Trainz/AM&C

content creation Trainz Asset Maintenance & Creation Master Table of Contents for Introductory to Intermediate Topics 1 green green , Introductory Trainz x Index of Tags & Containers Element indexes, Appendices References Purpose This Book Division index page is a master Table of Contents page for Intermediate Skills building topics just as Introductory Trainz linked above is for those just getting their feet onto the first slopes of the various Trainz learning curves, and Content Creation and References are for even more advance topics. If the reader visualizes a large reference work in a three ring binder with TABS sticking out to quickly switch between book sections, you see what we're trying to accomplish in your minds eye. At the file structure level, some threaded materials will be linked both in-sequence (threaded page to page 1st to next page) and in collections of related material where it was relocated into various places such as Trainz Wikibook Appendix pages, or other divisions of the Trainz Wikibooks. Consequenly, if you've seen such a page, with a slightly different look the chances are you have—the magic of modern type setting technology in a Wiki allows that page to appear both ways! These Division TOC pages will also introduce new and older Trainzers to that of organization of the work, and give a greater sense of where to look for things when needed. Introduction Welcome to the Trainz Asset and Creation TABLE OF CONTENTS page. In here we will be listing beginner to intermediate level stand-alone and threaded tutorial topics so the newer Trainzer can better focus on Fundamentals, then grow in knowledge by using some of this Chapter when its the right time, or browse on a pick and choose basis. In this work we will introduce the Trainz data structures that you will become familiar with once you download older content and routes that may have dependencies which are out of date. Trainz DLS clean-up is an ongoing work, and there is also some stuff that is less than professional grade put up by novices or as a joke by juveniles. Navigating such a situation is a key skill these pages will help you master. Base TOC 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 CMP - Content Manager Plus (TRS2006+). 0% May 8th, 2014 2014-0508 Mainline A threaded page by page coverage of what follows 75% May 14, 2014 2014-0514 KUIDs — this is a pre-requisite to understanding most anything to do with Trainz Content. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Hierarchy Of Assets 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Locating locos A catalog of practically every loco created for Trainz 50% June 28, 2008 KUIDs and how they work. 100% Aug 8, 2015 Setting up PEVtools - Article deals with acquisition, installation, and initialization of PEVtool utilities needed to fix many assets. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 TDH Trainz Download Helper 00% May 09, 2014 May 09, 2014 Running more than one Trainz 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Downloading From Third Party Trainz Fansites 25% Mar 19, 2015 March 21, 2015 Asset modification - getting feet-wet with making some content of your own. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Where to find non-DLS assets 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Finding Missing Dependencies 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Fixing Broken Assets 00% May 14, 2014 2014-0514 Error Fixing 101 — this is the start page of a threaded tutorial on fixing faults in Trainz Content. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Changing An Asset's Dependencies - For Example; Replacing a Locomotive's Hornsound. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Backing Up Downloaded And Self-Created Assets - Creating Archives and Zip Files of Content. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Copying Assets Between Versions And Copies Of Trainz - For Example; TRS2006 to TC. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Removing Unwanted Assets - Deleting or Disabling Assets. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Changing the default cars on roads 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Changing the default passengers in coaches or at stations Move to or moved to Appendices Main: Appendixes 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Trainz Objectz 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 DLS and FCT - Download Station and First Class Tickets. 50% March 15, 2008TrainzMap 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 The Trainz Asset Repair Library (TARL) 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Converting steam locos to run in TC3 - Converting steam locos to run in TC3. References {{void|Original main page TOC section list 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Hierarchy Of Assets/ 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /DLS and FCT/ - Download Station and First Class Tickets. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Locating locos/ A catalog of practically every loco created for Trainz 50% June 28, 2008/KUIDs/ and how they work. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /TDH/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Trainz Objectz/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /The Trainz Asset Repair Library (TARL)/50% March 15, 2008/TrainzMap/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /CMP/ - Content Manager Plus (TRS2006+). 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Downloading From Third Party Trainz Fansites/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Where to find none DLS assets/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Finding Missing Dependencies/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Fixing Broken Assets/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Changing An Asset's Dependencies/ - For Example; Replacing a Locomotive's Hornsound. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Backing Up Downloaded And Self-Created Assets/ - Creating Archives and Zip Files of Content. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Copying Assets Between Versions And Copies Of Trainz/ - For Example; TRS2006 to TC. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Converting steam locos to run in TC3/ - Converting steam locos to run in TC3. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Removing Unwanted Assets/ - Deleting or Disabling Assets. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Changing the default cars on roads/50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 /Changing the default passengers in coaches or at stations/}}   Asset Basics 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Hierarchy Of Assets50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 CM - Content Manager (TS2009+). 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 CMP - Content Manager Plus (TRS2006+). 