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Guys today i tried to join Kacklappen server and ups!

:shit:

What tha fuck append? since that freezone update that i cant join some servers and on the trackmania website theres nothing to update my tmnf acc.

Pixel and Kacklappen can join with TMU and TMNF, so it is ok.

But why??

Serverjoin is right??? tmtp://#join=mfgroot15

You try new install???

Backup the old TM folder

well can you see in the picture: "Not Freezone Server. You need a Trackmania United Forever account" ? :thinking:

IMPORTANT

NEWS !!!

To all TrackMania Nations Forever players with a free account,

Since one year, the in game advertising revenues are in troubles and Microsoft is now even closing the whole thing down.

In order to adapt to the new situation, Nadeo has decided to make an evolution on the way players get access to the online servers.

Players with a free account will now have direct access only to freezone servers, hosted by Nadeo. In order to have access to any other server, they will have to go through the use of the favorite server function. The goal of this operation is to better welcome the free players in a place that encourage them more to buy the paying game (TrackMania United Forever) while preserving the capacity for the most enthusiastic players to access to all servers.

To upgrade your account, go in the profile page in the main menu of the game.

We are aware that the game can't be bought by many (even in some nations) This is why we keep the solution to enter a server with the favorite list function. This list will be reset and limited to three for free account. A server can simply be added through a tmtp link like this "tmtp://#addfavourite=serverlogin"

For your information, around one third of connections are from paying accounts. The Nadeo team is working hard to have the capacity for all simultaneous players using free accounts. If we encounter unforeseen issues, we will try to adapt quickly to the situation and we apologized before if we create troubles. We have been informed really late by our partner that they are shutting down our contracts, and we now have to quickly adapt.

Looking forward to your comments
Florent
Nadeo Managing Director

Source from TM Forum: TM-FORUM

Oh my god...strange things happen...
I just read all very fast, i will read it again tomorrow more detailed...
just for now i sent the serveraccounts to add pixel and the 2 kack servers:
tmtp://#addfavourite=tecfan3
tmtp://#addfavourite=mfgroot4
tmtp://#addfavourite=mfgroot5
dunno if it helps to make a link of that, or if that just can be done ingame, i will stay tuned tomorrow...

Ok for the TMNF Players let me explain what to do!

Bring your mouse all the way up in the menu. U will see a bar appearing, where the time is displayed, but also a purple dot.
See the Screen! Click on it to open the Maniabrowser. This is also now open for TMNF players. With a lot of restrictions...



Remove anything that stands there, and fill in the server you wanna add to your favorites.

tmtp://#addfavourite=tecfan3
tmtp://#addfavourite=mfgroot4
tmtp://#addfavourite=mfgroot5

Choose one of those for the RPG Servers Big Al named. Or another serverloginname if you want another server afcourse.
Then press enter, like entering an adress in an Internet Browser.

The server will appear within a minute in your favorites.
So we go check, Play Online followed by Favorites... and u will see the server again, and u can join it now.

U can only add 3 Servers as Max. to your Favorites...

Hopefully this will help you forward.
If not feel free to ask questions.


Further there is nothing news yet from the TM community. Only a lot of TMNF players who are feeding a negative discussion about this development...

Here is an Explanation why these actions are taken by Nadeo. Thanks W1lla for the information on tm-forum

Why in-game advertising?
The harsh economics of game development and publishing: despite more people than ever playing games, in the past five years alone almost 100 game developers and publishers have gone out of business.

It now costs more than ever to make a great game. A typical AAA-quality multi-platform next-generation release with blockbuster graphics and audio production, compelling storyline and strong multiplayer offering will cost upwards of $15 million to develop. For the biggest titles, which often include licensing costs and huge global marketing campaign, the total costs can exceed $30 million.

At the same time, margins for developers and publishers are being continuously squeezed by price competition between retailers, not to mention piracy, shared games and used game sales.

And yet even with the price increase for the newest consoles, games are actually cheaper today than they were over a decade ago. In the early 1990

Nadeo (Florent) wrote:

as for the new ones, we already think on how to make servers hosted by players enter the freezone. They could have the responsibility to convert or a coppers equation deal: give coppers to be in the freezone but receive coppers when players convert. This is another topic and not for today. In fact, we need to work a better model, and maybe like we did in the TM history, we will see that over time.

So I am sure there will be some solutions...

TM-FORUM

I put it in first Post.

When its offline or anythink you can download the viewer here

Can't join Pixel or Kack, Tutorial how

Unpack and finish

:beer:

seems like I left TM at the correct time ^^

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