05-07-2008, 10:52 AM
ESWC-Sylvain Wrote:You want to propose your tracks for the ESWC Masters of Paris? It is easy however you must follow a list of specifications to make it comply with the competition environment of the ESWC.
After finishing your track you have to send it to trackmania@eswc.com. The Regulation Committee of ESWC will choose five tracks to compose the official pack which will be used during the ESWC Masters of Paris.
For the official pack of tracks of ESWC Masters of Paris you will have to send your tracks before June 2nd. The Regulation Committee of ESWC will release ESWC Masters of Paris official pack between 3rd June and 6th June.
Specifications:
1- The track must be created with Trackmania Nations Forever.
2- The length must be approximately 1 min – 1 min 30.
3- The maximum weight for a track must be 2500 coppers.
4- The track must only use original soundtracks of the game.
5- Tracks can be composed with a maximum of 20% of new “ground” block.
6- The difficulty and risk should scale progressively throughout the track. The easiest part should be at the beginning while the more difficult part should be at the end.
7- The difficulty must be hard as it will be tracks dedicated for competition and played by the best players. It means that obstacles or series of obstacles have to be hard to master. These obstacles may also propose different ways to handle them.
8- The player’s mistakes don’t have to be too much penalizing to not totally ruin the race or the chances to catch up. The author may possibly include a heavy penalizing obstacle at the end of the track since it will not change anything.
9- Tracks may propose a choice of obstacles which brings players on different roads only when it remains on a very short length and rejoins quickly. The idea is to propose a choice of different difficulties but without making it different races.
10- Tracks don’t have to involve Media Tracker during the race, even to help during a looping. Players have to manage their point of view themselves. However, it is possible to use Media Tracker at the beginning of a track to introduce it, or at the ending to provide a finishing sequence.
11- At the end of a track there should be a way for close players to catch up their opponent in order to keep a possibility for them to finish first, even if this way is very risky. This will keep an interest in the race.
12- Tracks should include different types of obstacles requiring different skills in order to play with strengths and weaknesses of players. Tracks should not be just a series of jumps, or just a series of turns, or just a series of loopings.
13- Tracks may not mislead the player through false roads, misleading panels or confusing crossroads. The road to follow and choices to make should always be clearly identified.
For more information regarding ESWC Masters of Paris please visit this page:http://www.eswc.com/document/12.html
If you want to upload a BETA Version of your track for testing, do it here
http://www.tm-creative.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=425
SYLVAIN ADDED (via PM)
Very little intro and not media tracker please
