Trackmania — quite popular series of car simulators among gamers having besides the multi-user mode. This mode also causes a huge number of questions in the beginning players, in particular these questions concern creation of own server.
Instruction
1. To begin work on creation of the Trackmania server, the installed TmDedicatedServer component with the decompressed Nations ESWC files which can be downloaded from a set of game portals is necessary. After above-mentioned elements are installed, create the text file under the name MatchSettings by means of game settings, it is possible to leave many of which by default.
2. Then start a game in the network mode. In the opened form click "Create the Server" and in the arisen window name the created server. After that the Choice of Routes window in which it is necessary to perform tunings of different game options will appear. The following step save the created configuration in the GameData folder. Close a game and go offline.
3. Now it is possible to check existence of the server in the Internet, using special monitorings in which search by the name of the created server is carried out. The server is created, but freely to play and score points, it is necessary to create the new user even if it already is. The first user — the conditional owner of the server, and the second — the player.
4. Now it is necessary to configure the Dedicated.cfg file managing the created server. Open this document by means of any text editor. Fill a form, having entered the login and the password, in the offered lines. Enter its proposed name in a line of a server name. Save all options, having clicked OK.
5. It is possible to start the server through a label of start or by means of the ServerMania program. In the appeared Server list window go to the Start tab and activate the server, having pressed the Connect button. On the expiration of several minutes the dialog box with the inscription Running — Play in the upper corner should appear. If a game was started — the server is created.
6. During creation of the server there can be malfunctions connected with the wrong data entry (login, the password, a server name) or with installation of unnecessary checkboxes. In order to avoid similar situations it is necessary to be attentive and not to connect all options of the server at once. Setup it is possible to hold games on the course.