Custom Skin Questions for LAN (Sorry!)

[die eule]

Hey guys.
I am really sorry needing to ask these questions and I feel bad for it. I know there are thousands of answers to similar questions so far but I cant find one for my specific question within this flood of information...

We are soon going to have a lan party and as every year Trackmania will be again a part of it.
During the last year I created a full country skin set for every single country of the world in TMNF. I do know I cannot upload any skin using p2p with TMNF.

But first question:
Would the custom skins work if I create a "patch" for the game that places the skins in everyone's game folder? As far as I know TMNF is at least able to view custom skins online/in lan, does it?...

Second:
IF the first idea with custom "patching" does not work, did I understand correctly that you can activate custom skins in TMNF by buying a Trackmania game? Would that also work for everyone? Is there any Trackmania game I could buy that allows everyone to play in LAN with this only one copy (like it was with Age of Empires II for example)? The others wouldn't buy a Trackmania game just for a LAN but I was thinking to do so anyway...

I am sorry to bother you with these questions but I have no second computer in reach to test for myself...
I know some people may freak out for the millionth time those type of TMNF custom skin questions were asked, but please stay objective
greetings

[eXtreme34]

But first question:
Would the custom skins work if I create a "patch" for the game that places the skins in everyone's game folder? As far as I know TMNF is at least able to view custom skins online/in lan, does it?...

You can create a manialink (follow some tutorials before) where you can upload all your stuff for free, creating maniacodes and uploading them to player page. But you need to know how to do a manialink (if you don't, follow some tutorials). Else I don't think that you can create a patch as TM² is out for long now, and TMNF won't evolve.

Second:
IF the first idea with custom "patching" does not work, did I understand correctly that you can activate custom skins in TMNF by buying a Trackmania game? Would that also work for everyone? Is there any Trackmania game I could buy that allows everyone to play in LAN with this only one copy (like it was with Age of Empires II for example)? The others wouldn't buy a Trackmania game just for a LAN but I was thinking to do so anyway...

You can upgrade your account to an United Forever one (so you can use P2P), but you'll need to buy the game.

I am sorry to bother you with these questions but I have no second computer in reach to test for myself...
I know some people may freak out for the millionth time those type of TMNF custom skin questions were asked, but please stay objective
greetings

Don't worry for it.

[die eule]

You can create a manialink (follow some tutorials before) where you can upload all your stuff for free, creating maniacodes and uploading them to player page. But you need to know how to do a manialink (if you don't, follow some tutorials). Else I don't think that you can create a patch as TM² is out for long now, and TMNF won't evolve.

Hey thanks at first for your answer

Okay i should be able to create such manialinks.
Butz I am not sure if you really understood what i was thinking to do.
Having the advantage of others sitting next to me during a local network gaming party (or lan party), i could pass all needed files directly to all others using usb sticks or local network. Such "patches" i was planning and thinking about could just be zip or rar files that just need to be unpacked into the correct trackmania folders; containing all the skin zip-files. I know way too few things to be able to write a real patch for a game

So would that be possible then for everyone seeing the chosen custom 2D skins or are the manialinks for especially such things?