ServerMania 1.00 for ManiaPlanet (TrackMania² Canyon) is now available.

This version is mainly for Canyon compatibility and supports only Canyon.
So do not install it over your current installation.

After an infinite beta period, here is the last ServerMania version for TM Forever.
This main 0.99 version has nothing more than last beta 0.98.4.

I've also updated the download page with lastest Forever Dedicated Server & Game Fix from Nadeo.

More to come soon with a Canyon compatible version ...

Nadeo has released new version of dedicated server and game fix.

• Dedicated Server : TrackmaniaServer_2009-10-09.zip
• Game Fix : TMUF Game FIX or TMNF Game FIX 2008-10-09.

A bit late but just a small message to let you know Nadeo has released new version of dedicated server and game fix.

• Dedicated Server : TrackmaniaServer_2008-12-05.zip
• Game Fix : TMUF Game FIX or TMNF Game FIX 2008-11-26.

ServerMania 0.98 is there with among others better graphic performances and new update system.

Use it with last dedicated server TrackmaniaServer_2008-10-07.zip and last game fix TMUF Game FIX or TMNF Game FIX 2008-10-07.

Ok here is an update which mainly fixes issues from previous release.
There is also a few improvements and new things as the development section shows as usual.

By the way don't forget to download the last dedicated server release : TrackmaniaServer_2008-05-19.zip

Update 08/09 :
Current dedicated server release is now : TrackmaniaServer_2008-08-05.zip
There is a game fix that goes with it (2.11.16 from 2008-07-30).
Next ServerMania version is still in progress.

For better support all that concerns bug reports will now be handled in a dedicated support forum (friendly provided by Dedimania.com).

So please do not use any more the news comments for your bug reports and reduce as much as possible the use of mail for this as well.

Remember there is ServerMania general thread on international forum and on french forum for your suggestions/congratulations.

You'll also find the forum link in this website main menu.

Ok the new ServerMania for Trackmania Forever (TMUF & TMUF) is there, even it's not explicitly written in the title. It means that there is no more different edition so United and Classic Edition are gone, and also TMO, TMS, TMN (ESWC) and TMU are no longer supported.

Actually if you decide to upgrade to this new version it means you simply move to Forever and its new dedicated server (TrackmaniaServer_2008-04-18.zip). If you still want to run dedicated server for old TM games you'll have to look there for classic edition files (TMO/TMS/TMN) and there for TMU.

As said before it's all new, so you'll have to use the new Forever dedicated server and to start from scratch for server configuration as there is many new parameters in the new server config file, so delete any old server configuration and set a new one.
If you want to run a dedicated server for TMNF you'll have to create another account using the game and use it for your server and don't forget to set Packmask to 'Stadium' in server configuration.

Support of Forever is not all that this new version brings, for more details just see development section as usual.

Have an happy Forever hosting with ServerMania

A small update this time mainly to fix an issue from last update.

Hopefully this could be the good one to wait for "TM Forever".

Here come an update for both ServerMania edition (0.89 CE/0.93 UE) before Forever edition of TMU & TMN comes out next year which should put an end to Classic Edition of ServerMania.

Whereas you can see all changes in development section as usual, just one word on this new feature : Ability to move a challenge (check) to any place in playlist by using "move to highlighted challenge" context menu command.

So how it works ? First step is to check in the list the challenge you want to move to another position in playlist. Then right click on where you want this challenge to be moved. This will highlight the line where your mouse is as well as display a context menu. Finally as shown on the picture above, just click on "Move to Highlighted challenge" so that your initially selected challenge will be moved just under the highlighted one.

And that's it, this the way I've implemented this frequently requested feature.
Notice that player list has a context menu (with right click) like the server challenge list one.

At last, I wish a merry christmas to all ServerMania users and even more to all of you reading this

Small update with some fixes and a few new features. You can look at full changelog in development section.

