CCG/Chunky-Track

[edit] KIND: CHUNKY-TRACK

[edit] Description

Track and rails for Trains (the common flexi-track) defining the cross section shape and properties of the track. Chunky-track uses a texture file but does not require a 3dsmax or gmax mesh model.

[edit] Container Structure

A well formed chunky-track kind has the following container structure:

See Chapter 7 for an example asset of this kind.

A TYPICAL ASSET OF THIS KIND MAY HAVE THE FOLLOWING TAGS:

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

[edit] TAGS AND CONTAINERS

The following tags are further defined in Chapter 5:

kuid

Generated automatically by CCP.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

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

category-region

See Category Region for a list of valid category-region values.

category-era

See Category Era for a list of valid category-era values.

username

Asset username. This will be the name that appears in the surveyor menu.

kind

Must be "track".

rgb

This value should be left as default.

[edit] Additional Tags

Kind Chunky-Track is derived from kind track and shares most of the same tags which are detailed in the KIND TRACK section of this chapter.

grounded

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

chunky_mesh

within a directory of the same name (ie. "textureName\textureName.texture.txt"). The chunky_mesh value will simply be the name of this directory (ie. "textureName"). Refer to Page 385 for details of the texture file used.

chunky_info

These values (in metres) define the shape of the mesh created for the track. See drawing below:

bendy

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

carrate

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

casts_shadows

Toggles whether the shadow model is displayed or not.

endlength

Length in meters of the initiator and terminator models.

isroad

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

istrack

0 = This is not rail tracks.

1 = This is rail track

length

Length of track segment in meters

repeats

The number of times the mesh is placed between spline points

shadows

Leave as default 0 (unticked box).

upright

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

visible-on-minimap

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

width

Width of track mesh in metres.

[edit] THIS KIND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING:

CONTAINERS

Track Sound, String Table, Chinese String Table, Czech String Table, Dutch String Table, French String Table, German String Table, Italian String Table, Polish String Table, Russian String Table, Spanish String Table, KUID Table, Obsolete Table, Thumbnails, Privileges, Extensions.

TAGS

bendy, carrate, casts_shadows, endlength, grounded, isroad, istrack, length, repeats, rgb, shadows, upright, visible-on-minimap, width, kuid, trainz-build, category-class, category-region, category-era, username, kind, chunky_mesh, chunky_info, alias, author, category-keyword, contact-email, contact-website, description, description-cn, description-cz, description-de, description-es, description-fr, description-it, description-nl, description-pl, description-ru, divider, dont-flip-terminator, hidden, initiator, invisible, license, light, organisation,terminator, uncached_alphas, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es, username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl, username-ru.

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