Hello everyone,
We are very happy to announce that it’s now possible to pre-order ShootMania Storm!
This pre-order will give you immediate and unlimited access to the Beta.
More good news:
20% off during the pre-order ($15.99/15,99€/12,79£ instead of $19.99/19,99€/15,99£)
3 & 5 Players Packs at reduced prices to play in teams or between friends
So don’t delay ! Go to the ManiaPlanet Shop.
Celebrate with us today and as always Good Luck and Have Fun!
Talk about it on the forum.
May 2012
Hello Planet #2,
Maniaplanet 2.0 is alpha.
Alpha because we are making new features and that there is a lot to test for this upgraded game operating system. We will do multiple alpha versions, with more people to be invited in each. Useless to ask us, it will be through already made list like at the Gamers Assembly, or by invitation of people that are already in or will be later.
To help explain Maniaplanet 2.0, I will list some new concepts. You can look in the wiki at wiki.maniaplanet.com if you look for previous concepts such as Planets, ManiaHome, ManiaScript, ManiaLink, ManiaCredits, MediaTracker, Packs, Macroblocks etc.
Titles
They are the equivalent of applications, but more entertainment oriented, such as movies or books, so we named them Titles. It is a simple file, and it can then be acquired by Planets or a key provided by the title author.
Stations
They are the titles reader. To illustrate, it is like a DVD player or book reader, but for titles. The reader is used to allocate resources online to your installed title. It can save your scores online, your rankings and more. It will also enable you to keep your installed Title in the cloud, so you can download them again later on another computer. There is a limited amount of station per user, and this number can increase with Planets.
Tiles + Stations
The goal is to enable for some players to create a customized experience with pre-downloaded datas thanks to titles (mods, scripts, maps, servers etc.) and services thanks to stations (ladders, updates, clouding, events etc.)
Map Types
A map type is a format of map as well as a plug-in to help edit this map. It is like file extension plugin you can add in some applications. For example, a map type can be a platform track that would offer to set the bronze, silver or gold target in number of tries instead of time. When you launch the map editor, the first question you will ask yourselves is: what map type am I going to do?
Modes
Modes are rules and possible settings to play on a given list of map types. For example, the platform mode will make the ranking at the end of multiplayer sessions based on the number of tries instead of the time.
Tiles + Stations + Map types + Modes
To illustrate, I will take the example of a platform mode for TrackMania. You first download the title ingame from a page. It appears in your library of titles. You can then install it in station. Now, you launch it and arrive in the main menu. From there: if you go solo, you have a campaign with medals to win. If you go in the editor, you have a platform map editor with the right format of tracks. If you go online, you have servers with a platform mode and ladder.
Objects
Since many years we allowed import of cars into the game, but about modifying the maps itself, we have been careful to keep the consistency of the experience for people who decided to play the game. Now, with Titles, it will be possible for players to add visual, static and collidable objects in the maps. It is another step with more opening, but keeping it somehow structured for usual players as well. For people familiar with the interface, it will be accessible through a new icon between blocs and macroblocks at the bottom of the map editor interface.
Tiles + Stations + Map types + Modes + Objects
If you create a mod that changes the texture of the environment + you import objects with given textures + you decide to deal by yourself the servers with your mode in order to keep some information on your side, like persistent world games, then it is useful to know that all users will have the data already downloaded when they enter your world, with your objects and your rules. And in another way, it is also better to know that when you connect to an existing Title, that you will be in a predefined environment, like a reference. So, if you connect to the Nadeo Title Canyon, for example, you will be confident that the map will be standard ones without objects you would like to avoid to see on tracks.
There will be additional features to discover later, but we have plenty of work and I think it is better to keep the info when we will be closer to release.
Stay tuned!
Florent – Hylis
Discuss together about ManiaPlanet 2.0 on the forum.
Hello everyone,
The Gamers Assembly finished a month ago and we still have fond memories from the entire weekend. Firstly, we would like to thank the Gamers Assembly staff, gamers and visitors for your help, support and the atmosphere created at the Shootmania Booth.
The Op3N ShootMania tournament was hotly contested! The combination of highly skilled gameplay and audience reaction made for a great show. We congratulate the teams that reached the finals (from first to fourth place) :
A big GG to the aAa.oldschool for imposing their skill during the competition and becoming the first Op3n Shootmania Champions.
A special thanks to the “Grr” for their sportsmanship, even if they missed magic potion (don’t forget the cauldron next time!) Also thanks to ZeratoR for igniting the booth with great energy during games. But beware, we’ll beat you on the next game Glasses-Man!
