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yes, that update was a few weeks before the map released and I had to go through and make items for all of the wood blocks to make them have road physics. fuck hylis

github.com/ski-freak/TrackmaniaItemsSorted

Depends, I sometimes place wtmt platforms on half blocks for example since it doesn't mess with scenery too much. Sometimes random things/obstacles/nadeo items will be placed in freemode. Scenery uses freemode pretty often for random crap you wouldn't expect would require it but it technically does. On the fs maps like this one a lot of the features (walls, loops, etc) use freemode block rotations, and I'll more often use half blocks and stuff on those as well. Some maps just use a bunch of freemode since it's part of the theme such as Parabolic or Hyperion's Retreat. At some point the line between freemode and using an item is super blurry, since we kind of have more freedom with items than freemode at this point (most freemode positions/rotations that are used either already have or could easily have item equivalents). I mostly stick to the grid since it's just easier for mapping and scenery, also just a more robust framework for building off of your map and making transitions than trying to use random blocks. I'm not really a purist in any sense but there is something to be said for if you freemode every transition you make you'll just try fewer blocks & have less variety/novelty in your maps. I wouldn't really buy into the effort/restriction worship of 'this particular set of restrictions is always superior!'. The point of restrictions breed creativity isn't that limiting yourself to a more objectively restricted ruleset makes your art cooler, it's that by changing the medium you are working through via restrictions you can force yourself to find new ways of doing things and create something novel. It's also worth noting that most people who map for long enough in tm2020 end up with a kind of soft default ruleset for their building as a way of maxmizing long term quality/novelty/enjoying mapping, usually restricting freemode to some context of use as I described in my maps and sometimes other random things. Some people avoid items they deem not vanilla enough, although almost nobody actually restricts themselves to 100% vanilla blocks only. People generally don't arrive at these 'default rulesets' by coming up with them and consciously imposing them on themselves, it's more of a general process over time that tm2020 mappers at least tend to fall into as a kind of natural tendency, although at some point they will often start enforcing the rule on themselves even when it inconveniences them whether it would actually negatively impact the map in the given situation (I do this occasionally, sometimes I'll just try to find a solution for a while, then either locate one, try something else, or just give in and break whatever arbitrary rule I was attracted to). Basically while these are still in a sense restrictions, they function completely differently and serve completely different purposes than something like a mapping competition theme where you adopt a given restriction to build in. The restriction should not be inherently seen as valuable in and of itself, it is only valuable in so far as it helps with doing the things you actually care about, if it has already served it's purpose and you know it would be better to break it in a given situation (ie editing an already finished map to fix something), it is pointless to allow a made up rule to have power over you. Anyway I doubt you wanted an essay in response but I didn't want to answer this question without also giving my I guess ideological position on it since many people who ask questions about freemode are looking to read something into it (usually inherently valuing the avoidance of freemode, which I hope it is clear how that is silly if you also use custom items, and how the oft repeated restrictions breed creativity point doesn't apply).

@@ThatSkiFreak Such an interesting read. Goes to show how passionate you are about your craft (and how "beyond" the game it goes) and it's amazing, really. My question was born out of pure curiosity. I only occasionally map, but I really enjoy it. I have 1 totd to my name (Lemon Nuclear), my first (and mostly last lol) fully "done" project, and mapping it made me mostly afraid of freemode. So I've been wondering for a while both "when" and "how much" an actual mapper used it. This trial and error process is imo such a cornerstone of so many (any?) creative activities. I'm a designer/developer and much of what you describe translates word for word into how my research phases happen. It took me so long to understand that I didn't have to "come up" with "ideas" on a blank page. Having these small rulesets (arbitrary or not) to iterate stuff over, and letting happy little accidents and ideas happen organically from the experimentations is where it's at. But I'm preaching to the priest here (or whatever the saying is in english) because you got all of that :) Thank you for the Essaying:) (there should be an equivalent emote for unironic uses lol)

Apparently it was too easy especially in the second half. I think for whatever reason fms testers want the mappack difficulty to scale with top fs player skill over time. I don't know if they consciously made that decision but it seems to be happening.

yes, i played it, and the shorter maps are rly something else, havent been able to get to the later ones yet, great Campaign!

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He also slides around on the ice like it was mayo so it makes sense there.

​@@sw33t.angelaagain this dumb joke, way to beat a dead horse

hmmm good idea

Trackmania is a SPEEDRUNNING game where the objective is to set the FASTEST time on tracks HEFEST GOT THIS RUN you can drift you can drive very fast MICKA IS ICE GOD fullspeed, tech, speedtech MILLIONS of people compete for world records ICE 360 separated by THOUSANDTHS of a second SPEEDDRIFT and RIOLU was the PIONEER who created the SLOW MO block. Trackmania 2020 is the LATEST installment and features a lot of SURFACES MILLIONS of possibilities. Trackmania is a DETERMINISTIC game and everything can be RECREATED with PERFECT accuracy dream world record PULLING A VIRTUAL WIRTUAL. The game is very FUN and has the BEST COMMUNITY amongst all the games in the market. ELCONN DID THIS SHORTCUT. SPEEDRUN this GAMEBREAKING MECHANIC with the NEW bug NOSEBOOST BUGSLIDE TAS tool assisted speedrun I LOVE TRACKMANIA ESPORTS and the red engine off block that turns off the car's engine TMGL FORMAT IS THE BEST

i wanna start posting this "copypasta" in random places now

ReallySelfish I'll be making a video with a bunch of other people's maps (and one of mine) soon though probably :)

@@ThatSkiFreak ReallyHappy

I had to render the replay clips at 240 and 360 fps lol, the renders always come out way smoother than a screen recording