Text formatting
Text formatting and colour codes in TrackMania and ManiaPlanet can be used for players' nicknames, track names and comments, music file comments, server names and comments, and in-game online chats.
Nicknames are limited to 20 characters in TM Original, Sunrise and Nations. Since United, this limitation doesn't exist anymore.
You can also add special Unicode (UTF-8) characters to a name (see TM forum topic).
Colour codes
To add a colour to a name simply input a $ followed by three hexadecimal digits from 0 to f (0123456789abcdef), which represent red, green and blue values ($RGB)
A small selection can be seen below:
| $FFF | $CCC | $999 | $666 | $333 | $000 | $FC0 | $F90 | $F60 | $F30 | ||||||
| $9C0 | $C90 | $FC3 | $FC6 | $F96 | $F63 | $C30 | $C03 | ||||||||
| $CF0 | $CF3 | $330 | $660 | $990 | $CC0 | $FF0 | $CC0 | $C63 | $300 | $600 | $900 | $C00 | $F00 | $F36 | $F03 |
| $9F0 | $CF6 | $9C3 | $663 | $993 | $CC3 | $FF3 | $960 | $930 | $633 | $933 | $C33 | $F33 | $C36 | $F69 | $F06 |
| $6F0 | $9F6 | $6C3 | $690 | $996 | $CC6 | $FF6 | $963 | $630 | $966 | $C66 | $F66 | $903 | $C39 | $F6C | $F09 |
| $3F0 | $6F3 | $390 | $6C0 | $9F3 | $CC9 | $FF9 | $C96 | $C60 | $C99 | $F99 | $F39 | $C06 | $906 | $F3C | $F0C |
| $0C0 | $3C0 | $360 | $693 | $9C6 | $CF9 | $FFC | $FC9 | $F93 | $FCC | $F9C | $C69 | $936 | $603 | $C09 | $303 |
| $3C3 | $6C6 | $0F0 | $3F3 | $6F6 | $9F9 | $CFC | $C9C | $969 | $939 | $909 | $636 | $606 | |||
| $060 | $363 | $090 | $393 | $696 | $9C9 | $FCF | $F9F | $F6F | $F3F | $F0F | $C6C | $C3C | |||
| $030 | $0C3 | $063 | $396 | $6C9 | $9FC | $CFF | $39F | $9CF | $CCF | $C9F | $96C | $639 | $306 | $90C | $C0C |
| $0F3 | $3F6 | $093 | $0C6 | $3F9 | $9FF | $9CC | $06C | $69C | $99F | $99C | $93F | $60C | $609 | $C3F | $C0F |
| $0F6 | $6F9 | $3C6 | $096 | $6FF | $6CC | $699 | $036 | $369 | $66F | $66C | $669 | $309 | $93C | $C6F | $90F |
| $0F9 | $6FC | $3C9 | $3FF | $3CC | $399 | $366 | $069 | $039 | $33F | $33C | $339 | $336 | $63C | $96F | $60F |
| $0F0 | $3FC | $0FF | $0CC | $099 | $066 | $033 | $39C | $36C | $00F | $00C | $009 | $006 | $003 | $63F | $30F |
| $0C9 | $09C | $3CF | $6CF | $69F | $36F | $03C | $36C | ||||||||
| $0CF | $09F | $06F | $03F | ||||||||||||
Other text formatting
These codes are available in all TrackMania games:
$t Capitals
$i Italic
$s Shadowed
$w Wide spacing
$n Narrow spacing
$m Normal setting
$g Default color
$z Reset all
$$ Write a "$"
In TrackMania United, several new codes have been added:
$o Bold with semi-wide spacing
$h Internal link to a ManiaLink
$l External link to a website
- The syntax of the links is the same as in ManiaLinks.
To link internally to another ManiaLink page, use $h. This will open the page in-game.
$h[maniaplanet://#menutitle=@TMStadium@nadeo]Trackmania² Stadium$h
To link externally, use $l. This will open the page in your standard web browser.
$l[https://wiki.xaseco.org/wiki/Main_Page]Mania Tech Wiki: Main Page$l
In TrackMania Forever, another new code has been added:
$p Link with player parameters to a script that should return a ManiaLink
- The parameters are: ?playerlogin=<login>&lang=<language>&nickname=<nickname>&path=<location> (see TM forum topic for more info).