CCG/Scenery-Trackside

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-trackside.

KIND: SCENERY-TRACKSIDE

Description

A special scenery asset attached to rail track with the offset distance from the track specified in the asset. Examples could include a signal box, or dummy tracksign or track object.

Container Structure

A well formed scenery-trackside 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-trackside
kuid                   kuid
trainz-build           data
category-class         data
category-region        data
category-era           data
username               data
kind                   data
trackside              data
preview-mesh-kuid      kuid
kuid-table
0                      kuid
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 scenery 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-trackside".

mesh-table

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

Additional Tags

collate-meshes

Enables clutter-mesh support (eg. fast trees)

buffer-speed

Used for buffers; specifies the maximum speed up to which the buffer will stop a train.

speedlimit

This value is the maximum speed allowed in meters per seconds.

preview-mesh-kuid

The mesh to be used in the surveyor preview area. This is useful when an asset has a large bounding box, i.e the "Airport" with it's aircraft animation.

trackmark

Specifies that the object is a trackmark.

trackside

This is a value that is the distance in meters the object is placed relative to the center of the track. Negative values will put the object on the left side of the track, and positive values will appear on the right.

trigger

Specifies that the object is a trigger.

kuid-table

The kuid of the track\road used in the asset should be present here, as should those of any other referenced assets.

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, trackside, alias, author, autoname, backdrop, buffer-speed, category-keyword, class, collate-meshes, 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, search-limit, snapgrid, snapmode, speedlimit, surveyor-name-label, surveyor-only, trackmark, trigger, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es, username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl, username-ru.

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