Route and Session Basics
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− | The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22'''. This page is intended to provide you with an overview of the properties and features of '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' when creating layouts for Trainz. More detailed descriptions of these various features plus instructions on getting you started with creating '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' can be found in the Trainz Wiki '''How To Guides''' - links are provided at the end of this document. | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
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+ | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepHierarchy|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | ||
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+ | The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''TRS19''', '''Trainz Plus''', '''TRS22''' and '''TRS22 Platinum'''. This page is intended to provide you with an overview of the properties and features of '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' when creating layouts for Trainz. More detailed descriptions of these various features plus instructions on getting you started with creating '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' can be found in the Trainz Wiki '''How To Guides''' - links are provided at the end of this document.</td> | ||
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+ | ='''Trainz Worlds'''= | ||
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<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
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The virtual worlds that Trainz creates can be classified as:-<br> | The virtual worlds that Trainz creates can be classified as:-<br> | ||
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− | <td>[[image:RouteSessionGamesMap.png|link=|alt= Route-Sessions-Games|480px]]</td> | + | <td>[[image:RouteSessionGamesMap.png|link=|alt=Route-Sessions-Games|480px]]</td> |
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− | '''Routes''' are created in '''Surveyor''' and contain most (if not all) of what you will see in your virtual Trainz world. You can have many different routes, limited only by your storage space. | + | '''Routes''' are created in '''Surveyor''' and contain most (if not all) of what you will see in your virtual Trainz world. You can have many different routes, limited only by your storage space. They can be built to represent different geographical regions (real or imagined) and different periods of time (past, present, future). They also control the environment settings in your virtual world, such as your geographic location and altitude, the season of the year, lighting conditions and the weather. Each route can have multiple sessions.<br><br> |
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− | '''Sessions''' are also created in '''Surveyor''' but are designed to be run in '''Driver'''. | + | '''Sessions''' are also created in '''Surveyor''' but are designed to be run in '''Driver'''. They contain the instructions that will control your trains when they are operating in automatic or "AI" mode in your route. They also control the goods your trains will carry, load and unload at industries along the way. You can create different sessions for different aspects of your railway - freight, passenger, shunting or a mixture - or for different seasons of the year or times of the day. Sessions are where you can ''program'' the behaviour of objects in your virtual Trainz world. A session can also contain scenery items that are specific to a particular railway operation, season or time of day. Sessions also control the environment settings in your virtual world, such as lighting conditions and the weather. Each session can have multiple saved driver games.<br><br> |
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+ | ='''What is a Route?'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
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<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepHierarchy|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepHierarchy|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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− | A route (also known as a "Layout") consists of most of what you will see on the screen when using '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver'''. Things such as the landform or terrain, most (if not all) of the scenery items, the ground textures, the effect layers (TurfFX and Clutter), plus some "environmental" features.<br> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td colspan=2>A route (also known as a "Layout") consists of most of what you will see on the screen when using '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver'''. Things such as the landform or terrain, most (if not all) of the scenery items, the ground textures, the effect layers (such as TurfFX and Clutter), plus some "environmental" features.<br><br> | ||
− | A route consists of two parts:- | + | A route consists of two parts:-</td> |
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+ | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Route Data''' and</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Route Layers'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
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− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''When you save a Route, all the items in the Route Data and Route Layers will be saved'''</td> | <td>'''When you save a Route, all the items in the Route Data and Route Layers will be saved'''</td> | ||
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− | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Route Data: </span> | + | [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Route Data: </span> |
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<td>The '''Route Data''' stores all those features that are '''painted''' into a layout using a '''brush tool''' and all the '''Environmental Data''' including the '''World Origin''' (latitude, longitude, altitude)</td> | <td>The '''Route Data''' stores all those features that are '''painted''' into a layout using a '''brush tool''' and all the '''Environmental Data''' including the '''World Origin''' (latitude, longitude, altitude)</td> | ||
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− | + | The '''Route Data''' includes the '''Terrain''', '''Textures''', '''Effect Layers''', '''Legacy Water''' and the '''Environmental''' features. | |
[[image:Woolshed_Route_Data.png|link=|alt=Route Data]] | [[image:Woolshed_Route_Data.png|link=|alt=Route Data]] | ||
− | '''Route Data''' | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | < | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2>'''Route Data''' contains:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>'''Water''' height and spread</td> | + | <td>'''Water''' height and spread for '''Legacy Water''' found in '''Surveyor Classic''' </td> |
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>'''TurfFX, Clutter | + | <td>'''TurfFX, Clutter, Water, Color''' - found in the '''Effects Layers''' (the '''Color Effect Layer''' is only available in '''Trainz Plus''')</td> |
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''Environmental Settings''' - '''World Origin''' (latitude, longitude, altitude), '''Water Surface''' (rough/calm/etc), '''Snow Altitude''', '''Lighting''' (sun, ambient and water colours), '''Sky''' (clouds), '''Road Traffic''' (on/off), '''Date''' (day, month), '''Wind''' strength, '''Fog''' level, '''Weather''' (rain/fine/snow), '''Brightness''' level. You must edit and save the route for these settings to become part of the '''Route Data''' - see the Trainz Wiki page '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|How to Use the Environment Tools]]''' for more details.</td> | <td>'''Environmental Settings''' - '''World Origin''' (latitude, longitude, altitude), '''Water Surface''' (rough/calm/etc), '''Snow Altitude''', '''Lighting''' (sun, ambient and water colours), '''Sky''' (clouds), '''Road Traffic''' (on/off), '''Date''' (day, month), '''Wind''' strength, '''Fog''' level, '''Weather''' (rain/fine/snow), '''Brightness''' level. You must edit and save the route for these settings to become part of the '''Route Data''' - see the Trainz Wiki page '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|How to Use the Environment Tools]]''' for more details.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
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− | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Route Layers: </span> | + | [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Route Layers: </span> |
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<td>'''Route Layers''' are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to appear in all sessions created for the route</td> | <td>'''Route Layers''' are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to appear in all sessions created for the route</td> | ||
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− | All scenery assets are held in layers. '''Route Layers''' give you a way of organising or grouping the assets displayed in your route. | + | All scenery assets are held in layers. '''Route Layers''' (you can have many layers) give you a way of organising or grouping the assets displayed in your route. |
[[image:Woolshed_Route_Layers.png|link=|alt=Route Layers]] | [[image:Woolshed_Route_Layers.png|link=|alt=Route Layers]] | ||
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+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2>'''Route Layers''' contain:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>Trackmarks, Triggers, Direction and Priority Marks</td> | <td>Trackmarks, Triggers, Direction and Priority Marks</td> | ||
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+ | </td> | ||
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− | <td>Scenery objects can also be stored in a session. This can cause confusion if you load a route without loading a session and find that some scenery items are "missing". See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading an Existing Route|Loading an Existing Route]]''' below for how to deal with this | + | <td>Scenery objects can also be stored in a session. This can cause confusion if you load a route without loading a session and find that some scenery items are "missing". See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading an Existing Route|Loading an Existing Route]]''' below for how to deal with this situation.</td> |
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− | A detailed description of '''Layers''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]'''<br> | + | A detailed description of '''Layers''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page''':- |
+ | :'''[[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]'''<br> | ||
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+ | ='''Loading (and Creating) a Route'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipNewRoute|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepWhatRoute|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepWhatRoute|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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− | The Main Menu screen is shown below. The first option (shown highlighted in the image) opens '''Driver/Surveyor''' with all its options including loading and creating a route.< | + | <tr valign="top"> |
− | + | <td colspan=2>The Main Menu screen is shown below. The first option (shown highlighted in the image) opens '''Driver/Surveyor''' with all its options including loading and creating a route.</td> | |
− | [[image:TRS19MainScreen.png|link=|alt=TRS19 Main Screen options]] | + | </tr> |
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− | In '''Driver/Surveyor''' a strip of thumbnails for all the installed Routes will be shown at the base of the screen. | + | <td width=480>[[image:TRS19MainScreen.png|link=|alt=TRS19 Main Screen options]]</td> |
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− | [[image:TRS19SelectRoute.png|link=|alt=TRS19 Main Screen Route Selection]] | + | <br> |
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− | A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> MAIN MENU </span> button will take you back to the starting or main screen.< | + | <tr valign="top"> |
− | A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Sort By A-Z </span> button (top right | + | <td> |
− | A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:MainScreenDownArrow.png|link=]] button (top right | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Routes''':-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>are saved as entries in the '''Trainz Database''', not as files on your hard drive. Loading a route will retrieve it from the database.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be loaded directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager|Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager]]''' below</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be '''exported''' as files (in the '''Trainz .cdp''' file format) from '''Content Manager''' for backup or transfer.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2><br><br> | ||
+ | In '''Driver/Surveyor''' a strip of thumbnails for all the installed Routes will be shown at the base of the screen. If there are too many to fit in the available space, just move the mouse pointer onto any thumbnail to reveal the scroll bar device as shown below.<br> | ||
+ | [[image:TRS19SelectRoute.png|link=|alt=TRS19 Main Screen Route Selection]]<br><br></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click and Drag</span> the scroll bar left or right to reveal the additional routes or use the '''Expand View''' button described below</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> MAIN MENU </span> button (bottom left) will take you back to the starting or main screen.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Sort By A-Z </span> button (top near right) will give you a drop down menu of sorting options for the thumbnail list.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Expand View''' [[image:MainScreenDownArrow.png|link=]] button (top right) will expand the thumbnail list to fill the screen - <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> it again to return the thumbnails to the strip at the bottom of the screen.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
The thumbnail images are colour coded.<br> | The thumbnail images are colour coded.<br> | ||
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− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #ffae00;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Payware on DLC</span></td> |
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<td>Must be purchased and downloaded, but some may be free - depending on your membership options. If you click a thumbnail with this colour a <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> DOWNLOAD </span> button will appear on the bottom right of the screen. If a price is included in the button then that is the purchase price (in $US)</td> | <td>Must be purchased and downloaded, but some may be free - depending on your membership options. If you click a thumbnail with this colour a <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> DOWNLOAD </span> button will appear on the bottom right of the screen. If a price is included in the button then that is the purchase price (in $US)</td> | ||
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− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #10c810;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Payware installed</span></td> |
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<td>Already installed from the '''DLC'''. '''DLC''' items cannot be deleted. To remove them use the '''Uninstall''' option in the '''Content Store''' from the '''Launcher'''. You can reinstall them later without any additional cost</td> | <td>Already installed from the '''DLC'''. '''DLC''' items cannot be deleted. To remove them use the '''Uninstall''' option in the '''Content Store''' from the '''Launcher'''. You can reinstall them later without any additional cost</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #dbdbdb;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Installed</span></td> |
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<td>Downloaded from the Download Station ('''DLS''') or created by you. This includes any cloned '''DLC''' Routes and Sessions (see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Cloning a Route/Session|Cloning a Route/Session]]''' below)</td> | <td>Downloaded from the Download Station ('''DLS''') or created by you. This includes any cloned '''DLC''' Routes and Sessions (see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Cloning a Route/Session|Cloning a Route/Session]]''' below)</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #848dff;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Multiplayer</span></td> |
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<td>For simultaneous development by multiple players. Special conditions apply</td> | <td>For simultaneous development by multiple players. Special conditions apply</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipNewRoute"></span> | ||
=='''Creating a New Route'''== | =='''Creating a New Route'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipWorldView|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepLoadRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
On the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen the route options are shown as a set of buttons at the bottom of the screen. | On the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen the route options are shown as a set of buttons at the bottom of the screen. | ||
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[[image:RouteButtonsCreate.png|link=|alt=Create a New Route]] | [[image:RouteButtonsCreate.png|link=|alt=Create a New Route]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>In '''Surveyor Classic''' (also known as '''S10'''), which is supplied with '''TRS19''' and '''TRS22''' and is an option in '''Trainz Plus/TRS22 Platinum''', <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> CREATE ROUTE </span>. This will start Trainz '''Surveyor''' and open the '''New Route Dialogue Window'''. | ||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
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<td>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | <td>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | ||
<td>From the '''Edit''' menu select '''Edit Route''' or press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> E </span></span><br><br> | <td>From the '''Edit''' menu select '''Edit Route''' or press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> E </span></span><br><br> | ||
− | For more details see '''[[ | + | For more details see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Editing a Route|Editing a Route]]''' below.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | It is '''recommended''' that you enter some details before you click the [[image:Tick.PNG|link=|alt=Tick]] icon to create the new route. A '''bare minimum''' is listed below that will save you some time and effort later, and you can always change them at any time. | |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | <tr valign="top"> | |
− | + | <td> | |
− | It is | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
− | <table | + | |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=175><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Route name: </span></td> | <td width=175><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Route name: </span></td> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | </td> | |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
