Sound: The preferred file type is .ogg files although MP3 will work usually.  Keep the file size under 950KB.  Put the file in C:\Users\Your Name\Documents\32nd America's Cup\MediaTracker\Sounds\

 

Images: The preferred file type is .dds although .jpg will work.  Keep the file size under 100KB. Put the file in C:\Users\Your Name\Documents\32nd America's Cup\MediaTracker\Images\

 

Download/upload:  This is done from your PC to the other players during the race and they go into the cache folder for access by the other players PC.  So basically no-one will see or hear your files the 1st time they play with the map.  The number of players that will download the files successfully during the race depends on your intenet upload speed and their download speed and of course the number of files you have used in the map.  It's just like skins.  So maybe all or none will be able to see/hear the files during the 2nd time they enter this map with you.  Iif you are having problems, it may be that you dont have a good connection speed for upload.  You can check yours here: http://www.speedtest.net/

 

Locator Files: Just like skins, they can be used to help get the files into the other players' cache folder.   This gets round the limitations of the upload speed at your end and I find that sometimes it is so quick that players do hear & see the files during the 1st time on the map.  They are used just like the ones for skins.  You put your file on the web you need to have a suitable webspace) and then put the URL in the locator file & save it in the same folder as the media file it relates to. So a file called my_logo.dds will have a locator file called my-logo.dds.loc and both will be in the images address I gave above.

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Other information about intros.

Colour FX Track: Using this track to change the colour balance of the intro can create some great effects. Unfortunately some players enter the race with the same change in colour balance as existed in the intro which can make the game unplayable for them. So I have stopped using this effect until I find a solution.

Player Disconnections: If the races have 'big' intros, then sometimes players disconnect from your server when you select to go to the next race. This seems to be caused by the player escaping from the intro before the host. So to prevent this, the host needs to escape from the intro as soon as possible. It's a pity to miss the beautiful intro and its information but sometimes it's needed!