Research and Development

As part of our development process we test and trial new technology and for this we concentrate on the gaming community. This is because gaming systems are constantly pushing the boundaries of technology and development. They also give us a demanding environment to test our components.

Trackmania Nations

Trackmania nations is a free download game with a large following. Designed for the Electronics World Cup it is a fast paced, internet based, car racing game with thousands online at any given moment. The dedicated server has a software control interface but no officially published tools for management.

Shore Systems has developed a controller to fill that gap and improve on other controllers that are available in the gaming community.

Download : Shore Controller (166kb)

Requirements : .net Framework 2 only

Features :

Complete server control for game modes and settings
Admin features to kick, ban, guest players
Chat Control Interface ingame
Multiple servers... one controller
Web Interface
Remote server management allowing for track uploads from anywhere to any server
Custom record keeping including sector times and fastest lap in laps mode

Technology : The technology utilised and tested in this development was

RPC XML - Remote Procedure call XML
Remote control protocol for applications
Mini Custom Web Server implementation
Pure HTTP Capabilities
Custom data handling

Results : Over 80% of the technology researched, after thousands of hours of 24/7 testing, has now been integrated into our systems