Hey there,

i am currently working on a mX plugin for tm2, the only problem i have at the moment is,
that the map screens are in a format where i first have to download them to the server ,
store them and then at least i can show them in the plugin.

That all takes a lot of time, and is not really good for a plugin.
Also for private home servers, it will cut bandwith for short amount of time
(iam just using the small screens) - all in all it would be a real goodie if at
least the small versions could be stored as jpg somwhere on mania exchange.

thanks for your time
best regards, uBm

Firstly, the larger screenshots are output in whatever format they were uploaded in. Secondly, the small screenshots are output in JPG format anyway.

the problem is , u cant load neither the small nor the big screenshots into a manialink, as they have not the ending jpg.
i asume u load them as blob out of a database ?


example:
quad 1 ->> gives no image on a manialink.
quad 2->> gives an image on a manialink.
(had to remove tagsbecourse u aint have the [c ode] tag

[quad id="1" image="http://tm.mania-exchange.com/tracks/screenshot/normal/1008" posn="36 32.5 2" sizen="8 6"/>
[quad id="2" image="http://covertstrike.org/tm/img/1008.jpg" posn="36 40.5 2" sizen="8 6"/>

so in the first case i have to get the image as string, put it into a locale file and then - i should show it in a manialink, which does not work at the moment at least for me.

so the third option i would have is , to load the imagestring, put it into a remote webserver and then i can show it in a manialink, which of course take to much time for a plugin.

If you're loading this through the Manialink XML, then you append some dummy text to the URL; ?dummy=.jpg or &dummy=.jpg. You have to 'fool' TM into thinking it's an image.

It's a known bug which I've hassled Nadeo about, but they obviously still haven't fixed it!

so the url would be

http://tm.mania-exchange.com/tracks/screenshot/normal/1783?.jpg

edit: worked exactly with the link above tank u very much.
for example -- i ll try , thank u for the tipp.