Trackmania Club Room Can't Find Dedicated Server? Fixes

If your Trackmania dedicated server does not appear when you create a club room, or players cannot get in, check four things in order: the server is running and has logged in to Nadeo with its dedicated server login, you are setting up the room with the same Ubisoft account that created that login, the server is on the current Trackmania server build, and port 2350 is reachable from the internet. If players still fail, check the room's password, whether the room is full, and whether they are on console, since dedicated rooms are PC only.

How the club room and server connect

It helps to know what talks to what. Your server signs in to Nadeo's master server with a dedicated server login you created on trackmania.com. When you add a Room activity to a club and choose Use Dedicated Server, Trackmania shows the server logins linked to your account. Players who open the room are then sent to your server's address and port.

So a missing server is usually a login problem, and a room that will not let people in is usually a network or version problem.

Problem 1: The server is not in the dropdown

The server is not logged in

Look at the server output. On a good start it reports a successful connection to the master server. If you see a login or authentication error instead:

• The login or password in dedicated_cfg.txt (or dedicated_cfg.xml) is wrong. Copy them again from your dedicated servers page.
• The password contains characters that broke the XML. Wrap it in CDATA: <password><![CDATA[your-password]]></password>.
• You regenerated the password on trackmania.com after setting up the server. The old one no longer works.
• You used your Ubisoft account password instead of the server login's own password. They are different things.

You are using a different account

The dropdown lists dedicated server logins that belong to the account doing the setup. If one person created the server login and another person is creating the room, the server will not be offered. Either have the login's owner create the room, or create a new server login under the account that manages the club.

Club access

Creating rooms in a club is tied to Trackmania's paid access tiers. If the room options are missing or locked, the account setting it up may not have the access it needs. Check your access level in game before assuming the server is at fault.

The server is still starting

Give it a minute after start. If you open the dropdown seconds after launching the server, it may not have registered yet. Close and reopen the activity editor.

Problem 2: Players see the room but cannot join

Port 2350 is not reachable

Players connect to the server's game port, 2350 by default (server_port in the config), over TCP and UDP. On a home server, forward both to the server PC and allow them through the firewall. If you changed the port, forward the new one. Our guide to friends who cannot connect when you can covers the router checks, and how to tell if you are behind CGNAT explains when forwarding cannot work.

Do not open the XML-RPC port (5000) to the internet while you are at it. It is for controllers, not players.

The server is out of date

Nadeo updates the game regularly, and an old server build can stop accepting current clients. Download the latest server package from Nadeo and restart. On a home setup, make updating part of your restart routine.

Wrong password or full room

• password in server_options is for racers, password_spectator for watchers. Players entering the spectator password when they want to race, or the other way round, get turned away.
• max_players and max_spectators cap each group. A 16 slot server fills fast on cup night.

Console players

Dedicated server rooms can only be joined from the PC version of Trackmania. Console members in your club need a room hosted by Nadeo with selected tracks instead. This is not a setting you can change.

Problem 3: Players join, but the wrong maps or mode play

That is a match settings problem, not a room problem. The server plays only the tracks listed in its match settings file, using the mode in <script_name>. Check the file the server was started with (/game_settings=), the map paths and the S_ settings. Our guide on Trackmania match settings and custom maps goes through it.

A quick diagnostic order

Taking the network off your plate

Most of these issues come from running the server at home. A GamezServers Trackmania server has its own address with the game port open. You paste the dedicated server login and password into the control panel, set the server name and passwords there, and the panel writes them into the config on every start, so a typo in the XML is not possible. The live console shows the master server login the moment the server boots. If you are new to it, how to host a Trackmania server shows the full setup.

FAQ

Why is my dedicated server not showing in the Trackmania club room list?

The server has not logged in to Nadeo, or the account creating the room is not the one that owns the server login.

Can console players join a Trackmania dedicated server room?

No. Dedicated server rooms are PC only.

What port does Trackmania use?

2350 TCP and UDP for players by default. The XML-RPC port, 5000 by default, is for controllers and should stay closed to the internet.

My server login fails. What now?

Copy the login and password again from trackmania.com, wrap the password in CDATA in the config, and restart. If you regenerated the password, update the server.