How to Use S20 Palettes

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The information in this Wiki Page applies to the palettes and windows found in '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22 Platinum''' Surveyor ('''Surveyor 2.0''') and in Driver.
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<td>The information in this Wiki Page applies to '''Surveyor 2.0 (S20)''' as found in '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22 Platinum'''.<br>
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There is a companion Wiki Page, [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How to Use S20 Tools|How to Use S20 Tools]]''', that covers the '''Surveyor 2.0''' Tools and the palettes that control how they work.</td>
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<td width=250>[[image:BrushTools_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:LayersPalette_S20_SessionLayersOpen.png|link=]]<br>[[image:S20_PalettePackages.png|link=]]<br>[[image:LogsPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:SessionInfoPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:AssetPreviewPalette_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=250>[[image:BrushTools_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:LayersPalette_S20_SessionLayersOpen.png|link=]]<br>[[image:S20_PalettePackages.png|link=]]<br>[[image:LogsPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:SessionInfoPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:AssetPreviewPalette_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=250>[[image:BrushToolsScrapBrush_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:ScrapbookNewNamedPinned_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:S20_PalettePackages.png|link=]]<br>[[image:SessionOptionsPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:ScheduleInfoPaletteDriver.png|link=|250px]]</td>
 
<td width=250>[[image:BrushToolsScrapBrush_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:ScrapbookNewNamedPinned_S20.png|link=]]<br>[[image:S20_PalettePackages.png|link=]]<br>[[image:SessionOptionsPalette_S20.png|link=|250px]]<br>[[image:ScheduleInfoPaletteDriver.png|link=|250px]]</td>
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<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Navigation Icons used in this Document</span></td>
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<td>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]&#160;[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td>
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<td>at '''Chapter Headings''' to jump to the top/bottom of the document</td>
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e.g. '''1.''' to '''2.''' to '''3.''', etc</td>
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e.g. '''6.1''' to '''6.2''' to '''6.3''', etc</td>
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e.g. '''6.3''' back to '''6.0'''</td>
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e.g. '''12.1.1''' to '''12.1.2''', etc</td>
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<td colspan=2 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Colour Coded Labels used in this Document</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
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<td>Name of a palette e.g. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #000000;">&#160;Option&#160;</span></td>
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<td>Drop Down Menu option e.g. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Copy&#160;</span></td>
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<td>Keystroke or keystroke combination e.g. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Shift&#160;</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;C&#160;</span></span></td>
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<td>A control setting in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> e.g. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Radius&#160;</span></td>
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<td>An action to be performed using the mouse e.g. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click and Drag&#160;</span></td>
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
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<td>The main difference between a '''Palette''' and a '''Window''' is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those in '''Surveyor''' can be docked so they are '''Palettes'''</td>
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<td>The main difference between a '''Palette''' and a '''Window''' is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those listed in the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]] '''Window Menu''' in '''Surveyor''' can be docked so they are '''Palettes'''.</td>
 
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
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<td>The main difference between a '''Palette''' and a '''Window''' is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those in '''Driver''' cannot be docked so they are '''Windows'''</td>
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<td>The main difference between a '''Palette''' and a '''Window''' is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those listed in the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]] '''Window Menu''' in '''Driver''' cannot be docked so they are '''Windows'''.</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPointBlueSquare.png|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPointBlueSquare.png|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>'''Driver Control Centre''' (the Surveyor '''Drivers''' palette)</td>
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<td>'''Driver Control Center'''</td>
 
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See also [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Minimise Maximise Close|Minimise Maximise Close]]''' below.
 
See also [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Minimise Maximise Close|Minimise Maximise Close]]''' below.
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<td>The '''Dispatch Manager''' window found in <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">Trainz Plus only</span> is located under the [[image:SurveyorToolsIcon_S20.png|link=]]&#160;'''Tools Menu''' in both '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver'''</td>
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='''The Info Palette'''=
 
='''The Info Palette'''=
 
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Info Settings Menu|Skip Down]]</td>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipMinMax|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipMinMax|Skip Up]]</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Info Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. Some '''Info Palette''' functions will also require the '''Assets Palette''' and the '''Tool Options Palette'''.</td>
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. Some <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> functions will also require the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.</td>
 
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>providing precise data and control over the position and orientation of objects (it can be used instead of the '''Free Move Tool''' and the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''')</td>
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<td>providing precise data and control over the position and orientation of objects (it can be used instead of the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' and the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''')</td>
 
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The components of the '''Info Palette''' are identified in the image below.<br>
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The components of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> are identified in the image below.<br>
 
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<td>The '''Asset Name''' is the name given to the asset by its creator and the name that will appear in the asset list of '''Content Manager''' and in the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>The '''Asset Name''' is the name given to the asset by its creator and the name that will appear in the asset list of '''Content Manager''' and in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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=='''Palette Coordinates'''==
 
=='''Palette Coordinates'''==
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All the positional data and controls in the '''Info Palette''' are defined in the following ways:-<br>
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<td>All the positional data and controls in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info&#160;Palette&#160;</span> are defined in the following ways:-</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;x&#160;</span></td>
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<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;North-South&#160;</span> compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing</td>
 
<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;North-South&#160;</span> compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;y:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;East-West&#160;</span> compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing</td>
 
<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;East-West&#160;</span> compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;z:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Vertical&#160;</span> direction (perpendicular to the compass directions) regardless of how an object has been rolled or tilted</td>
 
<td>is '''ALWAYS''' the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Vertical&#160;</span> direction (perpendicular to the compass directions) regardless of how an object has been rolled or tilted</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br>
 
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<td>distances are measured in '''metres''' from the '''North-West''' corner of the first baseboard. If that baseboard is later deleted then distances will '''still''' be measured from its original and now "virtual" North-West corner.</td>
 
<td>distances are measured in '''metres''' from the '''North-West''' corner of the first baseboard. If that baseboard is later deleted then distances will '''still''' be measured from its original and now "virtual" North-West corner.</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;+&#160;</span> positive distances are in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;South&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;East&#160;</span> directions</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">&#160;+&#160;</span> positive distances are in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;South&#160;</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;East&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Up&#160;</span> directions</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;-&#160;</span> negative distances are in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;North&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;West&#160;</span> directions</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">&#160;-&#160;</span> negative distances are in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;North&#160;</span>, <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;West&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Down&#160;</span> directions</td>
 
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Focus Info and Controls|Skip Down]]</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> inside an '''Info Palette''' setting box</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> inside the same '''Info Palette''' setting box</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> inside the same <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> setting box</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Use&#160;Height&#160;for&#160;Brush&#160;</span> option to copy the current '''z''' value to the '''Tool Options Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Height&#160;</span> setting.</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Use&#160;Height&#160;for&#160;Brush&#160;</span> option to copy the current '''z''' value to the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Height&#160;</span> setting.</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>'''"Asset Name"''' refers to the name of the asset as displayed in the '''Assets Palette''' and in '''Content Manager'''. This is not the same as the '''Object Name''' (see the next section)</td>
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<td>'''"Asset Name"''' refers to the name of the asset as displayed in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and in '''Content Manager'''. This is not the same as the '''Object Name''' (see the next section)</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Copy&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Copy&#160;</span></td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;NOT WORKING&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fcbcbc;"> (a known bug) </span></td>
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<td>copies the asset '''name''' and '''&lt;kuid&gt;''' into your operating systems clipboard. If more than two assets have been selected then only the first two will be copied</td>
 
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<td width=180><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Remove&#160;from&#160;Picklist&#160;</span></td>
 
<td width=180><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Remove&#160;from&#160;Picklist&#160;</span></td>
<td>removes selected objects from a '''Picklist''' (objects must already be in a '''Picklist''')</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;NOT WORKING&#160;</span><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: #fcbcbc;"> (a known bug)</span><br>
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use this same option found in the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> or '''Content Manager''' instead</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Select&#160;in&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Select&#160;in&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
<td>selects and highlights the selected object in the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>selects and highlights the selected object in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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In the image shown on the left there are 4 objects all named '''Old Orroroo Rd'''.<br>
 
In the image shown on the left there are 4 objects all named '''Old Orroroo Rd'''.<br>
 
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This will not cause any problems for scenery objects apart from finding the ''exact'' one you want with the '''Finder Tool''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;F&#160;</span></span> keys) as shown in the image on the left - Which of the 4 "Old Orroroo Rd" objects do I need to show?.<br>
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This will not cause any problems for scenery objects apart from finding the ''exact'' one you want with the '''Finder Tool''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;F&#160;</span></span> keys) as shown in the image on the left - Which of the 4 "Old Orroroo Rd" objects is the one that I need?<br>
 
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<td width=629><span id="skip Position Info and Controls"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Position Info and Controls"></span>
 
 
=='''Position Info and Controls'''==
 
=='''Position Info and Controls'''==
 
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<td width=20><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;r:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td width=20><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;r:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''vertical plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">selected objects</span> '''Y''' axis (which was defined when it was created).<br>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''vertical plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">selected objects</span> '''Y''' axis (which was defined when it was created).<br>
This is the same as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;Red&#160;</span> '''Rotational Anchor''' in the '''Fine Adjustment Tool'''</td>
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This is the same as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;Red&#160;</span> '''Rotational Anchor''' in the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool'''</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;p:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;p:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''vertical plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">selected objects</span> '''Y''' axis '''PLUS''' '''90&#176;'''.<br>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''vertical plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">selected objects</span> '''Y''' axis '''PLUS''' '''90&#176;'''.<br>
This is the same as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: green;">&#160;Green&#160;</span> '''Rotational Anchor''' in the '''Fine Adjustment Tool'''</td>
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This is the same as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: green;">&#160;Green&#160;</span> '''Rotational Anchor''' in the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool'''</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;y:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;y:&#160;</span></td>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''horizontal plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">compass</span> '''Z''' or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Vertical</span> axis regardless of how the object has been rolled or pitched.<br>
 
<td>'''ALWAYS''' rotates in the '''horizontal plane''' around the <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">compass</span> '''Z''' or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Vertical</span> axis regardless of how the object has been rolled or pitched.<br>
This is similar to but <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">NOT exactly the same</span> as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Blue&#160;</span>  '''Rotational Anchor''' in the '''Fine Adjustment Tool'''. The difference will become obvious if the object has had a '''roll''' or '''pitch''' rotation applied before the '''yaw''' rotation</td>
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This is similar to but <span style="font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline;">NOT exactly the same</span> as the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Blue&#160;</span>  '''Rotational Anchor''' in the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool'''. The difference will become obvious if the object has had a '''roll''' or '''pitch''' rotation applied before the '''yaw''' rotation</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>the '''Info Palette''' is best used to show and edit the '''layer''' and '''binding layer''' assignments of individual selected objects</td>
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<td>the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> is best used to show and edit the '''layer''' and '''binding layer''' assignments of individual selected objects</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>operations such as '''creating, deleting, merging, renaming, moving''' and '''hiding layers''' are performed using the '''Layers Palette'''</td>
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<td>operations such as '''creating, deleting, merging, renaming, moving''' and '''hiding layers''' are performed using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>layers can be '''Locked''' and '''Unlocked''' using the '''Info Palette''' or the '''Layers Palette''' but the '''Layers Palette''' is often the better choice for these tasks</td>
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<td>layers can be '''Locked''' and '''Unlocked''' using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> or the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> but the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is often the better choice for these tasks</td>
 
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<td>&#160;</td>
 
<td>&#160;</td>
<td>Using this button will also change the '''Locked''' or '''Unlocked''' padlock icon shown next to the layer name in the '''Layers Palette'''<br>
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<td>Using this button will also change the '''Locked''' or '''Unlocked''' padlock icon shown next to the layer name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span><br>
 
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<td width=629><span id="skip Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer"></span>
 
 
=='''Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer'''==
 
=='''Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer'''==
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>The '''Layers Palette''' is the ONLY way to create, delete, name and hide layers</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is the ONLY way to create, delete, name and hide layers</td>
 
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<td>'''The solution:'''</td>
 
<td>'''The solution:'''</td>
<td>Use the '''Layers Palette''' to create a new empty layer and lock it. Set the '''Binding Layer''' of the object to the new locked layer. The object will then be locked so it cannot be selected or moved even though its original layer is unlocked. When the edit has been completed delete the empty locked layer you just created to unlock all its bound objects and remove all their bindings
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<td>Use the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> to create a new empty layer and lock it. Set the '''Binding Layer''' of the object to the new locked layer. The object will then be locked so it cannot be selected or moved even though its original layer is unlocked. When the edit has been completed delete the empty locked layer you just created to unlock all its bound objects and remove all their bindings
 
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<td>'''The solution:'''</td>
 
<td>'''The solution:'''</td>
<td>Use the '''Layers Palette''' to create a new empty layer and hide it. Set the '''Binding Layer''' of the blocking objects to the new hidden layer. The blocking objects will no longer be visible and cannot be selected even though their original layer is still visible. When the edit has been completed delete the empty hidden layer you just created to make all its bound objects visible and remove all their bindings
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<td>Use the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> to create a new empty layer and hide it. Set the '''Binding Layer''' of the blocking objects to the new hidden layer. The blocking objects will no longer be visible and cannot be selected even though their original layer is still visible. When the edit has been completed delete the empty hidden layer you just created to make all its bound objects visible and remove all their bindings
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Tools Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>The '''Tools Palette''' is at the core of the new interface and takes the place of all the '''Tool Flyouts''' that have been the standard for Trainz Surveyor for many years. Some of the tools are new while others have been given a makeover and new abilities. The tools manipulate the Surveyor World you see in many different ways.</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is at the core of the new interface and takes the place of all the '''Tool Flyouts''' that have been the standard for Trainz Surveyor for many years. Some of the tools are new while others have been given a makeover and new abilities. The tools manipulate the Surveyor World you see in many different ways.</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>Various brush tools make use of the '''Tool Options Palette''', the '''Assets Palette''', the '''Info Palette''', the '''Layers Palette''' and the '''Scrapbook Palette'''. If a palette required by one of the brush tools is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document.
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<td>Various brush tools make use of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span>, the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>, the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span>, the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. If a palette required by one of the brush tools is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document.
 
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
----
 
----
The '''Free Move Tool''' can move any selected object or objects (except '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''') in any direction horizontally. Vertical movements can be achieved by using the '''Height''' control in the '''Tool Options Palette'''.
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The [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' can move any selected object or objects (except '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''') in any direction horizontally. Vertical movements can be achieved by using the '''Height''' control in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.
 
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<td>For more detailed information on using the '''Free Move Tool''' see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Free Move Tool|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
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<td>For more detailed information on using the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Free Move Tool|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
----
 
----
The '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' can move any selected object or objects (except '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''') in any direction horizontally and vertically. It can also rotate those objects through 3 different axes of rotation.
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The [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' can move any selected object or objects (except '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''') in any direction horizontally and vertically. It can also rotate those objects through 3 different axes of rotation.
 
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<td>The most obvious feature of the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' is the '''3D Anchor Frame''' it adds to a selected object. The frame is made of 3 straight and 3 curved coloured lines, called <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Anchors</span>, which control position and orientation.<br></td>
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<td>The most obvious feature of the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' is the '''3D Anchor Frame''' it adds to a selected object. The frame is made of 3 straight and 3 curved coloured lines, called <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Anchors</span>, which control position and orientation.<br></td>
 
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<tr>
<td>For more detailed information on using the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Fine Adjustment Tool|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
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<td>For more detailed information on using the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Fine Adjustment Tool|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Tool Options Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>This palette is used by various tools to set controls and parameters. For a detailed description of all the options presented by the '''Tools Palette''' for the different tools, see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The_Tools_Palette|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
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<td>This palette is used by various tools to set controls and parameters. For a detailed description of all the options presented by the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> for the different tools, see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The_Tools_Palette|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]'''</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>Most of the data entry boxes in the '''Tool Options Palette''' have a '''Popup Menu'''. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: blue;">Right Click</span> inside a box to bring up its menu</td>
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<td>Most of the data entry boxes in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> have a '''Popup Menu'''. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: blue;">Right Click</span> inside a box to bring up its menu</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Get Height at Compass&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Get Height at Compass&#160;</span></td>
<td>copies the '''Height''' value of the '''Compass Rose''' and places it into the data entry box. This is the '''Focus z''' value from the '''Info Palette'''</td>
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<td>copies the '''Height''' value of the '''Compass Rose''' and places it into the data entry box. This is the '''Focus z''' value from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td width=20>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If a '''Track Spline Object''' is selected with the '''Free Move Tool''' or the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' then the following '''Tool Options''' will become active.</td>
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<td>If a '''Track Spline Object''' is selected with the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' or the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' then the following '''Tool Options''' will become active.</td>
 
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<td>Use the '''Free Move Tool''' or the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' to select multiple track segments and set their track condition simultaneously</td>
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<td>Use the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' or the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' to select multiple track segments and set their track condition simultaneously</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Sensitivity&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Sensitivity&#160;</span></td>
<td>if the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ground Height&#160;</span> option has been enabled in the '''Scrapbook Palette''' filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change</td>
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<td>if the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ground Height&#160;</span> option has been enabled in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
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<td>The '''Assets Palette''' provides lists of assets that can be used with the '''Placement Tool''', '''Free Move Tool''', '''Fine Adjustment Tool''', '''Marquee Tool''' and the '''Eyedropper Tool'''.</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> provides lists of assets that can be used with the '''Placement Tool''', [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''', [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''', '''Marquee Tool''' and the '''Eyedropper Tool'''.</td>
 
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>The '''Filter Palette''' provides the tools used to narrow down the lists provided by the '''Assets Palette'''.</td>
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<td>The '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> provides the tools used to narrow down the lists provided by the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Assets Palette''' and the '''Filter Palette''' are not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document.
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> are not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document.
  
 
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>From '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE SP4''' build number '''126273''' (July 2024) and later the filter functions that were originally in the '''Assets Palette''' have been moved to the new '''Filter Palette'''. To use the filters ensure that the '''Filter Palette''' is visible on the screen</td>
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<td>From '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE SP4''' build number '''126273''' (July 2024) and later the filter functions that were originally in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> have been moved to the new '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. To use the filters ensure that the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is visible on the screen</td>
 
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<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>When using the '''Eyedropper''' - either the '''Eyedropper Tool''' (press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;R&#160;</span>) or the '''Eyedropper Icon''' (press and hold down the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Alt&#160;</span> key) - the '''Filter Palette''' is used to restrict the eyedropper to only "seeing" and selecting certain objects or types of objects.</td>
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<td>When using the '''Eyedropper''' - either the '''Eyedropper Tool''' (press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;R&#160;</span>) or the '''Eyedropper Icon''' (press and hold down the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Alt&#160;</span> key) - the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is used to restrict the eyedropper to only "seeing" and selecting certain objects or types of objects.</td>
 
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<td>When used by itself, the '''Assets Palette''' will be restricted to showing the list of assets for the asset type currently selected in the '''Filter Palette''', regardless of whether the '''Filter Palette''' is visible or not. The default asset type shown in the '''Assets Palette''' for a displayed, or minimised, unedited '''Filter Palette''' will be '''Ground Textures'''. However, if the '''Filter Palette''' is '''closed''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on its menu bar <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;x&#160;</span> icon) then the '''Assets Palette''' will default to displaying the list of '''ALL''' installed assets</td>
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<td>When used by itself, the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be restricted to showing the list of assets for the asset type currently selected in the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span>, regardless of whether the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is visible or not. The default asset type shown in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> for a displayed, or minimised, unedited '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be '''Ground Textures'''. However, if the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is '''closed''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on its menu bar <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;x&#160;</span> icon) then the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will default to displaying the list of '''ALL''' installed assets</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td>
<td>Back in '''Surveyor''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> inside the '''Assets Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box and press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;V&#160;</span></span> to paste the '''&lt;kuid&gt; codes'''</td>
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<td>Back in '''Surveyor''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> inside the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box and press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;V&#160;</span></span> to paste the '''&lt;kuid&gt; codes'''</td>
 
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Only those assets in the '''&lt;kuid&gt; codes''' list that match the current '''Filter Palette''' settings will be shown in the asset list.</td>
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Only those assets in the '''&lt;kuid&gt; codes''' list that match the current '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> settings will be shown in the asset list.</td>
 
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>In each case the search results shown in the '''Assets Palette''' will be taken from the list already created by the filter set in the '''Filter Palette'''. In the examples shown on the left this starting list is the '''Ground Textures'''.<br><br>
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<td>In each case the search results shown in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be taken from the list already created by the filter set in the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. In the examples shown on the left this starting list is the '''Ground Textures'''.<br><br>
To change the starting list you must change the filter in the '''Filter Palette'''</td>
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To change the starting list you must change the filter in the '''<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>the asset name will be highlighted with a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: grey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background</td>
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<td>the asset name will be highlighted with a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightgrey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the '''Tools Palette''' will be automatically selected</td>
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<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be automatically selected</td>
 
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<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
<td>Open the '''Asset Preview Palette''' and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on an asset name in the '''Assets Palette'''. This will create a rotating image of the asset in the '''Preview Palette'''. The '''Preview Palette''' can be resized.</td>
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<td>Open the '''Asset Preview Palette''' and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on an asset name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. This will create a rotating image of the asset in the '''Preview Palette'''. The '''Preview Palette''' can be resized.</td>
 
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<td>The '''Assets Palette''' can be expanded to provide more information about each listed asset. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' and '''[[#Resizing Palattes|Resizing Palettes]]''' at the top of this document.</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> can be expanded to provide more information about each listed asset. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' and [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipResizing|Resizing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document.</td>
 
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<td>resize the '''undocked''' '''Assets Palette''' by dragging its right edge further out to the right. This will reveal additional columns of data in an identical display to what you would see in '''Content Manager'''</td>
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<td>resize the '''undocked''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> by dragging its right edge further out to the right. This will reveal additional columns of data in an identical display to what you would see in '''Content Manager'''</td>
 
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<td>As an alternative to the list view of assets there is a thumbnail view option. This works best when the '''Assets Palette''' has been undocked. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' at the top of this document.</td>
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<td>As an alternative to the list view of assets there is a thumbnail view option. This works best when the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> has been undocked. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' at the top of this document.</td>
 
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<td>undock and resize the '''Assets Palette''' as described in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' and '''[[#Resizing Palattes|Resizing Palettes]]''' above.</td>
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<td>undock and resize the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> as described in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Docking and Undocking Palettes|Docking and Undocking Palettes]]''' and [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipResizing|Resizing Palettes and Windows]]''' above.</td>
 