So this is version 0.92 (UE) for United and 0.88 (CE) for the others TrackMania. Unless big problems are discovered this should be the last update for Classic Edition.
United edition is now available to download directly on the website and the ManiaLink will be updated soon ... and by the way you should have seen that the website has been updated as well since few days

For the future I've still some new things I want to do but I want to take some time to make a little more documentation about ServerMania.

Finally don't forget, if you don't have already done it, to update your TrackMania United dedicated server to the last version (23-02-2007).
Notice that I now only give link of the official distributions of the dedicated servers.

It's ready and you can get it on the also new "ServerMania" ManiaLink page only (in TrackMania United of course).

No changelog yet but you should be aware of this points :
- Downloading ServerMania is costing some coppers but updates will be free thanks to Easy Update system.
- The website here is not updated with United Edition infos. You'll not find any infos/resources for United Edition there yet.
- You'll have to find the required files (dedicated server exe ...) on your own or you'll have to let ServerMania download the required files for you.
- You'll have to ask for special keys on www.tm-forum.com to create a dedicated server account for now.
- Install it in another folder than Classic Edition if you still want to use the old edition.

Have an happy hosting with ServerMania

A new version for ServerMania Classic Edition is available to download.
It fixes some issues of previous version. (see development section for more details).

Moreover United Editon should come soon !
However there's a little delay that's not on my side but I hope waiting will not be too long.

Now at less than one week from TrackMania United it's time to release a new ServerMania version.

With many internal code changes this version will be a good base of test for the United Edition of ServerMania that is almost ready for TMU release day.

Then the currently known ServerMania will quickly become ServerMania Classic Edition.
So enjoy what should be almost the last ServerMania version for the old TM games (TMO/TMSX/TMN) and feel free to report any issue you encounter.

Development section has been updated with the update changelog.

So here comes a new update for ServerMania.

The most important change is that the option system has been fully reworked so that you can define several servers.
Game, server exe location and all other options can be set for each server and the value you choose can be the same for severval servers.

Thanks to this system you'll be able to run several servers at one time and to control one of them (yes only one for now).
Just remember that you have to set differnet server and xml-rpc port value for each server if you want to run more than one at one time.

Finally you can find full changelog in development section

Ok next ServerMania version should not be too far from release.
It includes a new "launcher system" which allows to set and run several servers.

So here is a preview of what you could expect when launching next ServerMania :



You can also find what should be the final changelog on development section.

ServerMania 0.78 update is available (check for update/restart ServerMania/go to dowload section)

ServerMania 0.78 Changellog :
- Fixed : Issue which prevented from restarting another servers without restarting ServerMania.
- Fixed : Adding challenges by selecting a folder is now fully working.
- Fixed : Some none critical pop-up errors from previous version.
- Updated : Maps managment visibility has been improved.
- Updated : Adding some infos on player list.
- Updated : Random Mode is now randomly choosing a challenge among those still unplayed.
- Updated : Chat log is now live written and includes write time for each line.
- Updated : Chat bring back method has been improved.
- Updated : "Load/Save Match Setting" is now initialized and write protected with the right directory (...GameDataTracks...)
- Updated : NotifyIcon is now showing the currently played track.
- Updated : Version field on server tab now shows dedicated server build instead of game version.
- Added : Chat now auto scrolls down if it is not currently browsed.
- Added : #u = ServerMania web site url field for custom welcome message.
- Added : Now supports a new dedicated server version (2006-04-25).

Don't forget to download the last dedicated server version in download section to have a full experience with this update.

A new update for ServerMania is available :

ServerMania 0.75 Changelog :
- Fixed : Some bugs introduced with version 0.74 and others.
- Updated : Chat now keeps all dialogs history and is cleared every tow hours.
- Updated : Player list now remember your selection on refreshing.
- Updated : On random mode the next track is now randomly chosen at the end of the race.
- Added : Ability to clean chat.
- Added : Ability to use a custom welcome message.
- Added : Chatlog file is written with chat content when chat is cleared.
- Added : Select All check box for local/server track list allowing to select/unselect all challenges in the list.