<td width=400>[[image:RouteSARWindowDots.png|link=|alt=Route Details]]</td> | <td width=400>[[image:RouteSARWindowDots.png|link=|alt=Route Details]]</td> | ||
<td width=600> | <td width=600> | ||
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<td> </td> | <td> </td> | ||
− | <td>A session can always be deleted later if you have no interest in creating one for your route - see '''[[ | + | <td>A session can always be deleted later if you have no interest in creating one for your route - see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Deleting Routes and Sessions|Deleting Routes and Sessions]]''' below. However a route with a session does have some important advantages - see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#What is a Session?|What is a Session?]]''' below.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>The <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Working units </span> provides a choice between '''Metric''' (metres, kilometres) and '''Imperial''' (yards, miles) which only affects measurements used by rulers and track distances, and for train speeds ('''km/h''' or '''mph''').<br> | <td>The <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Working units </span> provides a choice between '''Metric''' (metres, kilometres) and '''Imperial''' (yards, miles) which only affects measurements used by rulers and track distances, and for train speeds ('''km/h''' or '''mph''').<br> | ||
− | Note that '''track speed signs''' are always locked at either metric (km/h) or imperial (mph) - there are separate speed signs available for each. The signs will not be altered by this selection but their values will be converted. So a track speed sign that is set at 40 mph, for example, will still be displayed as '''40''' but it will be read as 64.3 km/h in '''Driver''' if the '''Working Units''' have been set to '''metric'''. So it will be less confusing if you use | + | Note that '''track speed signs''' are always locked at either metric (km/h) or imperial (mph) - there are separate speed signs available for each. The signs will not be altered by this selection but their values will be converted. So a track speed sign that is set at 40 mph, for example, will still be displayed as '''40''' but it will be read as 64.3 km/h in '''Driver''' if the '''Working Units''' have been set to '''metric'''. So it will be less confusing if you use speed signs that are in the same working units as your route, for example use one set for '''65''' km/h instead of '''40''' mph.<br> |
Altitudes are always measured and displayed using '''metric''' units (metres).</td> | Altitudes are always measured and displayed using '''metric''' units (metres).</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:Tick.PNG|link=|alt=Tick]] icon at the bottom right of the '''New Route''' window will create a new route with a single flat '''baseboard''' using the data settings you have entered.<br> | ||
+ | A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:Cross.PNG|link=|alt=Cross]] icon on the top right of the '''New Route''' window will cancel the data entry and create a new route with a single flat '''baseboard''' using the '''default''' data settings (usually the settings entered for the last route you created).</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
===<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;"> In Surveyor 2.0 (S20) </span>=== | ===<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;"> In Surveyor 2.0 (S20) </span>=== | ||
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<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>In '''Surveyor 2.0''' (also known as '''S20'''), which is supplied with '''Trainz Plus | + | <td>In '''Surveyor 2.0''' (also known as '''S20'''), which is supplied with '''Trainz Plus/TRS22 Platinum''', <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> CREATE ROUTE </span>. This will start Trainz '''Surveyor''' and move straight into the '''Surveyor World View''' screen.<br><br> |
− | If you | + | If you want to edit any of the '''Route''' settings then open the '''Route Editor''' (select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Route </span>) from the '''Main Menu''' or press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> E </span></span>.<br><br> |
+ | This will display the same '''Route Editor Dialogue Window''' as shown above but it will be named '''Edit Route'''.</td> | ||
<td>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | <td>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipWorldView"></span> | ||
=='''The Surveyor World View'''== | =='''The Surveyor World View'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipDefaultGroundTexture|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipNewRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td colspan=2>Depending on the '''Route Editor''' settings and the version of Trainz you are using, you may see the following (shown below right but without the added yellow and white labels and descriptive objects).</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=550> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>Each baseboard will be made up of '''10m x 10m''' (32.8ft x 32.8ft) | + | <td>Each baseboard will be made up of '''10m x 10m''' (32.8ft x 32.8ft), '''5m x 5m''' (16.4ft x 16.4ft) or '''0.125m x 0.125m''' (4.9in x 4.9in) grid squares depending on the grid size setting used. The smallest grid size (0.125m x 0.125m) is '''HD''' (High Definition) and is only available in '''Trainz Plus''' when using '''Surveyor 2.0''' (for the '''Surveyor 2.0''' details see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#BaseboardS20|In Surveyor 2.0 (S20)]]''' below)</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>The '''Geographic region''' | + | <td>The baseboard will be covered with a texture, such as grass or a grid pattern.<br> |
+ | This is set by the '''Geographic region''' and the selection made in the '''Ground''' option from the [[image:SurveyorDisplayIcon.png|link=]] '''Surveyor Display Menu''' - see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#skipDefaultGroundTexture|Default Baseboard Ground Texture]]''' below</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Grid Size</span> - a pop-out menu will give you a choice of '''10m''' (the default) | + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Grid Size</span> - a pop-out menu will give you a choice of '''10m''' (the default) or '''5m'''. The option for the '''HD Grid''' is only available in '''Surveyor 2.0''' in '''Trainz Plus'''. This sets the '''resolution''' of the baseboard. It does not alter the size of the grid squares which is actually a painted '''texture''' and will always stay at 10m x 10m. |
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>With a 5m grid that resolution becomes 5m x 5m, so 4 different height values can be set in each 10m grid. This allows you to create <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;"> more accurate topology features </span> such as railway cuttings and embankments but it has a penalty, <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;"> significantly larger route map files </span></td> | <td>With a 5m grid that resolution becomes 5m x 5m, so 4 different height values can be set in each 10m grid. This allows you to create <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;"> more accurate topology features </span> such as railway cuttings and embankments but it has a penalty, <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;"> significantly larger route map files </span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>With a HD grid ('''Trainz Plus''' only) the smallest area ('''resolution''') in which you can set a height is 0.125m x 0.125m</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <span id="BaseboardS20"></span> | |
===<span style="color: white; background-color: blue;"> In Surveyor 2.0 (S20) </span>=== | ===<span style="color: white; background-color: blue;"> In Surveyor 2.0 (S20) </span>=== | ||
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<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td colspan=2>To add new baseboards:-</td> | + | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To add new baseboards:-</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td colspan=2>The Marquee area, shown with a green border in the image below right, shows the positions where 3 new baseboards will be created to add to the existing baseboard. The Marquee area has a '''Context | + | <td colspan=2>The Marquee area, shown with a green border in the image below right, shows the positions where 3 new baseboards will be created to add to the existing baseboard. The Marquee area has a '''Context Menu''' icon as shown in the image.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]] </td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]] </td> | ||
− | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Context | + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Context Menu''' icon or press the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> T </span> key to open up the '''Marquee Context Menu'''.<br> |
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | <table width=1000> | + | |
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td>The '''Key Marquee Baseboard Operations''', as shown in the '''Marquee Context Menu''' above, are:-</td> | + | <table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>The '''Key Marquee Baseboard Operations''', as shown in the '''Marquee Context Menu''' above, are:-</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Set Marquee to Brush Height </span> | + | <table> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=250><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Set Marquee to Brush Height </span></td> | ||
+ | <td width=546>to create new baseboards in the selected area. The '''Brush Height''' is the value stored in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;"> Height </span> setting in the '''Tool Options''' palette. This value will be used to set the height of the new baseboards. Any part of the initial baseboard that is covered by the marquee will also have its height set to the brush height</td> | ||
<td width=200 rowspan=3>[[image:S20_ToolHeight.png|link=|alt=Tool Height]]</td> | <td width=200 rowspan=3>[[image:S20_ToolHeight.png|link=|alt=Tool Height]]</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | + | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Convert Baseboards to </span></td> | |
− | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Convert Baseboards to </span> | + | <td>a pop-out menu will give the options, '''10m Grid''', or '''5m Grid''' or (for '''Trainz Plus''' only) '''HD Grid'''. Selecting one of the options will create the new baseboards in the selected '''resolution'''. This tool is also used to convert existing baseboards from one resolution to the other. |
− | < | + | <table> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Delete Baseboards in Marquee </span> | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>It is '''NOT RECOMMENDED''' that you mix '''HD Grid''' baseboards with '''5m Grid''' or '''10m Grid''' baseboards in the same route. It should be '''ALL HD''' or none.<br> | ||
+ | See [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[How to Use S20 Tools#Upgrading a Route to HD|S20 Tools - Upgrading a Route to HD]]''' for more details.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Delete Baseboards in Marquee </span></td> | ||
+ | <td>to delete the selected baseboards. The '''Undo''' command <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Z </span></span> will restore the deleted baseboards</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipDefaultGroundTexture"></span> | ||
+ | =='''Default Baseboard Ground Texture'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadOldRoute|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipWorldView|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>When a new route is created or a new baseboard is added in both '''Surveyor Classic''' and '''Surveyor 2.0''' it will be covered with the ground texture for the selected '''Region''' or the default texture/grid if no region has been set. This can be changed to a different texture (including to the standard '''TRS19/TRS22''' grid pattern).</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=360>[[image:MainMenuSetGroundTexture.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;;">Steps:</span> To disable the current default ground texture (easiest method):-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=20>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>open the [[image:SurveyorDisplayIcon.png|link=]] '''Surveyor Display Menu'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Ground </span> option</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Grid </span> sub-option. This will use the current grid texture.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>A more complex solution is to edit an existing '''Region''' or create one of your own to add your preferred ground texture (such as the standard '''TRS22''' grid pattern) to each new route you create and every new baseboard that you add.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=996 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | The '''Baseboard Ground Texture''', chosen from the '''Surveyor Display Menu''' or by specifying a '''Region''', will become the default for every new route you create and every new baseboard you add, until you change it to something else. | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table cellpadding=2 bgcolor="Aquamarine"> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | Information on creating and editing '''Region''' assets can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki''' at:-<br> | ||
+ | :'''[[How_to_Create_a_Region_Asset|How to Create a Region Asset]]''' | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadOldRoute"></span> | ||
=='''Loading an Existing Route'''== | =='''Loading an Existing Route'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadRouteCM|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipDefaultGroundTexture|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
You must first find and select the route to load from those already installed. At the top of the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen the route search options are shown as a set of buttons. | You must first find and select the route to load from those already installed. At the top of the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen the route search options are shown as a set of buttons. | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadRouteCM"></span> | ||
=='''Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager'''== | =='''Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadShutdown|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadOldRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
'''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing route directly into '''Surveyor''' for editing from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | '''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing route directly into '''Surveyor''' for editing from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | ||
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<td>[[image:CMOpenRouteSurveyor.png|link=|Load a route from CM]]</td> | <td>[[image:CMOpenRouteSurveyor.png|link=|Load a route from CM]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> To load a route from '''Content Manager''':- | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
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</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadShutdown"></span> | ||
=='''Loading After an Unexpected Shutdown'''== | =='''Loading After an Unexpected Shutdown'''== | ||
− | + | </td> | |
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEditRoute|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadRouteCM|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>If you select a route for loading after an unexpected shutdown of '''Trainz''' then any route (or route and session) that was open and running in '''Trainz Surveyor''' or '''Driver''' will be left marked as '''Open for Edit'''. When you attempt to load this route into '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''' you will see a message listing the route and session (if any) that were affected.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:RouteLoadAfterCTD.png|link=|alt=Load after CTD]]</td> | <td>[[image:RouteLoadAfterCTD.png|link=|alt=Load after CTD]]</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>The message is saying that the assets in the list '''may have been''' changed since the last time you loaded them and exited '''Trainz''' normally. For example if you had been editing the route and/or session and had experienced a crash to the desktop or had used Windows '''Task Manager''' to terminate the program.<br><br> |
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Note:'''</span> | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Note:'''</span> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
− | A similar message will appear when you load a '''Driver Game''' (see '''[[ | + | A similar message will appear when you load a '''Driver Game''' (see '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver|Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver]]''' below) after editing the original route or session that was used to create the '''Driver Session'''.<br> |
It is possible that the changes you have made may affect the operation of the '''Driver Session'''.</td> | It is possible that the changes you have made may affect the operation of the '''Driver Session'''.</td> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
The options you will see are:-<br> | The options you will see are:-<br> | ||
− | <table width=1000> | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=1000 cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Use changes </span> | + | <td> |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff width=996 cellpadding=2> | |
− | <td>Use the edited/changed versions that are in the open database assets - there is a possibility that | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=125><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Use changes </span></td> | ||
+ | <td>Use the edited/changed versions that are in the open database assets. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: yellow;"> Note: </span> there is a possibility that these assets may have been damaged during the shutdown and may be corrupted</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Revert changes </span></td> | <td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Revert changes </span></td> | ||
− | |||
<td>Ignore the edited/changed versions and load the previous versions instead</td> | <td>Ignore the edited/changed versions and load the previous versions instead</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Cancel </span></td> | <td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Cancel </span></td> | ||
− | |||
<td>Cancel the Load and return to the '''Surveyor/Driver''' menu screen</td> | <td>Cancel the Load and return to the '''Surveyor/Driver''' menu screen</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>You could also use the '''Content Manager''' program (select <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Manage Content </span> from the '''Trainz Launcher''') to Submit the open route or route and session assets. This has the risk of replacing the last good copy of that asset or assets with a possibly faulty copy.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEditRoute"></span> | ||
