Online Multiplayer: Setting up BeamMP

Some time ago, the BeamMP project was published to the public. This mod enables Online Multiplayer for BeamNG.drive with additional mod support. This guide will go over the basics of setting up the mod and joining your first BeamMP server.

Online Multiplayer: Setting up BeamMP

Some time ago, the BeamMP project was published to the public. This mod enables Online Multiplayer for BeamNG.drive with additional mod support. This guide will go over the basics of setting up the mod and joining your first BeamMP server.

Please note that the BeamMP project is still in early development and may still contain bugs and missing or incomplete features.

Mod setup

Discord

BeamMP uses Discord to authenticate it's users, thus you will need to join the official BeamMP Discord server (over 20k members!) in order to play online. You can join the Discord server by simply clicking here[discord.gg].

Your Discord username will also be your username in-game.

Installation

In order to connect to online servers, you will need to download and install the BeamMP mod. The mod can be downloaded from the official BeamMP website[beamng-mp.com].

Once the required files have been downloaded, the mod must be installed. This can be done by simply double-clicking the downloaded installer and going through the wizard.
 
Upon completion of the installation process, the wizard will have created a shortcut on your desktop, double-click the shortcut and let the mod auto-update itself (yes, that's a thing now!).

The mod will only function properly when you launch the game through the BeamMP-Launcher shortcut.

You should now be ready to transfer your settings and join your first server as outlined in the next steps of this guide.

Transferring settings

Since the BeamMP mod basically acts as a separate profile for your existing BeamNG.drive installation, you can copy over your old profile settings (graphics, input maps etc.) if desired.

Your BeamNG.drive settings can usually be found at:

C:\Users\[YOURNAME]\Documents\BeamNG.drive\settings

These settings can then be copied over to your BeamMP install directory, which is usually:

C:\Program Files (x86)\BeamMP Launcher\BeamNG\settings

Simply overwriting the existing files in the BeamMP launcher settings folder will do the trick.

Connecting to servers

Now that the mod has been installed, it's time to join your first server. Open up BeamMP through the launcher shortcut and click PLAY MP in the main menu. This will open the server list.

Servers can currently host client side mods and can be further customized by developers using server-side scripting.
Currently, the only server running a fully custom gamemode (Demolition Derby) is Uncle Joey's World - the creator of whom also happens to be the writer of this guide ;)!

To view the mods a server is currently running, click on a server and take a look at the second column.

To join a server, select a server from the list by clicking it and press CONNECT. BeamMP will now download all the required mods for this server. Once finished, you will have successfully joined your first BeamMP server!


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If anything went wrong in any of the steps of this guide, make sure to read the FAQ below.

FAQ

Can I host my own server?
Yes you can! You can learn how to set up a server at the BeamMP wiki[wiki.beamng-mp.com].

The launcher is stuck on connecting to Discord?
First of all, make sure Discord is running and make sure you also joined the BeamMP server. If it still doesn't work, try closing the launcher and completely restarting Discord. As a last resort you can try running the launcher as an administrator manually.

No servers show up in the server list?
This is a known bug, and is fixed by restarting the mod.

I was playing on a server and suddenly got sent back to the main menu?
The server most likely crashed. Currently this happens from time to time. This will most likely improve through future updates.

If you have any more questions after this reading guide, feel free to ask them in the comments or on the official BeamMP Discord server[discord.gg].

[firstarioch]

When I open the server file I get the message "no authkey specified in Serverconfig.toml file. What do I need to do to get it working ? Thank you very much in advance.

[Szymix15]

i want to log on my account but its not logging in

[Maj. Problem]

Its being stinky and saying its a virus whenever i try to double-click the installer.

[Robo]

VirusTotal is a great way to check for viruses. 2/73 means it is almost certainly a false positive, and entirely safe. If it was like 37/73, then there's probably something wrong with it, but only 2 means that it is almost certainly safe. And no, companies don't pay virustotal to have false positives, that doesn't make any sense, and only makes the company's software look worse.

[ruinfox]

BeamMP isnt malware, you are high if you think thats the case, look up the thousands of youtube videos on it, virustotal is a terrible site to check for viruses cause antivirus companies pay that site to trigger "detections" to make people think "oh wow this antivirus detected a virus in this file and no of the other did, this anti virus must be really good im going to buy a subscription now"

[Jay]

That is not the official BeamMP website that you have linked. Also, BeamMP does not connect with Discord.

[Kouri]

I checked the installer through virus total and it says "2/73 security vendors and no sandboxes flagged this file as malicious"... so i won't install it

[Str1ke]

it's not malware, i installed and it works fine

[munchkinlittl]

i think this is malware dont download it

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