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<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Filter Palette''' is '''closed''' then the '''Assets Palette''' will default to displaying the list of '''ALL''' installed assets</td>
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is '''closed''' then the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will default to displaying the list of '''ALL''' installed assets</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the '''Tools Palette''' will be automatically selected</td>
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<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be automatically selected</td>
 
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<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
<td>Open the '''Asset Preview Palette''' and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on an asset name in the '''Assets Palette'''. This will create a rotating image of the asset in the '''Preview Palette'''. The '''Preview Palette''' can be resized.</td>
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<td>Open the '''Asset Preview Palette''' and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on an asset name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. This will create a rotating image of the asset in the '''Preview Palette'''. The '''Preview Palette''' can be resized.</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
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<td>the '''Assets Palette''' also manages your saved '''Picklists''' and gives you access to your saved '''Search Filters'''</td>
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<td>the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> also manages your saved '''Picklists''' and gives you access to your saved '''Search Filters'''</td>
 
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<td>In the '''Filter Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Asset Type''' data box (showing '''Ground Textures''' in the image on the left) or on the double arrowhead as shown on its right to open up its lists of filters.<br>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Asset Type''' data box (showing '''Ground Textures''' in the image on the left) or on the double arrowhead as shown on its right to open up its lists of filters.<br>
 
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The currently selected '''Asset Type''' (e.g. '''Ground Textures'''), '''Search Filter''' or '''Picklist''' will have a [[image:BulletTick.png|link=]] in front of its name in the drop down list.</td>
 
The currently selected '''Asset Type''' (e.g. '''Ground Textures'''), '''Search Filter''' or '''Picklist''' will have a [[image:BulletTick.png|link=]] in front of its name in the drop down list.</td>
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<td>the '''Assets Palette''' list will then show all those assets that match the selected '''Asset Type''', '''Search Filter''' or '''Picklist'''</td>
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<td>the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> list will then show all those assets that match the selected '''Asset Type''', '''Search Filter''' or '''Picklist'''</td>
 
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<td>'''Picklists''' can be created and edited directly from the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>'''Picklists''' can be created and edited directly from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>There are other more limited editing options available in the '''Assets Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Filters&#160;and&#160;Picklists...&#160;</span> option</td>
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<td>There are other more limited editing options available in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Filters&#160;and&#160;Picklists...&#160;</span> option</td>
 
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<td>In the '''Filter Palette''' select the type of asset that will be added to the new or existing Picklist</td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> select the type of asset that will be added to the new or existing Picklist</td>
 
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<td>In the '''Assets Palette''' select the asset or assets to be added.</td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> select the asset or assets to be added.</td>
 
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<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>The '''Thumbnail''' icon [[image:AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png|link=]] next to the '''Search''' box will toggle the list of assets between text and thumbnail views. But the thumbnail view works best when the '''Assets Palette''' is undocked and resized. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skip Thumbnail View|Thumbnail View]]''' above for more information</td>
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<td>The '''Thumbnail''' icon [[image:AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png|link=]] next to the '''Search''' box will toggle the list of assets between text and thumbnail views. But the thumbnail view works best when the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is undocked and resized. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skip Thumbnail View|Thumbnail View]]''' above for more information</td>
 
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<td>'''Search Filters''' can be created and edited using the '''Assets Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Filters&#160;and&#160;Picklists...&#160;</span> option</td>
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<td>'''Search Filters''' can be created and edited using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Filters&#160;and&#160;Picklists...&#160;</span> option</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Filter Palette''' '''Asset Type''' drop down menu to open the list of '''Asset Types''', '''Search Filters''' and '''Picklists'''</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> '''Asset Type''' drop down menu to open the list of '''Asset Types''', '''Search Filters''' and '''Picklists'''</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Filter Palette''' and the '''Assets Palette''' are not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. The '''Filter Palette''' and '''Assets Palette''' are used together.</td>
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> are not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> are used together.</td>
 
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<br>
The '''Filter Palette''' made its appearence in Trainz in the July 2024 quarterly update to '''Trainz Plus''' and in '''TRS22PE SP4'''.<br>
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The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> made its appearence in Trainz in the July 2024 quarterly update to '''Trainz Plus''' and in '''TRS22PE SP4'''.<br>
  
 
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<td>search the installed assets to provide asset lists for the tools in the '''Tools Palette'''</td>
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<td>search the installed assets to provide asset lists for the tools in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>in '''Trainz Plus''' bulk replace objects in your '''Trainz World''' with assets selected from the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>in '''Trainz Plus''' bulk replace objects in your '''Trainz World''' with assets selected from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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The '''Filter Palette''' has three parts. Each is explained in the following sections:-
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The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> has three parts. Each is explained in the following sections:-
 
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All three, particularly the last two, communicate with the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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All three, particularly the last two, communicate with the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Disabled&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Disabled&#160;</span></td>
<td>this action disables the '''Filter Palette''' so that it has no filtering effect on the '''Assets Palette''' which will then display '''All (Installed) Content''' including those assets that are '''Obsolete''' or '''Disabled'''. Its main use is in the '''Bulk Replace Assets Tool''' (available in <span style="font-weight:700; background-color: yellow;">&#160;Trainz&#160;Plus&#160;only</span>) but it can also be used to temporarily switch off the filters without having to delete them</td>
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<td>this action disables the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> so that it has no filtering effect on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> which will then display '''All (Installed) Content''' including those assets that are '''Obsolete''' or '''Disabled'''. Its main use is in the '''Bulk Replace Assets Tool''' (available in <span style="font-weight:700; background-color: yellow;">&#160;Trainz&#160;Plus&#160;only</span>) but it can also be used to temporarily switch off the filters without having to delete them</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;List&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;List&#160;</span></td>
<td>this action is the default setting for the '''Filter Palette''' and displays, in both the '''Filter Palette''' and the '''Assets Palette''', all the '''installed''' assets that match any search entered using the '''Filter Selection Options''' (the '''Asset Type''' icons and the '''Drop Down List''' of asset types, search filters and picklists). It has no effect on the operation of the tools in the '''Tools Palette''' or on the objects displayed on the screen in your '''Trainz World'''</td>
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<td>this action is the default setting for the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and displays, in both the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>, all the '''installed''' assets that match any search entered using the '''Filter Selection Options''' (the '''Asset Type''' icons and the '''Drop Down List''' of asset types, search filters and picklists). It has no effect on the operation of the tools in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> or on the objects displayed on the screen in your '''Trainz World'''</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Selection&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Selection&#160;</span></td>
<td>this action will restrict the tools in the '''Tools Palette''' to only working on those objects that are in the '''Assets Palette''' filtered list. Objects that are not in the filtered list will still be visible in your '''Trainz World''' but cannot be selected</td>
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<td>this action will restrict the tools in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> to only working on those objects that are in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filtered list. Objects that are not in the filtered list will still be visible in your '''Trainz World''' but cannot be selected</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Visibility&#160;</span></td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter&#160;Visibility&#160;</span></td>
<td>this action will '''hide''' all objects in your '''Trainz World''' that are not in the '''Assets Palette''' filtered list which also means that they cannot be selected. The only exceptions are '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''' which will be visible but, unless they are also in the filtered list, cannot selected.</td>
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<td>this action will '''hide''' all objects in your '''Trainz World''' that are not in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filtered list which also means that they cannot be selected. The only exceptions are '''Ground Textures''' and '''Effect Layers''' which will be visible but, unless they are also in the filtered list, cannot selected.</td>
 
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<td colspan=2>If you are going to be using this option then it is recommended that you undock and enlarge the '''Assets Palette''' to show the '''Status''' column.<br>
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<td colspan=2>If you are going to be using this option then it is recommended that you undock and enlarge the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> to show the '''Status''' column.<br>
 
See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skip Expanding the Assets List View|Expanding the Assets List View]]''' for the details</td>
 
See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skip Expanding the Assets List View|Expanding the Assets List View]]''' for the details</td>
 
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<td>The '''Filter Palette''' is always used with the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is always used with the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>The most useful way to use filters to locate assets is to dock the '''Filter Palette''' and the '''Assets Palette''' together. Once docked both the palettes can be resized if needed - resizing one will also resize the other. See the sections on [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipDocking|Docking Palettes]]''' and '''[[#skipResizing|Resizing Palettes]]''' for more information.</td>
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<td>The most useful way to use filters to locate assets is to dock the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> together. Once docked both the palettes can be resized if needed - resizing one will also resize the other. See the sections on [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipDocking|Docking Palettes]]''' and [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipResizing|Resizing Palettes and Windows]]''' for more information.</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
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<td>the asset name will be highlighted with a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: grey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background</td>
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<td>the asset name will be highlighted with a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightgrey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background</td>
 
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<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the '''Tools Palette''' will be automatically selected</td>
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<td>the correct '''Tool''' or '''Brush Target''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be automatically selected</td>
 
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<td colspan=2>In the '''Filter Palette''' open the '''Filter Toggles''' by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on either the small arrowhead on the left of the '''Enabled''' box or on the "Enabled" message itself.</td>
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<td colspan=2>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> open the '''Filter Toggles''' by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on either the small arrowhead on the left of the '''Enabled''' box or on the "Enabled" message itself.</td>
 
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This will open the '''Filter Palette''' '''Toggle List''' of assets and a separate <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> text box. The '''Toggle List''' list is identical to the list shown in the '''Assets Palette''' except that each item can be toggled or switched '''ON''' or '''OFF''' by the check mark on its left.</td>
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This will open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> '''Toggle List''' of assets and a separate <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> text box. The '''Toggle List''' list is identical to the list shown in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> except that each item can be toggled or switched '''ON''' or '''OFF''' by the check mark on its left.</td>
 
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The '''Filter Palette''' and the '''Assets Palette''' are normally linked so that the list of toggled assets in the '''Filter Palette''' is duplicated in the '''Assets Palette'''.<br>
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The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> are normally linked so that the list of toggled assets in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is duplicated in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.<br>
 
If an asset is:-
 
If an asset is:-
*toggled '''OFF''' in the '''Filter Palette''' it will disappear from the list in the '''Assets Palette'''
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*toggled '''OFF''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> it will disappear from the list in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>
*If it is toggled back '''ON''' it will reappear in the '''Assets Palette''' list
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*If it is toggled back '''ON''' it will reappear in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> list
 
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<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: yellow;">This tool is only available in Trainz Plus</span><br>
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<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: yellow;">Available in Trainz Plus only</span><br>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">In TRS22PE use the Surveyor Classic <span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Bulk Asset Update/Replace&#160;</span> option</span></td>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">In TRS22PE use the Surveyor Classic <span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Bulk Asset Update/Replace&#160;</span> option</span></td>
 
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<td>'''Identify the Replacement Asset''' using the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>'''Identify the Replacement Asset''' using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>In the '''Filter Palette''' set the '''Filter Action''' to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter List&#160;</span></td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> set the '''Filter Action''' to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter List&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>In the '''Filter Palette''' open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Toggles&#160;</span> by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''arrowhead''' or on the "&#8470; of assets enabled" counter</td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Toggles&#160;</span> by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''arrowhead''' or on the "&#8470; of assets enabled" counter</td>
 
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<td>'''Optional:''' In the '''Filter Palette''' enter a search term in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box located just below the asset enabled count. This will narrow the list of toggled items. The rules for entering a search are exactly the same as used in the '''Assets Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box
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<td>'''Optional:''' In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> enter a search term in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box located just below the asset enabled count. This will narrow the list of toggled items. The rules for entering a search are exactly the same as used in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Refine the search</span>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Refine the search</span>
 
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The track splines to be replaced all have the text '''NG42''' in their names so this is the obvious search text to use. '''NG42''' has been entered into the '''Filter Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box, not the one in the '''Assets Palette''', to locate all assets that use that text in their names or descriptions.
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The track splines to be replaced all have the text '''NG42''' in their names so this is the obvious search text to use. '''NG42''' has been entered into the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box, not the one in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>, to locate all assets that use that text in their names or descriptions.
 
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In the '''Filter Palette''' select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Disabled&#160;</span> from the '''Filter Actions''' drop down menu.
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In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Disabled&#160;</span> from the '''Filter Actions''' drop down menu.
 
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<td>This will break the connection between the '''Filter Palette''' and the '''Assets Palette'''. The '''Assets Palette''' will be set to show <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;All Content&#160;</span></td>
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<td>This will break the connection between the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will be set to show <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;All Content&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Disable the Filter Action</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Disable the Filter Action</span><br>
In the '''Filter Palette''' '''Filter Action''' drop down menu select the first option <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Disabled&#160;</span>
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In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Filter&#160;Palette&#160;</span> '''Filter Action''' drop down menu select the first option <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Filter Disabled&#160;</span>
 
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This only affects the '''Assets Palette''' filtered list which will be reset to display '''All Content'''.  
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This only affects the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filtered list which will be reset to display '''All Content'''.  
 
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<td>Only a single asset has to be selected from the '''Assets Palette''' and it must be the '''same type''' of asset as those selected for replacement.</td>
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<td>Only a single asset has to be selected from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> and it must be the '''same type''' of asset as those selected for replacement.</td>
 
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This will immediately select the replacement asset in the '''Assets Palette'''.
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This will immediately select the replacement asset in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.
 
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<td>In the '''Assets Palette''' enter an '''optional''' search term in the '''Assets Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the asset name in the '''Assets Palette''' filtered list</td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> enter an '''optional''' search term in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the asset name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filtered list</td>
 
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<td>In the '''Assets Palette''' filtered list <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on the replacement asset to open its menu</td>
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<td>In the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filtered list <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on the replacement asset to open its menu</td>
 
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<td>If the '''Layers Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document
 
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<td>[[image:LayersPalette_S20_ListsClosed.png|link=|alt=Layers Palette in S20]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:LayersPalette_S20_ListsClosed.png|link=|alt=Layers Palette in S20]]</td>
<td>The '''Layers Palette''' will show all the layers in their groups ('''Effect''', '''Route''' and '''Session''') plus the '''Ground Height''' and '''Ground Textures''' special "layers". In the image on the left all the Layer Groups have been minimised (the arrowhead symbol to the left of each group name is pointing to the right).
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span> will show all the layers in their groups ('''Effect''', '''Route''' and '''Session''') plus the '''Ground Height''' and '''Ground Textures''' special "layers". In the image on the left all the Layer Groups have been minimised (the arrowhead symbol to the left of each group name is pointing to the right).
 
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<td>the '''Rail Workers''' layer is highlighted with <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: grey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background which means that it has been selected by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> and is now the '''Active Layer''' where any newly placed assets will be added</td>
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<td>the '''Rail Workers''' layer is highlighted with <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightgrey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background which means that it has been selected by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> and is now the '''Active Layer''' where any newly placed assets will be added</td>
 
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on a layer name in the '''Layers Palette'''</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> on a layer name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Layers&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>Objects can be assigned to a hidden layer using the '''Info Palette'''</td>
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<td>Objects can be assigned to a hidden layer using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>Objects can be assigned to a locked layer using the '''Info Palette'''</td>
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<td>Objects can be assigned to a locked layer using the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>The active layer is shown in the palette with its name on a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: grey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background. The name of the current '''Active Layer''' is also shown in the '''Layer Palette Title Bar'''. In the images below the '''Rail Workers''' layer from the '''Session Layers Group''' is the current '''Active Layer'''.</td>
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<td>The active layer is shown in the palette with its name on a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: black; background-color: lightgrey;">&#160;Light Grey&#160;</span> background. The name of the current '''Active Layer''' is also shown in the '''Layer Palette Title Bar'''. In the images below the '''Rail Workers''' layer from the '''Session Layers Group''' is the current '''Active Layer'''.</td>
 
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<td>You can also use the '''Info Palette''' to set the layer occupied by a selected object as the '''Active Layer'''</td>
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<td>You can also use the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> to set the layer occupied by a selected object as the '''Active Layer'''</td>
 
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<td>Use the '''Info Palette''' to move objects to another layer.</td>
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<td>Use the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> to move objects to another layer.</td>
 
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<td colspan=2>The '''Info Palette''' will show the layer assigned to the currently selected object. An object is selected by using the '''Free Move Tool''' (the <span style="font-weight:700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;S&#160;</span> key) or the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' (the <span style="font-weight:700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;D&#160;</span> key) found in the '''Tools Palette'''.<br>
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<td colspan=2>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> will show the layer assigned to the currently selected object. An object is selected by using the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' (the <span style="font-weight:700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;S&#160;</span> key) or the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' (the <span style="font-weight:700; font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;D&#160;</span> key) found in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tools&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.<br>
 
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<td>Switch to the '''Info Palette'''. If this palette is not visible then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document</td>
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<td>Switch to the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span>. If this palette is not visible then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document</td>
 
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If the '''Scrapbook Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. Some '''Scrapbook Palette''' functions will also require the '''Tool Options Palette'''.
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<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document. Some <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> functions will also require the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span>.
 
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<td colspan=2>Ground heights, textures and effect layers are always included in a scrapbook but you can control which scenery objects are added by manually selecting them or using the filter controls in the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td colspan=2>Ground heights, textures and effect layers are always included in a scrapbook but you can control which scenery objects are added by manually selecting them or using the filter controls in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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You can reverse this and enable any or all of these scrapbooks at any time if you need them.</td>
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You can reverse this and enable any or all of these scrapbooks at any time if you need them. When enabled they will reappear in the palette</td>
 
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<td>'''Rolling Stock Objects''' cannot be added to a '''Scrapbook''' but they can be saved as a '''Consist Asset''' in the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>'''Rolling Stock Objects''' cannot be added to a '''Scrapbook''' but they can be saved as a '''Consist Asset''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>You don't have to use the '''Marquee Tool''' to create a new '''Scrapbook'''. You can use the '''Free Move Tool''' or the '''Fine Adjustment Tool''' to select any number of objects and then press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;C&#160;</span></span>. The selected objects, along with the ground height, ground textures, and any effect layers, will be copied into a new '''Scrapbook'''</td>
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<td>You don't have to use the '''Marquee Tool''' to create a new '''Scrapbook'''. You can use the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' or the [[image:S20_FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Fine Adjustment Tool''' to select any number of objects and then press <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ctrl&#160;</span>&#160;+&#160;<span style="color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;C&#160;</span></span>. The selected objects, along with the ground height, ground textures, and any effect layers, will be copied into a new '''Scrapbook'''</td>
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>'''Rolling Stock Objects''' cannot be added to a '''Scrapbook''' but they can be saved as a '''Consist Asset''' in the '''Assets Palette'''</td>
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<td>'''Rolling Stock Objects''' cannot be added to a '''Scrapbook''' but they can be saved as a '''Consist Asset''' in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>If a '''Pinned''' scrapbook is deleted from the '''Scrapbook Palette''' then it will also be deleted as an asset from '''Content Manager'''</td>
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<td>If a '''Pinned''' scrapbook is deleted from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> then it will also be deleted as an asset from '''Content Manager'''</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>If a scrapbook asset is deleted (or disabled) in '''Content Manager''' then it will also be deleted from the '''Scrapbook Palette'''</td>
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<td>If a scrapbook asset is deleted (or disabled) in '''Content Manager''' then it will also be deleted from the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span></td>
 
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<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>You can archive your scrapbooks as '''CDP''' files to keep the number of installed scrapbooks to a minimum. If an archived scrapbook is needed then you can use the '''Import Content Files''' option in '''Content Manager''' to add it to the '''Scrapbook Palette'''. It can be deleted from the palette later, when no longer needed.</td>
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<td>You can archive your scrapbooks as '''CDP''' files to keep the number of installed scrapbooks to a minimum. If an archived scrapbook is needed then you can use the '''Import Content Files''' option in '''Content Manager''' to add it to the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. It can be deleted from the palette later, when no longer needed.</td>
 
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Painting a Scrapbook</span>
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==='''Painting a Scrapbook'''===
  
 
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<td>Existing '''Scrapbooks''' can be painted into the '''Trainz World''' using the '''Brush Tool''' (see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Tools Palette|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]''') or '''Pasted''' into the '''Trainz World'''.<br>
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<td>Existing '''Scrapbooks''' can be painted into the '''Trainz World''' using the '''Brush Tool''' (see the '''Trainz Wiki''' page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_S20_Tools#The Tools Palette|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools]]''') or '''Pasted''' into the '''Trainz World'''.<br><br>
  
 
When the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Data&#160;</span> '''Target''' is selected in the '''Brush Tool''', a second drop down box will give a choice of two brush '''Actions''' that control how the scrapbook will be applied.</td>
 
When the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Data&#160;</span> '''Target''' is selected in the '''Brush Tool''', a second drop down box will give a choice of two brush '''Actions''' that control how the scrapbook will be applied.</td>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Brush&#160;</span> will '''resize''' the scrapbook contents to fit the selected brush shape and size<br>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Brush&#160;</span> will '''resize''' the scrapbook contents to fit the selected brush shape and size<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Clone&#160;</span>  will paint the scrapbook sized according to the '''Tool Options Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> setting. See '''Notes''' below
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Scrapbook Clone&#160;</span>  will paint the scrapbook sized according to the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> setting. See '''Notes''' below
 
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> setting in the '''Tool Options Palette''' is ignored.</td>
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<td>The <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> setting in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> is ignored.</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>The active scrapbook brush options for each action are shown in the '''Tool Options Palette''' with a <span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Gold&#160;</span> coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored by the selected action, but they can still be edited.</td>
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<td>The active scrapbook brush options for each action are shown in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> with a <span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Gold&#160;</span> coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored by the selected action, but they can still be edited.</td>
 
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>Most of the data entry boxes in the '''Tool Options Palette''' have a '''Popup Menu''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> inside the box) that can be used to collect and distribute data - see the Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How to Use S20 Palettes#Tool Options Popups|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Palettes]]''' for more details.</td>
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<td>Most of the data entry boxes in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> have a '''Popup Menu''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Right Click</span> inside the box) that can be used to collect and distribute data - see the Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How to Use S20 Palettes#Tool Options Popups|How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Palettes]]''' for more details.</td>
 
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<br>
 
<br>
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<span id="Paint Clone"></span>
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====Using the Scrapbook Clone Brush====
<td><span id="Paint Clone"></span>
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==='''Using the Scrapbook Clone Brush'''===
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">For Example:</span> Two trees as shown below are captured as a Scrapbook with a size of 2x1 baseboard squares.<br>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">For Example:</span> Two trees as shown below are captured as a Scrapbook with a size of 2x1 baseboard squares.
[[image:ScrapbookCloneBrushOriginal.png|link=]]<br>
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<td>[[image:ScrapbookCloneBrushOriginal.png|link=]]</td>
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
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<td width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">When Using the Clone Brush Remember:'''</span><br>
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----
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<td colspan=2>
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>If the brush is the same size as the scaled scrapbook then a single exact copy will be painted</td>
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>If the brush is smaller than the scaled scrapbook then only the central part of the scrapbook will be painted and more will be added when the brush is moved around until the "painted" area covers the same area as the scaled scrapbook</td>
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>If the brush is larger than the scaled scrapbook in size then the contents will be cloned or tiled to fill the set brush radius</td>
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<td colspan=2>In all cases continuing to sweep with the brush will clone the scrapbook into the new areas<br></td>
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<td>[[image:Stop.PNG|link=]]</td>
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<td><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700;">WARNING:</span><br>
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Take care if setting both the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> and the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Radius&#160;</span>. Using extreme values for both, such as a very large brush radius and a very small scale value, can cause performance issues (i.e. long delays) while the program attempts to scale and clone the scrapbook contents
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The '''Brush Tool''' target is set to '''Scrapbook Data''' and its action set to '''Scrapbook Clone'''. The effects of different <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Radius&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> settings in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool Options Palette&#160;</span> are shown below.
 