=='''Editing a Route'''== | =='''Editing a Route'''== | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | </td> |
− | <tr> | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEditEnvironmentRoute|Skip Down]]</td> |
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadShutdown|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''When a Route is loaded or a new Route is created all the assets you add will be automatically placed into a Route Layer'''</td> | <td>'''When a Route is loaded or a new Route is created all the assets you add will be automatically placed into a Route Layer'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>When you create a new route (with or without a named session), or load an existing route without a session, and start adding scenery assets they will automatically be placed into a '''Route Layer'''. See '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]''' for more details.<br><br> | ||
− | + | Any ground textures, water, effect layers (turfFX and clutter) you add, or terrain changes (including new baseboards) you make, will be added to the '''Route Data'''.</td> | |
− | + | </tr> | |
− | Any ground textures, water, effect layers (turfFX and clutter) you add, or terrain changes (including new baseboards) you make, will be added to the '''Route Data'''.< | + | </table> |
− | + | <br> | |
<table bgcolor=#ff0000 width=1000> | <table bgcolor=#ff0000 width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<table bgcolor=#fcbcbc> | <table bgcolor=#fcbcbc> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[ | + | <td>[[image:Stop.PNG|link=]]</td> |
<td> | <td> | ||
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">WARNING: Do not edit track in a Route that is occupied by consists in any of the Sessions based on the Route</span><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">WARNING: Do not edit track in a Route that is occupied by consists in any of the Sessions based on the Route</span><br> | ||
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<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=350> | + | <td> |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=350 cellpadding=2> | |
− | You can edit the '''Route Characteristics''' at any time by selecting the | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>You can edit the '''Route Characteristics''' at any time by selecting the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Route... </span> option from the '''Edit Menu''' or simply pressing <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> E </span></span>.<br> | ||
This will bring up the '''Edit Route''' dialogue window (shown below).</td> | This will bring up the '''Edit Route''' dialogue window (shown below).</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
<td width=170>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | <td width=170>[[image:RouteEdit.png|link=|alt=Route edit]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
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<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint7.JPG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint7.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>You can set or disable the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Draw distance cap </span> which will affect how far away from the camera that scenery objects will be drawn. A high setting, particularly <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Disabled </span>, could affect the | + | <td>You can set or disable the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Draw distance cap </span> which will affect how far away from the camera that scenery objects will be drawn. A high setting, particularly the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Disabled </span> option (which means no draw distance cap), could affect the game performance, including the '''fps''' rate (frames per second), on some systems</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEditEnvironmentRoute"></span> | ||
+ | =='''Editing the Environment of a Route'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEffectLayers|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEditRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=350> | <td width=350> | ||
− | + | You can edit the '''Environment Controls''' of a Route by selecting the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Environment... </span> option from the '''Edit Menu'''.<br> | |
− | You can edit the '''Environment Controls''' of a Route by selecting the | + | |
This will bring up the '''Edit Environment''' dialogue window, more commonly called the '''Environment Tools'''.<br> | This will bring up the '''Edit Environment''' dialogue window, more commonly called the '''Environment Tools'''.<br> | ||
For more details on editing the '''Environment''' see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|The Environment Tools]]'''</td> | For more details on editing the '''Environment''' see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|The Environment Tools]]'''</td> | ||
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
<td>lighting conditions</td> | <td>lighting conditions</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>water color and water surface (rough, calm, etc)</td> | + | <td>water color and water surface (rough, calm, etc) for '''Legacy Water''' only</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>fog</td> | + | <td>fog and snow</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>season (by the date and latitude)</td> | <td>season (by the date and latitude)</td> | ||
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− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>world origin (latitude, longitude, altitude)</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | |||
<table bgcolor=#000000 width=1000 cellpadding=2> | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | =='''Effect Layers'''== | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEffectLayers"></span> | ||
+ | =='''Edit Effect Layers'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepWhatSession|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEditEnvironmentRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
− | <td>The '''Effect Layers''' | + | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
+ | <td>The '''Edit Effect Layers''' menu option allows you to add, remove and edit the special effect layers</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td> |
− | <td>'''TurfFX''' - 3D animated grasses including crops (e.g. wheat) | + | <table width=400 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Effect Layers''' contain:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''TurfFX''' - 3D animated grasses including crops (e.g. wheat)</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>'''Water''' - | + | <td>'''Water''' - a layer of water that covers the entire route but its height can be set to different values to be hidden or revealed throughout the route. It is possible to set a slope on the water (perfect for a water skiing scene 😀)</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Color''' - a transparent "skin" that covers the ground texture throughout the entire route. Different parts of this layer can be given different colors or "tints" to alter the appearance of the texture below. This is only available for '''Trainz Plus''' subscribers</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>You can have multiple effect layers of each type (except the color layer) in a route.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=600 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Currently, there are differences in the '''Effect Layers''' between '''Windows''' and '''MacOS''' versions of '''Trainz'''. Some of these differences are hardware ('''GPU''') dependant. This means that some of the effect layers or features will not work on the '''MacOS''' platform.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''TurfFX''' is hardware dependent and requires an '''Nvidia''' graphics card. '''TurfFX''' is an '''Nvidia''' software product and is not from '''N3V'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>The latest versions of '''Trainz''' are starting to eliminate these differences and, for performance improvements, are moving the implementation of some effect layers from the '''CPU''' to the '''GPU'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
<br> | <br> | ||
=='''Merging Routes'''== | =='''Merging Routes'''== | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''Two (or more) separate routes can be joined together (merged) to create a new route'''</td> | <td>'''Two (or more) separate routes can be joined together (merged) to create a new route'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>The '''Session Data''' and '''Session Layers''' in the first route can be saved in the merger | + | <td>The '''Session Data''' and '''Session Layers''' in the first route can be saved in the merger (if required) but those in the other route cannot</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | A detailed description of the process of '''Merging Routes''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[How_to_Merge_Routes|How to Merge Routes]]'''<br> | + | A detailed description of the process of '''Merging Routes''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page''':- |
+ | :'''[[How_to_Merge_Routes|How to Merge Routes]]'''<br> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td width=629><span id="stepWhatSession"></span> |
+ | ='''What is a Session?'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEffectLayers|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepLoadRoute|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepLoadRoute|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | <tr valign="top"> | |
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
− | <tr> | + | |
<td>'''A Session is always a part of an existing Route - you cannot have a Session that does not belong to a Route'''</td> | <td>'''A Session is always a part of an existing Route - you cannot have a Session that does not belong to a Route'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''If you create a Route without a Session then ALL the active industries and rolling stock, time, environmental conditions, etc, will revert to their original (default) values. There will be no AI drivers and drivers will have a very limited set of available commands for manual driving'''</td> | <td>'''If you create a Route without a Session then ALL the active industries and rolling stock, time, environmental conditions, etc, will revert to their original (default) values. There will be no AI drivers and drivers will have a very limited set of available commands for manual driving'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | In general, while a route provides the physical structures (or "hardware"), a session provides the services (or "software"). While you can easily have a route without a session, it could be a very limited (or even a boring) experience.<br> | + | <table width=1000> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>In general, while a route provides the physical structures (or "hardware"), a session provides the services (or "software"). While you can easily have a route without a session, it could be a very limited (or even a boring) experience.<br><br> | ||
− | A single route can have multiple sessions, or none, but a session must always belong to a route. To put it into '''Trainz''' terminology, a session has a route as a '''''dependency'''''.<br> | + | A single route can have multiple sessions, or none, but a session must always belong to a route. To put it into '''Trainz''' terminology, a session has a route as a '''''dependency'''''.<br><br> |
A session consists of two parts:- | A session consists of two parts:- | ||
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | </tr> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Session Data''' and</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Session Layers'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>When you save a Session, all the items in the '''Session Data''' and '''Session Layers''' will be saved</td> | <td>When you save a Session, all the items in the '''Session Data''' and '''Session Layers''' will be saved</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
− | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Session Data: </span> | + | [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Session Data: </span> |
− | '''Session Data''' are often the "invisibles" that control the operation of a session. Session rules, driver orders and loco assignments, commodities (loaded, unloaded and carried) and most of the '''Environmental Settings''' are examples of '''Session Data'''. | + | <table width=1000> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>'''Session Data''' are often the "invisibles" that control the operation of a session. Session rules, driver orders and loco assignments, commodities (loaded, unloaded and carried) and most of the '''Environmental Settings''' are examples of '''Session Data'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
[[image:Woolshed_Session_Data.png|link=|alt=Session Data]] | [[image:Woolshed_Session_Data.png|link=|alt=Session Data]] | ||
− | '''Session Data''' contains:- | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | < | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Session Data''' contains:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>'''Environmental Settings''' - '''Water Surface''' (rough/calm/etc), '''Snow Altitude''', '''Lighting''' (sun, ambient and water colours), '''Sky''' (clouds), '''Road Traffic''' (on/off), '''Date''' (day, month), '''Wind''' strength, '''Fog''' level, '''Weather''' (rain/fine/snow), '''Brightness''' level. You must edit and save the session for these settings to become part of the '''Session Data''' - see '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|How to Use Environment Tools]]''' for more details. If both a route and a session have saved '''Environmental Settings''', which do not have to be the same, then those in the session will be used. If the session does not have any saved '''Environmental Settings''' then those in the route will be used< | + | <td>'''Environmental Settings''' - '''Water Surface''' (rough/calm/etc), '''Snow Altitude''', '''Lighting''' (sun, ambient and water colours), '''Sky''' (clouds), '''Road Traffic''' (on/off), '''Date''' (day, month), '''Wind''' strength, '''Fog''' level, '''Weather''' (rain/fine/snow), '''Brightness''' level. You must edit and save the session for these settings to become part of the '''Session Data''' - see '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|How to Use Environment Tools]]''' for more details. If both a route and a session have saved '''Environmental Settings''', which do not have to be the same, then those in the session will be used. If the session does not have any saved '''Environmental Settings''' then those in the route will be used |
− | < | + | </td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Session Layers: </span><table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <br> |
− | <td>'''Session Layers''' are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to only appear in that particular Session and not in all Sessions. | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>'''Session Layers''' are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to only appear in that particular Session and not in all Sessions. The '''Session Layers''' can be left empty and the '''Route Layers''' can contain all the scenery assets</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=500> | <td width=500> | ||
− | '''Session Layers''' can contain:- | + | <table width=500 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>'''Session Layers''' can contain:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>Trackmarks, Triggers, Direction and Priority Markers</td> | <td>Trackmarks, Triggers, Direction and Priority Markers</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=500> | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=500 cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table bgcolor=# | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffe0 width=496 cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td> |
− | <td> | + | <td>While it is possible to add '''track''' and '''track objects''' (bridges, tunnels, turntables, signals, switches, etc) to '''Session Layers''' it is '''not recommended'''. These fixed assets should be placed into '''Route Layers'''.<br><br> |
− | + | ||
− | While it is possible to add '''track''' and '''track objects''' (bridges, tunnels, turntables, signals, switches, etc) to '''Session Layers''' it is '''not recommended'''. These fixed assets should be placed into '''Route Layers'''. | + | However, it is common to place invisible AI control objects such as '''Trackmarks''', '''Triggers''', '''Direction Markers''' and '''Priority Markers''' in a '''Session Layer''' |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | A detailed description of '''Layers''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]'''<br> | + | A detailed description of '''Layers''' can be found on the '''Trainz Wiki Page''':- |
+ | :'''[[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]'''<br> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td width=629><span id="stepLoadSession"></span> |
+ | ='''Loading (and Creating) a Session'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadOldSession|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepWhatSession|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepWhatSession|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
=='''Creating a New Session'''== | =='''Creating a New Session'''== | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>To create a new Session you must first create a new Route or identify an existing Route</td> | <td>To create a new Session you must first create a new Route or identify an existing Route</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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A new session can be created in two ways:-<br> | A new session can be created in two ways:-<br> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#0000ff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td colspan=2 | + | <td colspan=2>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]] <span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight:700; color: white; background-color: black"> Automatically When a New Route is Created </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td width=390>[[image:RouteSARWindow.png|link=|alt=Route Details]]</td> |
− | <td>Follow the steps shown in the section '''[[ | + | <td> |
+ | <br> | ||
+ | Follow the steps shown in the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Creating a New Route|Creating a New Route]]''' above. | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To create a new route and session enter or select:-</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>a '''Route name''' for the new route</td> | <td>a '''Route name''' for the new route</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> |
− | <td>a '''Session name''' for the new session</td> | + | <td>a '''Session name''' for the new session <span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"> Note: </span> This step <u>'''IS'''</u> important </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td colspan=2>The following steps are optional, but are '''recommended'''</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>a '''Geographical region'''</td> | <td>a '''Geographical region'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint5.JPG|link=]]</td> |
