Within Trackmania Turbo, players strive to collect STM's (Super Track Masters). These times are driven by some of the best players within their respective games at the time of release (2016). However, one key issue with this is that the replays were driven externally to the map therefore their ghost data is not embedded into the map and therefore is not selectable to verse when hunting. What this plugin does is allows you to overwrite a downloaded ghost from the leaderboard with that map's STM ghost so you can see in real time how well you compare.
How it works
In order to use this plugin, all you need to do is the following steps:
- Load a map
- Select/Download a ghost from the friends leaderboard
- Click F3 -> Scripts and find
Discovered Ghosts
- Click Swap on the replay you want to inject
- Select the ghost file from the UI selector and click select
- After the map reloads, re-download the same replay you swapped
After following these steps, you will be able to see that it worked as the name of the ghost and splits will be that of the STM. When you load up the game, all ghosts will be reset and their default, so you will need to follow the steps each time you load the map. But the process is basically just as quick as selecting the WR in the first place. If you don't close the game, you will be able to view that changed replay as STM even if you race another ghost and come back. Without closing the game, if you want to unhook the STM from that ghost, simply open the included Discovered Ghosts UI which will allow you to unhook ghosts that are currently swapped with STM within that game launch.
Troubleshooting
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What to do if ghost is not appearing?
If you have downloaded a replay you wish to swap and it has not shown in the Discovered Ghosts UI, it means the replay is already downloaded and cached. For MP4, this means that you can find it somewhere in the list of discovered replays but for turbo, it means you will need to delete your cache and restart the game.
I deleted my cache however all the ghosts are still here.
When you close the game, the game scans your cache and writes to a file which tells what file is what. If you close the game via Alt+F4, Task Manager or Exit in openplanet, these process will be skipped resulting in the file not updating. Let the game close naturally and next time you launch it will be correct.
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Under settings, there is an option to disable the scan for downloaded ghosts to swap which if disabled will stop any downloaded ghost from being swapped with the STM ghost.
If you discover any bugs or have potential feature ideas, feel free to message me on discord. My name is: Mebe12#2959
