Carpal Tunnel Clan

I know a number of you have decided to pick up the game now that its 50% percent off so now you can benifit somewhat from the stumbling through the process I have been through:

For a Tutorial on how to do just about anything in game:
http://tutorials.tm-creative.org/userap ... p#section4

For recording/editing your own horns:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

For converting your image files to the required icon.dds/sticker.tga(once trial ends, you can still use if slightly less conveniant):
http://www.imageconverterplus.com/
Ive found .PNG files to work best for the conversion.

For animated avitars you must use the .bnk format which can be made somewhat easily using Rad tools:
http://www.radgametools.com/down/Bink/RADTools.exe

For Downloading custom Car Models/Skins:
http://www.trackmania-carpark.com/liste.php

Also tutorial on where to place these Models/Skins:
http://www.trackmania-carpark.com/faq.php

Good site to upload finished cars to create a locator:
http://www.fileden.com/

Hope this helps all those wanting to get into custom car design.
And since i have your attention, the latest car:

Nice info Knave, thanks.

Nice car as well, lol.

The Car is missing the Dooooooor the Dooooooooooor knows everything Knave......

dude...thats the door on the hood.....

ahhh i was distracted by charlie and the gang......Nice

I have big issues with Trackmania. I guess it has compatibility issues with Saitek keyboards. It also has issues with the G5 mouse.

I am using both...I never could get the game to run. Couldn't even create my sign on. $20 to hell...

Yeah TM FAILS.......

Amen Weed...

I use this ATM:



Ru, I sent you a link for a possible fix. Here it is again:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1006435

If you have an XBOX already, you can buy the PC receiver for ~$10 I think. Makes a huge difference in Grid for me.

Sal - That is the coolest looking controller I have ever seen. How does it perform?

CTC-Salchicha wrote:I use this ATM:



Ru, I sent you a link for a possible fix. Here it is again:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1006435

Dang, and you are always the first to complain about your hands being tired? =P

That link supplied on the HardForum thread is dead. Here's something I found:

http://www.tm-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1351

Installing Trackmania Forever through Steam

This post is incase you've never used Steam, and are trying to get Trackmania up and running for the frst time. When you start up Steam, you should have a window that looks something like the picture below. Now, in the search box... type in "Trackmania" and hit enter (not Trackmania United).



In the next window, there are a list of files to choose from. Click on the one I have circled. The playable files have a mouse icon to the right.



Now, this last window will look a tad different. I already have the game, so there's a box that says "Plag Game". If you don't have the game installed, it should say "Download"... or something like that. If there are any problems, please post.