CCG/Double-Track

Note: This page describes obsolete asset formats (trainz-build prior to 2.9) and should be removed. The current equivalent of this format is KIND Track.

KIND: DOUBLE-TRACK

Description

Track splines that may place two or more tracks as one model, by specifying the track spacings to be used.

Container Structure

A well formed double-track 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:

double-track
bendy                      data
carrate                    data
casts_shadows              data
endlength                  data
grounded                   data
isroad                     data
istrack                    data
length                     data
repeats                    data
rgb                        data
shadows                    data
upright                    data
visible-on-minimap         data
width                      data
kuid                       kuid
trainz-build               data
category-class             data
category-region            data
category-era               data
username                   data
kind                       data
bridgetrack                kuid
height                     data
trackoffsets               data
kuid-table
0                          kuid
thumbnails
0
image                      file
width                      data
height                     data

TAGS AND CONTAINERS

The following tags are further defined in Chapter 5:

kuid

Generated automatically by CCP.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

Should be "TR" - Rails. See the "Track" section of the Category Class.

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 "bridge".Error should it be "track"

rgb

This value should be left as default.

trackoffsets

Distance in metres the rail/s are placed relative to the center of the spline. A single track must have a small offset of 0.01 metres from the centreline. Any number of tracks can be attached to the spline, only splines with the same track offsets can be connected together.

Additional Tags

bendy

Switches how track is bent on corners, set as 1 allows the mesh to be deformed as the spline is bent around corners.

carrate

Defines traffic density on road (minimum seconds between each car generated). 0 = No traffic. Number must be greater than 3 for traffic to flow.

casts-shadows

Toggles if the shadow model is displayed or not.

endlength

Length in metres of the initiator and terminator models.

grounded

Height in metres for the road to be offset from terrain.

isroad

Specifies track is a road with cars, set to 1 for cars to appear on road.

istrack

0 = This is not rail tracks.

1 = This is rail track.

length

Length of track segment in metres

repeats

The number of times the mesh is placed between spline points

shadows

Leave as default 0 (unticked box).

upright

Specifies whether the bridge "legs" point vertically, or perpendicular to the spline.

visible-on-minimap

Specifies whether the object\track is displayed on the minimap.

width

Width of track mesh in metres.

bridgetrack

Kuid for the type of rail or road used on bridge.

height

Height from the track level to the base, should be negative.

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

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, author, category-keyword, class, contact-email, contact-website, description, description-cn, description-cz, description-de, description-es, description-fr, description-it, description-pl, description-nl, description-ru, license, organisation, script, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es,username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl,

username-ru.

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