Dedicated Server Title Packs

[Agamemnus]

Hi, I recently setup a dedicated server just using default configurations to run in Melee mode.

I'd love some help setting up Royal or Joust modes. They are titles that can be added in maniaplanet, but I have no idea how to get the script files or any other settings required onto the dedicated server.

The title packs are downloaded as .gbx files in the client, but there's no help on how to run one of those title packs on a dedicated server.

[Nakid]

I've also hAd this issue recently. Have the titles/gamemode configurations changed from 2 years ago?

[jui]

http://doc.maniaplanet.com/dedicated-server/basic.html
http://doc.maniaplanet.com/dedicated-se ... leids.html

Checkout these two links. Basically you have to change the title and game_settings parameter in the startup script.

[Agamemnus]

Thanks! Interesting how the title on the command line needs to change but not in the dedicated_cftg.txt The thing that got me was the matchsettings, I didn't know that there was an invisible one included in the package.

Let's say I've downloaded another title from the maniaplanet store. It's save a file in My Documents, and it's only a single file:
Jailbreak.Title.Pack.Gbx

When I want to set the server title, do I write it as SMStormJailbreak@nadeolabs or does it need to be something different?

Also, is there a way I can find out what the matchsettings file is called?

[weerwolf]

If the wanted title pack is not in the standard dedicated, copy it from your computer to your dedicated

[Agamemnus]

If the wanted title pack is not in the standard dedicated, copy it from your computer to your dedicated

That part is fine, what I mean is they aren't all developed by nadeo so does the title name end with @nadeolabs or do I replace that with something else? How do I know what that something else is?

Also for the matchsettings, is it always the title with a 1 at the end? Or could it be something else? How do I find out?

[Agamemnus]

Just to confirm, I've added the title Jailbreak in-game to my client. It downloads a single file called Jailbreak.Title.Pack.Gbx which I copy to the dedicated server in server/UserData/Packs which now contains files:

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Combo.Title.Pack.Gbx
Elite.Title.Pack.Gbx
Heroes.Title.Pack.Gbx
Jailbreak.Title.Pack.Gbx
Joust.Title.Pack.Gbx
Platform.Title.Pack.Gbx
Royal.Title.Pack.Gbx
Siege.Title.Pack.Gbx
TrackMania2.Title.Pack.Gbx

I get this error when starting the server:

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Starting ManiaPlanet Date=2014-09-10_14_00 Svn=58330 GameVersion=3.3.0...
Initializing...
Configuration file : dedicated_cfg.txt
Loading system configuration...
...system configuration loaded
Loading cache...
...OK
Listening for xml-rpc commands on port 5000.
Loading dedicated server configuration...
...Dedicated server configuration loaded
Connecting to master server...
...OK
Identifying on master server...
...OK
Please wait, loading...
...ERROR: Title unknown.
Exiting...

I have tried starting with the following command-line variations:

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./ManiaPlanetServer /title=SMStormJailbreak@nadeolabs /game_settings=MatchSettings/SMStormJailbreak1.txt /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt /nodaemon
./ManiaPlanetServer /title=Jailbreak@nadeolabs /game_settings=MatchSettings/SMStormJailbreak1.txt /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt /nodaemon
./ManiaPlanetServer /title=SMStormJailbreak /game_settings=MatchSettings/SMStormJailbreak1.txt /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt /nodaemon
./ManiaPlanetServer /title=Jailbreak /game_settings=MatchSettings/SMStormJailbreak1.txt /dedicated_cfg=dedicated_cfg.txt /nodaemon

Note that the error is the same each time, the MatchSettings file isn't even reached. So clearly there is something missing from the title part, I'm assuming it needs the author, but how can I possibly find that out?

[oliverde8]

Open the gbx file with note pad and search for Author XD that what I do I know not easy

[Agamemnus]

Open the gbx file with note pad and search for Author XD that what I do I know not easy

Thanks! I did that and found the uid is Jailbreak@akbalder which will let me successfully load the title. However once that's done, I just get:

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URL: maniaplanet://#join=unrealaussies@Jailbreak@akbalder
Match settings file : MatchSettings\Jailbreak1.txt
Loading match settings...
...ERROR: The playlist file does not exist.
...Could not load the match settings
Server not started: no Maps available. Check your matchsettings!
Server not running, exiting.
Exiting...

Does this mean there's no default settings for this map type? I tried searching for "txt" and "settings" in the .gbx file but nothing. Does my match settings file need to know any special settings or can I literally just have a map list???

[undef.de]

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Match settings file : MatchSettings\Jailbreak1.txt
...ERROR: The playlist file does not exist.

The file MatchSettings\Jailbreak1.txt does not exist, just create one with min. one Map matching the
Title MapStyle.