The '''Brush Tool''' target is set to '''Scrapbook Data''' and its action set to '''Scrapbook Clone'''. The effects of different <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Radius&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> settings in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool Options Palette&#160;</span> are shown below.
 
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<br>
==='''Scrapbook Tool Options Settings'''===
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====Scrapbook Tool Options Settings====
  
 
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<td width=90><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Sensitivity&#160;</span></td>
 
<td width=90><span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 700; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Sensitivity&#160;</span></td>
<td width=486>if the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ground Height&#160;</span> option has been enabled in the '''Scrapbook Palette''' filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change</td>
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<td width=486>if the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Ground Height&#160;</span> option has been enabled in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change</td>
 
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<td colspan=2>In both cases the scrapbook contents will be pasted using the original scrapbooks size. It will be pasted inside a '''Marquee Selection Area''' that can be moved and resized. The objects that are pasted and how they are pasted is controlled by the current '''Scrapbook Palette''' filter settings
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<td colspan=2>In both cases the scrapbook contents will be pasted using the original scrapbooks size. It will be pasted inside a '''Marquee Selection Area''' that can be moved and resized. The objects that are pasted and how they are pasted is controlled by the current <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Scrapbook&#160;Palette&#160;</span> filter settings
 
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</td>
 
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<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>You can also add more variety when painting a '''Scrapbook''' by changing its '''Tool Options Palette''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Rotation&#160;</span> settings in combination with different '''Filter''' selections (as shown above)</td>
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<td>You can also add more variety when painting a '''Scrapbook''' by changing its <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Tool&#160;Options&#160;Palette&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Scale&#160;</span> and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: gold; background-color: black;">&#160;Rotation&#160;</span> settings in combination with different '''Filter''' selections (as shown above)</td>
 
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<td width=629><span id="stepPreview"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="stepPreview"></span>
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='''The Asset Preview Palette'''=
 
='''The Asset Preview Palette'''=
 
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>This palette gives a rotating 3D view of an asset that has been selected in the '''Assets Palette'''. It works with all assets '''except''' effect layers.
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<td>This palette gives a rotating 3D view of an asset that has been selected in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Assets&#160;Palette&#160;</span>. It works with all assets '''except''' effect layers.
 
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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=#stepPreview|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepPreview|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td>
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<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|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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=='''Apply and Upload'''==
 
=='''Apply and Upload'''==
 
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</td>
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepDrivers|Skip Down]]</td>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|Skip Down]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Dealing with Unsupported Assets|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Dealing with Unsupported Assets|Skip Up]]</td>
 
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<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 
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='''The Drivers Palette/Driver Control Center'''=
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='''The Driver Control Center'''=
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Adding a Driver|Skip Down]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Adding a Driver|Skip Down]]</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=#stepPackages|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepPackages|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepLogs|alt=Next Down|Top]]</td>
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<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepDispatchManager|alt=Next Down|Top]]</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 bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=200><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">This is a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Surveyor&#160;</span> palette</span> </td>
 
<td bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=200><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">This is a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Surveyor&#160;</span> palette</span> </td>
<td bgcolor=#33ff77><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">and a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Driver&#160;</span> window (where it is named the Driver Control Center)</span></td>
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<td bgcolor=#33ff77><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">and a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Driver&#160;</span> window</span></td>
 
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</table>
 
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<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000>
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<td>
 
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<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffe89a cellpadding=2>
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<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=45>[[image:PalettesIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>
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<td>If the '''Driver Control Center''' is not visible on the screen then choose one of:-
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Options:</span></td>
<td>In '''Surveyor''' if the '''Drivers Palette''' is not visible on the screen then refer to [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows|Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows]]''' at the top of this document</td>
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</tr>
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>In '''Driver''' to show the '''Driver Control Centre''' on the screen either:-<br>
 
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Driver Icon''' at the bottom left of the screen <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
+
<td>in '''Driver''' or '''Surveyor''' open the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]]&#160;'''Window&#160;Menu''' and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver&#160;Control&#160;Center&#160;</span> option</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
<td>open the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]]&#160;'''Window&#160;Menu''' and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver&#160;Control&#160;Center&#160;</span> option</td>
+
<td>In '''Driver''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Driver Icon''' at the bottom left of the screen</td>
</tr>
+
</table>
+
</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 
----
 
----
This has been redesigned for the '''Trainz Living Railroad (TLR)''' feature that is only available in '''Trainz Plus'''.
+
In '''Trainz Plus''' this palette/window has been redesigned for the '''Trainz Living Railroad (TLR)''' feature.
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>some of its features can be used without the '''TLR'''</td>
+
<td>most of its features can be used without the '''TLR'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
<td>This provides a full list of available drivers, their assigned trains and the tools to manage them in both '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver'''</td>
+
<td>This provides a full list of available drivers, their assigned trains, tasks (if any) and the tools to manage them in both '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver'''</td>
</tr>
+
<tr valign="top">
+
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td>In '''Driver''' it is named the '''Driver Control Center''' and is a '''Window'''</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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<table width=1000>
 
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=305>[[image:DriverPalette_S20.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=305>[[image:DriverPalette_S20.png|link=]]
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Drivers Palette''' list can be scrolled up and down to reveal more available drivers.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 
<td>
 
<td>
 
<table>
 
<table>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to open a drop down menu to assign this driver to:-</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to open a drop down menu to assign this driver to:-</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
+
</table>
<td colspan=2>
+
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<td width=165>[[image:DriverPaletteAssign_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=165>[[image:DriverPaletteAssign_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> (driver '''Jane''' shown left) will make the driver '''unavailable for use''' but will still remain in the driver list<br>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> (driver '''Jane''' shown left) will make the driver '''unavailable for use''' but will still remain in the driver list<br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> will return them to '''active duty''' in the driver list<br>
+
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span> this assigns control of the driver to the '''TLR''' but the '''Dispatch Status''' setting in the [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch Manager Window]]''' must be '''Enabled''' <br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span> this assigns control of the driver to the '''TLR''' (available in '''Trainz Plus''' only). The '''Living Railroad Dispatch''' setting must be '''Enabled''' in the [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepSessionOptions|Session Options Window]]'''</td>
+
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> will return the driver to '''active duty''' in the driver list<br>
</tr>
+
</table>
+
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
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<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteGetOffTrain_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteGetOffTrain_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>If a driver has been assigned to a train (drivers '''Adair''' and '''Bald''') then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to '''Remove''' the driver from this train. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Switching Drivers|Switching Drivers]]''' below
 
<td>If a driver has been assigned to a train (drivers '''Adair''' and '''Bald''') then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to '''Remove''' the driver from this train. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Switching Drivers|Switching Drivers]]''' below
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td colspan=2>
 
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=35>&#160;</td>
 
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteNotActive_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteNotActive_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>This indicates that the driver is classified as '''Not Assigned''' and is not available for use (driver '''Jane''')</td>
+
<td>This indicates that the driver is classified as '''Not Assigned''' and is not available for use (driver '''Jane'''). <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">In Trainz Plus</span> drivers that are assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' will also have this icon</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If a driver has '''NOT''' been assigned to a train (driver '''Kenny''') then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to select a train to assign to this driver. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Assigning Drivers|Assigning Drivers]]''' below
+
<td>If a driver is available for use ('''Player Controlled''') but has '''NOT''' been assigned to a train (driver '''Kenny''') then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to select a train to assign to this driver. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Assigning Drivers|Assigning Drivers]]''' below
</td>
+
</tr>
+
<tr valign="top">
+
<td colspan=2>
+
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=35>&#160;</td>
 
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteNotActive2_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteNotActive2_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>This indicates that the driver is classified as '''Not Assigned''' and is not available for use</td>
 
<td>This indicates that the driver is classified as '''Not Assigned''' and is not available for use</td>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to view and edit the details for the current driver and train. This is for use in '''TLR''' (available in '''Trainz Plus''' only). See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Driver Properties|Driver Properties]]''' below
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to view and edit the details for the current driver and train. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Driver Properties|Driver Properties]]''' below
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteFocusOnDriver_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteFocusOnDriver_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>If a driver is assigned to a train <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to change the camera focus and the blue background to this driver</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> this icon to change the camera focus to this driver. The blue background identifies the driver with the current camera focus
</tr>
+
</table>
+
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteFocusOnDriver2_S20.png|link=]]</td>
<td>Located at the bottom of the driver list (you may have to scroll down) <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to '''Add a New Driver'''. See '''Adding a Driver''' below</td>
+
<td>If the icon is greyed out and cannot be selected (driver '''Kenny''') then the driver has not been assigned to a train</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
</td>
+
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Located at the bottom of the driver list (you may have to scroll down) <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> to '''Add a New Driver'''. See '''Adding a Driver''' below</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
</td>
 
</td>
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td colspan=2>
 
<br>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td colspan=2>
 
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>The '''Drivers Palette''' list can be scrolled up and down to reveal more available drivers.</td>
 
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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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=629><span id="skip Adding a Driver"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Adding a Driver"></span>
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</td>
 
</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Assigning Drivers|Skip Down]]</td> <!-- for Skip Down -->
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skip Assigning Drivers|Skip Down]]</td> <!-- for Skip Down -->
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|Skip Up]]</td>
+
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>select (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on) a driver and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the tick icon [[image:Tick.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>select (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on) a driver and then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the tick icon [[image:Tick.PNG|link=]]</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=629><span id="skip Assigning Drivers"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Assigning Drivers"></span>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Adding a Driver|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Adding a Driver|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="bottom">
 +
<td>
 
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Destination&#160;</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Destination&#160;</span><br>
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the icon to select a new train for the driver. The '''Drivers Palette''' will change to the image shown below right</td>
+
You can reasign the driver by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the icon to select a new train for this driver. The '''Drivers Palette''' will change to the image shown below right</td>
</tr>
+
</table>
+
</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>If this tool cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span> (available in '''Trainz Plus''' only). If necessary you can change the setting to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> but that may affect other operations</td>
+
<td>If '''Move to Destination''' cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>. If necessary you can change the setting to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> but that may affect other operations such as the '''TLR'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
</table>
 
<br>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Then:-</span>
 
<table width=1000>
 
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
+
<td>Choose one of the following:-<br>
<tr valign="top">
+
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;;">Options:</span></td>
<td>
+
<table width=686 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
+
<tr valign="top">
+
<td colspan=2>Choose one of the following:-<br>
+
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;;">Options:</span>  
+
</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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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=629><span id="skip Switching Drivers"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Switching Drivers"></span>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Assigning Drivers|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Assigning Drivers|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="bottom">
 +
<td>
 
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=35>[[image:DriverPaletteSwitchTo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Destination&#160;</span><br>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Destination&#160;</span><br>
This is '''optional'''. You can reasign the driver by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the new icon to select a new train for the driver. The '''Drivers Palette''' will change to the image shown below right</td>
+
This is '''optional'''. You can reasign the driver by a <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the icon to select a new train for this driver. The '''Drivers Palette''' will change to the image shown below right</td>
</tr>
+
</table>
+
</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
<td>If this tool cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span>. If necessary you can change the setting to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> but that may affect other operations such as the '''TLR'''</td>
+
<td>If '''Move to Destination''' cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not Assigned&#160;</span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>. If necessary you can change the setting to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player Controlled&#160;</span> but that may affect other operations such as the '''TLR'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
</table>
 
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Then:1</span>
 
<table width=1000>
 
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
<table width=690 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
+
<td>Choose one of the following:-<br>
<tr valign="top">
+
<td>
+
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
+
<tr valign="top">
+
<td colspan=2>Choose one of the following:-<br>
+
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;;">Options:</span>  
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;;">Options:</span>  
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 
<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:Cblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Add New Driver''' button [[image:DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon_S20.png|link=]] to select and add a new unassigned driver to the palette as described in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Adding a Driver|Adding a Driver]]''' above. Then continue the process described from <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size:15;">Step <span style="font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;2&#160;</span></span> above</td>
 
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Add New Driver''' button [[image:DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon_S20.png|link=]] to select and add a new unassigned driver to the palette as described in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Adding a Driver|Adding a Driver]]''' above. Then continue the process described from <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size:15;">Step <span style="font-size: 17px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;2&#160;</span></span> above</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
<br>
+
 
<table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
+
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Driver Properties"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Driver Properties"></span>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Switching Drivers|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Switching Drivers|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>To open the '''Driver Properties Window''':-<br>
 +
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In '''Driver''':-
 +
<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><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Driver Icon''' at the bottom left of the screen</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>select the driver from the driver list (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on its '''Eye''' icon if it is not the driver with the '''focus''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool for that driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In '''Driver''' and '''Surveyor''':-
 +
<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>Open the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]]&#160;'''Window&#160;Menu''' and select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver&#160;Control&#160;Center&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>select the driver from the driver list (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on its '''Eye''' icon if it is not the driver with the '''focus''')
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool for that driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;In Surveyor and Driver&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<td>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=25>[[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 width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes: Surveyor or Driver</span><br>
----</td>
+
----
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>These features are mostly intended for use in the '''Trainz Living Railroad (TLR)''' (available in '''Trainz Plus''' only) but '''some''' can be used with normal Sessions</td>
+
<td>In '''Driver''' the data displayed in the '''Driver Properties Window''' is dynamic. It will change as consists move around the route loading and unloading commodities and obeying commands</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>They will have no effect in the running of normal (non-TLR) Sessions</td>
+
<td>In '''Surveyor''' the data displayed in the '''Driver Properties Window''' is static and will show the situation that exists at the start (if you loaded the session directly into Surveyor - '''see point below''') or at the instant when you switched, via the '''[[How to Use the UDS Interface|UDS]]''', from '''Driver''' to '''Surveyor'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If you opened the session directly into '''Surveyor''' before using '''Driver''' then no driver names will be assigned to any of the trains (this is done by the '''Driver Setup Rule''' which runs in '''Driver'''). Locomotives, without driver names, will be shown labelled as "Consist nn". Once '''Driver''' has been started and you use the '''[[How to Use the UDS Interface|UDS]]''' to switch to '''Surveyor''' then the names of all the assigned drivers will be shown.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
<table>
+
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;In Surveyor and Driver&#160;</span></td>
+
<td colspan=2>After selecting the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool, the following '''Properties''' window will open</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
After selecting the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool, the following '''Properties''' window will open.<br>
 
 
 
<table width=1000>
 
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=615>[[image:DriverPaletteEditCommands_S20.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=440>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<td>
<table width=385>
+
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Map&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;The Mini Map&#160;</span></td>
+
<td colspan=2>This shows the location of the driver in the route. It is "zoomable".
 +
<table cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Zoom the Map In/Out:-</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
<td>driver location in the '''Trainz World'''</td>
+
<td>Move the mouse pointer onto the map area</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
<td>it can be zoomed in and out</td>
+
<td>Rotate the mouse <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Scroll Wheel&#160;</span> forward to '''Zoom In''' and back to '''Zoom Out'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver Settings&#160;</span></td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The map will always remain centered on the selected driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Command Status&#160;</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2>Displays the currently assigned Driver Properties:-
+
<td colspan=2>This shows the command queue for this driver. If the '''Player Assignment''' for the driver has been set to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">in Trainz Plus only</span> then the driver commands will be added by the '''TLR''' (Trainz Living Railroad)
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>'''location''' (assigned train)</td>
+
<td>For drivers under '''Player Control''' you can add, edit and delete driver commands. The '''Add Command''' icon will be shown and the driver commands can be edited<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerCommandStatusManual_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>'''assigned user'''</td>
+
<td>For drivers under the control of the '''TLR''' no '''Add Command''' icon will be shown and the driver commands cannot be edited<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerCommandStatusTLR_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=10>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=550>[[image:DispatchManagerShowDriverLevi_S20.png|550px|link=]]
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Command Status&#160;</span></td>
+
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Activity Log&#160;</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td colspan=2>This shows the event history for this driver. The displayed list can be filtered using the same methods described above at [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#DispatchFilters|Dispatch Filters]]'''</td>
<td>text description of the next command in the driver queue</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td>
<td>commands (as icons) waiting in the '''Driver Command Queue'''</td>
+
<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver Settings&#160;</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Activity Log&#160;</span></td>
+
<td colspan=2>These options set how this driver will be controlled</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td>Each setting has a '''sub menu''' as shown in the image below. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left&#160;Click&#160;</span> on the down arrowhead of a setting to open its sub menu</td>
<td>the progress of the driver</td>
+
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top" align="center">
 +
<td>[[image:DispatchManagerDriverSettingsOptions_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
The '''Driver Settings''' and '''Command Status''' can be edited. The '''Activity Log''' can be filtered.</td>
+
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Driver Settings Menu Options</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Driver Location:&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move&#160;to&#160;Train&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>The player takes control of this train. Only selectable if the driver is not assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">in Trainz Plus only</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
<br>
+
<table>
<table width=1000>
+
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;In Driver&#160;</span></td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Get&#160;off&#160;Train&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>The player releases control of this train. Only selectable if the driver is not assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">in Trainz Plus only</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">In Trainz Plus Only:</span>&#160;When used in '''Driver Mode''' a coloured line will appear above the track showing the path, or possible paths, when the next command in the '''Command Status''' queue is a movement command, such as '''Drive To...''', '''Navigate To...''' or '''Couple To...'''. The path lines will not be shown when these commands are not being executed. The colour of the path lines are '''Blue''', '''Green''', '''Orange''' and '''Red'''.</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;name_of_loco&#160;(Consist&#160;nn)&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>opens the dialogue window for this locomotive</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=600>[[image:DriverPaletteTrainPath_S20.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Player Assignment:&#160;</span></td>
<td>
+
</tr>
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
+
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>
+
<td colspan=2>
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
+
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Path Colours:-</span><br>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Not&#160;Assigned&#160;</span></td>
----
+
<td>no driver will be assigned to this train. <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">In Trainz Plus</span> this will cancel the '''Automatic Scheduler''' and remove the train from the '''TLR'''</td>
These colours identify the type of service and are a "Work In Progress". They may change in future releases</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="red">&#160;&#160;</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td>'''Locomotive only'''</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic&#160;Scheduler&#160;<span style="color: black; background-color: yellow;"> in Trainz Plus only</span></span></td>
 +
<td>train will be under the control of the '''TLR''' (Trainz Living Railroad)</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="blue">&#160;&#160;</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td>'''Passenger''' (not yet implemented)</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Player&#160;Controlled&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>train will be available for control by the player either manually or by using AI driver commands. <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">In Trainz Plus</span> this will cancel the '''Automatic Scheduler''' and remove the train from the '''TLR'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="orange">&#160;&#160;</td>
+
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Train Classification:&#160;</span> These options control the running lights displayed on the leading locomotive if that locomotive has been configured correctly</td>
<td>'''Freight'''</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td bgcolor="lightgreen">&#160;&#160;</td>
+
<td colspan=2>
<td>'''Active Path''' (for the selected driver)</td>
+
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Timetabled&#160;Train&#160;(Off)&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights for a normal scheduled train service</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2>If you do not want the coloured paths to appear then close the '''Driver Properties Window'''</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Extra&#160;Train&#160;(White)&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights to indicate that this is an additional (not regularly scheduled) train service</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Train&#160;with&#160;following&#160;section&#160;(Green)'''&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights to indicate that this service has an additional (or "second division") service following. That following service should be set to show the '''Extra Train''' running lights</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
</td>
 
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Dispatch Status:&#160;<span style="background-color: yellow;"> available in Trainz Plus only</span></span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">Trainz Plus</span> the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Dispatch Manager&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Dispatch Status&#160;</span> setting must be '''Enabled''' for these options to be available. See '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch Manager]]''' for more details</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will cancel the '''Automatic Scheduler''' if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be cleared.
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the current driver has already been '''Claimed''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Assign&#160;to&#160;Automatic&#160;Scheduler&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Assign to Automatic Scheduler''' will return the driver to the '''TLR'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
<br>
+
<table>
<table width=800 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
+
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<table width=796 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>the current '''TLR''' tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected.
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=25>[[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>The '''Pause Task''' option will not appear if the '''Claim Task''' option has been selected.<br>
----
+
If the current driver has been put on '''Pause''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Resume&#160;Task&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Resume Task''' will return the driver to the '''TLR''' to continue its normal operations</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Cancel&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>the '''current''' driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be terminated. The '''TLR''' will then allocate new tasks to this driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 
<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td>The signals and switches along the path may not be correctly set until the train approaches and activates them</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: lightgrey; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;driver_name&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>not selectable because you are already in the '''Driver Properties Window'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td>In the current retail '''Trainz Plus''' version, the path will be visible as long as the '''Driver Properties''' window is open (but it can be minimised)</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;industry_name_1&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will open the '''Industry Manager''' window for the industry currently being serviced (i.e. where the train is loading/unloading) or, if the train is moving towards its next industry task, the industry that the driver has just departed - see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipManageIndustry|Manage&#160;Industries]]''' for more information</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
<td>The path options are controlled from the Main '''Display Menu''', as shown below, and are independent of the '''Driver Properties''' window<br>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;industry_name_2&gt;&#160;</span></td>
[[image:DisplayMenuTrackPaths.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td>this will open the '''Industry Manager''' window for the next industry to be serviced by the train (i.e. its destination) - see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipManageIndustry|Manage&#160;Industries]]''' for more information</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;Dispatch&#160;Manager&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>if you have closed the '''Dispatch Manager''' window, or minimised it to free up screen space, then this will return it to the screen</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;In Driver&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: yellow;">Available in Trainz Plus only</span>&#160;When used in '''Driver Mode''' a coloured line will appear above the track showing the path, or possible paths, when the next command in the '''Command Status''' queue is a movement command, such as '''Drive To...''', '''Navigate To...''' or '''Couple To...'''. The path lines will not be shown when these commands are not being executed. The colour of the path lines are '''Blue''', '''Green''', '''Orange''' and '''Red'''.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=600>[[image:DriverPaletteTrainPath_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<td>
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
+
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2>To open the '''Driver Properties''' window in '''Driver''', choose one of the following:-<br>
+
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Options:</span></td>
+
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Path Colours:-</span><br>
 +
----
 +
These colours identify the type of service and are a "Work In Progress". They may change in future releases</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td bgcolor="red">&#160;&#160;</td>
<td>From the '''Driver Icon''':-
+
<td>'''Locomotive only'''</td>
<table>
+
<tr valign="top">
+
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span></td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td bgcolor="blue">&#160;&#160;</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Driver Icon''' at the bottom left of the screen</td>
+
<td>'''Passenger''' (not yet implemented)</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td bgcolor="orange">&#160;&#160;</td>
<td>select the driver from the driver list (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on its '''Eye''' icon if it is not the driver with the '''focus''')</td>
+
<td>'''Freight'''</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td bgcolor="lightgreen">&#160;&#160;</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool for that driver</td>
+
<td>'''Active Path''' (for the selected driver)</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
 
