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Hello Xymph,

thanks for the quick reply. So Dedi won't accept track times in Laps - got it. That also explains why I am getting that error when I try to use the unmodified UASECO plugin.

The only thing, that I haven't understood yet, is AllowedGameModes? Why is Laps mode not allowed? Dedi accepts records in Laps mode after all, even though it accepts only 1-lap times.

Last edited by tm2:killerlegs (2017-09-20 15:58:17)

tm2:killerlegs wrote:

<header type="replay" exever="3.3.0" exebuild="2017-08-02_17_02" title="BaF1@mcrobert"><map uid="n_3hv6_FPn4xyCuiDuM8nbV9vl4" name="test_laps5" author="killerlegs" authorzone="World|Europe|Austria|Vienna"/><desc envir="Stadium" mood="" maptype="TrackMania\Race" mapstyle="" displaycost="0" mod="" /><playermodel id="StadiumCar"/><times best="62642" respawns="0" stuntscore="0" validable="1"/><checkpoints cur="24" onelap="4"/></header>

            [methodResponse] => dedimania.SetChallengeTimes
            [params] =>
            [errors] => Warning in method_handler.php(467): Stadium is limited to maxrank 15 in TA for not upgraded servers! For premium accounts, see Dedimania forum and tm2stats page.
Warning in method_helper.php(1254): IGNORE RECORD for killerlegs on n_3hv6_FPn4xyCuiDuM8nbV9vl4,2,1 for killerlegs : bad num of checkpoints (24 for 4) ! (5700,9268,12090,14198,16444,19098,21784,24001,26238,28938,31831,34101,36258,38928,41580,43678,45758,48444,51101,53235,55285,57915,60513,62642)
If 4 if not the real number of cp then contact the Dedimania maintainer to correct it. (5700,9268,12090,14198,16444,19098,21784,24001,26238,28938,31831,34101,36258,38928,41580,43678,45758,48444,51101,53235,55285,57915,60513,62642)
Warning in method_helper.php(1359): VReplay has not the same number of checks as best time (24,4) !
            [TTR] => 0.001975
            [globalTTR] => 0.00614

VReplay has 24 checks and I am sending 24 checks. I don't get it.

Laps mode is supposed to be mapped to TA.
That means that you send the map infos (NbCheckpoints and NbLaps from ChallengeInfo), but you send the checkpoints of the best lap only, with times starting at 0 (like it would be in TA).

Example for 4 laps with 3 cp each and you get those times :
  0 , 1000,2000,3000 , 4000,5000,6000 , 7000,7900,8800 , 10000,11000,12000
the best lap is the 3rd which start at 6000, so you substract 6000 from race cp times of the 3rd lap :  7000-6000,7900-6000,8800-6000 ; so you send those checkpoints values as best lap :  1000,1900,2800

Dedi records are clearly not a goal when playing Laps mode, anyway as the laps are played in the same condition as in TA on a multilap map, it would be sad to not get your record of the lap.
Storing full races is not possible as it would make a full bunch of records for each number of laps for each map. It may be possible for a local records plugin, but not for global records.


Note : *if and only if* the LAPS mode is played with the same number of laps as the native number of laps of the map, then the full race can eventually be sent as a Rounds record.