Using Content Manager to Update Assets

The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19, Trainz Plus and TRS22. This guide will take you through the process of performing manual asset updates using Content Manager. Updates occur whenever new versions of assets installed on your system are uploaded to the DLS.
	Trainz will perform automatic updates when in Driver and Surveyor modes but you have little control over when and how this occurs Updates can be identified and directly downloaded/installed using Content Manager Not all assets labelled Newer version available will have the update available on the DLS Packaged and Payware assets can be replaced with freeware DLS updates

Set Up An Update Filter

a Update Filter allows you to easily perform this operation at any time because this is something that you will probably be doing on a regular basis, it would be a good idea to save the filter to perform the task of searching for asset updates.

Steps:
	Open a Content Manager Filter: from the Trainz Launcher, select  Manage Content  in the Filter drop down box, select Custom... This will produce the following filter options...
	Configure: open the Asset KUID drop down box and select Out of date leave the Out of date setting at True This will produce the following filter options...
	... and Configure: delete the Name filter by a  Left Click  on its button on its extreme right The final filter selection will look like ...
	Save: click the Save button enter a meaningful name for your filter and click Ok

You can now select and run this filter whenever you want to check for and install any asset updates.

Updating Assets "Installed From DLS"

If you run your new filter and see one or more updated assets available for download that were "Installed from DLS", then the process is very simple.

Notes: Not all Installed from DLS assets found by the filter can be updated. The exceptions will include:- updates that can only be found in DLC packages updates that have not yet been uploaded to the DLS or are on Third Party web sites

Clicking the Status column heading will sort the order of the rows into order so that all the "Available for download" updates will be grouped together. A second click may be needed to bring them to the top of the list or closer to the top.

Steps: To download and install all the updated assets:- highlight all the items in the list shown as Installed from DLS in the Status column  Right Click  on any one of the items and select Download from the popup menu If the selected items have any new or updated dependencies that are also on the DLS then Content Manager will automatically find and download them as well

More information on the Status labels used in Content Manager can be found on the Trainz Wiki Page at:- How To Understand the Content Manager Status Labels

Updating Built in, Base, Packaged and Payware Assets

Assets that are Built-in, Base, Packaged or Installed, Payware will require a few extra steps to be updated

Notes: Not all Built-in, Base, Packaged or Installed, Payware assets found by the filter can be updated. The exceptions will include:- updates that can only be found in DLC packages updates that have not yet been uploaded to the DLS or are on Third Party web sites For Packaged and Payware assets any updates might be in an update to the DLC package(s) that supplied them. Check the Trainz Launcher  Content Store  and  Updates  option

The method shown above ( Updating Assets "Installed from DLS") will not work for assets that are Built-in, Base, Packaged or Installed, Payware. If Content Manager lists updates for these types of assets as available for download then the process involves a few extra steps. For example, if the Updates Available filter returns the following result:-

Steps:
	Select the Built-in, Base, Packaged and Payware Assets to Update: select all the Built-in, Base or Installed, Payware items shown in your Updates Available list Right click on any one of the items in the list. Note that the option Download is not available in the popup menu select the option List Asset Versions This will display all the available versions of the selected assets that are:- on your system, and on the DLS, and obsolete You may need to click the Status column heading once or twice to sort them into order and group all the Available for download assets together.
	Select Assets to Update: select all the items shown in the list as Available for download DO NOT INCLUDE items shown as Available for download, Obsolete (unless that is what you really want)  Right Click  on any one of the items and select Download from the popup menu If the items have any new or updated dependencies that are also on the DLS then Content Manager will automatically find and download them as well

Updating a Mixture of Assets

If Content Manager shows a mixture of Installed from DLS, Built-in, Base and Installed, Payware assets to be updated, then use the method described above for updating all the assets.

Steps: select all assets to be updated select List Asset Versions from the menu select and download all assets marked Available for download

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This page was created by Trainz user pware in Februrary 2019 and was last updated as shown below.

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