How to install and use plugins on Trackmania with Openplanet

This guide will you explain how to install plugins and use them with Openplanet on Trackmania

Install Openplanet

Go to https://openplanet.dev/download/next, and select the latest version,

Install it, the specified default path should be C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Trackmania (or any path where your game is installed from Steam)

Install plugins

Once Openplanet is installed, open it up with the F3 key on your keyboard, a bar will appear on the top of your screen.

Note: If you don't see the Openplanet menu bar, check out the troubleshooting guide[openplanet.dev]. You might need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable.

Click on the "Plugin Manager" then select "Open manager", and you'll see community-created plugins for Openplanet on it.

Most used plugins on Openplanet

The most used plugins can be found on the "Popular" tab on the Plugin Manager. There, you have a list of most downloaded plugins like

• Ultimate Medals: a plugin that shows medal times on any map
  
• Dashboard: a plugin that shows useful utilities about your car
  
• ManiaExchange Random Map Picker: a plugin that plays randoms, community-made, tracks
  
• Checkpoint Counter: It counts checkpoints ☕
  
• Tweaker: a useful plugin for low-end computers, it unlocks some hidden settings like render distance

And you can find way more! You can stay updated in the Openplanet Discord channel[openplanet.dev]

Settings on plugins

The settings for each plugin is different than the game's settings, it can be found on the Openplanet bar.

Once the Openplanet overlay is open (the top bar with F3 key), select the first menu "Openplanet" and click on "Settings", a window will appear. On it, you'll have some useful Openplanet settings but must importantly is the left menu with each plugins you installed. A plugin can have a lot of available customization options.

Developing on Openplanet

If you want to create plugins on Openplanet, keep in mind that you need to have the "Club" edition of the game (that edition that costs 30€/y without sales) to unlock the full possibilities of Openplanet.

Openplanet uses Angelscript for plugins and has a very updated documentation on their website![openplanet.dev], you can also join their Discord server[openplanet.dev] and find some examples of code on GitHub[github.com]

A future guide will come soon for introducing developing on Openplanet, what can be used for, do and don't, stay tuned!

This guide will be updated soon!

This is a progressive guide! That means that it can be updated anytime, so stay tuned and mark it as favorite to not miss any updates on this!

TODOs:

• Introduce most-used plugins and their settings
  
• The overlay and Overlay Style Manager
  
• Nod,Pack,Scene and Fid Explorers