And here comes a little update for ServerMania :

ServerMania 0.74 Changelog :
- Fixed : Auto-Refresh issue from version 0.72.
- Updated : Some internal code fixed/cleaned/improved.
- Added : Ability to force to end round in progress.
- Added : Vehicule quality server settings.
- Added : Finish Tiemout game settings in Rounds modes (TMO/TMS).
- Added : Synchronised Start Period game settings in Time Attack modes.
- Added : Ability to cancel vote.

To get the update just exit and relaunch ServerMania (or display "about" window and click "Check Update". Notice that this close ServerMania too) it will suggest and guide you to quickly update to new version
By the way you can still use "Dowload" section.

And here is an other ServerMania update. It support the last TM dedicated server released by Nadeo (10-03-2006).
So change log is :

- Fixed : memleaks issue (Fixed by Nadeo)
- Updated : Xml-Rpc listen port choice enabled.
- Updated : Initializing and Server Launching have been improoved.
- Updated : Black/Guest List administration is now enabled.
- Added : Guest List administration.
- Added : Now supports EasyUpdate system by Alf.Red
- Added : P2P port option.
- Added : Basic skin option to improve display speed.
- Added : Remote control ability (experimental feature).
- Added : Now Supports Nations server account creation within ServerMania.

Don't forget to get the last dedicated server version.
See download section to get this update

So you have been many to wait for it .. and it's here
The new ServerMania dedicated server controller now supports TrackMania Nation and the last TM dedicated server released by Nadeo (on Feb 03). It also brings some others changes :

- Fixed : Call Vote Ratio input issue.
- Fixed : Regional settings causing display/input time issue.
- Updated : Directory/File search tools are now initialized with the game directory.
- Updated : Chat visibility and beahaviour has been improoved.
- Added : Now supports TrackMania Nations.
- Added : Internet account (login and password) option for each game (editing the server config file is not longuer needed).
- Added : NetIP option to force server IP to a specified one (IP Address can be auto-detected)
- Added : Server port option.
- Added : Xml-Rpc listen port option (not helpfull as ServerMania still listen to port 5000)

I recommend to uninstall & reinstall for this release (not obligatory).
Also don't forget to get the last dedicated server version.
See download section to get this update

Here is the first ServerMania update.
You can go to download section to get this update.
So here is the main changes bring by this 0.62 version :

- Fixed : Not Managed error while trying to open a file wich has no default application.
- Fixed : "Unknown challenge" error occured when adding challenge while server is already running.
- Fixed : Can't load configuration and MatchSetting files when path have space in it.
- Fixed : ServerMania may not respond after launching server.
- Fixed : XML-RPC call errors while there is many players on server.
- Updated : TrayIcon beahaviour has been improoved.
- Updated : Server Window can be hidden/shown while server is running.
- Added : Ability to Insert challenges after current played challenge.
- Added : Ability to Delete challenges from hard disk.
- Added : Ability to Add PlayList from MatchSetting.
- Added : Ability to Insert PlayList from MatchSetting.

I've also updated the FAQ section and added the Develoment section to the site.

Ok It's time for me to finally release the first ServerMania's public version and for you to experience a new way to host TrackMania fun games

Oh yes ... let's introduce what ServerMania is. ServerMania is a windows application which allows you to control and setup easyly a TM dedicated server. It's in some way an advanced gamecontroller like from Nadeo.

ServerMania alos brings some friendly advanced features in this first version like "Random Map Mode" or "Automatic Welcome Messages".

To be able to run a dedicated server with ServerMania you'll need the "TM Dedicated Server" from Nadeo. I provide in the download section an archive called "TMServerData.zip" which contains the most recent dedicated server and all the files needed to launch a dedicated server (you still can choose to dowload the full version including the development tools on TM-Forum.com).

You'll also find on the download page the ServerMania setup program (or the binary archive which allows a quick update).

You should have look to "ReadMe" file includes in both installation archives (or by going to FAQ section) to know how to quickly start a server using ServerMania.

Ok that's all for now, ... happy hosting with ServerMania