CCG/Scenery

Note: This page describes obsolete asset formats (trainz-build prior to 2.9) and should be removed. The up-to-date documentation of this format is KIND Scenery.

KIND: SCENERY

Description

A basic scenery asset that supports night lighting, smoke (particle) effects, sound and animation. It is height adjustable and forms the majority of map objects used.

Container Structure

A well formed scenery kind has the following container structure:

See Chapter 7 for an example asset of this kind.

A TYPICAL ASSET OF THIS KIND MAY HAVE THE FOLLOWING TAGS:

scenery
  
kuid                    kuid
trainz-build            data
category-class          data
category-region         data
category-era            data
username                data
kind                    data
mesh-table
default
mesh                    file
auto-create             data
thumbnails
0
image                   file
width                   data
height                  data

TAGS AND CONTAINERS

The following tags are further defined in Chapter 5:

kuid

Generated automatically by Content Manager.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

See Category Class for options.

category-region

See Category Region for a list of valid category-region values.

category-era

See Category Era for a list of valid category-era values.

username

Asset username. This will be the name that appears in the surveyor menu.

kind

Must be "scenery".

mesh-table

Default - Contains the default mesh. Auto-create should be set to true in order to make the mesh visible.

Additional Tags

backdrop

Specifies whether the object is treated as a backdrop or not (stays visible even when far from the camera).

random-color-high-hsb

For clutter-mesh objects, specifies a color range for tinting purposes. Hue, Saturation, Brightness (HSB) color space.

random-color-low-hsb

For clutter-mesh objects, specifies a color range for tinting purposes. Hue, Saturation, Brightness (HSB) color space.

Note that there are other containers and tags that apply to a scenery asset, such as sound, smoke, animation, that are not shown here. See example file in Chapter 7.

THIS KIND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING:

CONTAINERS

Mesh Table, queues Container, Smoke Container, Soundscript Container, String Table, Chinese String Table, Czech String Table, Dutch String Table, French String Table, German String Table, Italian String Table, Polish String Table, Russian String Table, Spanish String Table, KUID Table, Obsolete Table, Thumbnails, Privileges, Extensions.

TAGS

kuid, trainz-build, category-class, category-region, category-era, username, kind, alias, author, autoname, backdrop, category-keyword, contact-email, contact-website, description, description-cn, description-cz, description-de, description-es, description-fr, description-it, description-pl, description-nl, description-ru, dighole, floating, height-range, icon-texture, icon0, icon1, icon2, icon3, license, light, nightmode, organisation, preview-mesh-kuid, preview-scale, random-color-high-hsb, random-color-low-hsb, rgb, rollstep, rotate, rotate-yz-range, rotstep, script, snapgrid, snapmode, surveyor-name-label, surveyor-only, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es, username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl, username-ru.

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