<td>'''Working scale''' and '''Working units'''</td> | <td>'''Working scale''' and '''Working units'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">OR</span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table bgcolor=# | + | <table bgcolor=#0000ff cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]] <span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight:700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Adding a Session to an Existing Route </span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2> | ||
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td>A route can have many individual sessions so a new session can be added to a route that already has sessions</td> |
− | + | ||
− | A route can have many individual sessions so a new session can be added to | + | |
− | </td> | + | |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | </ | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To add a new session to an existing route:-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Locate (but do not load) the route as described in the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Loading an Existing Route|Loading an Existing Route]]''' above</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Once you have selected the route from its thumbnail, <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> VIEW SESSIONS </span> button<br> | ||
− | + | [[image:RouteButtonsView.png|link=|alt=View Sessions]]</td> | |
− | + | </tr> | |
− | + | <tr valign="top"> | |
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> CREATE SESSION </span> button. If no other session exists for this route then this will be the only choice available to you<br> | ||
− | [[image: | + | [[image:SessionButtonsCreate.png|link=|alt=Create Session]]</td> |
− | + | </tr> | |
− | + | </table> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td>Both [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] and [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] will load or create the route in '''Surveyor''' and create a new session with all its values/parameters set at the '''default''' levels.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
− | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | |
− | + | <tr valign="top"> | |
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadOldSession"></span> | ||
=='''Loading an Existing Session'''== | =='''Loading an Existing Session'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadSessionCM|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepLoadSession|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
There are two different ways to load existing sessions into '''Surveyor'''.<br> | There are two different ways to load existing sessions into '''Surveyor'''.<br> | ||
− | <table width=1000> | + | <table bgcolor=#0000ff width=1000 cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td colspan=2 bgcolor=#000000><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight:700; color: white;"> | + | <td> |
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2> | ||
+ | <table width=990> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2> | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td bgcolor=#000000><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight:700; color: white;"> Search For the Session </span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>The easiest way to load an existing session is to use the search tools at the top of the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen. | <td>The easiest way to load an existing session is to use the search tools at the top of the '''Driver/Surveyor''' screen. | ||
− | [[image:SessionSearchButtons.png|link=|alt=Session Search]] | + | [[image:SessionSearchButtons.png|link=|alt=Session Search]]</td> |
− | + | </tr> | |
− | <table> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=990> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=500> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Type: </span> </td> | <td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Type: </span> </td> | ||
− | <td><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> ROUTES </span> is the default selection. | + | <td><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> ROUTES </span> is the default selection. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the button to change it to <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> SESSIONS </span>.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Search: </span> </td> | <td><span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Search: </span> </td> | ||
<td>If required you can narrow down the list of sessions by typing the first few letters of its name.</td> | <td>If required you can narrow down the list of sessions by typing the first few letters of its name.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Sessions''':-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>are saved as entries in the '''Trainz Database''', not as files on your hard drive. Loading a session will retrieve it from the database.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be loaded directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager|Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager]]''' below.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be '''exported''' as files (in the '''Trainz .cdp''' file format) from '''Content Manager''' for backup or transfer.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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The same colour coding system used in the route thumbnails also applies to session thumbnails.<br> | The same colour coding system used in the route thumbnails also applies to session thumbnails.<br> | ||
− | <table width= | + | <table width=990> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #ffae00;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Payware on DLC</span></td> |
− | < | + | <td>Must be purchased and downloaded, but some may be free - depending on your membership options. If you click a thumbnail with this colour a <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> DOWNLOAD </span> button will appear on the bottom right of the screen. If a price is included in the button then that is the purchase price (in $US)</td> |
− | <td>Must be purchased and downloaded, but some may be free - depending on your membership options. If you | + | |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #10c810;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Payware installed</span></td> |
− | < | + | |
<td>Already installed from the '''DLC'''. '''DLC''' items cannot be deleted. To remove them use the '''Uninstall''' option in the '''Content Store''' from the '''Launcher'''. You can reinstall them later without any additional cost</td> | <td>Already installed from the '''DLC'''. '''DLC''' items cannot be deleted. To remove them use the '''Uninstall''' option in the '''Content Store''' from the '''Launcher'''. You can reinstall them later without any additional cost</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #dbdbdb;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Installed</span></td> |
− | < | + | |
<td>Downloaded from the Download Station ('''DLS''') or created by you. This includes any cloned '''DLC''' Routes and Sessions (see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Cloning a Route/Session|Cloning a Route/Session]]''' below)</td> | <td>Downloaded from the Download Station ('''DLS''') or created by you. This includes any cloned '''DLC''' Routes and Sessions (see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Cloning a Route/Session|Cloning a Route/Session]]''' below)</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td | + | <td width=200><span style="background-color: #848dff;">            </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Multiplayer</span></td> |
− | < | + | |
<td>For simultaneous development by multiple players. Special conditions apply</td> | <td>For simultaneous development by multiple players. Special conditions apply</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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[[image:SessionButtonsEdit2.png|link=|alt=Edit Session]] | [[image:SessionButtonsEdit2.png|link=|alt=Edit Session]] | ||
− | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=990 cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 width= | + | |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | If the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> option is not present then the selected session is a saved '''Driver Game''' (a "game" saved when in '''Driver''') and cannot be edited. See the section '''[[ | + | If the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> option is not present then the selected session is a saved '''Driver Game''' (a "game" saved when in '''Driver''') and cannot be edited. See the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver|Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver]]''' below. |
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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− | <td | + | <td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">OR</span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#0000ff width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>Select the route as described in the section '''[[ | + | <td> |
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=990> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2> | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td bgcolor=#000000><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight:700; color: white;"> Select the Route First </span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Select the route as described in the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Loading an Existing Route|Loading an Existing Route]]''' above. Then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> VIEW SESSIONS </span> button. | ||
[[image:RouteButtonsView.png|link=|alt=View Sessions]] | [[image:RouteButtonsView.png|link=|alt=View Sessions]] | ||
− | This will display a list of thumbnails for all the sessions in that route. Select the session thumbnail you need and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> button. | + | This will display a list of thumbnails for all the sessions in that route.</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> Select the session thumbnail you need and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> button. | ||
[[image:SessionButtonsEdit2.png|link=|alt=Edit Session]] | [[image:SessionButtonsEdit2.png|link=|alt=Edit Session]] | ||
− | |||
− | |||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | < | + | <br> |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=1000 cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | ||
− | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 width= | + | |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | If the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> option is not present then the selected session is a saved '''Driver Game''' (a "game" saved when in '''Driver''') and cannot be edited. See the section '''[[ | + | If the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> EDIT SESSION </span> option is not present then the selected session is a saved '''Driver Game''' (a "game" saved when in '''Driver''') and cannot be edited. See the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver|Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver]]''' below. |
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | </td> | |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>Both [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] and [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] will load the route and session into '''Surveyor'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadSessionCM"></span> | ||
=='''Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager'''== | =='''Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadDriver|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadOldSession|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
'''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into '''Surveyor''' for editing from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | '''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into '''Surveyor''' for editing from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | ||
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<td>[[image:CMOpenSessionSurveyor.png|link=|Load a session from CM]]</td> | <td>[[image:CMOpenSessionSurveyor.png|link=|Load a session from CM]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> To load a session into Surveyor:- | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>select | + | <td>select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Open... </span>, then select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Asset in Surveyor </span></td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | Both the route and the session will be loaded into '''Surveyor''' for editing.</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
− | |||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | |||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadDriver"></span> | ||
=='''Loading a Session into Driver From Surveyor'''== | =='''Loading a Session into Driver From Surveyor'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadDriverCM|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadSessionCM|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
To start '''Driver''' simply select a session as described above in '''Loading an Existing Session''' and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px;"> DRIVE SESSION </span> button.<br> | To start '''Driver''' simply select a session as described above in '''Loading an Existing Session''' and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px;"> DRIVE SESSION </span> button.<br> | ||
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This will load both the session and the route into '''Driver'''.<br> | This will load both the session and the route into '''Driver'''.<br> | ||
− | You can save your "game play" in '''Driver''' at anytime. See '''[[ | + | You can save your "game play" in '''Driver''' at anytime. See '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver|Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver]]''' below. |
− | + | <br> | |
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadDriverCM"></span> | ||
=='''Loading a Session into Driver From Content Manager'''== | =='''Loading a Session into Driver From Content Manager'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEditSession|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadDriver|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
'''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | '''Trainz''' provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''.<br> | ||
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<td>[[image:CMOpenSessionDriver.png|link=|Load a session from CM]]</td> | <td>[[image:CMOpenSessionDriver.png|link=|Load a session from CM]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> To load a session into Driver from '''Content manager''':- | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>select | + | <td>select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Open... </span>, then select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Open Asset in Driver </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | Both the session and its parent route will be loaded into '''Driver''' and the simulation will be started. | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | |||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | + | <br> | |
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEditSession"></span> | ||
=='''Editing a Session'''== | =='''Editing a Session'''== | ||
− | < | + | </td> |
− | < | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEditEnvironmentSession|Skip Down]]</td> |
− | <td> | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadDriverCM|Skip Up]]</td> |
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | </table> | + | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#ff0000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=996 bgcolor=#fcbcbc cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:Stop.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">WARNING:</span><br> | ||
+ | When a '''Session''' is loaded into Surveyor or a new '''Session''' is created all the assets you add will be '''AUTOMATICALLY placed into a Session Layer'''. To place them in a different layer, for example a '''Route Layer''', change the '''Active Layer''' to the required layer before adding them to the route. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]''' for more details.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>Any changes made to the '''Session Rules''' (including drivers and their commands), the '''Environment Tools''', '''Industry''' or '''Rolling Stock''' settings, will be added to the '''Session Data'''.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | There are other changes that will also be added to the '''Session Data'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=350> | <td width=350> | ||
---- | ---- | ||
− | You can edit the '''Session Characteristics''' at any time by selecting the | + | You can edit the '''Session Characteristics''' at any time by selecting the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Session... </span> option from the '''Edit Menu''' or by simply pressing <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> R </span></span>.<br> |
This will bring up the '''Edit Session''' dialogue window which is more commonly called the '''Session Editor''' (shown below).<br> | This will bring up the '''Edit Session''' dialogue window which is more commonly called the '''Session Editor''' (shown below).<br> | ||
− | For more details on editing a Session see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Session_Editor|The Session Editor]]'''.</td> | + | For more details on editing a Session see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Session_Editor|The Session Editor]]''' - screenshot shown below.</td> |
<td width=170>[[image:SessionEdit.png|link=|alt=Session edit]]</td> | <td width=170>[[image:SessionEdit.png|link=|alt=Session edit]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
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<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=10>[[image: | + | <td width=10>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>drivers and their consists</td> | <td>drivers and their consists</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>driver commands</td> | <td>driver commands</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>time of day/night</td> | <td>time of day/night</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>events</td> | <td>events</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>and much, much more</td> | <td>and much, much more</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEditEnvironmentSession"></span> | ||
+ | =='''Editing the Environment of a Session'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepSaving|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEditSession|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=350> | <td width=350> | ||
− | + | You can edit the '''Environment Controls''' of a Session by selecting the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Environment... </span> option from the '''Edit Menu'''.<br> | |
− | You can edit the '''Environment Controls''' of a Session by selecting the | + | |
This will bring up the '''Edit Environment''' dialogue window, more commonly called the '''Environment Tools'''.<br> | This will bring up the '''Edit Environment''' dialogue window, more commonly called the '''Environment Tools'''.<br> | ||
