Upgrade trackmania 2 dedicated server to beta4

Following up with the initial beta 3 setup of the trackmania 2 dedicated server, now it’s time to upgrade to beta 4.

First, download the new dedicated server version from maniaplanet forum.

$ sudo su - tm2
$ mkdir TM2_new
$ cd TM2_new ; wget http://files.maniaplanet.com/beta4/ManiaPlanetDedicated_2011-09-05.zip ; unzip ManiaPlanetDedicated_2011-09-05.zip ; cd ..

Now it’s time to diff the changes.

$ diff -ur TM2 TM2_new

You will see that our changes from the past guide would be overriden, so make sure that you keep these files

* RunSrv.sh (because it contains the changed MatchSettings path to dnscloud.txt)
* TM2/UserData/Config/dedicated_cfg.txt (login credentials, etc)

Because they would get overridden, simply remove them from TM2_new folder (and ofc keep backups from your working server in the first place!)

$ zip -r tm2_server_20110905.zip TM2
$ rm TM2_new/RunSrv.sh
$ rm TM2_new/UserData/Config/dedicated_cfg.txt

Run diff again if you not sure about it. Then stop the running server, e.g. like using this small script

$ cd TM2; vim stopall

#!/bin/bash

#easy - manialive dies if ManiaPlanetServer dies
killall ManiaPlanetServer
echo "done."

$ sh stopall ; cd ..

Now it’s time to copy the prepared data from TM2_new/ into TM2/ – because there’s some write protected stuff, we’ll kick the files in the original folders because plain copy could fail.

$ rm -f TM2/ManiaPlanetServer* rm TM2/List*  TM2/RunSrv.bat
$ cp -r TM2_new/* TM2/

Now start again, e.g. with this small start script including manialive.

$ vim runall

#!/bin/bash

# first start tm2 dedicated, then manialive

cd ~/TM2/
sh RunSrv.sh

echo "now starting manialive..."

sleep 5
cd ~/manialive/ManiaLive2_r251
./run --start

echo "done."

Check your map settings and order, if you wanna update those too, and in case everything is ok, start the server.

$ sh runall

4 Comments

swen steller on September 16, 2011 at 2:58 am

i have a problem. i startet my tm2 server an yesterday i going good – no fail.
but now i startet, i have add a new map manual.
fail: Couldn’t stat ‘/prog/tm2/UserData/Cache/logxs81yJ.tmp’
Assert Failed in /media/nadeo/Nadeo/Engines/SystemEngine/source/SystemFidFile.cpp Line 531 => ‘CSystemManagerFile:UpdateFidProbs(this, _FullName)’ failed

but the Server is running, the maps are going, but my new map not.

sorry my english is not to good, iam from germany.

michi on September 16, 2011 at 6:16 am

the error message is rather normal, i get that all the time.

if you add a new map manually, make sure to add an entry to the dnscloud.txt (or how you called it). the xml syntax is the same as the other entries.
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Thomas on October 21, 2011 at 10:48 am

Hi, I have a problem.
I have done almost all the things you said;

-I’ve created a dedicated account etc.
-I’ve changed my dedicated.cfg

When I run the server, it seems to be working properly. But when I try to connect by internet (so NOT the local network) it gives me an error that I was not able to connect to the server. It says:

“Connecting to the server…” and it keeps on trying to connect, but it won’t work..

michi on October 21, 2011 at 11:25 am

make sure that your server is reachable from everywhere meaning to say – either get a public ip or use portforwarding. the server must be able to communicate with the dedimania system and the clients themselves.
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