TrackMania Creations FAQ

JumperJack · Post by **JumperJack** » 24 Jun 2006 19:11

you say that you can easily make a image and save that as a .dds file with photoshop. now i have photoshop cs2 but there isn't a possibility to save the file as .dds. also i can't open a .dds file with it.

can somebody please help??

MistaObvious · Post by **MistaObvious** » 24 Jun 2006 21:44

JumperJack wrote:you say that you can easily make a image and save that as a .dds file with photoshop. now i have photoshop cs2 but there isn't a possibility to save the file as .dds. also i can't open a .dds file with it.

can somebody please help??

Go here and install that. You need that plugin to save anything as dds, whether in Photoshop, PaintShop Pro or anything else (as long as the app supports the Photoshop Plugin standard).

JumperJack · Post by **JumperJack** » 25 Jun 2006 12:43

MistaObvious wrote:
JumperJack wrote:you say that you can easily make a image and save that as a .dds file with photoshop. now i have photoshop cs2 but there isn't a possibility to save the file as .dds. also i can't open a .dds file with it.

can somebody please help??
Go here and install that. You need that plugin to save anything as dds, whether in Photoshop, PaintShop Pro or anything else (as long as the app supports the Photoshop Plugin standard).

thanks, i have downloaded it, going to install it!!! thank you very much

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » 23 Jul 2006 11:59

My Problem is with Stickers...

Why?

Sorry...big pictures

NGcs · Post by **NGcs** » 27 Jul 2006 08:51

Choose an another sticker, then choose that bird again

Xp · Post by Xp » 27 Jul 2006 09:50

You need to do the alpha too

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » 06 Aug 2006 17:34

Can you tell me how can i do that? I have Photshop Elements 2.0 and i'm novice

Xp · Post by Xp » 06 Aug 2006 20:16

http://wiki.beyondunreal.com/wiki/Addin ... _TGA_Files

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » 07 Aug 2006 08:16

THX but where's the Channels tab?

Xp · Post by Xp » 07 Aug 2006 09:00

make sure you can see the 'layers' toolbar

tribalreaper · Post by **tribalreaper** » 07 Aug 2006 20:21

Here is The Contents Of My Dedicate.cfg File

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<dedicated>
<authorization_levels>
<level>
<name>SuperAdmin</name>
<password>SuperAdmin</password>
</level>
<level>
<name>Admin</name>
<password>Admin</password>
</level>
<level>
<name>User</name>
<password>User</password>
</level>
</authorization_levels>

<masterserver_account>
<login>tribalreaperadmin</login>
<password>camping</password>
<nation>GBR</nation>
</masterserver_account>

<server_options>
<name>Tr MiniTracks Server</name>
<comment></comment>
<max_players>20</max_players>
<password></password>
<max_spectators></max_spectators>
<password_spectator></password_spectator>
<ladder_mode>forced</ladder_mode> // value between 'inactive', 'normal' and 'forced' (or '0', '1', '2')
<enable_p2p_upload>True</enable_p2p_upload>
<enable_p2p_download>True</enable_p2p_download>
<callvote_timeout>60000</callvote_timeout>
<callvote_ratio>0.5</callvote_ratio>
<allow_challenge_download>True</allow_challenge_download>
</server_options>

<system_config>
<connection_type>DSL_16384_4096</connection_type>
<server_port>2350</server_port>
<server_p2p_port>3450</server_p2p_port>
<client_port>0</client_port>
<xmlrpc_port>5000</xmlrpc_port>
<xmlrpc_allowremote>False</xmlrpc_allowremote> // if you specify an ip adress here, it'll be the only accepted adress. this will improve security.
<bind_ip_address></bind_ip_address>
<force_ip_address></force_ip_address>
<use_proxy>False</use_proxy>
<proxy_login></proxy_login>
<proxy_password></proxy_password>
<blacklist_url></blacklist_url>
</system_config>
</dedicated>

Is This Correct If So Ive Tried To Do The target Bit But It Just Does Not Want To Apply The Target

Alcator · Post by **Alcator** » 09 Aug 2006 08:59

The whole part about custom signs on the boards/TV screens in your tutorial is confusing for me.

Or, better to say: It is confusing when confronted with reality.

For example, I downloaded the sign pack from TMX, and it's full of ZIP files, in which there are "image.dds" files, but not a single locator file.

In other words: An example speaks for thousand words; the exact mechanics of WHAT TO DO, where to put stuff, where to upload it, in what order (before saving the track? after saving it?) is missing.

My situation: I want my own "signature sign" (currently http://alcator.org/files/AlcatorTracksSign.dds )
to automatically download when players play a track that contains the sign. The question is: What should I do next?

For example, I managed to rename the sign to "image.dds", pak it into "AlcatorTracksSign.zip", put this zip file to "../GameData/Skins/Any/Advertisement", and it shows in the editor, but my common sense tells me the editor does not know that it should include a link to the on-line sign into the map, right? So what do I do?

Habbla · Post by **Habbla** » 14 Aug 2006 11:24

This is a nice tool for making own signs: viewtopic.php?t=3458
Should be nice you added it to the free tools in the tutorial!

zea2005 · Post by **zea2005** » 17 Sep 2006 21:47

Hey crusard do u know where to put the mods????

dustyjo · Post by **dustyjo** » 17 Sep 2006 23:53

Please don't bump old threads with stuff irrelevant to the thread.

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