For more details on editing the '''Environment''' see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|The Environment Tools]]'''</td> | For more details on editing the '''Environment''' see the '''Trainz Wiki Page''' at '''[[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_Environment_Tools|The Environment Tools]]'''</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>water color and water surface (rough, calm, etc)</td> | + | <td>water color and water surface (rough, calm, etc) for '''Legacy Water''' only</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td width=629><span id="stepSaving"></span> |
+ | ='''Saving a Route and a Session'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipSaveNew|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEditEnvironmentSession|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepLoadSession|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepLoadSession|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | |||
− | |||
'''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' are saved from the '''System Menu''' on the '''Surveyor''' screen. | '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' are saved from the '''System Menu''' on the '''Surveyor''' screen. | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>Selecting <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Save As... </span> will save the route, or the route and the session, with the previously entered name(s) when they were loaded or created. You will be asked to confirm both the names (and can change them if you wish) and the '''Save As''' command.<br><br></td> | <td>Selecting <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Save As... </span> will save the route, or the route and the session, with the previously entered name(s) when they were loaded or created. You will be asked to confirm both the names (and can change them if you wish) and the '''Save As''' command.<br><br></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Routes and Sessions''':-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>are saved as entries in the '''Trainz Database''', not as files on your hard drive. Loading a route or a session will retrieve it from the database.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be loaded directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager|Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager]]''' and [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager|Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager]]''' below.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be '''exported''' as files (in the '''Trainz .cdp''' file format) from '''Content Manager''' for backup or transfer.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes on Saving Routes and Sessions:</span><br> | + | <td width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes on Saving DLS/DLC Routes and Sessions:</span><br> |
---- | ---- | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>if you have modified a '''DLS''' session then you can delete the original session if you no longer need it and your modified version will not be affected. However, if you delete the original '''DLS''' route then your modified session <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span></td> | + | <td>if you have modified a '''DLS''' session then you can delete the original session if you no longer need it and your modified version will not be affected. However, if you delete the original '''DLS''' route then your modified session <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>you can create a new session for a '''DLS''' route but it <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span> if the original '''DLS''' route is deleted</td> | + | <td>you can create a completely new and original session for a '''DLS''' route but it <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span> if the original '''DLS''' route is deleted</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>you can only upload your modified '''DLS''' route and session to the '''DLS''' if you have the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">permission</span> of the original creator</td> | <td>you can only upload your modified '''DLS''' route and session to the '''DLS''' if you have the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">permission</span> of the original creator</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>if you have created a completely original session based on a '''DLS''' route then you can upload the session as it is your creation</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>if you delete or disable the original '''DLC''' route or session then your modified versions <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span></td> | + | <td>if you delete or disable the original '''DLC''' route or session then your modified versions <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>you can create a new session for a '''DLC''' route but it <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span> if the original '''DLC''' route is deleted or disabled</td> | + | <td>you can create a completely new and original session for a '''DLC''' route but it <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;"> will not work </span> if the original '''DLC''' route is deleted or disabled</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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</table> <!-- END Notes Table --> | </table> <!-- END Notes Table --> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipSaveNew"></span> | ||
=='''Saving a New Route and Session'''== | =='''Saving a New Route and Session'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipSaveExistingRoute|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepSaving|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
If you have created a new route and select '''Save''' or '''Save As...''', then you will be presented with the following '''Save Route Dialogue Windows'''. | If you have created a new route and select '''Save''' or '''Save As...''', then you will be presented with the following '''Save Route Dialogue Windows'''. | ||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipSaveExistingRoute"></span> | ||
=='''Saving an Existing Route'''== | =='''Saving an Existing Route'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipSaveExistingRouteSession|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipSaveNew|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
If you have loaded the route only and not the session and '''<u>HAVE NOT</u>''' edited any '''Session Data''' or '''Session Layers''', then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Route Dialogue Window'''. | If you have loaded the route only and not the session and '''<u>HAVE NOT</u>''' edited any '''Session Data''' or '''Session Layers''', then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Route Dialogue Window'''. | ||
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:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name) but no session will be saved. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]]  Overwrite Route and Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]]  Overwrite Route and Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a name for the session (the suggested name '''Default''' is '''NOT''' recommended). |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name). |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name you enter and it will be added to the route. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] because you did not originally load a session, the new session will be saved with '''default''' values for all its settings. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a "Default Session"</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a "Default Session"</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a new name for the route. The route will be saved with its new name. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original route will not be changed. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name '''Default''' and it will be added to the new route. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] because you did not originally load a session, the new session will be saved with the '''default''' values for all its settings. |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a name for the session (the suggested name '''Default''' is '''NOT''' recommended). |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name). |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name you enter and it will be added to the route. The new session will have the settings and changes you have made. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Route Only</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Route Only</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name) but no session will be saved. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] if you have edited the session and later exit the program without saving those edits (you will be prompted to save the session) then any changes you have made to the session will be lost. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a "Default Session"</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a "Default Session"</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a new name for the route. The route will be saved with its new name. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original route will not be changed. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name '''Default''' and it will be added to the new route. The new session will have the settings and changes you have made. |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipSaveExistingRouteSession"></span> | ||
=='''Saving an Existing Route and Session'''== | =='''Saving an Existing Route and Session'''== | ||
− | If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the route or the route and the session then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Route Dialogue Window'''. | + | </td> |
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipSaveUDS|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipSaveExistingRoute|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the route or the route and the session then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Route Dialogue Window'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing session:''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]]both the route and the session will be saved ('''overwritten''' using their current names). |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Existing Route and Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Existing Route and Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a new name for the session. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name). |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name you enter and it will be added to the existing route. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original session will not be changed. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Route Only</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] Overwrite Route Only</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing route and:''' | ||
::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ::[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Do not save session''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name) but no session will be saved. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] if you have edited the session and later exit the program without saving those edits (you will be prompted to save the session) then any changes you have made to the session will be lost. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Dblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Dblue.png|link=]] Create a New Route and a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Save new route and session:''' | ||
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] enter a new name for the route. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the route will be saved with its new name. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the same name as the original session and it will be added to the new route. |
− | ::[[image: | + | ::[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original session and route will not be changed. |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the session ('''Data''' or '''Layers''') only and not the route, or have already saved the route but not the session, then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Session Dialogue Window'''. | + | <table width=1000> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the session ('''Data''' or '''Layers''') only and not the route, or have already saved the route but not the session, then selecting '''Save''' will produce the following '''Save Session Dialogue Window'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | |||
<table width=1000> | <table width=1000> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] Overwrite the Session Only</span>. This is the '''default''' selection so there is nothing to change. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] Overwrite the Session Only</span>. This is the '''default''' selection so there is nothing to change. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing session''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Overwrite existing session''' | ||
− | :[[image: | + | :[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the session will be saved ('''overwritten''' using its current name). |
− | :[[image: | + | :[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original route will not be changed. |
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Option </span> [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] Create a New Session</span>. Tick the box [[image:Grey_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session'''. | ||
:[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | :[[image:White_Select_Dot.png|link=]] '''Create new session:''' | ||
− | :[[image: | + | :[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] you can enter a new name for the session or use the suggested name which will include the date, time and session runtime. |
− | :[[image: | + | :[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] a new session will be created using the name you enter and it will be added to the existing route. |
− | :[[image: | + | :[[image:BlackDot10x10.png|link=]] the original route and session will not be changed. |
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipSaveUDS"></span> | ||
=='''Saving a Route and Session Using the UDS'''== | =='''Saving a Route and Session Using the UDS'''== | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | </td> |
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− | <td>The '''UDS''' feature is available in '''TRS19 Platinum Edition''', '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22''' | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipSaveExistingRouteSession|Skip Up]]</td> |
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+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>The '''UDS''' feature is available in '''TRS19 Platinum Edition''', '''Trainz Plus''', '''TRS22''' and '''TRS22 Platinum'''</td> | ||
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− | The '''UDS''' ('''<u>U</u>'''nified '''<u>D</u>'''river '''<u>S</u>'''urveyor) Interface allows you to quickly switch from '''Driver''' to '''Surveyor''' and back to '''Driver''' again without having to restart the session from the beginning. You can edit a route and session while in '''Surveyor''' and then switch back to '''Driver''' to continue the session where you left it.< | + | <table width=1000> |
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+ | <td>The '''UDS''' ('''<u>U</u>'''nified '''<u>D</u>'''river '''<u>S</u>'''urveyor) Interface allows you to quickly switch from '''Driver''' to '''Surveyor''' and back to '''Driver''' again without having to restart the session from the beginning. You can edit a route and session while in '''Surveyor''' and then switch back to '''Driver''' to continue the session where you left it.</td> | ||
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<td><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">WARNING:</span><br> | <td><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">WARNING:</span><br> | ||
This powerful ability does come with a warning. If you save the edited session before switching back into '''Driver''' then all the moving consists will be saved in their new positions. Other changes, such as the status of '''Session Rules''', will also be saved in their new states. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_the_UDS_Interface|How to Use the UDS Interface]]''' for more details. | This powerful ability does come with a warning. If you save the edited session before switching back into '''Driver''' then all the moving consists will be saved in their new positions. Other changes, such as the status of '''Session Rules''', will also be saved in their new states. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]] [[How_to_Use_the_UDS_Interface|How to Use the UDS Interface]]''' for more details. | ||
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− | <td>''' | + | <td>Most of the problems users seem to be experiencing with the '''UDS''', judging from the posts in the Trainz Forums, is when saving their edited '''Driver''' session after switching to '''Surveyor''' mode.</td> |
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− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px | + | <td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br> |
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− | <td | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> |
− | < | + | <td>Using '''Driver Mode''' involves driving consists (either manually or through the AI) and activating rules. '''These will change the session parameters'''</td> |
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− | <td>[[ | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> |
− | <td> | + | <td>'''Overwriting the Session will save the consist in their new positions and the Session Rules in their new (completed/not completed) conditions'''</td> |
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+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>When you are in '''Driver Mode''' at least one of the consists will probably be moving. Some of the Session rules may have already been completed while others may still be running or waiting for events (e.g. triggers to be activated)</td> | ||
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+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>If, after switching to '''Surveyor Mode''', you then choose to save using the '''Overwrite existing session''' option then you will be replacing your original starting Session with a new one with the consists saved in their new positions and the Session rules saved in their new states. So when you later load and restart the Session things will not be the same as they were in the original or starting Session.</td> | ||
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+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <span style="font-size: 17px; background-color: yellow; font-weight: 700"> Unless you have a particular reason for overwriting the original Session then the recommended save options are:-</span><br> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2>[[Image:line740.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Option </span>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Do Not Save the Session</span></td> | ||
