ok ok. I see you all have a lot of questions.

I think that the general definition of a surface via its texture is probably not that good. I didn't take the time to think about it that deeply


Since we are still on the first day, and I don't expect anyone to have invested a lot of time already, I would like to change the definition of the theme:

New Definition:"A surface is defined via it's road type"
That means that, when the physics of two roads are different, the surfaces are definitely different.

Canyon surfaces: GP, small road, arena platform, offroad, any vertical road/looping
You can build 5sec GP then 5 small road 5 sec arena platform 5 offroad 5sec GP. That is all valid.

Valley surfaces: Arena plaform, big road, small road, offroad, dirt, any vertical road/looping

Stadium surfaces: Arena platform, road, dirt, offroad, blue surface on the ground, any vertical road/looping

I'm running out of time now, but I will deliver more examples this evening. Sorry for the chaos

ok this definition of surface is better I just want to know one more thing: once a surface has been added can I use it again later on the track or every surface can be used only one time? example road->platform->dirt->road

dMw-AC says:
ok this definition of surface is better I just want to know one more thing: once a surface has been added can I use it again later on the track or every surface can be used only one time? example road->platform->dirt->road

Read carefully please.

You can build 5sec GP then 5 small road 5 sec arena platform 5 offroad 5sec GP. That is all valid.

road or platform? (Glass block and the one next to it)

MentalSide says:

Read carefully please.

You can build 5sec GP then 5 small road 5 sec arena platform 5 offroad 5sec GP. That is all valid.

ahahah thank you, I really am blind sometimes

There are a few blocks in stadium of which I'm not sure in which category I should place it:
- Black/white buildings (8-5-x)
- Sculptures
- White rooftops (that create the blue ground)
- Underground blocks, as that's both dirt and road

For all those other blocks that are not clear:
If the physics of a block is different from the other road types, then this block counts as an own surface.
e.g. glass blocks have physics that are different from all other blocks.

For the scupltures, well they are very unique, same as the black/white 8-5-x blocks. I would both count them as a unique surface.

With the white roofs it is more difficult. I would count them as an extra surface, although they are quite similar to the regular arena platform. As long as you don't exploit the flat 1x1 white roof block in combination with arena platforms, it should be fair enough to count white roofs as a unique surface.
example for exploiting: 5sec arena platform-> one flat white roof block ->5sec arena platform-> one flat white roof block...

The underground roads are a unique set of road too, so they are their own surface as well. I mean, what other stadium blocks are there that are underground?

EDIT: Regarding the minimal track length. Well I don't want to set a number for that, because you should be able to see on your own which length counts as a decent track or what not. With a 15sec map you're definitely not getting far in this theme

No more custom titlepacks, because of the server?
I guess it's been the last mtc for me... at least for a while :-/

There will be MTCs with custom titlepacks in the future for sure.
However, the server is indeed one good reason. Another reason is that this current theme gets complicated a lot with many custom objects in Titlepacks.

I'm sorry, but I don't really understand the different physics thing very much. If wallrides and loops count as different physics, don't all angled blocks count as different also? Because if you try to make a U-turn while going downhill, it will be a lot different than making a U-turn on the same surface if it is flat.

Thanks,
Zack11

P.S. Noob question, what is GP?