- Matchmaking
- At the moment, when you find 1 person in online the game will start in the next 5-10s wich makes it very hard to find more players. I would suggest a vote system for everyone in the game with an option to start the game or wait for more players. Since trolls can use this to stall, a general timeout for starting the game would probably still be usefull, or just start the game if there is a majority of votes
- Drop in. Since, at least now, I think there are alot of games that are low on player numbers, this would improve matchmaking. I would rather be dropped into a game than having to keep searching for one. This will have issues with scoring, but maybe this can be implemented in a meaningfull way?
- Ability to search for games with a small party. When there aren't alot of friends around (for example 2-3) it would be nice to have the option to search for online matches together instead of having to do a private race with low number of people. This would help with matchmaking too since probably alot more people will be searching, even if they have a small party.
- Voting system seems to be broken sometimes. When it happens you just play a random track.
- My game froze 1 time when pressing A at the podium to continue. It froze after that, so not on the podium screen.
- Fells like everytime I try searching again after a race, it tells me it finds players, says connecting but never adds them. When I quit and enter search again it adds people without a problem. This happened, I think, everytime a 'tournament' ended
- Bugs
- I had this in a private party only so far: graphical/light glitches on tracks
- Sometimes instead of following a rider when I finished it shows the ground under water and the cam just stays stationary. (this happened on several tracks so far)
- Suggestions
- When getting an invite, you automatically get thrown into the game. Maybe a confirmation option would be nice?
Edit A
Hey bass,
On the graphical/Light bugs. Could you go a bit more in to it and let me know where (maybe some screenshot links) and on what tracks.
Not fully sure I understand, Is this meaning that the camera at the end is not setting to the podium when the camera goes underwater only? Could you try and reproduce it and explain what you did to make it happen? Also again, which tracks?- Sometimes instead of following a rider when I finished it shows the ground under water and the cam just stays stationary. (this happened on several tracks so far)
Yup, I'll try to reproduce it when I get a private race going maybe later today.
- The graphical bugs seemed random, I had them on most of the tracks, and there was one I didn't had graphics glitching on the first full run, but when we started a full new run it happened on that track aswell. It only became visivble on the start of the track where you could see a weird light flash and things where brighter, with mostly glitching shadows/lighting I think on objects so something like black/grey parts on objects.
- The camera bug was not on all tracks, but also like 2-3 tracks I think. I'll try to explain better. When you finish on a track, it is supposed to switch to the camera of the rider behind you. I had several times where it swichted to a different camera that wasn't following anything (it was stationary). This camera was aimed on the ground (so that was the only thing I saw), it was placed very close to the ground and was under water (you could see the waves and underwater sound) So this was at the end of several tracks (when I finished), not at the end of the complete tournament.
Ah, ok yes I know what you mean now, yes, this is something known about.- The graphical bugs seemed random, I had them on most of the tracks, and there was one I didn't had graphics glitching on the first full run, but when we started a full new run it happened on that track aswell. It only became visivble on the start of the track where you could see a weird light flash and things where brighter, with mostly glitching shadows/lighting I think on objects so something like black/grey parts on objects.
Hmm, ok will take note of this and I'm sure En0 will take note of this also.- The camera bug was not on all tracks, but also like 2-3 tracks I think. I'll try to explain better. When you finish on a track, it is supposed to switch to the camera of the rider behind you. I had several times where it swichted to a different camera that wasn't following anything (it was stationary). This camera was aimed on the ground (so that was the only thing I saw), it was placed very close to the ground and was under water (you could see the waves and underwater sound) So this was at the end of several tracks (when I finished), not at the end of the complete tournament.
Thanks for the feedback and letting us know![]()
Pros
- Mode is really fun. I was expecting this mode to be boring, but because of really good maps it is fun to play.
- Multiplayer. Just because it is possible to finally play with other people.
Cons
- Too few people. That is one of the main problem, that almost zero players are playing MP beta.
- Unclear scoring system for faults. I don't really understand how scoring system works with faults. I was racing with one guy and he got +7 (for faults) and he didn't finish the race.
- Too few tracks. This is another problem, because it gets boring quite quickly. :/
Bugs
- Voting system seems to be broken. It seems that voting doesn't really have impact on which track will be played next. I was playing with other player, we voted on the same track and got different one, that wasn't even on the list. It seems really strange.
- Empty podiums. After the race it shows podium but they're empty. Bug?
I know this is fixed in the next update so won't be adding it to the OP.Originally Posted by iDeagle Go to original post
Pro: I love the mode it works very fluent even with a lot of players simultaneously riding. Never experienced over 6 players till now but everything seems to work fine and fluenteven with my 6mbit/s.
The maps are okay, I think they could be more characteristic I want mudI sometimes feel like I am on a rollercoaster with all that up and down and no really long speedy parts. It is a litte too ramp focused for my taste. I prefer Nature Settings and mud but that is just a preference.
Suggestions:
I did not get the voting system at first glimps but now I get it. I have a pretty big display but it would be nice if the calc scoring screen could be a little bit bigger especially since there is not much other stuff going on.
A little chat window for players who don't use an audio headset would be great. which can be popped up by some shortcut.
Bugs:
Network Status Bug
When I first fired up Trials I got moderat Nat but could not play. Then I disabled the routers firewall got strict nat still could not play yet. Then I disabled the trials evo ports and could find players but nat remaind strict. I also gave the game full admin access. Something seems to be fishy here since I normally don't have these sort of problems.
Voting System Selection Bug:
Same for me, got it most of the time having no impact and when I click on a map it sometimes is not counted (if it is not counted at first try reclicking it multiple times doesn't show any effect maybe a backup loop would be good on this one configuring the screen afterwards as an overlay). I also sometimes get stuck in Bike Selection although it selects the bike I choose even if I get stuck.Originally Posted by iDeagle Go to original post
De-mechanized (?) in german de-mechanisiert Bug:
Rare bug experienced twice. When crossing the finish line on de-mechanized sometimes user control is disabled although the map has not been finished. I have to slowly watch as I time out not being able to move although physics are enabled. I could however not say if another player could finish the map with me timing out because both times they were too slow to get to the goal.
I saw the twitch multiplayer is great, unfortunately without additional track will quickly perishable .... Remember .... that will keep a day or two before boredom, only the tracks RedLynx will be played?
Congratulations anyway to Redlynx, 8 players is good .... but does not replace the solo (a racing line + decoration)