Your Trackmania server plays the game mode and tracks listed in a match settings file. By default that's MatchSettings/example.txt, which plays Time Attack on the 25 training tracks.
Editing The Match Settings File
- 1Log in to Bropanel and
Stopyour server. - 2In the sidebar, go to
Filesand openUserData/Maps/MatchSettings. - 3Open
example.txtand make your changes. - 4Save the file and start your server.
The file looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<playlist>
<gameinfos>
<game_mode>0</game_mode>
<script_name>Trackmania/TM_TimeAttack_Online</script_name>
</gameinfos>
<startindex>0</startindex>
<map><file>Campaigns/Training/Training - 01.Map.Gbx</file></map>
<map><file>Campaigns/Training/Training - 02.Map.Gbx</file></map>
<map><file>Campaigns/Training/Training - 03.Map.Gbx</file></map>
</playlist>
| Line | What it does |
|---|---|
<script_name> | The game mode |
<startindex> | Which track plays first, counting from 0, so 0 is the first track in the list |
<map><file> | One track, as its path inside UserData/Maps. The server plays the tracks in this order, then starts over |
To play your own tracks, see Adding Custom Maps.
Using Your Own Match Settings File
You can keep several match settings files, for example one for Rounds nights and one for Time Attack, and switch between them.
- 1Log in to Bropanel and select your server.
- 2In the sidebar, go to
Filesand openUserData/Maps/MatchSettings. - 3Use
Duplicateonexample.txt, thenRenamethe copy, for example torounds.txt, and open it to make your changes. - 4In the sidebar, go to
Settings. - 5Under
Gameplay, editMatch Settings Fileand enter the file's path insideUserData/Maps, for exampleMatchSettings/rounds.txt. - 6Click
Save & Restartto apply your changes.
Note
If the file can't be found, your server doesn't start and the console says which file it looked for. If the console shows Unable to read the playlist file, a tag in the file isn't closed, for example a <map> line missing its </map>.