</td>
 
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=800 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td>
<td>From the '''Window Menu''':-
+
<table width=796 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
<table>
+
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span></td>
+
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>
 +
----
 +
</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td colspan=2>
<td>Open the [[image:SurveyorWindowIcon.png|link=]]&#160;'''Window&#160;Menu''' and select <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Driver&#160;Control&#160;Center&#160;</span></td>
+
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The signals and switches along the path may not be correctly set until the train approaches and activates them</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td>select the driver from the driver list (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on its '''Eye''' icon if it is not the driver with the '''focus''')
+
<td>In the current retail '''Trainz Plus''' version, the path will be visible as long as the '''Driver Properties''' window is open (but it can be minimised)</td>
</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
+
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the [[image:DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails_S20.png|link=]] '''View Driver Properties''' Tool for that driver</td>
+
<td>The path options are controlled from the Main '''Display Menu''', as shown below, and are independent of the '''Driver Properties''' window<br>
 +
[[image:DisplayMenuTrackPaths.png|link=]]</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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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=629><span id="skip Driver Location"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Driver Location"></span>
 +
 
=='''Driver Location'''==
 
=='''Driver Location'''==
 
</td>
 
</td>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Driver Properties|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Driver Properties|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=125><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Train...&#160;</span></td>
 
<td width=125><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Move to Train...&#160;</span></td>
<td>performs the same task as shown in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Switching Drivers|Switching Drivers]]''' above, <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
+
<td>performs the same task as shown in [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]] '''[[#Switching Drivers|Switching Drivers]]''' above. This option will not be available if the '''Player Assignment''' has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic&#160;Sheduler&#160;</span> (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>), <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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<table>
 
<table>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Get off Train&#160;</span></td>
+
<td width=125><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Get off Train&#160;</span></td>
<td>the driver assignment to this train will be terminated, <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
+
<td>the driver assignment to this train will be terminated. This option will not be available if the '''Player Assignment''' has been set to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic&#160;Sheduler&#160;</span> (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>), <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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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=629><span id="skip Player Assignment"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Player Assignment"></span>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Driver Location|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Driver Location|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=175><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span></td>
 
<td width=175><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Automatic Scheduler&#160;</span></td>
<td>this assigns control of the driver to the '''TLR''' (available in '''Trainz Plus''' only) but the '''Living Railroad Dispatch''' setting must be '''Enabled''' in the [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepSessionOptions|Session Options Window]]''', <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span> this assigns control of the driver to the '''TLR''' but the '''Living Railroad Dispatch''' setting must be '''Enabled''' in the [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch Manager Window]]''', <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</table>
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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=629><span id="skip Command Status"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Command Status"></span>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Player Assignment|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Player Assignment|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
+
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<table width=1000>
 
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
<td width=405>[[image:DriverPaletteCommandStatusList_S20.png|link=]]</td>
+
<td colspan=3 align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Two sample driver command lists</span></td>
<td>A sample list of driver commands</td>
+
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=475>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DriverPaletteCommandStatusList_S20.png|link=]]<br>
 +
For a driver under '''AI control'''<br>
 +
The '''Add Command''' icon is shown (circled in red in the image above) at the end of the command list. This will be present without any commands for a driver under '''Player Control'''<br>
 +
New commands can be added, existing commands can be deleted or edited</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=475>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=475>[[image:DriverPaletteCommandStatusList2_S20.png|link=]]<br>
 +
For a driver under control of the '''TLR Automatic Scheduler''' <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span><br>
 +
There is no '''Add Command''' icon<br>
 +
New driver commands cannot be added, existing commands cannot be deleted or edited</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td colspan=2>
 
<td colspan=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<td>
<table width=550 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
+
<table width=550 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>
 
<td>
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<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Command Point''' identified by the red arrow in the image on the left</td>
+
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the '''Command Point''' identified by the red circle in the image above left and the red arrow in the image left</td>
 
</tr>
 
</tr>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
<td>select the command from the pop up menu<br>
+
<td>select the command from the pop up menu. Many of the commands will need you to enter data (e.g. the name of the destination)<br>
 
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<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
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</table>
 
</table>
 
<br>
 
<br>
<table> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
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<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<tr valign="top">
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Activity Log"></span>
 
<td width=629><span id="skip Activity Log"></span>
 
=='''Activity Log'''==
 
=='''Activity Log'''==
 
</td>
 
</td>
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepLogs|Skip Down]]</td>
+
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepLoadConsists|Skip Down]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Command Status|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skip Command Status|Skip Up]]</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDrivers|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
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<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<td>
 
<td>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Close&#160;</span> button to close the window and return to the '''Drivers Palette'''.</td>
 