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+ | <td width=20> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=270>[[image:UDS-DoNotSaveSession.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To save the '''Route''' only:-</td> | ||
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+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> the checkbox <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Do not save session </span> </td> | ||
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− | + | This will save the '''Route''' only, using its existing name and it will overwrite the original route. This will save any edits that you have made to the '''Route''' but not to the '''Session'''. | |
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− | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: | + | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Option </span>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]] <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Create a New Session</span></td> |
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+ | <td>[[image:UDS-CreateNewSession.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To save the '''Route''' and a '''NEW Session''':-</td> | ||
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+ | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> the checkbox <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Create new session </span> </td> | ||
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− | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | |
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>Enter a name for the new session</td> |
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+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
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+ | This will save the '''Route''' using its existing name and it will overwrite the original route. It will also save the '''Session''' using the name you enter in the text box below the checkbox ('''Stage 3''' in the example shown). The original '''Session''' will not be altered. This is useful when you want to test out changes to consists, industry settings, Rules, driver commands, etc but do not want to destroy the original '''Session'''. | ||
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+ | If you have '''NOT''' edited anything while in '''Surveyor''' and select <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Save </span> then you will be shown the '''Save Driver Session''' dialogue window to save the session in its current state as a '''Driver Game''' (also called a '''Game''' or '''Driver Game'''). This is exactly the same as pressing <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> S </span></span> while in '''Driver'''.<br> | ||
[[image:RouteSARSaveDriverSession.png|link=|alte=Save Driver Session]]<br> | [[image:RouteSARSaveDriverSession.png|link=|alte=Save Driver Session]]<br> | ||
− | The '''Driver Game''' will appear in the '''Select Session''' menu for the route. Loading it will resume '''Driver''' at the point where it was saved. | + | The '''Driver Game''' will appear in the '''Select Session''' menu for the route. Loading it will resume '''Driver''' at the point where it was saved.</td> |
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+ | ='''Exiting Surveyor'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipSaveUDS|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepSaving|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepSaving|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
− | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=# | + | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepExitDriver|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td> |
<td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | ||
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<td>If you exit '''Surveyor''' after editing without saving then you will be prompted to '''Save'''.</td> | <td>If you exit '''Surveyor''' after editing without saving then you will be prompted to '''Save'''.</td> | ||
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+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:MainMenuExitSurveyor.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
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+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span><br> | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Open the '''Main Menu'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Exit Surveyor </span> option</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>Another option is to exit '''Trainz''' completely</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Exit Game </span> option</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>Regardless of which option you take, if you have unsaved work you will be prompted to save before you exit</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:</span></td> | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:</span></td> | ||
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− | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Don't Save </span> will exit '''Surveyor''' without saving. Any changes you have made will be lost.</td> | + | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Don't Save </span> will exit '''Surveyor''' to either the '''Main Menu Screen''' or to your OS Desktop without saving. Any changes you have made will be lost.</td> |
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− | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Save </span> will exit '''Surveyor''' after saving. You will be prompted to select what to save as described in the section '''[[ | + | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Save </span> will exit '''Surveyor''' to either the '''Main Menu Screen''' or to your OS Desktop after saving. You will be prompted to select what to save as described in the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving a Route and a Session|Saving a Route and a Session]]''' above</td> |
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− | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Cancel </span> will cancel the | + | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Cancel </span> will cancel the '''Exit''' command and return you to '''Surveyor'''.</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
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+ | ='''Exiting Driver'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepExit|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepExit|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
− | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=# | + | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepCloning|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td> |
<td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | ||
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+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>If you exit '''Driver''' after running a session you will be prompted to '''Save''' a Driver Game.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:MainMenuExitDriver.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>Open the '''Main Menu'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Exit Driver </span> option</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>Another option is to exit '''Trainz''' completely</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Exit Game </span> option</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>Regardless of which option you take, if your '''Session Data''' has changed then you will be prompted to save before you exit</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
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+ | [[image:DriverExitSessionSave.png|link=]]<br> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table bgcolor=#000000 width=1000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table bgcolor=#ffffff width=996 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:</span></td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Don't Save </span> will exit '''Driver''' to either the '''Main Menu Screen''' or to your OS Desktop without saving. The current state of the session (positions and movements of the consists, commodity levels, time of day, etc) will be lost.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Save </span> will exit '''Driver''' to either the '''Main Menu Screen''' or to your OS Desktop sfter saving. You will be prompted to enter a name for your saved '''Driver Game'''. See the section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Saving Driver Games|Saving Driver Games]]''' below for more details.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td> <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black; font-size: 15px;"> Cancel </span> will cancel the '''Exit''' command and return you to '''Driver'''.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="stepCloning"></span> | ||
+ | ='''Cloning a Route/Session'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipCloneSurveyor|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepExitDriver|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepGames|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>A '''Clone''' is an exact or duplicate copy of an asset. Some '''Payware''' routes and sessions cannot be cloned</td> | <td>A '''Clone''' is an exact or duplicate copy of an asset. Some '''Payware''' routes and sessions cannot be cloned</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>Cloned routes and sessions can be edited and saved as '''Your Content'''</td> | <td>Cloned routes and sessions can be edited and saved as '''Your Content'''</td> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table bgcolor=# | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table> | + | <table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>You can delete the original '''DLS''' route if you wish and your cloned version will NOT be affected | + | <td>You can delete the original '''DLS''' route if you wish and your cloned version will NOT be affected</td> |
− | </td> | + | |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>When an approved '''DLC''' route is | + | <td>When an approved '''DLC''' route is cloned it will be given a new '''<kuid>''' that will include your personal identity code, so it will become '''Your Content''' and can be found using the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> MY CONTENT </span> search option</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>You | + | <td>You can upload, depending on '''permissions''', your edited clone of a '''Payware''' route to the '''DLS''' but it can only be used by other users who also have the same original (unedited) '''DLC Payware''' route installed</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>When an approved '''DLC''' session is | + | <td>When an approved '''DLC''' session is cloned it will be given a new '''<kuid>''' that will include your personal identity code, so it will become '''Your Content''' and can be found using the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> MY CONTENT </span> search option</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>The original ''' | + | <td>The original '''DLC''' or '''DLS''' session will not be altered or replaced by your new version</td> |
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>You can, if you decide, safely delete the original '''DLS''' session but not the original '''DLS''' route</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>You | + | <td>You can upload, depending on '''permissions''', your edited clone of a '''Payware''' session to the '''DLS''' but it can only be used by other users who also have the same original (unedited) '''DLC Payware''' installed.</td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipCloneSurveyor"></span> | ||
=='''Cloning Using Surveyor'''== | =='''Cloning Using Surveyor'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipCloneCM|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepCloning|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
'''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' that have been loaded into '''Surveyor''' can be cloned using the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Save As... </span> command from the '''Surveyor''' <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> System Menu </span><br> | '''Routes''' and '''Sessions''' that have been loaded into '''Surveyor''' can be cloned using the <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> Save As... </span> command from the '''Surveyor''' <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> System Menu </span><br> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipCloneCM"></span> | ||
=='''Cloning Using Content Manager'''== | =='''Cloning Using Content Manager'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepGames|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipCloneSurveyor|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]] <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;"> Select the Route or Session to Clone </span> | [[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]] <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;"> Select the Route or Session to Clone </span> | ||
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<td>[[image:RouteClone.png|link=|alt=Cloning a route]]</td> | <td>[[image:RouteClone.png|link=|alt=Cloning a route]]</td> | ||
<td> | <td> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=25>[[image: | + | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>In '''Content Manager''' select the filter '''Routes & Sessions'''</td> | <td>In '''Content Manager''' select the filter '''Routes & Sessions'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>select the route or session to be cloned</td> | <td>select the route or session to be cloned</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint3Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>then either:-<br> | <td>then either:-<br> | ||
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:-</span><br> | <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:-</span><br> | ||
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<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | <td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td> | ||
− | <td>from the '''Content Menu''' select | + | <td>from the '''Content Menu''' select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Clone </span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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<td>press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> D </span></span></td> | <td>press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> D </span></span></td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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The newly cloned Route will be shown in '''Content Manager''' as a '''New Asset''' that is '''Open for Editing'''.<br> | The newly cloned Route will be shown in '''Content Manager''' as a '''New Asset''' that is '''Open for Editing'''.<br> | ||
− | <table | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr | + | <tr valign="top"> |
− | + | <td> | |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> | |
− | < | + | |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | |||
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span><br> | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span><br> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=25>[[image: | + | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>close the '''Task Window'''</td> | <td>close the '''Task Window'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>select the '''Open for Editing''' filter.</td> | <td>select the '''Open for Editing''' filter.</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<br> | <br> | ||
You can give the cloned Route or Session a new name and a new description. Note that these changes will not appear until after the '''New Asset''' has been submitted.<br> | You can give the cloned Route or Session a new name and a new description. Note that these changes will not appear until after the '''New Asset''' has been submitted.<br> | ||
− | <table | + | |
− | + | <table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span | + | <table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=25>[[image: | + | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> the '''New Asset'''</td> | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> the '''New Asset'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
− | <td>select | + | <td>select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Open... </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint3Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
− | <td>select | + | <td>select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Edit Config File Text </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=25>[[image: | + | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint4Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>locate the line that starts with '''username'''</td> | <td>locate the line that starts with '''username'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint5Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>edit the text on that line between the '''Quote''' (") marks (but do not delete the quote marks) to change it to the new name of this Route/Session</td> | <td>edit the text on that line between the '''Quote''' (") marks (but do not delete the quote marks) to change it to the new name of this Route/Session</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint6Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>locate the line that starts with '''description'''</td> | <td>locate the line that starts with '''description'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint7Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>edit the text on that line between the '''Quote''' (") marks (but do not delete the quote marks) to edit the description of this Route/Session</td> | <td>edit the text on that line between the '''Quote''' (") marks (but do not delete the quote marks) to edit the description of this Route/Session</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint8Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>save (usually <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> S </span></span>)</td> | <td>save (usually <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> S </span></span>)</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint9Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td>exit the text editor</td> | <td>exit the text editor</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]] <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;"> Submit the Clone (a Necessary Step) </span> | [[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]] <span style="color: white; background-color: black; font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;"> Submit the Clone (a Necessary Step) </span> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> |
− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>When submitted a cloned '''DLC''' Route or Session will be described as '''Payware, Modified''' while a cloned '''DLS''' Route or Session will be described as '''Modified'''</td> | <td>When submitted a cloned '''DLC''' Route or Session will be described as '''Payware, Modified''' while a cloned '''DLS''' Route or Session will be described as '''Modified'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
− | <table | + | |
− | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td> | + | <td> |
− | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span | + | <table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2> |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Steps:</span> | ||