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 DLS and F FCTs - Download Station and First Class Tickets. 50% June 28, 2008KUIDs and how they work. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 TDHBrand New 00% September 09, 2015 CM Search pane 00% September 09, 2015 CM DLH pane   Acquiring Assets 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Downloading From Third Party Trainz Fansites50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 External Links50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Where to find none DLS assets Where to find non-DLS assets50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Locating locos A catalog of practically every loco created for Trainz 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Backing Up Downloaded And Self-Created Assets - Creating Archives and Zip Files of Content. 50% May 01, 2014 February 19, 2008 Copying Assets Between Versions And Copies Of Trainz - For Example; TRS2006 to TC.   Altering Assets Fixing Faulty Content All content is not treated equally. This prejudicial attitude is evinced by Trainz against the unwary by means of using the T trainz-build number to process data differently on reading it's data. Essentially, every older asset gets translated into a newer data model in Trainz internally. When the data can't be, or because the programmers choose to not ignore some data tag and field, errors are generated by the newer Trainz releases. Editor's note: Some errors occur in later releases because the Trainz data model changed in the release. This many times avoidable 'Obsoleted by Program Changes' situation is the case now for some ST tags if content is upgraded, but was very noticeable in Steam Locomotives brought forward into TC3 and TS2009's new data models (when they didn't work) and the parade of new errors messages continue with new levels of error checking at each release. Setting up PEVtools PEVtools 25% February 19, 2008Finding Missing Dependencies75% February 19, 2008Fixing Broken Assets—tutorials, 75% February 19, 2008List of Faults errors and warnings messages — and remedies to fix such! 50% February 19, 2008Converting steam locos to run in TC3 - Converting steam locos to run in TC3. If you acquire an older Locomotive with errors asset, this cookbook will help you convert the data model changed between TC1&2 and {{TL|TC3)) and in use TS09—TS12   Customizing Assets 00% February 19, 2008Changing An Asset's Dependencies - For Example; Replacing a Locomotive's Hornsound. 00% February 19, 2008Removing Unwanted Assets - Deleting or Disabling Assets. 00% February 19, 2008Changing the default cars on roads00% February 19, 2008Changing the default passengers in coaches or at stations  Third Party Asset Tools 00% February 19, 2008Trainz Objectz00% February 19, 2008The Trainz Asset Repair Library (TARL)00% March 15, 2008TrainzMap Asset Fundamentals and Management Main pages: Introduction to assets and Getting and organizing 3rd-party assets If you are a new Trainz user, the two links above leads into the first page-linked chapters— each as part of a set of linked 'How-To' (and be careful of this or that) pages, and so both page sequences should be read first. We're even going to throw in pictures now and then.The Table of Contents lists below will help you find things easy when you want to revisit a page. Manage, not reorganize Managing your assets becomes essential when your 3rd party and DLS content begins to build up. With more than 250,000 items available from the DLS, and built-in content shipped with every edition, the amount of faulty/missing dependencies or items requiring updates or attention quickly becomes a mammoth task to deal with. New users are cautioned in the strongest possible terms to limit your greed to just a few non-built-in items at first and especially to just one route at a time—these can bring in hundreds of assets, many of them older and broken for immediate use. It is better by far to search for sessions so you get a route with some canned Driver sessions. We're going to cover all that, including perils and pitfalls, and once we pass along some tricks, we'll cut you loose to make your mistakes plenty soon enough. If you are very new, limit yourself to routes v-2.9 or later until you get some practice fixing various errors. You will get enough in even new routes, and part of this book is going to introduce you to Surveyor and Driver by way of downloading some content to learn from and by do-to-learn-fast tautology. Any asset not fixed, should be disabled before running Trainz GUI programs using the RMBHd drop down menu. This cautionary practice extends especially to disabling software (dependent routes or sessions) as TADdaemon gets hyper-active when it can't resolve dependency references.http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?110703-TS12-SP1-HF4-validation-validation-validation-so-when-can-I-get-to-use-the-sim so-when-can-I-get-to-use-the-sim, accessdate=2014-0402. Introductory topics These pages are specifically geared to giving new Trainzers basic knowledge and tips about focused aspects of the software system:'' Trainz/Introduction to assets Trainz Industries Interactive assets Trainz Stations Develop detailed pages per-links of Interactive assets of each kind with multiple good examples. Before tackling the below Trainz is an application with many parts, so this whole collection of topics has to assume you've read and mastered the following: Installing Trainz for convenience Upgrading Trainz within a version - Newer Trainz will auto-upgrade but politely ask you first. This can take a while, so running a first Driver session and getting your feet wet is okay. In this, we'll cover both cases (you told it yes or no... what next to upgrade?) and discuss manual patches, resources and so forth. You've at least completed three or more Driver/Driving Tutorials Driver Tutorials You've read Intro to Content Manager and played around with setting filters Can find stuff that's built-in or only on the DLS, or stuff in both, can search for routes, sessions, and stuff by a particular Recommended Content Creators for New Trainzers Content Creator. Further, you've seen New Trainzer's Content Guide or Content Creators to Avoid ... Organized Tutorialz Organized Tutorials Trainz Data and Files - what are they, how do I use and organize them, and what not to do. Downloading or importing safely My first Downloads Overview of Trainz Data Understanding Trainz Data Structures Why does content sometimes have error messages Trainz/AM&C/Dealing with Asset Errors List of error messages — and remedies to fix such! Importing 3rd Party CDPs Oh My! Forgot all about that outline, need to review and reevaluated. FrankB 00:56, 4 March 2015 (UTC) Miscellaneous Topics I think we need some tutorials listed here about supportive Windows/OS-X Software applications!   Notes and Footnotes   Notes   Footnotes   1 1 1 AssetM&C AssetM&C *AM&C AssetM&C Category:Trainz Wikibook divisions