<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Close&#160;</span> button to close the window and return to the '''Drivers Palette'''.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="stepDispatchManager"></span>
 +
='''The Dispatch Manager Window'''=
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipDispatchSettings|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepDriverCenter|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepManageDrivers|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 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td bgcolor=#ffffb0 width=200><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">This is a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Surveyor&#160;</span> window </span> </td>
 +
<td bgcolor=#33ff77><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">and a <span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Driver&#160;</span> window</span></td>
 +
<td bgcolor="yellow"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;This window is only available in Trainz Plus&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Dispatch Manager''' is a tool that gives you access to '''Drivers''', '''Consists''' and '''Industries''' for assigning and monitoring '''product pickup and delivery tasks'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Dispatch Manager''' will work with all drivers but is best used with those that have been assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' placing them under the control of the '''TLR''' (Trainz Living Railroad) and drivers under '''AI''' control that are servicing (loading/unloading at) industries</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Dispatch Manager''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>is only available in <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: yellow;">Trainz Plus</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>is a '''Window''' in '''Surveyor Classic''', '''Surveyor 2.0''' and in '''Driver''' so it cannot be docked to other palettes</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>can be '''resized''', '''moved''' around the screen and '''minimised'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=700 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=285>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Open the '''Dispatch Manager''' in '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Open the [[image:SurveyorToolsIcon_S20.png|link=]] '''Tools Menu'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Select the option <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Dispatch Manager&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=215 align="center">'''Surveyor'''<br>
 +
[[image:ToolsMenuSurveyorDispatch_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td width=215 align="center">'''Driver'''<br>
 +
[[image:ToolsMenuDriverDispatch_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=500>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>The '''Dispatch Manager''' window will display a list of all the<br>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>industries and their current status - loading, unloading, waiting pickup, etc</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>powered consists (i.e. with a loco attached) and their status - driver name, load, destination (or idle), delivering or collecting, etc</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>consists (i.e. with no loco attached) and their status - available for dispatch or not</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>drivers and their status - available for dispatch or not assigned</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>When first displayed the window will default to showing all available consists, drivers and industries, as shown below.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Dispatch Manager''' will allow you to perform tasks, both in '''Surveyor''' and '''Driver''', to:</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>locate rolling stock for a particular product</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>claim a task (take control of a particular consist) to act as the driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=500 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 width=475><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes: Surveyor or Driver</span><br>
 +
----
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In '''Driver''' the data display is dynamic. It will change as consists move around the route loading and unloading commodities and obeying commands</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In '''Surveyor''' the data display is static and will show the situation at the start (if you loaded the session directly into Surveyor - '''see point below''') or at the instant when you switched, via the '''[[How to Use the UDS Interface|UDS]]''', from '''Driver''' to '''Surveyor'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If you open '''Dispatch Manager''' in '''Surveyor''' before using '''Driver''' then no drivers will be assigned to any of the locomotives (this is done by the '''Driver Setup Rule''' which runs in '''Driver'''). Locomotives, without driver names, will be shown labelled as "Consist nn". Once '''Driver''' has been started then you can use the '''[[How to Use the UDS Interface|UDS]]''' to switch to '''Surveyor''' and the names of all the assigned drivers will be shown.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DispatchManager_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<br>
 +
<br>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DispatchManagerInfo_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">i</span> button for a brief description of the options in each section</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipDispatchSettings"></span>
 +
=='''Dispatch Settings'''==
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipDispatchControls|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepDispatchManager|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDispatchManager|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
 +
==='''Dispatch Status'''===
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Dispatch Status''' setting enables/disables the control of '''Dispatch Manager''' over '''ALL''' consists and industries</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=600 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Set the Dispatch Status:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the down arrowhead next to the current status setting</td>
 +
<td width=300 rowspan=2>[[image:DispatchManagerDispatchStatus_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Select a new status setting from the options listed in the drop down list (see descriptions below)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Dispatch Status Menu Options</span>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Enabled&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this is the default setting. Selecting '''Enabled''' will allow all consists, powered or not, to be accessable in '''Dispatch Manager'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Disabled&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>selecting '''Disabled''' will not stop the running of consists under AI control or the '''TLR''' (Trainz Living Railroad) but they will no longer be under the control of the '''Dispatch Manager''' (but they can later be '''Enabled''')
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=200><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Clear Cached Track Paths&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>will clear the memory cache of all stored paths for all drivers in '''Dispatch Manager'''. The memory cache will then be rebuilt from the current driver commands. This option would be chosen if there is a problem with the cached track paths or you have edited some of the driver commands and the cache needs to be updated. The actual commands assigned to the drivers and the AI operations will not be affected. Selecting this option will produce a warning about the possible time delay needed to rebuild the cache. This option must be confirmed before it will be executed</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
==='''Restart Stuck AI'''===
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>This setting enables/disables the ability of the AI to find an alternative path for a consist that is currently unable to proceed to its destination</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=600 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Set the AI Restart Status:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the down arrowhead next to the current status setting</td>
 +
<td width=250 rowspan=2>[[image:DispatchManagerDispatchStuckAI_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Select a new setting from the options listed in the drop down list (see descriptions below)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Stuck AI Menu Options</span>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Enabled&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this is the default setting. Selecting '''Enabled''' will allow AI to attempt to find a solution for a consist that is unable to proceed to its destination</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Disabled&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>selecting '''Disabled''' will prevent the AI attempting to find a solution for a consist that is unable to proceed to its destination. This will allow you to take manual control of the consist to solve the problem yourself. The '''Dispatch Manager''' display will indicate which consists are "stuck" and need assistance
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipDispatchControls"></span>
 +
=='''Dispatch Controls'''==
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipDispatchSettings|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepDispatchManager|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>The '''Dispatch Controls''' provide you with:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>data on what is happening with your consists, both powered (under TLR or AI control) and unpowered (no loco attached)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>data on what is happening with your industries (loads waiting and/or delivered)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the ability to override the TLR/AI and take complete manual control of any driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the ability to edit the product loads of any rolling stock object</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the ability to edit the product levels produced and consumed of any industry</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<span id="DispatchFilters"></span>
 +
==='''Dispatch Filters'''===
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Filters built into the '''Dispatch Manager''' allow the list of displayed entries to be reduced to those that interest you</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
There are some basic filter options available to reduce the quantity of data displayed.
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=300>[[image:DispatchManagerColourFilterSearch_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Search&#160;</span> box enter the name of a driver (e.g. '''Ami'''), a location (e.g. '''Richmond'''), an industry (e.g. '''Tipple'''), a product (e.g. '''Coal''') or a consist (e.g. '''Consist 29'''). UPPER/lower case is not important</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the coloured dots will filter the types of messages shown in the display. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on a coloured dot to toggle on/off each message type
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:GreyDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Grey ON''' shows '''player activity''' messages (e.g. '''player &lt;name&gt; moved to loco &lt;name&gt;'''): '''Grey OFF''' hides them</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:YellowDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Yellow ON''' shows '''caution warnings''' (e.g. '''&lt;driver_name&gt; has stopped for a red signal (Signal &lt;name/number&gt;)'''): '''Yellow OFF''' hides them</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Red ON''' shows '''Stuck''' and other problem messages: '''Red OFF''' hides them</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:GreenDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Green ON''' shows '''Task proceeding''' messages (e.g. '''&lt;driver_name&gt; is delivering coal at &lt;Industry_name&gt;'''): '''Green OFF''' hides them</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>For example: Turning '''OFF''' all the coloured dots except [[image:RedDot10x10.png|link=]] could produce the following display<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerRedColourFilterExample_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the display can be filtered by its data categories. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the down arrowhead next to the title '''Item (All)''' to reveal the different data categories
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=140>[[image:DispatchManagerSelection_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on a category name (e.g. '''Industries''') to filter the display using that category<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerShowIndustriesi_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Dblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>the above filter options can be combined. Some examples:
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>To display all coal industries type '''Coal''' in the search box and select the category '''Industries''' - this will exclude consists carrying coal as a product<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerShowCoalIndustries_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>To display all drivers hauling lumber type '''Lumber''' in the search box and select the category '''Drivers'''<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerShowLumberDrivers_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
 +
==='''Item Status'''===
 +
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Status''' column of the display gives you access to more information about each item in the display as well as editing and control tools</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>Each item in the display has a sub menu that will give you access to additional information and control options.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=600 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 Open an Item Status Sub Menu:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Left Click</span> on the down arrowhead at the end of the '''Status''' description of the required item. The options shown in a sub menu will depend on the type of item selected and if it has any active tasks</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=400>
 +
<table width=400 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>'''Example:''' The driver '''Levi''' has active driver commands to execute<br><br>
 +
When the sub menu is opened it will have a set of options as shown in the image below. These options will vary between specific examples<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerShowStatusLevi2_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=10>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=590>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Item Status Menu Options</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will cancel the '''Automatic Scheduler''' if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be cleared.
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the current driver has already been '''Claimed''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Assign&#160;to&#160;Automatic&#160;Scheduler&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Assign to Automatic Scheduler''' will return the driver to the '''TLR'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>the current '''TLR''' tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Pause Task''' option will not appear if the '''Claim Task''' option has been selected.<br>
 +
If the current driver has been put on '''Pause''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Resume&#160;Task&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Resume Task''' will return the driver to the '''TLR''' to continue its normal operations</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Cancel&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>the '''current''' driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be terminated. The '''TLR''' will then allocate new tasks to this driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;driver_name&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will open the '''Driver Manager''' window - see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipDispatchDriver|Manage&#160;Drivers]]''' for more information</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;industry_name_1&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will open the '''Industry Manager''' window for the industry currently being serviced (i.e. where the train is loading/unloading) or, if the train is moving towards its next industry task, then it will show the industry that the driver has just departed - see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipManageIndustry|Manage&#160;Industries]]''' for more information</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;industry_name_2&gt;&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will open the '''Industry Manager''' window for the next industry to be serviced by the train (i.e. its destination) - see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipManageIndustry|Manage&#160;Industries]]''' for more information</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="stepManageDrivers"></span>
 +
='''Managing Drivers'''=
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepDispatchManager|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|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=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Managing Drivers''' is best performed using the '''Driver Control Center''' palette/window described at [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepDriverCenter|Driver Control Center]]'''.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="stepManageIndustries"></span>
 +
 +
='''Managing Industries'''=
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipConfigureIndustries|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepManageDrivers|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepManageConsists|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>'''Industries''' are '''scenery objects''' that can load and/or unload products into/from consists</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Not all '''scenery objects''' are '''Industries'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>You can open the '''Industry Properties Window''' of a selected industry by one of two methods depending on your '''Trainz''' version and starting point
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td width=550>from '''Surveyor''' using '''Trainz Plus''' or '''TRS22PE'''</td>
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>from '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''' using '''Trainz Plus'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=550 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 Open the '''Industry Properties Window''' of a "product enabled" industry from '''Surveyor''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Use the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the industry object</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>All industry objects have a segment of track usually attached to a structure. In some cases the entire industry object '''IS''' the track by itself with no attached structure</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>either press the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;T&#160;</span> key or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on its '''Context Icon'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Details&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: lightgrey; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit Details&#160;</span> option is greyed out and cannot be selected then the object is '''NOT''' an industry - it cannot load or unload products</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td>[[image:ManageIndustriesContext_S20.png|250px|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=450 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 Open the '''Industry Properties Window''' of a "product enabled" industry from [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch Manager]]''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>) in either '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>from the '''Dispatch Manager''' window identify the industry to be edited
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Filter the items displayed using the option '''Industries'''. Only those scenery objects that are able to load/unload products will be listed</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the down '''Arrowhead''' icon of the selected industry in the '''Status''' column
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerAwaitingCoalPickup_S20.png|link=]] and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;&lt;name_of_industry&gt;&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipConfigureIndustries"></span>
 +
=='''Configuring an Industry'''==
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadIndustries|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</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>Most industries have few, if any, settings apart from product levels that can be edited</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In almost all industries the only non-product property that can be edited is the industry name</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Edit the Name of an Industry Object:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>edit or type the name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Name&#160;</span> text entry box. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#The Info Palette|Info Palette]]''' for the details</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>press the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Enter&#160;</span> key</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipLoadIndustries"></span>
 +
=='''Preload an Industry'''==
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLegacyIndustries|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipConfigureIndustries|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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</tr>
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
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<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>An industry can be preloaded with a product, or multiple products, that were specified when the industry was created</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>Many industries are "locked" in that only one or a few set products will be allowed</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2>
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<table>
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<tr valign="middle">
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<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
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<td>There are so many different types of industries and products available, and many variations of each, that it is impossible to cover them all in this document. A few of the more common possibilities are shown here</td>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Example 1:&#160;</span> Single Product Industry - Output Only</span></td>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Typical Uses:</span> Mines, locomotive coaling towers, locomotive water towers or columns</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=520>[[image:ManageIndustriesCoalMine1_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span></td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>The product name and icon - '''Coal'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>The quantity of the product currently stored ('''500000 units''') and the maximum storage level ('''1000000 units''')</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage ('''50%''')</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span></td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>'''Green Arrow''' leading into the product icon plus the words "Output" and "Produces" indicates a '''Production Process'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>The quantity of the product produced every '''30 seconds''' ('''500 units''')</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage ('''&lt;1%''')</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>The time ('''500 minutes''') needed to fill the available storage at the set production rate</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
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<td>The length of the green bar is set by applying the percentage figure to the total width of the bar graph space, not the light grey bar behind it. The length of the green bar, but not its percentage figure, will change as the window is resized</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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The initial settings shown (current product level, maximum allowed level, production rate) were all "built-in" to the industry when it was originally created. You can alter the current product level and the production rate.<br>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=410>[[image:ManageIndustriesCoalMine1a_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> '''To Alter the Stored Product Quantity:-'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
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<td>move the mouse pointer into the light grey area at the end of the '''green bar''' and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click and Drag&#160;</span> it '''Left''' or '''Right''' to the required position. To set the '''Product Quantity''' to '''zero''' drag the bar to the extreme left</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2>The figures showing the quantity stored and the time needed to fill (or empty) the storage space will be updated as the end of the bar is moved</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><br></td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=250>[[image:ManageIndustriesCoalMine1b_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> '''To Alter the Production Rate:-'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
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<td>move the mouse pointer into light grey area at the end of the '''green bar''' and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click and Drag&#160;</span> it '''Left''' or '''Right''' to the required position. To set the '''Production Rate''' to '''zero''' drag the bar to the extreme left. The '''green bar''' in this example is already close to the extreme left because the initial production rate (500 units/30 secs) is quite small</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>The figures showing the time needed to fill the remaining storage space and the production rate will be updated as the end of the bar is moved</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
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<td><span style="font-size: 17px;">'''Notes:'''</span><br>
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----
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
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<td>Setting the stored '''Product Quantity''' to '''zero''' will force the industry to rely on its '''Production Rate''' to rebuild its supply of product which could be quickly emptied as each consist comes in to be loaded</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Setting the '''Production Rate''' to '''zero''' will force the industry to rely entirely on the '''Product Quantity''' that it has in storage. Every time a consist loads from the industry that product level will decrease until it reaches zero when no more product will be available for loading</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Example 2:&#160;</span> Two Product Industry - Input and Output</span></td>
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</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Typical Uses:</span> Timber mill, mineral processing, factory</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
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 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
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<td width=520>[[image:ManageIndustriesLogging1_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 1'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Name and icon - '''62ft Log Load'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product currently stored ('''2 units''') and the maximum storage level ('''20 units''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage ('''10%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 2'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Name and icon - '''YZ Lumber Load 12ft (SDS) Lumber'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product currently stored ('''202 units''') and the maximum storage level ('''256 units''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage ('''78%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 2''' - '''YZ Lumber Load''' (the products will not always be in the same order as above)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Green Arrow''' leading into the product icon plus the words "Output" and "Produces" indicates a '''Production Process'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product produced every '''30 seconds''' ('''5 units''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage ('''1%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The time ('''5 minutes''') needed to fill the available storage at the set production rate</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 1''' - '''62ft Log Load'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Green Arrow''' leaving the product icon plus the words "Input" and "Consumes" indicates a '''Consumption Process'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product consumed every '''30 seconds''' ('''1 unit''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage ('''5%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The time ('''1 minute''') needed to empty the available storage at the set consumption rate</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</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;">'''Notes:'''</span><br>
 +
----
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</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Setting the '''Consumption Rate''' to '''zero''' will force the industry to add any product deliveries to the '''Product Quantity''' that it has in storage until that reaches its maximum level. After that the industry will not accept any further deliveries</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Example 3:&#160;</span> Two Product Holding Industry - Dual Input and Output</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Typical Uses:</span> Stockyards, warehouses</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:ManageIndustriesStockyard1_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 1'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Name and icon - '''Bull Hereford 01a load'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product currently stored ('''50 units''') and the maximum storage level ('''100 units''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage ('''50%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>'''Product 2'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Name and icon - '''Merino Sheep Load'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of the product currently stored ('''50 units''') and the maximum storage level ('''100 units''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage ('''50%''')</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Product 1''' and '''Product 2''' both appear on both sides of the '''Green Arrow''' plus the term "Input/Output", and the words "consumes" and "produces", all indicating that both are '''Production''' and '''Consumption Processes'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The quantity of each product produced and consumed every '''30 seconds'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>An adjustable bar graph showing a figure ('''25%''') of unknown meaning</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The time ('''less than 1 minute''') needed for the '''Bull Hereford 01a load''' to be emptied at the set consumption rate</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>There is an '''Arrowhead''' icon at the start of the above line. A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the arrowhead will reveal the following data.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>[[image:ManageIndustriesStockyard1b_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Both of the '''Blue''' bars ('''Consumption Rates''') and both the '''Green''' bars ('''Production Rates''') can be adjusted</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;Example 4:&#160;</span> Two Track Passenger Station</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Typical Uses:</span> Passenger Station</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=645>[[image:ManageIndustriesStation2trk_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Passenger Platforms&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2 align="center">'''Platform 1'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Arriving Passenger Behaviour''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Double Arrowhead''' to reveal the options<br>
 +
[[image:ManageIndustriesStationArriveProp_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Peak Departing Passenger Time''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Double Arrowhead''' to reveal the options<br>
 +
[[image:ManageIndustriesStationPeakProp_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Peak Departing Passengers (120)''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> in the text box and enter the number of passengers that would be boarding during peak time(s)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Initial Number of Passengers (10)''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> in the text box and enter the starting number of passengers that will be waiting on the platform</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2 align="center">'''Platform 2'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>The same sequence is repeated for each platform</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipLegacyIndustries"></span>
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=='''Legacy Industries'''==
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</td>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepManageConsists|Skip Down]]</td>
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<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLoadIndustries|Skip Up]]</td>
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<td width=46>&#160;</td>
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<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
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<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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<td width=75>&#160;</td>
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</tr>
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
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<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>'''Legacy Industries''' are those that were created for older versions of '''Trainz'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>Many legacy industry assets will work with the '''Industry Properties Window''' but, in general, the lower the '''Asset Build Number''' of an industry asset (i.e. the older the '''Trainz''' version it was designed for) the less likely it is that it will work correctly or at all</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>Legacy industry assets that do not work within the '''Industry Properties Window''' can sometimes be accessed and controlled through the '''Script Properties''' section of the window</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>Often the only way to discover if an "older" or Legacy Industry asset will work in the '''Industry Properties Window''', and in the '''TLR''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>), is to open its '''Industry Properties Window''' and see what appears.<br>
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If the '''Industry Properties Window''' appears with the '''Commodity Levels''' and '''Industry Processes''' sections, both with products as shown in '''Examples 1 to 3''' in the section above, then the industry is compatible with the new interface and with the '''TLR'''.<br>
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However, if there are sections missing from the '''Industry Properties Window''', then that is an indication that the industry '''may not''' be compatible.</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor=#82e0aa>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Symptoms and Diagnosis</span></td>
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</table>
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<td>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>[[image:ManageIndustriesNoProperties_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>No <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span> section<br>
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No <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span> section<br><br>
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This object is most likely a scenery asset that has been mis-labelled as an industry object. Another clue is that the object may not have any attached track, visible or invisible, but having an attached track is not a guarantee that it is an Industry object</td>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>&#160;</td>
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<td colspan=2>A common example of this situation is when a scenery object has been created with the '''kind''' tag in its '''config.txt''' file set to "Industry" most likely because the object represents a factory, mine or other industrial structure but none of the special tags required for a working industry have been added. This type of error is more common in assets created for early versions of '''Trainz'''</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td><td>[[image:ManageIndustriesNoCommod_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>No <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span> section<br>
 +
An <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span> section containing a process that is disabled<br>
 +
If you attempt to drag the '''Green''' processes bar to the right it will instantly "snap back" when released<br><br>
 +
Most likely the product name and quantity tags in the objects '''config.txt''' file are missing or have been incorrectly written</td>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:Cblue.png|link=]]</td><td>[[image:ManageIndustriesNoProcess_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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<td>A <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Commodity Levels&#160;</span> section present with at least one Product<br>
 +
No <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Industry Processes&#160;</span> section<br>
 +
You may be able to drag out and set the '''Green''' commodity bar but it has no effect on the industry.<br><br>
 +
Most likely the product process tags in the objects '''config.txt''' file are missing or have been incorrectly written</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2>In the legacy examples shown above in [[image:Bblue.png|link=]] and [[image:Cblue.png|link=]] it '''may''' be possible for the objects to work as industries. The first step is to check the contents of the '''Script Properties''' section of the '''Industry Properties Window'''</td>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>If the '''Script Properties''' section is empty, apart from the title '''Display Legacy View-Details Window''', then it is very unlikely that this object will work correctly as an industry.<br>
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[[image:ManageIndustriesEmptyScript_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor=#82e0aa>
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<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Treatment</span></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2>If the '''Script Properties''' section contains the legacy ('''TRS19''' and earlier) '''Industry Properties Window''', like the examples shown below, then it is likely (but not 100% certain) that this object will work as an industry</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2 align="center">'''Other interface designs and colour schemes are possible'''</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=500 align="center">[[image:ManageIndustriesLegacyMenu01_S20.png|500px|link=]]
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<table cellpadding=2 align="left">
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<tr valign="top">
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<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To add Products and Processes to a Legacy Industry Asset:-</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Fill out or edit as many of the industry details (inputs, outputs, rates, tracks, etc) as required. In the example shown above left <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on each category tab (e.g. '''Queues''', '''Tracks''', etc) to reveal its data. For example:-<br>
 +
[[image:ManageIndustriesLegacyMenu04_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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<td width=500>[[image:ManageIndustriesLegacy02_S20.png|445px|link=]]<br>
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<br>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If you receive an error message (e.g. a '''Script Error'''), or you cannot open a specific section, then ignore it and move on to the next data item to be entered or edited</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table width=996 bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Products''' tab, shown in the image above, allocates products to rolling stock objects. It will not always work in the new '''Industry Properties Window''' but it can be ignored. Its tasks are also performed by the '''Consist Properties Window''' which does work (see [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#skipLoadConsists|Loading Consists]]''' below)</td>
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</tr>
 +
</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
 +
<br>
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<table width=1000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>When finished <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Save&#160;Changes&#160;</span> button at the bottom right of the window<br>
 +
[[image:ManageIndustriesLegacySave_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Close the '''Industry Properties Window'''</td>
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</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Reopen the '''Industry Properties Window''' for the same industry object</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000>
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<tr valign="top" bgcolor=#82e0aa>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Recovery</span></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>If, after reopening the '''Industry Properties Window''', you see all the '''Commodity Level''' and '''Input/Output Processes''' present and filled out to the values you just set then the procedure has been successful, but there is no 100% guarantee that the Legacy Industry will work perfectly.<br>
 +
[[image:ManageIndustriesLegacyMenu06_S20.png|link=]]</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td align="center"><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Each of the Commodity Levels and Industry Processes can now be adjusted by altering the length of their green or blue bars</span></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
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<tr valign="top">
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<td width=629><span id="stepManageConsists"></span>
 +
='''Managing Consists'''=
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</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipConfigureConsists|Skip Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipLegacyIndustries|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>[[image:BackToTop.png|link=#top|alt=Top|Top]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextUp.png|link=#stepManageIndustries|alt=Next Up|Next Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:NextDown.png|link=#stepLogs|alt=Next Down|Next Down]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:BackToBottom.png|link=#bottom|alt=Bottom|Bottom]]</td>
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</tr>
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</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
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<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>'''Consist''' covers all rolling stock objects, including locomotives</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>You can open the '''Consist Properties Window''' of a selected rolling stock object by one of two methods depending on your '''Trainz''' version and starting point
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Ablue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td width=550>from '''Surveyor''' using '''Trainz Plus''' or '''TRS22PE'''</td>
 +
<td width=25>[[image:Bblue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>from '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''' using '''Trainz Plus'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
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<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=550 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 Open the '''Consist Properties Window''' of a consist from '''Surveyor''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Use the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' to <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on any rolling stock object in the consist</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>either press the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;T&#160;</span> key or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on its '''Context Icon'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Details&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td>[[image:ManageConsistsContext_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table width=450 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 Open the '''Consist Properties Window''' of a consist from the [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch&#160;Manager]]''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">available in Trainz Plus only</span>) in either '''Surveyor''' or '''Driver''':-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>from the '''Dispatch Manager''' window identify the consist to be edited
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Filter the items displayed using the option '''All Trains''' or '''Drivers''' if the consist has a driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the down '''Arrowhead''' icon of the selected consist in the  '''Status''' column<br>
 +
[[image:DispatchManagerLeviDelivering_S20.png|link=]]<br>
 +
and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show Consist...&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<br>
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<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipConfigureConsists"></span>
 +
=='''Configuring a Consist'''==
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</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#skipLoadConsists|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#stepManageConsists|Skip Up]]</td>
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepManageConsists|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table> <!-- END Nav Buttons Table -->
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 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor="lightcyan" cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The general properties of a consist, such as its '''Track Priority''' and '''Classification''', can be edited</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>The '''Consist Properties Window''' of a selected consist is shown below with its option menus:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=590>[[image:ConsistManagerSettingsOptions_S20.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 Open a Sub Menu in the '''Consist Properties Window''' and Change a Setting:- </td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the down '''Arrowhead''' next to the current setting of a property</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the option to be set <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> anywhere outside the options list to close it</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffe0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:PencilTips.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>To edit the name of a rolling stock object (e.g. '''SAR BLV 111''' as shown at the top of the '''Consist Properties Window''' in the figure on the left) open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: #797979;">&#160;Info Palette&#160;</span> and edit or type the name in the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Name&#160;</span> text entry box. See [[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[#The Info Palette|Info Palette]]''' for the details</td>
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</tr>
 +
</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
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<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;">Consist Settings Menu Options</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
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</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=4><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Track Priority:&#160;</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;1&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td rowspan=3 width=20>&#160;</td>
 +
<td rowspan=3>Select one option.<br>
 +
These settings are used with [[image:WikiLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;'''[[How_to_Use_Track_Priority_Markers|Track Priority Marker]]''' objects, and a few other track objects, to control the path that a consist will normally take at a junction. Without the presence and use of '''Track Priority Markers''', or other track objects designed to work with priority levels, this setting has no effect on a consist</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;2&#160;</span></td>
 +
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 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;3&#160;</span></td>
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Train Classification:&#160;</span> These options control the running lights displayed on the leading locomotive if that locomotive has been configured correctly</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Timetabled&#160;Train&#160;(Off)&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights for a normal scheduled train service</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Extra&#160;Train&#160;(White)&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights to indicate that this is an additional (not regularly scheduled) train service</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Train&#160;with&#160;following&#160;section&#160;(Green)'''&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>sets the running lights to indicate that this service has an additional (or "second division") service following. That following service should be set to show the '''Extra Train''' running lights</td>
 +
</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
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<td>
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<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">&#160;Dispatch Status:&#160;<span style="background-color: yellow;"> available in Trainz Plus only</span></span></td>
 +
</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>In <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">Trainz Plus</span> the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Dispatch Manager&#160;</span> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Dispatch Status&#160;</span> setting must be '''Enabled''' for these options to be available. The '''TLR''' (Trainz Living Railroad) uses this to control consists assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler'''. See '''[[image:PageLink.PNG|link=]]&#160;[[#stepDispatchManager|Dispatch Manager]]''' for more information</td>
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</tr>
 +
</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>this will cancel the '''Automatic Scheduler''' if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be cleared.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
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</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>&#160;</td>
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<td colspan=2>
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<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the current driver has already been '''Claimed''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Assign&#160;to&#160;Automatic&#160;Scheduler&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Claim&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Assign to Automatic Scheduler''' will return the driver to the '''TLR'''</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
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<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>the current '''TLR''' tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffb0 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:NotePad.PNG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The '''Pause Task''' option will not appear if the '''Claim Task''' option has been selected.<br>
 +
If the current driver has been put on '''Pause''' then <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Resume&#160;Task&#160;</span> will appear instead of the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Pause&#160;Task&#160;</span> option. Selecting '''Resume Task''' will return the driver to the '''TLR''' to continue its normal operations</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Cancel&#160;Task&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>any '''current''' driver commands in the '''Command Status''' will be terminated. The '''TLR''' will then allocate new tasks to this driver</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Clear&#160;Cached&#160;Track&#160;Path&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>will delete the cached '''TLR''' path for this consist held in memory and will rebuild it using the current settings</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>&#160;</td>
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Show&#160;Dispatch&#160;Manager&#160;</span></td>
 +
<td>if you have closed the '''Dispatch Manager''' window, or minimised it to free up screen space, then this will return it to the screen</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000> <!-- BEGIN Nav Buttons Table -->
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=629><span id="skipLoadConsists"></span>
 +
 +
=='''Loading Consists (Incl Locomotives)'''==
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipDown.png|link=#stepLogs|Skip Down]]</td> <!-- Skip Down -->
 +
<td width=50>[[image:SkipUp.png|link=#skipConfigureConsists|Skip Up]]</td> <!-- Skip Up -->
 +
<td width=46>&#160;</td> <!-- Top -->
 +
<td width=75>[[image:HeadingUp.png|link=#stepManageConsists|alt=Heading|To Heading]]</td> <!-- Next Up -->
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td> <!-- Next Down -->
 +
<td width=75>&#160;</td> <!-- Bottom -->
 +
</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>In '''Surveyor''' consists and locomotives that are designed to carry products, including fuel for the locomotive, can be preloaded with products</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:BlueDot10x10.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Not all consists and locomotives are designed to carry products, including locomotive fuel</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table width=1000 bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>There are differences in the loading of bulk products (e.g. coal, ballast, etc) and discrete products (e.g. cars, stacks of timber, etc) where the product will be visible on the rolling stock object. This is covered in '''Step''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;4&#160;</span> below.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
 +
<table width=1000>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> '''To Load a Rolling Stock Object with a Product:-'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>In Surveyor use the [[image:S20_FreeMoveToolIcon.png|link=|20px]]&#160;'''Free Move Tool''' to select (highlight) a single suitable rolling stock object.
 +
<br>
 +
<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>Not all rolling stock objects were created to carry loads - attachment points have to be added for visible products to appear. '''Step''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;3&#160;</span> below will reveal if the chosen rolling stock object has been configured for carrying a load. Rolling stock objects that cannot be loaded with a product can still be included in a consist sent to an industry but they will not load/unload</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table bgcolor=#000000 cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="middle">
 +
<td width=35>[[image:Information.png|35px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Locomotives can typically be loaded with:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;for Steam&#160;</span> '''Coal''', '''Wood''' or '''Bunker Oil (or similar)''' for fuel plus '''Water'''  and '''Sand''' - in the locomotive or its tender</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: blue;">&#160;for Diesel&#160;</span> '''Diesel Fuel''' and '''Sand'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
But individual locomotives will vary.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=300>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep01_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>Open its context menu (either press the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;T&#160;</span> key or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on its '''Context Icon''') and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Edit&#160;Details&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
<td width=220>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep02_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>This will open the '''Consist Properties Window''' for the selected rolling stock object.
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>Look for a section in the window labelled '''Commodity Levels'''
 +
<br>
 +
<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>If there is no '''Commodity Levels''' section then the selected rolling stock object is '''NOT''' configured for carrying any load.</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=100>[[image:LoadBulkWagonNoAdd_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;+&#160;Add&#160;</span> button is greyed out and cannot be selected then the wagon may be in a consist that has been assigned to the '''Automatic Scheduler''' (<span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;">in Trainz Plus</span>)</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
<td width=220>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep03_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint4.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>You can either <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span>:-
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;+&#160;Add&#160;</span> button to open a text list of available (and recommended) products, as shown below left. <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">OR</span></td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>on the right pointing '''Arrowhead''' to display the icons of all the available products, as shown below right. Move the mouse pointer onto a product to reveal its name. To close the icon list <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''Arrowhead''' again</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=140>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep04_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>&#160;</td>
 +
<td width=505>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep03a_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
In both cases <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the name or icon of the required product. The product will then appear in the '''Commodity List''' with a default '''Product Quantity''' value shown as a green bar which may be initially set at '''zero''' for some products.
 +
<br>
 +
<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> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">For Individual (not Bulk) Products:-</span><br>
 +
----
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Using the '''Name List''' method will load the product at its default position on the rolling stock object</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Using the '''Icon List''' method '''may''' give you options, if they are built into the rolling stock object, of where the product will be placed
 +
[[image:LoadNotPermittedQueues1a_S20.png|link=]]
 +
<table bgcolor=#ffffff cellpadding=2>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=3><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:</span> To Configure the Load Queue:-</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=25>[[image:DotPoint1Blue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click&#160;</span> on the '''ArrowHead''' icon after the message '''Click here to configure queue...'''</td>
 +
<td rowspan=5>[[image:LoadNotPermittedQueues1b_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint2Blue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Select (click) the required loading point option or options (you may have more than one for multiple product loads) from those shown. Different rolling stock objects may have different loading points. A '''Tick''' will appear in front of each selected option name. A second click on the same option will remove the tick</td>
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint3Blue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>To delete the product from the '''Icon List''' click the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;Delete&#160;</span> option</td>
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint4Blue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>Click outside the '''Options List''' to clear it from the screen</td>
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint5Blue.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>If the '''Product Quantity''' is above a minimum level (see '''Step''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: red;">&#160;5&#160;</span> below) then the product will appear in or on the selected rolling stock object</td>
 +
<!-- td in rowspan -->
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
<br>
 +
<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> <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">For Bulk Products:-</span><br>
 +
----
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>There is only a single loading point for bulk products so no loading options will be given however there may be other options offered, such as a tarpaulin covering for the load, if they have been built into the rolling stock object</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>The product '''will not appear''' in the rolling stock object until the session has started running
 +
<table width=600>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep09_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep10_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
</table>
 +
</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint5.JPG|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>To change the '''Product Quantity''' move the mouse pointer into the grey area at the end of the green bar and <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">&#160;Left Click and Drag&#160;</span> it '''Left''' or '''Right''' to the required position. To set the '''Product Quantity''' to '''zero''' drag the bar to the extreme left</td>
 +
<td width=220>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep05_S20.png|link=]]</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td colspan=2>
 +
<table>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td width=10>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>You can use the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;">&#160;+&#160;Add&#160;</span> button or the '''Icon List''' to add another product to the queue</td>
 +
<td width=300 align="center" rowspan=3>[[image:LoadBulkWagonStep07_S20.png|link=]]<br>
 +
'''A bulk product copied to other identical wagons'''</td>
 +
</tr>
 +
<tr valign="top">
 +
<td>[[image:DotPoint.JPG|10px|link=]]</td>
 +
<td>
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<table>
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Latest revision as of 08:11, 17 February 2025

The information in this Wiki Page applies to Surveyor 2.0 (S20) as found in Trainz Plus and TRS22 Platinum.
There is a companion Wiki Page, WikiLink.PNG How to Use S20 Tools, that covers the Surveyor 2.0 Tools and the palettes that control how they work.
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Contents

InfoPaletteFocus S20.png
S20 PaletteAssets.png
DriverPalette S20.png
CommodityPickerPalette S20.png
BrushTools S20.png
LayersPalette S20 SessionLayersOpen.png
S20 PalettePackages.png
LogsPalette S20.png
SessionInfoPalette S20.png
AssetPreviewPalette S20.png
BrushToolsScrapBrush S20.png
ScrapbookNewNamedPinned S20.png
S20 PalettePackages.png
SessionOptionsPalette S20.png
ScheduleInfoPaletteDriver.png


Navigation Icons used in this Document
Top Bottom at Chapter Headings to jump to the top/bottom of the document
Next Up Next Down at Chapter Headings to jump to the next or previous Chapter
e.g. 1. to 2. to 3., etc
Next Up Skip Down within Chapters to jump to the next or previous Section
e.g. 6.1 to 6.2 to 6.3, etc
To Heading within Sections to return to the current Chapter Heading
e.g. 6.3 back to 6.0
Up Down within Sections to jump to the next or previous Sub-section
e.g. 12.1.1 to 12.1.2, etc


Colour Coded Labels used in this Document
 Palette  Name of a palette e.g.  Assets Palette 
 Option  Drop Down Menu option e.g.  Copy 
 Key  Keystroke or keystroke combination e.g.  Shift  or  Ctrl  +  C 
 Control  A control setting in the  Tool Options Palette  e.g.  Radius 
 Mouse  An action to be performed using the mouse e.g.  Left Click and Drag 


[edit] The Trainz Plus World

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When you start Trainz Plus and TRS22 Platinum the world presented will look something like the following images, but what you actually see can be highly customised to your own preferences.


 Surveyor 2.0 

S20 SurveyorScreen.png

The dark grey strips on the left and right of the screen contain Palettes that have been Docked into the positions shown. Palettes are where selections can be made, information displayed and controls set.
NotePad.PNG The main difference between a Palette and a Window is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those listed in the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu in Surveyor can be docked so they are Palettes.


Shown in the image above are 6 Palettes from top left to bottom right:-
DotPoint.JPG Layers
DotPoint.JPG Filter
DotPoint.JPG Assets
DotPoint.JPG Tools
DotPoint.JPG Tool Options
DotPoint.JPG Info
Not shown are 5 more Palettes that have been hidden from view:-
DotPointBlueSquare.png Scrapbook
DotPointBlueSquare.png Asset Preview
DotPointBlueSquare.png Content Packages
DotPointBlueSquare.png Logs
DotPointBlueSquare.png Drivers


 Driver 

NotePad.PNG The main difference between a Palette and a Window is that palettes can be docked or grouped together, windows cannot. All those listed in the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu in Driver cannot be docked so they are Windows.


