Trackmania Turbo (375900)

[jolty1]

Compatibility Report

• Name of the game with compatibility issues: Trackmania Turbo
• Steam AppID of the game: 375900

System Information

• GPU: RX 6800 XT
• Driver/LLVM version: Mesa 22.3.3
• Kernel version: 6.1.0-6-amd64 (64-bit)
• Link to full system information report as Gist:
• Proton version: Experimental

I confirm:

• [X] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
• [X] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

The game comes with an old version of Uplay Launcher that can not connect to Ubisoft servers to self update.

Reproduction

Launch the game on steam.

Workaround

Copy-in the newer Ubisoft Connect Launcher from Trackmania 2020 from its proton prefix.

Install Trackmania 2020 on Steam, Launch it and Sign into Ubisoft connect. Quit both game and launcher.

Copy ~/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/2225070/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Ubisoft

Paste ~/.steam/root/steamapps/compatdata/375900/pfx/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Ubisoft

Write into and replace files.

Game will launch as normal.

[jolty1]

Better solution.

Download the latest Ubisoft connect launcher setup file. Save to

~/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Trackmania Turbo/InstallerResources/UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe

Verify integrity of game files from Steam. (So the install script resets)

Edit the install script with text edit

~/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Trackmania Turbo/nstall.vdf

Edit the line from

"process 1" "%INSTALLDIR%\\InstallerResources\\UplayInstaller.exe"

To

"process 1" "%INSTALLDIR%\\InstallerResources\\UbisoftConnectInstaller.exe"

Save and Launch the game.

[Bubu]

There's an easier (in the sense that it doesn't require copying files around and editinng install scripts) workaround if you install protontricks via flathub:

1. Launch protontricks
2. Select TM Turbo (for some reason it takes 20-30s for me until proton-/winetricks reopens with the correct wine prefix selected)
3. Select "Install an Application"
4. Select Ubisoft Connect. Follow the install instructions.

If this pre-packaged ubisoft connect install script should stop working at some point you can also download the latest installer and run it manually inside the TM turbo wineprefix via protontricks.

For step 3. select "Select the default wine prefix" instead. Then

4. Select "Run Uninstaller" (Yeah, Uninstaller even though it also installs stuff...)
5. In the top select "Install"
6. Select the UbisoftConnect installer you just downloaded. Follow the install instructions.

Done. (Whichever way you followed).