Help:Content Manager

Introduction

Content Manager has a number of functions rolled into one integrated package giving you control and access to the hundreds of thousands of assets available for Trainz. The main functions that Content Manager offers are:

• Download Station Index
• Downloading Content
• Content Management
• Archiving/Backup
• Uploading Content
• Creating/Editing/Verifying Content

The following pages provide detail on using the Content Manager interface.

Getting Started

Content Manager's interface provides most of the options you need through either the menus at the top of the screen, or by Right Clicking on assets in the Asset List.

See the Getting Started with Content Manager Page for details on the menus and search tools in Content Manager.

Sorting, Searching and Organizing Content

See the Sorting, Searching and Organizing Content Page.

The Download Station and Downloading

See the Download Station and Downloading Page.

Importing Content and CDPs

See the Importing Content Page for importing content from other versions of Trainz.

Importing CDP files is achieved by either dragging and dropping CDP files into the Content Manager window, or by clicking on 'File' at the top of the Content Manager window, then click on 'Import Content Files'. Now locate, select, and 'open' the cdp file(s) you wish to import.

Importing and Exporting Content to CDPs

CDP files are the official content packaging tool for Trainz content, allowing multiple assets to be packaged into a single cdp file for easy installation into Trainz.

Importing a CDP File

There are currently two options for importing CDP files into Trainz.

The first is by clicking on the File menu in Content Manager, then click on 'Import Content File'. Now locate the cdp file, select it, and click on Open.

The second is by simply dragging and dropping the 'cdp' file from Explorer/Finder (or from your desktop) into the Content Manager window.

Exporting a CDP File

To send an asset that you have made (ie a route or a session) to another Trainz user, or to create a backup of an asset that is installed, you should export a cdp file with the asset(s) by following these steps:

1. Locate the asset you wish to export
2. Left click on the asset to select it
3. Click on the 'Content' menu or right click on the asset
4. Click on Export to CDP
5. Now name the CDP file, choose a location to save it to, then click Save.

You can select multiple assets to export to a CDP file by holding the CTRL key and left clicking on each asset. Once all selected, follow steps 3-5 as above.

Creating and Editing Content

See the Creating, Editing, and Reverting Content page for further information.

Uploading

See the Uploading Content page for further information.