All the windows in Driver are normally hidden.

S20 DriverScreen.png

Shown in the image above are 2 Windows:-
DotPoint.JPG Session Options
DotPoint.JPG Commodity Picker
Not shown are 4 more Windows:-
DotPointBlueSquare.png Session Info
DotPointBlueSquare.png Driver Control Center
DotPointBlueSquare.png Waybills
DotPointBlueSquare.png Schedule Info


[edit] Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows

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BlueDot10x10.png Palettes and Windows, in both Surveyor and Driver, are hidden and revealed using the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu.


PencilTips.PNG In Surveyor the visible/hidden state of each palette will be saved when you close the program. When you restart each palette will be returned to that last saved state.


The visible and hidden Palettes and Windows in the screenshots shown above have had their visibility set by:-

 Surveyor 
WindowsMenu S20.png
 Driver 
WindowsMenu Driver.png
Steps: To Hide or Show a palette/window:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu
 
  The popup menu will show:-
BulletTick.png visible palettes/windows have ticks next to their names - this includes those that are visible but minimised
BulletNoTick.png invisible (hidden) palettes/windows have no ticks next to their names
  minimised palettes and windows (e.g. the Mini Map or Drivers as shown in the images) are also listed below the bottom dividing line
DotPoint2.JPG To hide a visible palette or window, or to reveal an invisible one, simply Left Click on its name OR on the BulletTick.png BulletNoTick.png icon next to its name
DotPoint3.JPG To show a minimised palette or window Left Click on its name


See also PageLink.PNG Minimise Maximise Close below.

NotePad.PNG The Dispatch Manager window found in Trainz Plus only is located under the SurveyorToolsIcon S20.png Tools Menu in both Surveyor and Driver


[edit] Docking and Undocking Palettes

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BlueDot10x10.png Palettes in Surveyor are normally Docked, locked into fixed positions on both sides of the Surveyor Screen. They can be Undocked and freed to move anywhere on the screen.
BlueDot10x10.png Windows in Driver are Undocked and are free to move anywhere on the screen. They cannot be Docked.


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG In Surveyor the docked or undocked state and position of each palette will be saved when you close the program. When you restart each palette will be returned to that last saved state.
DotPoint.JPG In Driver the position of a window will NOT be saved when you close the program.


Undocking a Palette

PalettesUndocking1 S20.png
Steps: To Undock a palette from its docked position on either side of the screen:-
DotPoint1.JPG Move the mouse pointer onto the Title Bar of the palette to be undocked. The pointer will take the shape of a 4 headed arrow
PalettesUndocking2 S20.png DotPoint2.JPG Left Click and Drag the palette to any position on the screen
DotPoint3.JPG Release the mouse button in the new position
NotePad.PNG Notes:
DotPoint.JPG If an Undocked palette is Hidden or Minimised and made Visible again it will be returned to its previous Undocked position
DotPoint.JPG If an Undocked palette is Closed and reopened again it will be returned to its previous Undocked position


PencilTips.PNG All palettes that are docked to the two sidebars on the screen can be hidden by pressing the  Ctrl  +  Space  keys. Another press of the same keys will reveal them again.
The palettes that are Undocked and "free floating" will not be hidden and can still be used. This is a good way to clear out some of the screen real estate to provide more working space


Docking a Palette

PalettesDocking S20.png
Steps: To reverse the process and dock a palette:-
DotPoint1.JPG Move the mouse pointer onto the Title Bar of the free palette that is to be docked
 
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click and Drag the palette to the desired position in a docking area. A light grey area will show the palettes docking position
 
DotPoint3.JPG Release the mouse button and the palette
 
The palette does not have to be returned to its original position.


PencilTips.PNG Free floating (Undocked) palettes can be docked together in Surveyor to form a docked group that is still free floating


[edit] Resizing Palettes and Windows

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BlueDot10x10.png Only Surveyor palettes that are Undocked can be resized. Some palettes have to be resized to display all their available information.
BlueDot10x10.png Most Driver windows cannot be resized.


PencilTips.PNG
DotPoint.JPG In Surveyor the resized state of each palette will be saved when you close the program. When you restart each palette will be returned to that last saved state.
DotPoint.JPG In Driver the resized state of a window will NOT be saved when you close the program.


PalettesResizing S20.png
Steps: To resize a palette or window:-
DotPoint1.JPG Move the mouse pointer onto any corner or onto an edge (left, right or bottom) of the palette/window. When it is in the correct position the pointer "mouse" arrow will change to a "two headed" arrow - if it does not change then it is a window that cannot be resized.
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click and Drag the pointer to expand or reduce the size of the palette or window. Palettes and windows have a maximum and minimum size beyond which they cannot be extended or reduced
DotPoint3.JPG Release the mouse button when the palette or window has reached the required size
NotePad.PNG Notes:
DotPoint.JPG If a resized palette is Hidden or Minimised and made Visible again it will be returned to its previous size
DotPoint.JPG If a resized palette is Closed and reopened again it will be returned to its previous size


NotePad.PNG If a resized palette is returned to a docking area on either side of the screen then its dimensions will return to its default (original) values


[edit] Minimise Maximise Close

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BlueDot10x10.png Minimising will hide a palette or window but retain its size and position data.
BlueDot10x10.png Maximising will return a palette or window to the screen using its last size and position data.
BlueDot10x10.png Closing will remove a palette or window from the screen but its size and position data will be saved. When it is next opened it will be shown on the screen using its last size and position data.


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG All Surveyor palettes can be minimised
DotPoint.JPG Only two Driver windows can be minimised:-
RedDot10x10.png Session Options, and
RedDot10x10.png Driver Control Center


The image below shows a Surveyor 2.0 screen with an open window box (the Find Object Tool) and two Undocked palettes (Info and Layers)

PalettesWindowsOpen S20.png
Each of the windows and palettes shown can be:-
Options:
Ablue.png individually Minimised by a Left Click on the  -  icon in each of their top menu bars
Bblue.png individually Closed by a Left Click on the  x  icon in each of their top menu bars
Cblue.png simultaneously Minimised in a single action from the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu by selecting  Minimise All Windows  WindowsMenuMinimise S20.png
NotePad.PNG Minimising will "remember" the size and position of a palette or window so that it can later be restored to the same size and position
PalettesWindowsMenu S20.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

A Left Click on the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu will show all the palettes and windows, visible and hidden, plus any that are minimised.
DotPoint.JPG In the image shown on the left the minimised windows are listed at the bottom of the menu list in the Minimised Windows Area as Find Object, Info and Layers. Layers is also shown with the name of the currently selected layer.
DotPoint.JPG Note that the Layers and Info palettes are listed twice - once with a BulletTick.png icon in the Palette Area, which indicates that they are "active", and again in the Minimised Windows Area at the bottom, which indicates that they are "active" but "minimised".
Steps: To Maximise a palette or window:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on its name or title in the Minimised Windows Area at the bottom of the list.
DO NOT click on the name of the palette or window shown with the BulletTick.png icon in the upper Palettes section - this will CLOSE it


PencilTips.PNG You can Hide all the palettes in Surveyor that are docked in the two side panels and leave those that are undocked or "free floating" visible. Press the  Ctrl  +  Space  keys to hide and show the side panels and their palettes. The side panels will also be hidden freeing up screen space to display more of your Trainz World


[edit] The Info Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Info Palette  is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document. Some  Info Palette  functions will also require the  Assets Palette  and the  Tool Options Palette .


This palette can be easily overlooked but it has some very useful features:-
BlueDot10x10.png naming objects
BlueDot10x10.png providing precise data and control over the "focus" - the position of the cursor
BlueDot10x10.png providing precise data and control over the position and orientation of objects (it can be used instead of the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool and the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool)
BlueDot10x10.png identifying and setting the "home" layer and binding layer of a selected object
BlueDot10x10.png used for locking and unlocking a selected objects layer


The components of the  Info Palette  are identified in the image below.

InfoPalette S20.png
BlueDot10x10.png Every item in the palette can be edited.
BlueDot10x10.png Each of the small arrowhead icons in the palette will open to display more information and controls or a drop down menu of options.


NotePad.PNG
DotPoint.JPG The Asset Name is the name given to the asset by its creator and the name that will appear in the asset list of Content Manager and in the  Assets Palette 
DotPoint.JPG The Object Name is the optional name that you have given the object so that it can be quickly located in the route and/or session. Some objects, such as station name signs, will require an Object Name that will be visible in Surveyor and Driver


[edit] Palette Coordinates

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Information.png All the positional data and controls in the  Info Palette  are defined in the following ways:-
 x:  is ALWAYS the  North-South  compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing
 y:  is ALWAYS the  East-West  compass direction regardless of the direction that an object is facing
 z:  is ALWAYS the  Vertical  direction (perpendicular to the compass directions) regardless of how an object has been rolled or tilted
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG distances are measured in metres from the North-West corner of the first baseboard. If that baseboard is later deleted then distances will still be measured from its original and now "virtual" North-West corner.
DotPoint.JPG  +  positive distances are in the  South ,  East  and  Up  directions
DotPoint.JPG  -  negative distances are in the  North ,  West  and  Down  directions
DotPoint.JPG New boards added to the North of the first baseboard will have negative x coordinates and new boards added to the West of the first baseboard will have negative y coordinates.
PositionXYZ S20.png


[edit] Info Settings Menu

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All the Focus, Position and Rotation settings have drop down menus that allow values to be transferred to and from other settings and other tools.

InfoPaletteSettingDropMenu1 S20.png

InfoPaletteSettingDropMenu2 S20.png
Steps:
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click inside an  Info Palette  setting box
The first time the popup menu is opened it will only show two active options - Paste and Select All.
 Paste  will paste the contents of your Operating System (Windows, MacOS) clipboard into the setting. If data is already present then the new data will be added to it, not replace it
 Select All  will highlight the contents of the selected setting. You can also achieve this with a Left Click and Drag across the contents of the setting
DotPoint2.JPG Right Click inside the same  Info Palette  setting box
Once the value in a setting has been selected (highlighted) the popup menu will show all options as active.
 Cut  will copy the contents of the selected setting into your Operating System clipboard. The contents will then be deleted from the setting
 Copy  will copy the contents of the selected setting into your Operating System clipboard without deleting it
 Delete  will delete the contents of the selected setting. You can also achieve this with a Left Click and Drag across the contents and then press the  Delete  key


Next to the z co-ordinate in both the Focus and Position is a small white down arrowhead. Left Click on the arrowhead to open its menu.

InfoPaletteFocusMenu S20.png There is only one option in the sub-menu.
Left Click on the  Use Height for Brush  option to copy the current z value to the  Tool Options Palette   Height  setting.


[edit] Focus Info and Controls

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BlueDot10x10.png The Focus shows the current position and height of the Cursor object.

Open up the Focus by a Left Click on its arrowhead icon.

InfoPaletteFocus S20.png


The current cursor position is shown in the  x: ,  y:  and  z:  text entry boxes. These values can be edited to move the cursor to a new position but CARE will be needed.

PencilTips.PNG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the position in smaller increments down to centimetres


NotePad.PNG Notes:

If you enter an x or y value that is "out in empty space" (beyond the edge of a boundary baseboard) then the cursor will be refocused at a point on the baseboard edge that is the closest to the entered co-ordinates.


PencilTips.PNG If it has not been deleted you can identify the North-West corner of the original (first) baseboard by entering 0 as the Focus  x  and  y  co-ordinates


[edit] Asset Name Menu

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BlueDot10x10.png "Asset Name" refers to the name of the asset as displayed in the  Assets Palette  and in Content Manager. This is not the same as the Object Name (see the next section)


You must have an object (or objects) selected for an Asset Name to be shown and for this menu to be available.

InfoPaletteMulti S20.png If more than one object has been selected then the name and position data shown will be for the last selected object. If different objects (with different kuid codes) have been selected then a count of the additional objects will be added. The (+2) shown in the object name in the image on the left indicates that 2 additional different objects are in the group of selected objects.


Next to the Asset Name is a small white Down Arrowhead. Left Click on the arrowhead to open its menu.

InfoPaletteMenu S20.png
Asset Name Menu Options
 Copy  copies the asset name and <kuid> into your operating systems clipboard. If more than two assets have been selected then only the first two will be copied
 Show Asset Details  opens a new window showing the image and description of the selected object
 List Assets in New Window  opens up Content Manager and lists all the selected objects
 Add to Picklist  adds selected objects to a Picklist
 Remove from Picklist   NOT WORKING  (a known bug)
use this same option found in the  Filter Palette  or Content Manager instead
 Select in Assets Palette  selects and highlights the selected object in the  Assets Palette 


[edit] Object Name

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BlueDot10x10.png "Object Name" refers to the name that you give to an object


You can give any object in your Trainz World an identifying name. In some cases a name is vital for AI and session operations, in other cases it will be needed as a display feature - for example: to be shown on a station nameboard. You must have the object (or objects) selected for this option to be available. If more than one object has been selected then only the last object (the one with the Context Icon) will be affected
InfoPaletteObjectName S20.png
Steps: To name (or rename) an object:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click inside the Name text entry box
DotPoint2.JPG Enter a name
DotPoint3.JPG Press the  Enter  key


ObjectsUsingSameName.png
There is no ban on two or more objects using the same name


In the image shown on the left there are 4 objects all named Old Orroroo Rd.

This will not cause any problems for scenery objects apart from finding the exact one you want with the Finder Tool ( Ctrl  +  F  keys) as shown in the image on the left - Which of the 4 "Old Orroroo Rd" objects is the one that I need?

Stop.PNG WARNING:
Duplicate names will cause problems for Industries (including passenger enabled stations), Locomotives, Track Marks, Triggers, Switches, Signals, etc that have to be identified to control the operation of a session.
These objects must have unique names


[edit] Position Info and Controls

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You must have an object (or objects) selected for the position data to be shown and edited. Open up the position data by a Left Click on its Pos: arrowhead icon.

InfoPalettePos S20.png The position of the selected object (or the last object if more than one is selected) is shown in the x, y and z text boxes. These values can be edited to move the object or objects to a new position but CARE will be needed.


PencilTips.PNGOn the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the position in smaller increments down to centimetres


NotePad.PNG Notes:

If you enter an x or y value that is "out in empty space" (beyond the edge of a boundary baseboard) then the objects will be moved to that position and may vanish from view. The Undo command can be used to reverse the move or the Marquee Tool can be used to add a baseboard under the "floating" objects.


[edit] Rotation Info and Controls

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You must have an object (or objects) selected for the rotation data to be shown and edited. Open up the rotation data by a  Left Click  on its Rot: arrowhead icon.

InfoPaletteRot S20.png The rotational orientation of the selected object (or the last object if more than one is selected) is shown in the r:, p: and y: text boxes (the letters stand for Roll, Pitch and Yaw). These values can be edited to rotate the object or objects in 3D space BUT not all objects can be rotated in certain directions.
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG If several objects have been selected then the last selected object, the one with the Context Icon, will be the centre of all rotations.
DotPoint.JPG Not all objects will allow rotations. For example, SpeedTree objects can only be rotated using the  y:  value ( r  and  p  entries will be ignored) while Spline objects cannot be rotated at all


PencilTips.PNGOn the right of each box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the rotation angle in increments of 1°.


NotePad.PNG Notes:

The rotation data and controls are defined in the following ways:-

 r:  ALWAYS rotates in the vertical plane around the selected objects Y axis (which was defined when it was created).
This is the same as the  Red  Rotational Anchor in the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool
 p:  ALWAYS rotates in the vertical plane around the selected objects Y axis PLUS 90°.
This is the same as the  Green  Rotational Anchor in the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool
 y:  ALWAYS rotates in the horizontal plane around the compass Z or Vertical axis regardless of how the object has been rolled or pitched.
This is similar to but NOT exactly the same as the  Blue  Rotational Anchor in the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool. The difference will become obvious if the object has had a roll or pitch rotation applied before the yaw rotation
FineAdjust3DFrameSmall S20.png
 Rot:   y:  = East 90° North 180° West 270° South
Original
RotationAxis S20.png
Roll:  r: = 45 
RotationAxisRoll S20.png
Pitch:  p: = 45 
RotationAxisPitch S20.png
Yaw:  y: = 45 
RotationAxisYaw S20.png
  All rotations shown are 45° in the + (anticlockwise) direction
 

DotPoint.JPG Some objects (for example: SpeedTrees) will NOT allow Roll or Pitch rotations
DotPoint.JPG all angles are measured in degrees
DotPoint.JPG  +  positive angles are anticlockwise when viewed facing the rotation axis direction
DotPoint.JPG  -  negative angles are clockwise when viewed facing the rotation axis direction
DotPoint.JPG angles greater than 360° can be entered but will give the same result as the angle minus 360°. For example: 450° is exactly the same angle as 90° (450°-360°=90°)
DotPoint.JPG clockwise and anti-clockwise angles are complementary. For example: entering -270° (clockwise) will give the same angle as entering +90° (anticlockwise)


[edit] Layer Info and Controls

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You must have an object (or objects) selected for the layer data to be shown and edited. Open up the layer data by a Left Click on its Layer: arrowhead icon.


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DotPoint.JPG the  Info Palette  is best used to show and edit the layer and binding layer assignments of individual selected objects
DotPoint.JPG operations such as creating, deleting, merging, renaming, moving and hiding layers are performed using the  Layers Palette 
DotPoint.JPG layers can be Locked and Unlocked using the  Info Palette  or the  Layers Palette  but the  Layers Palette  is often the better choice for these tasks


For a single selected object
InfoPaletteLayer S20.png This will show the:-
DotPoint.JPG current layer assigned to the selected object
DotPoint.JPG its assigned Binding Layer (if any)
DotPoint.JPG the Locked or Unlocked state of the assigned layer
  InfoPaletteLockedLayerBtn S20.png Layer is currently Unlocked. Click this button to Lock the layer
  InfoPaletteUnlockedLayerBtn S20.png Layer is currently Locked. Click this button to Unlock the layer
  Using this button will also change the Locked or Unlocked padlock icon shown next to the layer name in the  Layers Palette 
AssetsPaletteLockedUnlockedLayers S20.png
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DotPoint.JPG Objects in a Locked Layer cannot be deleted or moved
DotPoint.JPG Locked Layers can be deleted, moved and merged with other layers


For multiple selected objects
InfoPaletteLayersMulti S20.png
DotPoint.JPG If multiple objects all from the same layer have been selected then that layer name will be shown in the Layer box
DotPoint.JPG If multiple objects that are not all from the same layer have been selected then no layer name will be shown in the Layer box. Instead both the Layer and the Binding box will be left "blank" as shown in the image on the left


[edit] Assigning Objects to a Different Layer

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BlueDot10x10.png The Active Layer is the layer used by the Placement Tool when objects are added to your Trainz World.


A selected object or group of selected objects can be assigned to a different layer. If multiple objects have been selected then they do not have to all be in the same layer.

InfoPaletteLayerDropBoxList S20.png
Steps: To change the assigned layer of an object or group of objects:-
DotPoint1.JPG  Left Click  on the Layer drop down box. The layer containing the object (for a single selected object only) will be shown with a BulletTick.png in front of its name
DotPoint2.JPG Select the destination layer name from the Drop Down Menu. See Warning below
The layer reassignment will start the instant the destination layer is selected
DotPoint3.JPG If you see a Debugging Window on the screen as the task is processed, it will inform you when the task has been completed. You can then close the window


NotePad.PNG Once a target layer has been selected then the  Select Layer  button, which sets the Active Layer, will become active IF the target layer is not the Active Layer. A  Left Click  on this button will set it as the Active Layer.


PencilTips.PNGYou can also set the Active Layer by selecting its name from the list in the  Layers Palette .


Stop.PNG WARNING:
DotPoint.JPG Setting a layer for an object will move that object to that layer
DotPoint.JPG Setting a layer for multiple objects that are in different layers will move ALL those objects to that layer
DotPoint.JPG If objects are moved from one layer group to another (such as from the Route Layers to the Session Layers) then it will change where those objects are saved (in the Route or in the Session)


Options: To set current layer to the Active Layer:-
Ablue.png If the  Select Layer  button is greyed out
InfoPaletteLayerSelectBtnOff S20.png then the selected object is now assigned to the current Active Layer so there is no need to use this option
Bblue.png If it is NOT greyed out
InfoPaletteLayerSelectBtnOn S20.png then the selected object is now assigned to a layer that is not the current Active Layer.  Left Click  on the  Select Layer  button to switch the Active Layer to the same layer as the object



[edit] Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer

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BlueDot10x10.png The Binding Layer, or Bound Layer as it is also called, is a tool used in the development of your Trainz World. It allows you to temporarily assign an object to a second layer while it is still in its original layer. The object will then take on the properties (Locked or Unlocked, Hidden or Visible) of both layers.
Assigned
Layer
Binding
Layer
Object
Status
LayerUnLocked S20.png Unlocked LayerUnLocked S20.png or None LayerUnLocked S20.png Unlocked
LayerLocked S20.png LOCKED LayerLocked S20.png or LayerUnLocked S20.png or None LayerLocked S20.png LOCKED
LayerUnLocked S20.png Unlocked LayerLocked S20.png LOCKED LayerLocked S20.png LOCKED
LayerEyeOpen S20.png Visible LayerEyeOpen S20.png or None LayerEyeOpen S20.png Visible
LayerEyeClosed S20.png HIDDEN LayerEyeOpen S20.png or LayerEyeClosed S20.png or None LayerEyeClosed S20.png HIDDEN
LayerEyeOpen S20.png Visible LayerEyeClosed S20.png HIDDEN LayerEyeClosed S20.png HIDDEN
In Summary:-
DotPoint.JPG If the Assigned Layer or the Binding Layer of an object is Locked then the object will be Locked
DotPoint.JPG If the Assigned Layer or the Binding Layer of an object is Hidden then the object will be Hidden
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DotPoint.JPG Objects in a Hidden Layer cannot be seen and therefore, cannot be selected, deleted or moved
DotPoint.JPG The  Layers Palette  is the ONLY way to create, delete, name and hide layers


Some examples of using the Binding Layer:-
 Example 1: 
The problem: You need to stop an object from being selected so that you can you move other objects on or around it
The solution: Use the  Layers Palette  to create a new empty layer and lock it. Set the Binding Layer of the object to the new locked layer. The object will then be locked so it cannot be selected or moved even though its original layer is unlocked. When the edit has been completed delete the empty locked layer you just created to unlock all its bound objects and remove all their bindings
 Example 2: 
The problem: A group of objects (e.g trees) are blocking access to another object.
The solution: Use the  Layers Palette  to create a new empty layer and hide it. Set the Binding Layer of the blocking objects to the new hidden layer. The blocking objects will no longer be visible and cannot be selected even though their original layer is still visible. When the edit has been completed delete the empty hidden layer you just created to make all its bound objects visible and remove all their bindings


InfoPaletteBindingDropBox S20.png
Steps: To change the assigned binding layer of an object or group of objects:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the Binding drop down box. For a single selected object only the binding layer (which may be <none>) will be shown with a BulletTick.png in front of its name
DotPoint2.JPG Select the Binding layer name from the drop down list. Note: the objects assigned layer will not appear in the list because an object cannot be bound to its own layer
The layer reassignment will start the instant the layer is selected
DotPoint3.JPG If you see a Debugging Window on the screen as the task is processed, it will inform you when the task has been completed. You can then close the window


As an example, the image below shows what you will see for a single object that has had:-
InfoPaletteLayerSetBindingSet S20.png
DotPoint.JPG its assigned layer changed (in the example from "route-layer" to "Station Industries")
DotPoint.JPG its binding layer set (in the example to "Multi Industries")
DotPoint.JPG the newly assigned layer is locked so you have the option to UNLOCK it
DotPoint.JPG the newly assigned layer is not the Active Layer so you have the option to make it the Active Layer


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More information on creating, editing and using Layers can be found on the Trainz Wiki at:-

How to Use Layers


[edit] The Tools Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Tools Palette  is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document


S20 PaletteTools.png
BlueDot10x10.png The  Tools Palette  is at the core of the new interface and takes the place of all the Tool Flyouts that have been the standard for Trainz Surveyor for many years. Some of the tools are new while others have been given a makeover and new abilities. The tools manipulate the Surveyor World you see in many different ways.