<table> | <table> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width=25>[[image: | + | <td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on the '''New Asset'''</td> | <td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on the '''New Asset'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image: | + | <td>[[image:DotPoint2Blue.png|link=]]</td> |
− | <td>select | + | <td>select the option <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Submit Edits </span></td> |
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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</td> | </td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
− | < | + | </table> |
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
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<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | <table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | + | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> |
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | <table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> | + | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table --> |
<tr valign="top"> | <tr valign="top"> | ||
− | <td width= | + | <td width=629><span id="stepGames"></span> |
+ | ='''Saving and Loading Driver Games in Driver'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipSaveDriver|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipCloneCM|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepCloning|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepCloning|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2> | |
− | + | <tr valign="top"> | |
− | <table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan"> | + | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> |
− | <tr> | + | |
<td>'''Driver Games (sometimes called "Saved Games" or "Driver Sessions") are "Game States" saved while in Driver Mode'''</td> | <td>'''Driver Games (sometimes called "Saved Games" or "Driver Sessions") are "Game States" saved while in Driver Mode'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td> | ||
+ | <table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br> | ||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | <table> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td colspan=2>'''Driver Games''':-</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>like routes and sessions, are saved as entries in the '''Trainz Database''', not as files on your hard drive. Loading a driver game will retrieve it from the database.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be loaded directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager''' in exactly the same way that '''Sessions''' can be loaded directly into '''Driver''' from '''Content Manager'''</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td> | ||
+ | <td>can be '''exported''' as files (in the '''Trainz .cdp''' file format) from '''Content Manager''' for backup or transfer.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table SKIPS NO SECTIONS --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipSaveDriver"></span> | ||
+ | =='''Saving Driver Games'''== | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadDriverGames|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepGames|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | |||
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</tr> | </tr> | ||
</table> | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table SKIPS NO SECTIONS --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipLoadDriverGames"></span> | ||
=='''Loading Driver Games'''== | =='''Loading Driver Games'''== | ||
− | + | </td> | |
− | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipEditDriver|Skip Down]]</td> | |
− | + | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipSaveDriver|Skip Up]]</td> | |
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
− | + | <table width=1000> | |
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>Saved driver games will be shown with their sessions for a selected route. The section '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] [[#Loading an Existing Session|Loading an Existing Session]]''' shows two different methods of displaying saved sessions and their driver games. <br> | ||
+ | '''Method''' [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] will display '''ALL''' the saved sessions and driver games which may be a very long list.<br> | ||
+ | '''Method''' [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] will display '''ALL''' the saved sessions and driver games for a selected route, which should be a much shorter list.<br> | ||
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+ | If using '''Method''' [[image:Ablue.png|link=]] select the route first and then click the <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"> VIEW SESSIONS </span> button. This will display a list of thumbnails for all the sessions and driver games in that route.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
[[image:DriverLoadDriverSession.png|link=|alt=Load Driver Game]]<br> | [[image:DriverLoadDriverSession.png|link=|alt=Load Driver Game]]<br> | ||
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</table> | </table> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table SKIPS NO SECTIONS --> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td width=629><span id="skipEditDriver"></span> | ||
=='''Editing Driver Games'''== | =='''Editing Driver Games'''== | ||
− | + | </td> | |
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepDeleting|Skip Down]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadDriverGames|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
+ | <td width=46> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=75> </td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
+ | <table width=1000> | ||
+ | <tr valign="top"> | ||
+ | <td>It is possible to load and edit a saved '''Driver Game''' in versions of '''Trainz''' that have the '''UDS''' ('''<u>U</u>'''nified '''<u>D</u>'''river '''<u>S</u>'''urveyor) interface - these versions are '''TRS19 Platinum''', '''Trainz Plus''', '''TRS22''' and '''TRS22 Platinum'''. However, when you save your edit, it will '''NOT''' be saved as an update to the loaded '''Driver Game'''. Instead it will be saved as a '''Session'''. You can select to create a new session or to overwrite the original session.</td> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | </table> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
The '''Session''' will be saved with all the:- | The '''Session''' will be saved with all the:- | ||
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− | <td width= | + | <td width=629><span id="stepDeleting"></span> |
+ | ='''Deleting Routes and Sessions'''= | ||
+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipEditDriver|Skip Up]]</td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepGames|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepGames|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | </table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table --> | ||
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− | <tr> | + | <tr valign="top"> |
+ | <td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''Deleting a Session will delete that Session and its Driver Games (if any), not the Route it was created from or any other Sessions'''</td> | <td>'''Deleting a Session will delete that Session and its Driver Games (if any), not the Route it was created from or any other Sessions'''</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
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+ | <td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td> | ||
<td>'''Deleting a Driver Game will only delete that Driver Game, not the Route or Session it was created from or any other Driver Games'''</td> | <td>'''Deleting a Driver Game will only delete that Driver Game, not the Route or Session it was created from or any other Driver Games'''</td> | ||
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<td>'''If you delete a Route you will also delete all the Sessions and Driver Games created using that Route''' | <td>'''If you delete a Route you will also delete all the Sessions and Driver Games created using that Route''' | ||
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− | If you need a more selective way of deleting routes, sessions and driver games, then use '''Content Manager''' from the '''Trainz''' Launch Screen. Select the Filter '''Routes & Sessions'''.<br> | + | <table width=1000> |
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+ | <td>If you need a more selective way of deleting routes, sessions and driver games, then use '''Content Manager''' from the '''Trainz''' Launch Screen. Select the Filter '''Routes & Sessions'''.<br> | ||
[[image:RouteSessionCMList.png|link=|alt=CM list of routes and sessions]]<br> | [[image:RouteSessionCMList.png|link=|alt=CM list of routes and sessions]]<br> | ||
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The '''Type''' column will identify each entry as a route, session or '''Misc'''. '''Misc''' in this case means a saved '''Driver Game'''.<br> | The '''Type''' column will identify each entry as a route, session or '''Misc'''. '''Misc''' in this case means a saved '''Driver Game'''.<br> | ||
− | You can delete routes and/or sessions individually but if you delete a route by itself then its dependant sessions and driver games will be shown as <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">faulty</span> with <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">Missing dependencies</span>. Likewise, if you delete a session by itself then its dependant driver games will be shown as <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">faulty</span> with <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">Missing dependencies</span>.< | + | You can delete routes and/or sessions individually but if you delete a route by itself then its dependant sessions and driver games will be shown as <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">faulty</span> with <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">Missing dependencies</span>. Likewise, if you delete a session by itself then its dependant driver games will be shown as <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">faulty</span> with <span style="color: red; font-weight: 700;">Missing dependencies</span>.</td> |
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+ | </table> | ||
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+ | </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
+ | <td width=50> </td> | ||
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | <td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td> | ||
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepDeleting|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | <td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepDeleting|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td> | ||
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*'''[[Session Rule List with Parameters|Session Rules List (Alphabetical) with Parameters]]''' | *'''[[Session Rule List with Parameters|Session Rules List (Alphabetical) with Parameters]]''' | ||
*'''[[Session Rules By Categories With Properties|Session Rules List (Categories) With Parameters]]''' | *'''[[Session Rules By Categories With Properties|Session Rules List (Categories) With Parameters]]''' | ||
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+ | <td width=50>[[image:LinkWiki.PNG|link=]]</td> | ||
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+ | <span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Related Links'''</span><br> | ||
+ | *'''[[How_to_Create_a_Region_Asset|How to Create a Region Asset]]''' | ||
+ | *'''[[How_to_Merge_Routes|How to Merge Routes]]''' | ||
+ | *'''[[How_to_Use_Layers|How to Use Layers]]''' | ||
+ | *'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Palettes|How to Use Surveyor 2.0 Palettes]]''' | ||
+ | *'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools|How to Use Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]''' | ||
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Revision as of 09:58, 2 February 2024
The information in this Wiki Page applies to TRS19, Trainz Plus, TRS22 and TRS22 Platinum. This page is intended to provide you with an overview of the properties and features of Routes and Sessions when creating layouts for Trainz. More detailed descriptions of these various features plus instructions on getting you started with creating Routes and Sessions can be found in the Trainz Wiki How To Guides - links are provided at the end of this document. |
Trainz Worlds |
The virtual worlds that Trainz creates can be classified as:-
Routes are created in Surveyor and contain most (if not all) of what you will see in your virtual Trainz world. You can have many different routes, limited only by your storage space. They can be built to represent different geographical regions (real or imagined) and different periods of time (past, present, future). They also control the environment settings in your virtual world, such as your geographic location and altitude, the season of the year, lighting conditions and the weather. Each route can have multiple sessions.
Sessions are also created in Surveyor but are designed to be run in Driver. They contain the instructions that will control your trains when they are operating in automatic or "AI" mode in your route. They also control the goods your trains will carry, load and unload at industries along the way. You can create different sessions for different aspects of your railway - freight, passenger, shunting or a mixture - or for different seasons of the year or times of the day. Sessions are where you can program the behaviour of objects in your virtual Trainz world. A session can also contain scenery items that are specific to a particular railway operation, season or time of day. Sessions also control the environment settings in your virtual world, such as lighting conditions and the weather. Each session can have multiple saved driver games.
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What is a Route? |
A route (also known as a "Layout") consists of most of what you will see on the screen when using Surveyor and Driver. Things such as the landform or terrain, most (if not all) of the scenery items, the ground textures, the effect layers (such as TurfFX and Clutter), plus some "environmental" features. A route consists of two parts:- |
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Route Layers |
When you save a Route, all the items in the Route Data and Route Layers will be saved |
Route Data:
The Route Data stores all those features that are painted into a layout using a brush tool and all the Environmental Data including the World Origin (latitude, longitude, altitude) |
The Route Data includes the Terrain, Textures, Effect Layers, Legacy Water and the Environmental features.
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Route Layers:
Route Layers are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to appear in all sessions created for the route |
All scenery assets are held in layers. Route Layers (you can have many layers) give you a way of organising or grouping the assets displayed in your route.
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A detailed description of Layers can be found on the Trainz Wiki Page:- |
Loading (and Creating) a Route |
The Main Menu screen is shown below. The first option (shown highlighted in the image) opens Driver/Surveyor with all its options including loading and creating a route. | ||||||||||||
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In Driver/Surveyor a strip of thumbnails for all the installed Routes will be shown at the base of the screen. If there are too many to fit in the available space, just move the mouse pointer onto any thumbnail to reveal the scroll bar device as shown below. |
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Left Click and Drag the scroll bar left or right to reveal the additional routes or use the Expand View button described below |
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The thumbnail images are colour coded.
Payware on DLC | Must be purchased and downloaded, but some may be free - depending on your membership options. If you click a thumbnail with this colour a DOWNLOAD button will appear on the bottom right of the screen. If a price is included in the button then that is the purchase price (in $US) |
Payware installed | Already installed from the DLC. DLC items cannot be deleted. To remove them use the Uninstall option in the Content Store from the Launcher. You can reinstall them later without any additional cost |
Installed | Downloaded from the Download Station (DLS) or created by you. This includes any cloned DLC Routes and Sessions (see Cloning a Route/Session below) |
Multiplayer | For simultaneous development by multiple players. Special conditions apply |
Creating a New Route |
On the Driver/Surveyor screen the route options are shown as a set of buttons at the bottom of the screen.
In Surveyor Classic (S10)
In Surveyor Classic (also known as S10), which is supplied with TRS19 and TRS22 and is an option in Trainz Plus/TRS22 Platinum, Left Click CREATE ROUTE . This will start Trainz Surveyor and open the New Route Dialogue Window.
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A Left Click on the icon at the bottom right of the New Route window will create a new route with a single flat baseboard using the data settings you have entered. A Left Click on the icon on the top right of the New Route window will cancel the data entry and create a new route with a single flat baseboard using the default data settings (usually the settings entered for the last route you created). |
In Surveyor 2.0 (S20)
In Surveyor 2.0 (also known as S20), which is supplied with Trainz Plus/TRS22 Platinum, Left Click CREATE ROUTE . This will start Trainz Surveyor and move straight into the Surveyor World View screen. If you want to edit any of the Route settings then open the Route Editor (select Edit Route ) from the Main Menu or press Ctrl + E . |
The Surveyor World View |
Depending on the Route Editor settings and the version of Trainz you are using, you may see the following (shown below right but without the added yellow and white labels and descriptive objects). | |||||||||
In Surveyor Classic (S10)In Surveyor Classic the baseboards are controlled using the Topology Tools. To open the tools fly-out either Left Click the Topology Tool Tab or press the F1 key. |
The Key Topology Tools, as shown in the diagram above, are:- | |||||||||
Add New Baseboard - Left Click (it will stay active until another button is clicked) and then Left Click in a blank area outside the baseboard to add a new baseboard in that position. Each click will add a new baseboard at the same altitude as the first | |||||||||
Delete Baseboard - Left Click (it will stay active until another button is clicked) and then Left Click anywhere on a baseboard to delete that baseboard. You will get a warning dialogue window - you CANNOT undo this operation to restore a deleted baseboard | |||||||||
Grid Size - a pop-out menu will give you a choice of 10m (the default) or 5m. The option for the HD Grid is only available in Surveyor 2.0 in Trainz Plus. This sets the resolution of the baseboard. It does not alter the size of the grid squares which is actually a painted texture and will always stay at 10m x 10m.
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Advanced - this will open another window in the Topology Tab that will allow you to select a grey scale bit map image to set the height of each grid |
In Surveyor 2.0 (S20)
In Surveyor 2.0 there is no separate Topology Tools fly-out. A single Tools Palette replaces all the separate tools "fly-outs" found in the original Surveyor Classic.
