if guestlist works with this release?

It works fine.

[reggiep]

Sorry if I am missing something here but I can't set up a loacl server to run just on my lan on either linux or windows. I have them running fine, for example I run the windows launch batch file and the window pops up telling me that the server is rotating through the tracks BUT I can't see any games in local network in party play.
If I create a local play game through the actual game eveybody on the LAN can see that and join in.

Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks

[Slig]

Sorry if I am missing something here but I can't set up a loacl server to run just on my lan on either linux or windows. I have them running fine, for example I run the windows launch batch file and the window pops up telling me that the server is rotating through the tracks BUT I can't see any games in local network in party play.
If I create a local play game through the actual game eveybody on the LAN can see that and join in.

Be sure to have the main dedicated port between 2350 and 2370 (ie between +0 and +20 more than all games main port), and reachable in UDP, because to discover local servers the game will send several udp broadcast with those destination port values.

Else, you can join your local server directly by making a specific game shortcut in which you add in the target command the option /join=ip.ip.ip.ip:port