Tools and keymap for S20 The  Context Tool  is attached as an icon to a selected or newly placed object. The icon and its Context menu will vary according to the type of object.


PalettesIcon S20.png Various brush tools make use of the  Tool Options Palette , the  Assets Palette , the  Info Palette , the  Layers Palette  and the  Scrapbook Palette . If a palette required by one of the brush tools is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


[edit] The Brush Tool

S20 BrushToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  W 
The  Brush Tool  "paints" the ground height, ground textures, effect layers and scrapbook scenes in the Trainz World
Brush Tools
The Brush Tool has two drop down menu lists.

The first drop down menu will set the "Brush Target" which is the type of brush.

The Targets are:-
BulletTick.png Ground Height
BulletTick.png Ground Texture
BulletTick.png Scrapbook Data
BulletTick.png <List of Effect Layers>
BulletTick.png Edit Effect Layers
BrushToolsGroundOptions S20.png
NotePad.PNG If you have any Effect Layers then they will appear as Targets in this drop down list. Select an Effect Layer to use the brush to paint with that layer.
The Brush Targets  Ground Height ,  Scrapbook Data  and  Effect Layers  have a second drop down menu that controls the Brush Action.
For more detailed information on using the Brush Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Placement Tool

S20 PlacementToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  E 
The  Placement Tool  adds objects to a Trainz World
Placement Tools
The Placement Tool places all types of objects except ground textures and effect layers. Use the Brush Tool to add ground textures and effect layers.
SceneryMeshFilter S20.png all non-spline scenery assets   ScenerySplineFilter S20.png all spline scenery assets
TrackSplineFilter S20.png all track spline assets   TrackMeshFilter S20.png all track (non spline) assets (signals, etc)
TrainFilter S20.png all rolling stock assets  


For more detailed information on using the Placement Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Eyedropper Tool

S20 DropperToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  R 
The  Eyedropper Tool  identifies and selects objects in a Trainz World
EyedropperTools S20.png
PencilTips.PNG The Eyedropper is also inside all the tools in this palette so you can quickly identify any object without having to switch to the Eyedropper Tool and back again. Hold down the  Alt  key to activate this feature in other tools


For more detailed information on using the Eyedropper Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Free Move Tool

S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  S 
The  Free Move Tool  moves objects around a Trainz World
FreeMoveTools S20.png
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The S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool can move any selected object or objects (except Ground Textures and Effect Layers) in any direction horizontally. Vertical movements can be achieved by using the Height control in the  Tool Options Palette .


For more detailed information on using the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Fine Adjustment Tool

S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  D 
The  Fine Adjustment Tool  makes 3D adjustments (XYZ position and rotations) to objects in a Trainz World
Fine Adjustment Tools
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The S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool can move any selected object or objects (except Ground Textures and Effect Layers) in any direction horizontally and vertically. It can also rotate those objects through 3 different axes of rotation.

The most obvious feature of the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool is the 3D Anchor Frame it adds to a selected object. The frame is made of 3 straight and 3 curved coloured lines, called Anchors, which control position and orientation.
FineAdjust3DFrame S20.png The Anchor controls are:-
 The Horizontal and Vertical Anchors 
 Red   Green   Blue  move the object (forward and back, or up and down) in the direction of the Anchor line
 The Rotational Anchors 
 Red   Green   Blue  rotate the object (clockwise and anti-clockwise) along the Anchor arc line.  Note: Not all objects will allow rotations in all directions 
 The Object Anchor 
     (black central dot) moves the object in any horizontal direction


For more detailed information on using the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Marquee Tool

S20 MarqueeToolIcon.png Keyboard Shortcut:  F 
The  Marquee Tool  selects and copies objects, deletes baseboards, adds new baseboards and sets their properties, adds texture to baseboards in a Trainz World, creates scrapbooks
MarqueeTools S20.png
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DotPoint.JPG The Marquee Tool draws out a rectangular area, the Marquee Selection Area, on the route. Any objects (including Ground Heights, Ground Textures and Effect Layers) that are inside the Marquee Selection Area or touched by its boundary can be selected to be added to a Scrapbook, moved, rotated or deleted (scenery objects only)
DotPoint.JPG The Marquee Selection Area can be drawn outside the baseboards to add new baseboards or over existing baseboards to delete or convert them


For more detailed information on using the Marquee Tool see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


[edit] The Tool Options Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Tool Options Palette  is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document


BlueDot10x10.png This palette is used by various tools to set controls and parameters. For a detailed description of all the options presented by the  Tools Palette  for the different tools, see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools


All the Tool Options controls and settings are shown in the image below. The controls are shown in the image as being "inactive". An "active" control will have its icon (to the left of the control name) shown in  Gold . Different Brush Types and Brush Actions will activate different controls.
ToolOptionsPaletteNone S20.png

PencilTips.PNG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the value in smaller increments
 Radius   All Brushes  the brush radius (metres)
Range:  5m and above for 5m and 10m grid resolutions

0.12m and above for HD Terrain (available in Trainz Plus only)

For Effect Layers the minimum brush size will vary. See Notes: below
 Height   Set Ground Height   Water Effect Layer   Object Placement  the brush or object height (metres)
Range:  -3000m to 3000m
 Sensitivity   All Ground Heights   Ground Textures   Scrapbook Data   Water Effect Layers  the rate at which the ground height/water layer is raised/lowered or the texture being "painted" becomes visible
Range:  1% (very slowly) to
100% (very quickly)
 Grade   Ground Height Grade   Water Effect Layer   Spline Object Placement  the slope of the ground, spline or water effect layer
Range:  0% (flat) to
±100% (steep but not vertical)
 Angle     Ground Height Grade   Water Effect Layer  grade direction (compass degrees)
Range:  (North) to ±359°
a negative value reverses the grade direction
 Rotation   Ground Textures   Scrapbook Data  initial rotation angle (degrees)
Range:  to ±360°
 Scale   Ground Textures   Scrapbook Data (Clone Brush)  the brush scaling factor
Range:  0.01% = smallest to

100% = full size to

>100% larger than full size
 Intensity   TurfFX & Clutter Effect Layers  the effect layer density within the brush area
Range:  1% (almost none) to
100% (maximum)
 Condition   Track Spline Object Placement  sets the track condition (or "ride comfort") for each segment
Range:  1% (terrible track condition) to

50% (average track condition) to
100% (perfect track condition)

 Shape   Scrapbook Data  brush shape
Options:  BrushToolsScrapShapes S20.png Circle and Square will set the brush to the selected shape
Natural will set the brush to the same shape as the Marquee that created the scrapbook, which may be rectangular
 Color   Color Effect Layer  colour selection (RGB and Brightness values) - Trainz Plus only
Range: 
BrushToolsColorLayerPicker S20.png
 Left Click  on the coloured box next to the title Color to open the colour selector.
Set a Colour: Select a colour by either:-
DotPoint.JPG a  Left Click  on the colour in the colour picker device, OR
DotPoint.JPG enter its RGB value in Hexadecimal
Optionally: Set a brightness value for the selected colour by moving the slider up or down
Reset:  Left Click  the Reset button (the circular arrow on the bottom right) to cancel your changes and reset the colour to its default value. This default value is set using the Edit Effect Layer... - see Edit Color Effect Layer below


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DotPoint.JPG Unlike Surveyor Classic, there is no upper limit to the brush  Radius . Brushes of hundreds of metres (even kilometres) in size are possible. However, the program performance will decrease as the brush radius increases. If you are using the brush to set an entire baseboard, or many baseboards, to a specific height then the Marquee Tool would be a better choice.
DotPoint.JPG The  Grade  is defined as vertical rise divided by horizontal distance converted to a percentage figure. So a grade of 100% (the maximum allowed) would mean a slope formed by the height and distance both being the same value (e.g. a height increase of 50m over a distance of 50m). A vertical slope (e.g. a cliff) would have an infinite grade which is currently impossible in Surveyor.
DotPoint.JPG The  Rotation  controls the starting angle for placing a scrapbook or a texture when painting and is often used to avoid pattern repetition. As in Surveyor Classic, holding down the  [  or  ]  keys while painting a texture will continuously change the rotation angle
DotPoint.JPG For TurfFX and Clutter effect layers the minimum brush  Radius  will depend on the configuration settings (asset density, resources used, etc) of the layer that is being painted. If the  Radius  setting is below the minimum for the selected layer then the brush circle will turn red and it will not paint
DotPoint.JPG
Stop.PNG Warning:
Setting extreme values for the  Scale  and the  Radius  when using the  Scrapbook Data Clone Brush  can cause performance issues (i.e. long delays) while the program attempts to scale and clone the scrapbook contents


[edit] Tool Options Popups

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BlueDot10x10.png Most of the data entry boxes in the  Tool Options Palette  have a Popup Menu. Right Click inside a box to bring up its menu


ToolOptionsPopup.png
Tool Popup Common Options for  Radius   Angle   Sensitivity   Rotation   Scale   Intensity 
 Cut  copies and deletes the highlighted value in the data entry box into your Operating System (Windows, MacOS) clipboard
 Copy  copies the highlighted value in the data entry box to your Operating System clipboard
 Paste  copies the value from your Operating System clipboard into the data entry box
 Delete  deletes the highlighted value in the data entry box
 Select All  selects (highlights) the current value in the data entry box


PencilTips.PNG Highlight the value in the text box (use a Left Click and Drag over the data entry or Left Click the  Select All  option first) before choosing the  Cut ,  Copy  or  Delete  options above


ToolOptionsPopupHeight.png
Tool Popup Options for  Height 
All of the Tool Popup Common Options above plus ...
 Get Height from Selection  copies the Height value of the Selected Object and places it into the data entry box
 Get Height at Compass  copies the Height value of the Compass Rose and places it into the data entry box. This is the Focus z value from the  Info Palette 
 Set Height to Selection  applies the Height value to the Selected Object


ToolOptionsPopupGrade.png
Tool Popup Options for  Grade 
All of the Tool Popup Common Options above plus ...
 Get Grade from Selection  copies the Grade value of the Selected Object and places it into the data entry box
 Set Grade to Selection  applies the Grade value to the Selected Object


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The Grade setting only applies to Spline Objects, Ground Heights (Grade) and Water Effect Layers


ToolOptionsPopupCondition.png
Tool Popup Options for  Condition 
All of the Tool Popup Common Options above plus ...
 Get Condition from Selection  copies the Condition value of the Selected Track Spline and places it into the data entry box
 Set Condition to Selection  applies the Condition value to the Selected Track Spline


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The Condition setting only applies to Track Spline Objects


[edit] Tool Options Active Controls

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BlueDot10x10.png Different Tool Palette and Brush Type selections will activate different option controls


Some examples of when the controls will become active are:-

Ablue.png If a Brush Tool is selected then the exact controls that will be active will vary between the different brushes and brush actions. For example, selecting the  Ground Height Brush  and the  Set Height  brush action will active the following Tool Options.
BrushToolsHeightSet S20.png
 Radius  the brush radius (metres)
Range:  5m and above for 5m and 10m grid resolutions
0.12m and above for HD Terrain (available in Trainz Plus only)
 Height  the exact height, in metres, that the ground will be raised (or lowered) to
Range:  -3000m to +3000m
 Sensitivity  the speed at which the ground height will be changed
Range:  1% (very slowly) to
100% (very quickly)
PencilTips.PNG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the value in smaller increments


Bblue.png If a Track Spline Object is selected with the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool or the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool then the following Tool Options will become active.
PlacementSplineTools S20.png
 Grade  the track gradient. A positive grade will set the 2nd endpoint higher than the 1st. A negative grade will set the 2nd endpoint lower than the 1st.
Range:  0% = flat ("Plateau" in Classic) to
±100% = steep (but not vertical)
 Condition  the track condition of each track segment
Range:  1% (terrible track condition) to

50% (average track condition) to
100% (perfect track condition)

PencilTips.PNG
DotPoint.JPG Use the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool or the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool to select multiple track segments and set their track condition simultaneously
DotPoint.JPG The Track Condition can also be set for each individal track segment in its Context Menu  Edit Properties  option
DotPoint.JPG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the value in smaller increments


Cblue.png If the Scrapbook Data Brush is selected to paint the current Scrapbook into the Trainz World then certain controls that will affect the painting of the Scrapbook will, depending on the brush action selected, become active.
 Scrapbook Brush 
Brush options
 Scrapbook Clone 
Clone options
 Radius  the brush radius (metres)
Range:  5m and above for 5m and 10m grid resolutions
0.12m and above for HD Terrain (available in Trainz Plus only)
 Sensitivity  if the  Ground Height  option has been enabled in the  Scrapbook Palette  filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change
Range:  1% (very slowly) to
100% (very quickly)
 Rotation  the starting angle (or orientation) of the scrapbook
Range:  to ±360° (larger angles can be entered)
 Scale  the scaling factor as a % used by the  Scrapbook Clone  action
Range:  0.01% = smallest to

100% = full size to

>100% larger than full size
 Shape  the physical shape of the scrapbook brush
Options:  BrushToolsScrapShapes S20.png  Circle  and  Square  will set the brush to the selected shape with the  Radius  setting the brush size
   Natural  will set the brush to the same shape as the Marquee that created the scrapbook, which may be rectangular. The  Radius  setting will scale the brush size
PencilTips.PNG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the value in smaller increments


Stop.PNG Warning:
Setting both a large  Radius  and a small  Scale  will cause performance issues


LinkWiki.PNG More examples and more detailed descriptions of the Tool Options Palette Active Controls can be found on the Trainz Wiki at:-
How to Use S20 Tools: The Brush Tool


[edit] The Assets Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


BlueDot10x10.png The  Assets Palette  provides lists of assets that can be used with the Placement Tool, S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool, S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool, Marquee Tool and the Eyedropper Tool.
BlueDot10x10.png The  Filter Palette  provides the tools used to narrow down the lists provided by the  Assets Palette .


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Assets Palette  and the  Filter Palette  are not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.
NotePad.PNG From Trainz Plus and TRS22PE SP4 build number 126273 (July 2024) and later the filter functions that were originally in the  Assets Palette  have been moved to the new  Filter Palette . To use the filters ensure that the  Filter Palette  is visible on the screen


PencilTips.PNG When using the Eyedropper - either the Eyedropper Tool (press  R ) or the Eyedropper Icon (press and hold down the  Alt  key) - the  Filter Palette  is used to restrict the eyedropper to only "seeing" and selecting certain objects or types of objects.


[edit] Using the Assets Palette

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When used by itself, the  Assets Palette  will be restricted to showing the list of assets for the asset type currently selected in the  Filter Palette , regardless of whether the  Filter Palette  is visible or not. The default asset type shown in the  Assets Palette  for a displayed, or minimised, unedited  Filter Palette  will be Ground Textures. However, if the  Filter Palette  is closed ( Left Click  on its menu bar  x  icon) then the  Assets Palette  will default to displaying the list of ALL installed assets


AssetsPaletteNew S20.png
At the top of the palette is the Search Box is where you can enter text, such as the name or part of the name of an asset. UPPER/lower case is not important. The search will return all assets that contain the entered text in their names or descriptions.
PencilTips.PNG The Search Box will also accept a list of <kuid> codes separated by commas that can be created by Content Manager.
Steps: To use <kuid> codes in the Search box:-
DotPoint1.JPG In Content Manager select each of the the assets to be included in the search
DotPoint2.JPG  Right Click  on one of the assets and select the  List Assets in New Window  option
DotPoint3.JPG In Content Manager  Left Click  inside the Asset KUID list of the new window and press  Ctrl  +  A  to highlight all the asset <kuid> codes and then press  Ctrl  +  C  to copy them into your system clipboard
DotPoint4.JPG Back in Surveyor  Left Click  inside the  Assets Palette   Search  box and press  Ctrl  +  V  to paste the <kuid> codes
Only those assets in the <kuid> codes list that match the current  Filter Palette  settings will be shown in the asset list.


AssetsPaletteNewPBRAsphalt S20.png  
AssetsPaletteNewKUID S20.png  
NotePad.PNG In each case the search results shown in the  Assets Palette  will be taken from the list already created by the filter set in the  Filter Palette . In the examples shown on the left this starting list is the Ground Textures.

To change the starting list you must change the filter in the  Filter Palette 


Steps: To Select an asset from the List View to be placed in your Trainz World:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on its name in the list
DotPoint.JPG the asset name will be highlighted with a  Light Grey  background
DotPoint.JPG the correct Tool or Brush Target in the  Tools Palette  will be automatically selected
DotPoint.JPG you can then immediately place or paint the asset in your Trainz World
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More than one asset can be selected (see Note below)
DotPoint.JPG To select multiple assets in the list use  Shift  +  Left Click  or  Ctrl  +  Left Click 
DotPoint.JPG To select the entire list select one asset first then use  Ctrl  +  A 
NotePad.PNG Selecting multiple assets will not allow you to place all those assets in your Trainz World with a single click. Only the first selected asset will be added.
The reasons for selecting multiple assets would be to add them all to a Picklist, or to your OS clipboard, or to display them in a Content Manager window


Each asset in the list has a Popup Menu. Right Click on an asset to open its menu. You can also select multiple assets as described above and then Right Click on any of the selected assets to open the common popup menu.
The options that are available are:-
 Copy  to copy the details (<kuid> code and name) of the selected asset or assets into your system clipboard
 List Assets in New Window  will open a Content Manager window to display the details of the selected asset or assets
 Add to Picklist >  you will be asked to select an existing Picklist or create a new one. The selected asset or assets will be added to that Picklist

If the list you have opened is a Picklist then the last option shown will be:-

 Remove from Picklist  the selected asset or assets will be removed from the Picklist. See the Known Issue note on the right.
Bug.png Known Issue:
There is a bug that greys out the  Remove from Picklist  option so it cannot be selected.
Workarounds: Two alternative solutions are available:-
  1. Use Content Manager to remove assets from a Picklist
  2. Use the working  Remove from Picklist  option in the Filter Palette - see PageLink.PNG The Filter Palette for the details


PencilTips.PNG To get a better view or more details about an asset, choose one of the following:-
Options:
Ablue.png Double Left Click on an asset name to open its Asset Properties window, OR
Bblue.png Open the Asset Preview Palette and then Left Click on an asset name in the  Assets Palette . This will create a rotating image of the asset in the Preview Palette. The Preview Palette can be resized.
Cblue.png Left Click on the Thumbnail icon AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png at the end of the  Name Search  box. See PageLink.PNG Thumbnail View below for more details.


[edit] Expanding the Assets List View

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The  Assets Palette  can be expanded to provide more information about each listed asset. See PageLink.PNG Docking and Undocking Palettes and PageLink.PNG Resizing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


AssetsPaletteListExtended S20.png

Steps: To move and resize columns:-
DotPoint1.JPG To Move: Left Click and Drag the column heading left or right to a new position
DotPoint2.JPG To Resize: Left Click and Drag the dividing line between two column headings left or right to reduce or increase the column width
 
Steps: To sort the data in a column:-
DotPoint1.JPG resize the undocked  Assets Palette  by dragging its right edge further out to the right. This will reveal additional columns of data in an identical display to what you would see in Content Manager
DotPoint2.JPG to sort the data in a column, Left Click on the column heading. Each Left Click will cycle through different sorting options

Just like in Content Manager, additional columns can be added, removed, resized and moved to a different position.

Steps: To add new columns
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on a column heading where you want to insert a new column
AssetsPaletteListAddColumn S20.png
DotPoint2.JPG Select the option  Insert Column  and then select the column to be added
Steps: To remove a column
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on the column heading and select the option  Remove Column 


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG If the palette is docked to another it will be resized to the same width as the palette it is docked to.
DotPoint.JPG You can hide, and even close, the palette and its new size and position will be restored when it is made visible again. Left Click on its Minimise  -  or Close  x  icon on its top menu bar, and then restore it to the screen using the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu. See PageLink.PNG Minimise Maximise Close at the top of this document.


[edit] Thumbnail View

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As an alternative to the list view of assets there is a thumbnail view option. This works best when the  Assets Palette  has been undocked. See PageLink.PNG Docking and Undocking Palettes at the top of this document.


AssetsPaletteNewPBRAsphaltThumbnail S20.png  
Steps: To switch to the Thumbnail View:-
DotPoint1.JPG undock and resize the  Assets Palette  as described in PageLink.PNG Docking and Undocking Palettes and PageLink.PNG Resizing Palettes and Windows above.
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click the Thumbnail icon AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png at the end of the  Name Search  box
Steps: To switch back to the List View:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click the Thumbnail icon AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png at the end of the  Name Search  box


PencilTips.PNG If the  Filter Palette  is closed then the  Assets Palette  will default to displaying the list of ALL installed assets


Steps: To Select an asset from the Thumbnail View to be placed in your Trainz World:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on its thumbnail
DotPoint.JPG the thumbnail will be surrounded by a blue border or it will have a blue background
DotPoint.JPG the correct Tool or Brush Target in the  Tools Palette  will be automatically selected
DotPoint.JPG you can then immediately place or paint the asset in your Trainz World


PencilTips.PNG To get a better view or more details about an asset, choose one of the following:-
Options:
Ablue.png Double Left Click on an asset name to open its Asset Properties window, OR
Bblue.png Open the Asset Preview Palette and then Left Click on an asset name in the  Assets Palette . This will create a rotating image of the asset in the Preview Palette. The Preview Palette can be resized.


