CCG/Common Tags

Common Tags

The following tags are present in all kinds.

kuid

The "unique identifier" number for the asset. When creating new assets with Content Creator Plus, the asset kuid will be automatically generated.

See Page 4 for more information on kuids.

Example value: "56113:1107:0"

trainz-build

The "trainz-build"_number for which the asset was created. TS12 assets will have a trainz-build number of 3.5, automatically generated from CCP.

    TS12 SP1      3.6
    TS12          3.5
    TS2010 SP2    3.4
    TS2010 SP1    3.3
    TS2010        3.2
    TS2009 SP2    3.1
    TS2009 SP1    3.0
    TS2009        2.9
    TC3           2.8
    TC & TC2      2.7
    TRS2006 SP1   2.6
    TRS2006       2.5
    TRS2004 SP4   2.4
    TRS2004 SP3   2.3
    TRS2004 SP2   2.2
    TRS2004 SP1   2.1
    TRS2004       2.0
    UTC           1.5
    Trainz SP3    1.3
    Trainz 1.2    1.2
    Trainz 1.1.1  1.11
    Trainz 1.1    1.1
    Trainz CE     1.0

Note: When editing an asset in Content Creator Plus, the trainz-build will automatically be upgraded to whatver version of Trainz you are running in order to support newly added tags and functions.

Example Value: "2.5"

category-class

The class code for this asset. A full list of class codes is provided in the Chapter 11 Category Class appendix.

The category-class has been in use since Trainz SP3.

Example Value: "LM" - Monorail Vehicles

category-region

The region code for this asset. A full list of region codes is provided in the Chapter 11 Region Codes appendix.

This is similar in function to the category-region-XX tags which have been in use since Trainz SP3, however category-region has been reformatted to allow multiple regions on a single line. A semicolon is used to separate individual values. White space is not permitted.

Example Value: "AD;AE;AU"

category-era

The era code for this asset. A full list of era codes is provided in the Chapter 11 Era Codes appendix. This is similar in function to the category-era-XX tags which have been in use since Trainz SP3, however category-era has been reformatted to allow multiple eras on a single line.

A semicolon is used to separate individual values. White space is not permitted.

Example Value: "1990s;2000s"

Username cn, cz, de, es,fr, it, pl, ru

The human-readable name of the asset. The username tag is mandatory. To compliment the English username, a variety of additional optional tags allow for equivalent usernames to be supported across other languages. These are as follows:

username-cn - Chinese

username-cz - Czech

username-de - German

username-es - Spanish

username-fr - French

username-it - Italian

username-nl - Dutch

username-pl - Polish

username-ru - Russian

Example Value: "testActivity”

kind

The asset kind, chosen in CCP and must be one of the Auran-supplied asset kinds. i.e. kind industry. Once you have selected a Kind, it cannot be changed from within the CCP editor. For example, you are making a Kind Scenery asset and have entered some data, and then realise you would like to have trains pick up products at the model, and this option is not available for Kind Scenery. You need to scrap the asset and select Kind Buildable and re-enter the data in this Kind.

See Chapter 2 for a complete list of kinds.

Example Value: "MOSignal"

description cn, cz, de, es, fr, it, pl, ru

The human readable description of the asset. This is an optional tag. To compliment the English description, a variety of additional tags allow for equivalent descriptions to be supported across other languages. These are as follows:

description-cn - Chinese

description-cz - Czech

description-de - German

description-es - Spanish

description-fr - French

description-it - Italian

description-pl - Polish

description-ru - Russian

Example Value: "This is a test activity written for the 2006 CCG."

author

The human-readable author name text. This is an optional tag.

Example Value: "Scott Cameron"

organisation

The organisation name as specified by the asset author. This is an optional tag.

Example Value: "Auran"

contact-email

Email address specified by the asset author. This is an optional tag.

Example Value: "helpdesk@auran.com"

contact-website

Website URL specified by the asset author. This is an optional tag.

Example Value: "www.auran.com"

category-keywords

To improve the search-ability of assets, generic search keywords may be included in the config.txt file.

Each keyword should be a lowercase word with no punctuation. Keywords should be English and as neutral as possible.

Keywords are separated by a semicolon. White space is not permitted within the category-keywords tag.

Example Value: "scott;auran;example;ccg;test"

license

The asset's license agreement as written by the author. This is an optional tag.

Example Value "This is an example license."

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