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The Marquee area, shown with a green border in the image below right, shows the positions where 3 new baseboards will be created to add to the existing baseboard. The Marquee area has a Context Menu icon as shown in the image. | |||
Left Click on the Context Menu icon or press the T key to open up the Marquee Context Menu. |
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Default Baseboard Ground Texture |
When a new route is created or a new baseboard is added in both Surveyor Classic and Surveyor 2.0 it will be covered with the ground texture for the selected Region or the default texture/grid if no region has been set. This can be changed to a different texture (including to the standard TRS19/TRS22 grid pattern). | ||||||||||
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A more complex solution is to edit an existing Region or create one of your own to add your preferred ground texture (such as the standard TRS22 grid pattern) to each new route you create and every new baseboard that you add. |
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Information on creating and editing Region assets can be found on the Trainz Wiki at:- |
Loading an Existing Route |
You must first find and select the route to load from those already installed. At the top of the Driver/Surveyor screen the route search options are shown as a set of buttons.
Type: | ROUTES is the default selection. No need to change this. |
Source: | PURCHASED is the default selection, Click and change to MY CONTENT for a route you have created (or already modified) or to INSTALLED for one you have downloaded from the DLS. |
Region: | ALL is the default selection. You can select a particular geographic region if required and IF the route had a geographic region set when it was created. |
Search: | You can narrow down the list of routes by typing the first few letters of its name (e.g. SA) as shown in the image above. |
This will produce a display of thumbnails at the bottom of the screen.
Left Click on the thumbnail for the route you want to load, then Left Click on the EDIT ROUTE button to load the route into Surveyor.
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Loading a Route Into Surveyor From Content Manager |
Trainz provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing route directly into Surveyor for editing from Content Manager.
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Loading After an Unexpected Shutdown |
If you select a route for loading after an unexpected shutdown of Trainz then any route (or route and session) that was open and running in Trainz Surveyor or Driver will be left marked as Open for Edit. When you attempt to load this route into Surveyor or Driver you will see a message listing the route and session (if any) that were affected. | ||||
The message is saying that the assets in the list may have been changed since the last time you loaded them and exited Trainz normally. For example if you had been editing the route and/or session and had experienced a crash to the desktop or had used Windows Task Manager to terminate the program.
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The options you will see are:-
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Editing a Route |
When a Route is loaded or a new Route is created all the assets you add will be automatically placed into a Route Layer |
When you create a new route (with or without a named session), or load an existing route without a session, and start adding scenery assets they will automatically be placed into a Route Layer. See How to Use Layers for more details. Any ground textures, water, effect layers (turfFX and clutter) you add, or terrain changes (including new baseboards) you make, will be added to the Route Data. |
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Editing the Environment of a Route |
You can edit the Environment Controls of a Route by selecting the Edit Environment... option from the Edit Menu. |
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Edit Effect Layers |
The Edit Effect Layers menu option allows you to add, remove and edit the special effect layers |
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Merging Routes
Two (or more) separate routes can be joined together (merged) to create a new route |
There are some important restrictions on the merging of two routes:-
Payware (DLC) routes cannot be merged with Freeware (DLS) or other Payware routes | |
The Session Data and Session Layers in the first route can be saved in the merger (if required) but those in the other route cannot | |
There may be a significant height difference between the two routes and this may not be easy to overcome | |
The orientation of the two routes (East-West or North-South) cannot be changed (it is possible but will usually require a lot of time, effort and patience) |
A detailed description of the process of Merging Routes can be found on the Trainz Wiki Page:- |
What is a Session? |
A Session is always a part of an existing Route - you cannot have a Session that does not belong to a Route | |
If you create a Route without a Session then ALL the active industries and rolling stock, time, environmental conditions, etc, will revert to their original (default) values. There will be no AI drivers and drivers will have a very limited set of available commands for manual driving |
In general, while a route provides the physical structures (or "hardware"), a session provides the services (or "software"). While you can easily have a route without a session, it could be a very limited (or even a boring) experience. A single route can have multiple sessions, or none, but a session must always belong to a route. To put it into Trainz terminology, a session has a route as a dependency. A session consists of two parts:- |
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Session Layers |
When you save a Session, all the items in the Session Data and Session Layers will be saved |
Session Data:
Session Data are often the "invisibles" that control the operation of a session. Session rules, driver orders and loco assignments, commodities (loaded, unloaded and carried) and most of the Environmental Settings are examples of Session Data. |
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Session Layers are used to hold the scenery assets that you want to only appear in that particular Session and not in all Sessions. The Session Layers can be left empty and the Route Layers can contain all the scenery assets |
Session Layers give you a way of organising or grouping the assets displayed in your session.
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A detailed description of Layers can be found on the Trainz Wiki Page:- |
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Loading (and Creating) a Session |
Creating a New Session
To create a new Session you must first create a new Route or identify an existing Route |
A new session can be created in two ways:-
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Both and will load or create the route in Surveyor and create a new session with all its values/parameters set at the default levels. |
Loading an Existing Session |
There are two different ways to load existing sessions into Surveyor.
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Both and will load the route and session into Surveyor. |
Loading a Session Into Surveyor From Content Manager |
Trainz provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into Surveyor for editing from Content Manager.
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Loading a Session into Driver From Surveyor |
To start Driver simply select a session as described above in Loading an Existing Session and Left Click on the DRIVE SESSION button.
This will load both the session and the route into Driver.
You can save your "game play" in Driver at anytime. See Saving and Loading Sessions in Driver below.
Loading a Session into Driver From Content Manager |
Trainz provides a shortcut that allows you to load an existing session directly into Driver from Content Manager.
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Editing a Session |
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Any changes made to the Session Rules (including drivers and their commands), the Environment Tools, Industry or Rolling Stock settings, will be added to the Session Data.
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You can edit the Session Characteristics at any time by selecting the Edit Session... option from the Edit Menu or by simply pressing Ctrl + R . |
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Editing the Environment of a Session |
You can edit the Environment Controls of a Session by selecting the Edit Environment... option from the Edit Menu. |
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Saving a Route and a Session |
Routes and Sessions are saved from the System Menu on the Surveyor screen.
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Saving a New Route and Session |
If you have created a new route and select Save or Save As..., then you will be presented with the following Save Route Dialogue Windows.
In both cases the name of the route that was entered when it was created will be shown and you can change the name, even in the Save option. However, there is no option in either case to change the name of the created session because the other options have been greyed out and cannot be selected. |
Saving an Existing Route |
If you have loaded the route only and not the session and HAVE NOT edited any Session Data or Session Layers, then selecting Save will produce the following Save Route Dialogue Window.
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If you have loaded the route only and not the session and HAVE edited Session Data or Session Layers, then selecting Save will produce the following Save Route Dialogue Window.
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Saving an Existing Route and Session |
If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the route or the route and the session then selecting Save will produce the following Save Route Dialogue Window. |
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If you have loaded a route and a session and have edited the session (Data or Layers) only and not the route, or have already saved the route but not the session, then selecting Save will produce the following Save Session Dialogue Window. |
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Saving a Route and Session Using the UDS |
The UDS feature is available in TRS19 Platinum Edition, Trainz Plus, TRS22 and TRS22 Platinum |
The UDS (Unified Driver Surveyor) Interface allows you to quickly switch from Driver to Surveyor and back to Driver again without having to restart the session from the beginning. You can edit a route and session while in Surveyor and then switch back to Driver to continue the session where you left it. |
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Most of the problems users seem to be experiencing with the UDS, judging from the posts in the Trainz Forums, is when saving their edited Driver session after switching to Surveyor mode. |
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Unless you have a particular reason for overwriting the original Session then the recommended save options are:-
Option Do Not Save the Session | ||||||||
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This will save the Route only, using its existing name and it will overwrite the original route. This will save any edits that you have made to the Route but not to the Session. |
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This will save the Route using its existing name and it will overwrite the original route. It will also save the Session using the name you enter in the text box below the checkbox (Stage 3 in the example shown). The original Session will not be altered. This is useful when you want to test out changes to consists, industry settings, Rules, driver commands, etc but do not want to destroy the original Session. |
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If you have NOT edited anything while in Surveyor and select Save then you will be shown the Save Driver Session dialogue window to save the session in its current state as a Driver Game (also called a Game or Driver Game). This is exactly the same as pressing Ctrl + S while in Driver. |
Exiting Surveyor |
If you exit Surveyor after editing without saving then you will be prompted to Save. |
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Unsaved Route | Unsaved Session |
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Exiting Driver |
If you exit Driver after running a session you will be prompted to Save a Driver Game. |
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Cloning a Route/Session |
A Clone is an exact or duplicate copy of an asset. Some Payware routes and sessions cannot be cloned | |
Cloned routes and sessions can be edited and saved as Your Content |
Cloning a Route or a Session allows you to work on a duplicate copy of the original. All changes that you make will be saved in the cloned copy leaving the original copy unchanged.
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Cloning Using Surveyor |
Routes and Sessions that have been loaded into Surveyor can be cloned using the Save As... command from the Surveyor System Menu
Enter a new name or edit the original name (as shown above) for your cloned route or session.
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Cloning Using Content Manager |
Select the Route or Session to Clone
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A Task Window will open to display the result.
In the image above the original Route has been cloned and given a new <kuid> value.
The newly cloned Route will be shown in Content Manager as a New Asset that is Open for Editing.
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Rename the Clone (an Optional Step)
You can give the cloned Route or Session a new name and a new description. Note that these changes will not appear until after the New Asset has been submitted.
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Submit the Clone (a Necessary Step)
When submitted a cloned DLC Route or Session will be described as Payware, Modified while a cloned DLS Route or Session will be described as Modified |
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Saving and Loading Driver Games in Driver |
Driver Games (sometimes called "Saved Games" or "Driver Sessions") are "Game States" saved while in Driver Mode |
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Saving Driver Games |
Driver Games save the "state of play" in Driver - the position of consists, the commodities and levels in rolling stock and industries, the state of the Driver Command queues, Session Rules, clock time, etc. Once saved, the Driver Game can be loaded back into Driver to continue the play at the point where it was saved. When you are in Driver select Save from the System Menu or press Ctrl + S . This will display the Save Driver Session dialogue window showing the name of the current session with a date and time stamp (shown left below). If you Left Click pn the Tick then this will be the name used for the saved game. Alternatively, you could enter your own unique name (shown right below). The space below the entered name will display any other saved driver games for that session. |
Loading Driver Games |
Saved driver games will be shown with their sessions for a selected route. The section Loading an Existing Session shows two different methods of displaying saved sessions and their driver games. Method will display ALL the saved sessions and driver games which may be a very long list. |
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Where there is only one session in a route, the session will be the first thumbnail shown in the list followed by the driver games. Note that the session is selected by default.
Select (hightlight) the Driver Game you want to load and then Left Click on the DRIVE SESSION button.
This will load the Driver Game, the session and the route into Driver.
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Editing Driver Games |
It is possible to load and edit a saved Driver Game in versions of Trainz that have the UDS (Unified Driver Surveyor) interface - these versions are TRS19 Platinum, Trainz Plus, TRS22 and TRS22 Platinum. However, when you save your edit, it will NOT be saved as an update to the loaded Driver Game. Instead it will be saved as a Session. You can select to create a new session or to overwrite the original session. |
The Session will be saved with all the:-
consists in their positions and states (stationary or moving) at the time of the save | |
industries and rolling stock in their conditions (e.g. product levels) at the time of the save | |
switches in their state at the time of the save, and | |
session rules in their state (completed or not completed) at the time of the save |
Deleting Routes and Sessions |
Deleting a Session will delete that Session and its Driver Games (if any), not the Route it was created from or any other Sessions | |
Deleting a Driver Game will only delete that Driver Game, not the Route or Session it was created from or any other Driver Games |
All the Surveyor and Driver screens for loading routes and sessions have a DELETE ... button as an option.
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If you need a more selective way of deleting routes, sessions and driver games, then use Content Manager from the Trainz Launch Screen. Select the Filter Routes & Sessions.
The Type column will identify each entry as a route, session or Misc. Misc in this case means a saved Driver Game. |
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This page was created by Trainz user pware in September 2021 and was last updated as shown below.