Is wasn’t only ShootMania at the Gamers Assembly, TrackMania was also present with three tournaments (TrackMania Nations Forever, TrackMania United Forever and TrackMania² Canyon). All three tournaments were very close with great atmosphere. Congratulations YoYo for taking the first place on TMNF, Kaka on TMUF and Waaam on TrackMania² Canyon!
Go check the page of the results of the Gamers Assembly to see a video, photos and stats of the tournament: http://www.maniaplanet.com/en/tournaments/shootmania-gamers-assembly2012-results/
As always feel free to talk about the Gamers Assembly on the forum.
Dear players,
Have you always wanted a Manialink but you have no technical knowledge nor time to do it? Nadeo Live team just released a project that you will love: ManiaFlash.
In a few clicks you will be able to create your own personal Manialink and publish messages in it.
Also, a ManiaHome notification will be sent to all users that bookmarked your channel: all your messages will be directly displayed on their event feed!
Your channel is unique: you can customize it by changing the background and the header icon.
Start publishing in ManiaPlanet now: don’t hesitate to create your own channel.
Have fun with it and feel free to report bugs or suggest features on the forum.
Hi everyone,
Gamers Assembly starts tomorrow! The vibe is really good and we’re looking forward to meeting with players.
Hello,
We are very happy to announce the opening of the ManiaPlanet Wiki today. Nadeo recognizes you’re a dynamic and a very prolific community who never hesitating to share knowledge. So we have dedicated a page on the Wiki especially for you.
On the left sidebar you can see a “Community Articles” link, this is where you can find all the articles created by the community. The best articles could be integrated or added to the Wiki’s official articles (with your name in the credits of the article).
Also if you wish to participate in translating the Wiki’s official articles into German, Spanish and Portuguese, feel free to propose your help to us at this address : cerovan@nadeo.com
Together let’s make ManiaPlanet Wiki the biggest knowledge resource for ManiaPlanet!
Thanks everyone!
Feel free to talk about it on the forum.
Dear community,
Discover the new ManiaPlanet Websites ecosystem! With updates on the ManiaPlanet site, the games sites and the revamped Player Page, we hope it will greatly improve the Web user experience of ManiaPlanet.
Here are the improvements on the Player Page:
Have fun and, as always, feel free to discuss on the forum.
Hello fellow ManiaPlanet users,
We are excited to present our new ingame store called “ManiaPlanet Store“. You’ll find in this store contents created by us: cars, skins (like the German and French ones), possibly horns, tracks and other stuff for ManiaPlanet titles. To celebrate this opening, we deliver you a crazy gift along the German and French cars.
Please visit the ManiaLink “maniaplanet-store” to enjoy this new addition to ManiaPlanet ecosystem and don’t worry, more contents will come all the year (and a new one arrive very soon).
Talk about it on the forum.
Have fun!
More than giving you tools to promote your events, we wish to remind you that we support LANs and event on another way. If you’re a TrackMania fan and wish to promote TrackMania Forever and/or ManiaPlanet titles (like TrackMania² Canyon) to a LAN where you go or that you’re an organizer yourself, don’t hesitate to contact us.
We’ll give you the possibility to get our “Lan Pack” which include the following items (depending of the size of the event and the stock remaining):
Lan Pack
So if you’re interessed, contact cerovan@nadeo.com to ask for a pack but make your request at least one month in advance!
Talk about it on the forum, see you later!
We know that you’re a very active community which make an incredible amount of things each day, from creating contents to organizing competitions. Here is a little tip about a new functionality.
You may sometimes see a notification about an event which will occur or an invitation to an upcoming event so you’ll may be interested to participate but you’ll certainly ask yourself where those notifications come from. They come from your buddies, your groups, or from Nadeo. It’s a new functionality on ManiaHome called “Calendar”.
Calendar is a tool allowing people to announce events to/from members of their group. For example you can receive calendar events to remind you of a competition, meeting with your group on servers, or a real-life encounter. If you want to create such an event, it is easy: you only have to go on the “Buddies” tab in ManiaHome and click on the button “Invite buddies” to start creating an event.
Once done, the members of the selected group(s) will see a reminder 3 days before the event starts. This reminder will stay on top of the notifications list up until it starts. The best way to make sure you don’t miss anything in ManiaPlanet.
Now benefit from new events coming to you, or just create your own events easily!
Talk of this functionnality on the forum, see you soon!