Hello !

I know there was already a blender addon for Maniaplanet but I just released my blender addon dedicated to TM2020 https://github.com/voblivion/trackmania_blender_addon

It interfaces with current NadeoImporter features including :

• Visible/invisible meshes
• Collidable/non-collidable meshes
• Waypoint triggers
• Wapoint spawn point (with visual for better placement)
• Lights
• Pivots (WIP)
• Materials
• Icon generation (optional)

It generates surfaces :

• connector surface between 4 curves
• top / bottom / side meshes
• many parameters to control
• pivots and UVs generation

It's still WIP, so let me know what feature you think I should add next :) (currently working on set of tools for generating smooth surfaces more easily)

ps: it is not impossible this addon works for blender 2.8 too; let me know :)

Good job :)

Hello !

On latest update I added a tool for surface generation. The tool's purpose is to create a smooth surface based on its 4 connecting borders (later I'll add one for "rotation" but it's still WIP). Standard borders (Slope, Slope2, SlopeStart, SlopeEnd, etc.) have been added as a library that can be imported.

How to use:

• create a new mesh
• go to : side bar > Trackmania > Libraries
• click "Load standard curves"
• go to : side bar > Trackmania > Surface
• select "Connector" as surface type
• Fill east/west/north/south border with imported curves or some of your own (warning: the 4 borders must join correctly)
• click "Update" to update the mesh

Notes on standard borders naming:

• first number is slope at start (0 = flat, 1 = semi-slope/bislope, 2 = vanilla slope)
• second number is slope at end
• third number is how many blocs curve goes forward
• fourth number is how many blocs curve goes upward

What it does:

• generate surface (both top, bottom, and sides) and apply materials
• generate pivots
• controlable smoothness / item size
• generate UV layers (warning: it generates lightmap UVs assuming it's the only mesh in the scene)

TODO:

• generate surfaces by rotation of a border
• maybe allow for custom border shape to generate new road types ? but it seems a bit complex... especially for 3-way connectors and 1-block-wide turns.
• have bottom/side generation optional to limit item size

I'll later update How To on github but if you guys want to play with it I would be glad to have your feedback :)