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG If the assets in the list are constructed from 3D meshes then their thumbnail views will be built from the meshes and their textures. If they are ground textures then the actual textures will be shown. The thumbnail.jpg image that should be supplied with each asset is not be used - the exceptions are assets with no meshes and no textures. This overcomes common problems caused by missing, generic, incorrect or confusing thumbnails that give you no useful information about each asset. Some actual examples from the DLS:-
Scenery Mesh Asset
AssetsPaletteRoadsignImages S20.png AssetsPaletteRoadsignThumbnail S20.png
Supplied Thumbnail Palette Displayed Thumbnail
 
Ground Texture Asset
AssetsPaletteGroundThumbnailJPG S20.png AssetsPaletteGroundThumbnailAsset S20.png
Supplied Thumbnail Palette Displayed Thumbnail
DotPoint.JPG If the asset is animated then its animation will play in the thumbnail


[edit] Picklists and Search Filters

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BlueDot10x10.png the  Assets Palette  also manages your saved Picklists and gives you access to your saved Search Filters


[edit]  Using Search Filters and Picklists 

FilterPaletteOpenSelections S20.png
Steps: To access your Picklists and Search Filters
DotPoint1.JPG In the  Filter Palette   Left Click  on the Asset Type data box (showing Ground Textures in the image on the left) or on the double arrowhead as shown on its right to open up its lists of filters.


The currently selected Asset Type (e.g. Ground Textures), Search Filter or Picklist will have a BulletTick.png in front of its name in the drop down list.


FilterListSurveyorColourCoded S20.png
The drop down list shows all the:-
DotPoint.JPG Asset Types in the top section will list all the installed assets sorted by their Asset Type. These Types are built into Trainz and cannot be altered
DotPointBlueSquare.png Search Filters in the middle section will list all the Search Filters, both built in (such as Faulty and Open for Editing) and those that you have created and saved yourself
DotPointGreenSquare.png Picklists in the lower section will list all the Picklist, both built in (the Default Picklist) and those that you have created and saved yourself
DotPoint2.JPG to select and open a specific Asset Type, Search Filter or Picklist  Left Click  on its name in the list
DotPoint3.JPG the  Assets Palette  list will then show all those assets that match the selected Asset Type, Search Filter or Picklist


FilterNamesOz S20.png For example, selecting the saved Picklist Oz Houses will list all the assets that have been added to that particular Picklist. Likewise, selecting the saved Search Filter Updates Available will display all the assets that return a positive match for that filter


PencilTips.PNG The assets found by the Search Filter or in the Picklist can be narrowed down further by entering a text string in the Search box. For example typing house (UPPER/lower case is not important) will restrict the list to only showing those assets containing the text string "house" in their names or descriptions
At the bottom of the drop down list (you may have to scroll down to see it) is an option  Edit Filters and Picklists... . This option will allow you to select and edit a Picklist or Search Filter.


NotePad.PNG For more detailed instructions on creating and editing Picklists and Search Filters in Surveyor 2.0 and Content Manager see the Trainz Wiki Page WikiLink.PNG How to Manage Filters and Picklists


[edit]  Creating and Editing a Picklist 

BlueDot10x10.png Picklists can be created and edited directly from the  Assets Palette 
BlueDot10x10.png There are other more limited editing options available in the  Assets Palette   Edit Filters and Picklists...  option


To create a new picklist, or add assets to an existing picklist, the first step is to select the asset or assets to be added.

Steps: To Create a new Picklist or to add assets to an existing Picklist:-
DotPoint1.JPG In the  Filter Palette  select the type of asset that will be added to the new or existing Picklist
DotPoint2.JPG In the  Assets Palette  select the asset or assets to be added.
  To select just a single asset:-
 
DotPoint.JPG  Right Click  on the asset name
PencilTips.PNG The Thumbnail icon AssetsPaletteListToggleViewIcon S20.png next to the Search box will toggle the list of assets between text and thumbnail views. But the thumbnail view works best when the  Assets Palette  is undocked and resized. See PageLink.PNG Thumbnail View above for more information
  To select multiple assets:-
 
DotPoint.JPG  Shift  +  Left Click  on the first and last asset names in a sequence of multiple assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets, OR
DotPoint.JPG  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on the names of any number of individual assets to be added. Then  Right Click  on one of the selected assets


DotPoint3.JPG A popup menu will appear.  Left Click  on the option  Add to Picklist > . A new popup menu will appear


PickListFromAssets S20.png The menu will list the options Default Picklist (which may be empty), New Picklist... and any Picklists that you have created (Rail Yard Clutter in the example image shown).
DotPoint4.JPG To Add the selected asset or assets to an existing Picklist,  Left Click  on the name of the Picklist in the new popup menu OR
  To Create a New Picklist and add the selected asset or assets to that list,  Left Click  on the option  New Picklist... . You will be asked to enter a name for the new Picklist


[edit]  Editing a Search Filter 

BlueDot10x10.png Search Filters can be created and edited using the  Assets Palette   Edit Filters and Picklists...  option


A summary of the editing process for Search Filters is provided here. For the full details see the Trainz Wiki Page WikiLink.PNG How to Manage Filters and Picklists


Steps: To edit a Search Filter:-
DotPoint1.JPG  Left Click  on the  Filter Palette  Asset Type drop down menu to open the list of Asset Types, Search Filters and Picklists
DotPoint2.JPG Scroll down the list to locate and  Left Click  on the  Edit Filters and Picklists...  option. This will open a window listing all the installed and saved Search Filters and Picklists
PencilTips.PNG  Left Click  on the column heading and select Insert Column to add a new column that will identify the list type - Picklist or Search Filter
DotPoint3.JPG  Right Click  on a Search Filter to be edited and select,  Left Click  on, the  Edit  option
This will display Data Fields and Data Values for the selected Search Filter
FilterEditMenu03 S20.png Filter lines can be:-
DotPoint.JPG Added
DotPoint.JPG Deleted
DotPoint.JPG Changed
A  Left Click  on the Save button will save the edited filter using the same name.


[edit] The Filter Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Filter Palette  and the  Assets Palette  are not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document. The  Filter Palette  and  Assets Palette  are used together.


The  Filter Palette  made its appearence in Trainz in the July 2024 quarterly update to Trainz Plus and in TRS22PE SP4.

This palette is used to:-
BlueDot10x10.png search the installed assets to provide asset lists for the tools in the  Tools Palette 
BlueDot10x10.png in Trainz Plus bulk replace objects in your Trainz World with assets selected from the  Assets Palette 


FilterPalette S20.png

The  Filter Palette  has three parts. Each is explained in the following sections:-

DotPoint.JPG Filter Actions controls how the filter is applied
DotPoint.JPG Filter Selections sets the search parameters
DotPoint.JPG Filter Toggles identifies the objects that will be replaced with the Bulk Replace Assets Tool
All three, particularly the last two, communicate with the  Assets Palette 


[edit] Filter Actions

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BlueDot10x10.png The Filter Actions control how the Filter Selections affect the visibility and accessability of objects in your Trainz World


The Filter Actions drop down list controls how the filters are applied. To open the list  Left Click  on the drop down box or on the double arrows on its right.
FilterPaletteOpenActions S20.png The top drop down box will provide four actions:-
BulletTick.png Filter Disabled
BulletTick.png Filter List
BulletTick.png Filter Selection
BulletTick.png Filter Visibility


FilterPaletteActions S20.png


These actions will affect the display and selection of objects in your Trainz World
Filter Actions:
 Filter Disabled  this action disables the  Filter Palette  so that it has no filtering effect on the  Assets Palette  which will then display All (Installed) Content including those assets that are Obsolete or Disabled. Its main use is in the Bulk Replace Assets Tool (available in  Trainz Plus only) but it can also be used to temporarily switch off the filters without having to delete them
 Filter List  this action is the default setting for the  Filter Palette  and displays, in both the  Filter Palette  and the  Assets Palette , all the installed assets that match any search entered using the Filter Selection Options (the Asset Type icons and the Drop Down List of asset types, search filters and picklists). It has no effect on the operation of the tools in the  Tools Palette  or on the objects displayed on the screen in your Trainz World
 Filter Selection  this action will restrict the tools in the  Tools Palette  to only working on those objects that are in the  Assets Palette  filtered list. Objects that are not in the filtered list will still be visible in your Trainz World but cannot be selected
 Filter Visibility  this action will hide all objects in your Trainz World that are not in the  Assets Palette  filtered list which also means that they cannot be selected. The only exceptions are Ground Textures and Effect Layers which will be visible but, unless they are also in the filtered list, cannot selected.
For examples of how the Filter Actions are used to restrict the selection and/or visibility of objects in a Trainz World see the Trainz Wiki Page WikiLink.PNG How to Use S20 Tools - Narrowing the Search


[edit] Filter Selections

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BlueDot10x10.png The Filter Selections identify the type of assets that will be listed by the filter


The Filter Selections are activated by either a Left Click on a icon that represents a type of asset (e.g. Trains), or by selecting the type of asset from a drop down list. The drop down box also provides additional selections that are not available in the icons.


Options: Choose from:-

Ablue.png Left Click on an asset selection icon
Filter Icons
GroundTextureFilter S20.png all ground textures
SceneryMeshFilter S20.png all non-spline scenery assets
ScenerySplineFilter S20.png all spline scenery assets
TrackSplineFilter S20.png all track spline assets
TrackMeshFilter S20.png all track (non spline) assets (signals, etc)
TrainFilter S20.png all rolling stock assets
PresetFilter S20.png all Effect Layer presets
OR
Bblue.png Left Click the Content Drop-down Box

Filter List
Then select the asset type you want

FilterSelectSceneryObject S20.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

The All Content option at the top of the menu will show:-
DotPoint.JPG ALL the installed assets (in white), and
DotPoint.JPG ALL the installed Obsolete or Disabled assets (in grey)
If you are going to be using this option then it is recommended that you undock and enlarge the  Assets Palette  to show the Status column.
See PageLink.PNG Expanding the Assets List View for the details


PencilTips.PNG If you need to display more than one type of asset (e.g. track splines and track objects) in the same list then make a Picklist.
See the Trainz Wiki Page WikiLink.PNG How to Manage Filters and Picklists for the details


FilterPaletteAssetsEnabled S20.png Below the icons and selection box the Filter Toggle will report the number of assets that will be present in the list returned by the filter. In this case, selecting Scenery Splines has returned a list containing 4374 assets, but the exact figure will vary between users and installs.


[edit] Using the Filter and Assets Palettes

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BlueDot10x10.png The  Filter Palette  is always used with the  Assets Palette 


PencilTips.PNG The most useful way to use filters to locate assets is to dock the  Filter Palette  and the  Assets Palette  together. Once docked both the palettes can be resized if needed - resizing one will also resize the other. See the sections on PageLink.PNG Docking Palettes and PageLink.PNG Resizing Palettes and Windows for more information.


FilterAssetsPaletteScenerySplines S20.png The image on the left shows the docked Filter and Assets Palettes displaying the filtered list for a Scenery Splines filter.

Using the Asset Filter search text box, as described in the PageLink.PNG Assets Palette section above, the list can be cut down or "refined" by entering a search term.

In the example shown below, the search has been refined by adding the text "fence" (UPPER/lower case is not important). The list will now only contain assets that have the text "fence" in their names or descriptions.

FilterAssetsPaletteSceneryFenceSplines S20.png


Steps: To Select an asset from the list to be placed in your Trainz World:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on its name in the list
DotPoint.JPG the asset name will be highlighted with a  Light Grey  background
DotPoint.JPG the correct Tool or Brush Target in the  Tools Palette  will be automatically selected
DotPoint.JPG you can then immediately place or paint the asset in your Trainz World


PencilTips.PNG Search Options:
DotPoint.JPG The Search Box will also accept a list of <kuid> codes separated by commas. This list can be created by Content Manager by selecting the assets then the  List Assets in New Window  option. Copy the assets list from Content Manager into your system clipboard, then paste it into the Assets Palette Search Box. Only those assets in the <kuid> codes that match the current Filter Selection will be shown in the asset list.
DotPoint.JPG You can enter a search text without selecting an asset type. In the Selection Drop Down box select the option  All Content . The filter will search through all the assets types to find matches with your entered search.


[edit] Filter Toggles

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BlueDot10x10.png The Filter Toggles are used to identify object to be replaced using the Bulk Asset Replace Tool found in Trainz Plus
BlueDot10x10.png They can be used to further reduce the size of the Assets Filtered List


In the  Filter Palette  open the Filter Toggles by a  Left Click  on either the small arrowhead on the left of the Enabled box or on the "Enabled" message itself.

FilterPaletteClickToggleListOpen S20.png

This will open the  Filter Palette  Toggle List of assets and a separate  Search  text box. The Toggle List list is identical to the list shown in the  Assets Palette  except that each item can be toggled or switched ON or OFF by the check mark on its left.


FilterPaletteToggleListOpen S20.png
Once it has been opened:-
DotPoint.JPG the palette can be Expanded to reveal additional columns. The columns can be moved, resized, deleted and extra columns added. See PageLink.PNG Expanding the Assets List View for the details
DotPoint.JPG each column can be Sorted by a Left Click on a column heading. Each Left Click will cycle through different sorting options


The  Filter Palette  and the  Assets Palette  are normally linked so that the list of toggled assets in the  Filter Palette  is duplicated in the  Assets Palette .
If an asset is:-

  • toggled OFF in the  Filter Palette  it will disappear from the list in the  Assets Palette 
  • If it is toggled back ON it will reappear in the  Assets Palette  list


Items in the Toggle List can be selected (highlighted)
DotPoint.JPG To select a single item in the list  Left Click  on its name
DotPoint.JPG To select multiple items in the list use  Shift  +  Left Click  or  Ctrl  +  Left Click 
DotPoint.JPG To select the entire list  Left Click  on one of the asset names then press the  Ctrl  +  A  keys


Each asset in the list has a:-
Toggle Button that can be toggled ON or OFF for the Bulk Replace Assets Tool.
DotPoint.JPG You can toggle an individual asset, ON/OFF by a Left Click on its toggle icon
DotPoint.JPG You can toggle a group of selected assets ON/OFF by a Left Click on the toggle icon of any selected asset
Popup Menu Right Click on an asset to open its menu. The available options are:-
 Copy  to copy the details (<kuid> code and name) of the selected asset or assets into your system clipboard
 List Assets in New Window  will open a Content Manager window to display the details of the selected asset or assets
 Add to Picklist >  you will be asked to select an existing Picklist or create a new one. The selected asset or assets will be added to that Picklist

If the list you have opened is a Picklist then the last option shown will be:-

 Remove from Picklist  the selected asset or assets will be removed from the Picklist


[edit] Bulk Replace Asset Tool (Trainz Plus Only)

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BlueDot10x10.png This tool is available in Trainz Plus only
BlueDot10x10.png It will replace ALL seleted objects with a single selected replacement asset
BlueDot10x10.png All objects, and its replacement, must be the same Asset Type
BlueDot10x10.png The replacement will occur throughout the entire route


Available in Trainz Plus only
In TRS22PE use the Surveyor Classic  Bulk Asset Update/Replace  option


This tool uses the Filter Toggles described above to identify the object or objects in your Trainz World that will be replaced by a single selected asset.

The process involves following a set sequence of steps:-

DotPoint1.JPG Check the Compatibility of the objects being replaced and their replacement asset
DotPoint2.JPG Use the toggles to Identify the Objects to be Replaced
DotPoint3.JPG Disable the Filter Action to allow the replacement asset to be selected
DotPoint4.JPG Identify the Replacement Asset using the  Assets Palette 
DotPoint5.JPG Perform the Bulk Replace operation


[edit] 1. Check the Compatibility

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You can bulk replace:-
Tick.PNG GroundTextureFilter S20.png one or more different Ground Textures with a single Ground Texture and NOT with any other type of asset
Tick.PNG SceneryMeshFilter S20.png one or more different Scenery Meshes with a single Scenery Mesh and NOT with any other type of asset. None of the meshes can include track‡
Tick.PNG ScenerySplineFilter S20.png one or more different Scenery Splines with a single Scenery Spline and NOT with any other type of asset. None of the splines can include track‡
Tick.PNG TrackSplineFilter S20.png one or more different Track Splines with a single Track Spline and NOT with any other type of asset. Fixed Track assets are NOT track splines
Tick.PNG TrackMeshFilter S20.png one or more different Track Objects with a single Track Object and NOT with any other type of asset
this includes fixed assets and splines with built-in track (e.g. industries, bridges, tunnels)
You cannot bulk replace:-
Cross.PNG TrainFilter S20.png Rolling Stock (locomotives, wagons)
Cross.PNG PresetFilter S20.png Presets (effect layers)


[edit] 2. Identify the Objects to be Replaced

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PencilTips.PNG Before you proceed any further it would be a good idea to either know the exact name of the asset you will be using as the replacement or have it visible in the Surveyor Trainz World View to identify it with the Eyedropper


The Filter Selection and Filter Toggle tools are used to identify the object or objects in the route that you want to replace.

Steps: To Find the Type of object to be Replaced:-
DotPoint1.JPG In the  Filter Palette  set the Filter Action to  Filter List 
DotPoint2.JPG Use the Filter Selections (the row of icons or the drop down list) to select the type of object that you want to replace remembering the Compatibility Rules listed above. All objects must be of the same type (e.g. all scenery meshes or all track objects) and not a mixture such as scenery meshes and track objects.


Use the Toggles and, if applicable, the Filter Toggle  Search  box to narrow down the list.
Steps: To Refine the Search:-
DotPoint1.JPG In the  Filter Palette  open the  Filter Toggles  by a Left Click on the arrowhead or on the "№ of assets enabled" counter
DotPoint2.JPG Optional: In the  Filter Palette  enter a search term in the  Search  box located just below the asset enabled count. This will narrow the list of toggled items. The rules for entering a search are exactly the same as used in the  Assets Palette   Search  box
PencilTips.PNG If there are many assets to be selected or the list of possible assets is still very long then creating a Picklist with the required assets may be a better option
DotPoint3.JPG In the Toggle List toggle ON all the objects that you want to be replaced and toggle OFF those that you do not want to replace
NotePad.PNG See the Example below for tips on how to select blocks of assets to be toggled and how to quickly set multiple toggles ON or OFF simultaneously
FilterPaletteSearchBox S20.png

FilterPaletteToggleList S20.png


 Example:  Preparing to bulk replace multiple narrow gauge tracks with a different track of the same gauge
DotPoint1.JPG Set the Filter Selection to  Track 


FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 1 S20.png
In this case there are 781 assets of type Track installed so the search will need to be refined further

DotPoint2.JPG Refine the search


The track splines to be replaced all have the text NG42 in their names so this is the obvious search text to use. NG42 has been entered into the  Filter Palette   Search  box, not the one in the  Assets Palette , to locate all assets that use that text in their names or descriptions.
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 2 S20.png


The 781 assets have now been reduced to just 18.

DotPoint3.JPG Toggle the assets


If your search returns only a few assets then it may be quicker to individually toggle OFF the assets you don't want replaced. Otherwise the following method may be suitable:-

Steps:
DotPoint1Blue.png In the Toggle List select one of the assets
DotPoint2Blue.png Press  Ctrl  +  A  to highlight them all
DotPoint3Blue.png Left Click on the Toggle icon of any one of the assets to set them all to OFF


FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 4 S20.png

DotPoint4Blue.png Select the assets to be replaced.

Start with a  Left Click  on the name of the first asset to be replaced. This will also clear the highlighting on all the other assets.

If multiple assets are to be selected then:-
DotPoint.JPG if all the assets are in a single block then use  Shift  +  Left Click  on the name of the last asset of the group
DotPoint.JPG if the assets are scattered throughout the list then use  Ctrl  +  Left Click  on the name of each additional asset
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 6 S20.png
DotPoint5Blue.png Left Click on the Toggle icon of any one of the selected assets to set them all to ON
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 7 S20.png


This  Example  continues in the next section.


[edit] 3. Disable the Filter Action

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In the  Filter Palette  select  Filter Disabled  from the Filter Actions drop down menu.

This will break the connection between the  Filter Palette  and the  Assets Palette . The  Assets Palette  will be set to show  All Content 


 Example:  Continued
DotPoint4.JPG Disable the Filter Action

In the  Filter Palette  Filter Action drop down menu select the first option  Filter Disabled 
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 8 S20.png

This only affects the  Assets Palette  filtered list which will be reset to display All Content.
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 9 S20.png

Note: The assets shown as greyed out are installed but obsolete, disabled or otherwise unavailable for use.


This  Example  continues in the next section.


[edit] 4. Identify the Replacement Asset

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Only a single asset has to be selected from the  Assets Palette  and it must be the same type of asset as those selected for replacement.


PencilTips.PNG After you have disabled the Filter Action, there is a quick way to identify the replacement asset if it is already present in your Trainz World
Steps: To quickly identify the replacement asset in your Trainz World:-
DotPoint1.JPG move the mouse pointer onto the object to be selected as the Replacement
DotPoint2.JPG hold down the  Alt  key and Left Click on the object

This will immediately select the replacement asset in the  Assets Palette .


 Example:  Continued
DotPoint5.JPG Select the replacement asset
Options: Choose one of:-
Ablue.png the Eyedropper method described in the Tips above. This will automatically select the asset in the filtered list, OR
Bblue.png In the  Assets Palette  enter an optional search term in the  Assets Palette   Search  box and then  Left Click  on the asset name in the  Assets Palette  filtered list


In this example a search term is used to find the replacement.
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 10 S20.png


Perform the Bulk Replace Assets operation described in the next section to complete this  Example 


[edit] 5. Bulk Replace Assets

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Stop.PNG WARNING:
The Bulk Replace Assets will occur throughout the ENTIRE route


Steps: To Bulk Replace Assets:-
DotPoint1.JPG In the  Assets Palette  filtered list Right Click on the replacement asset to open its menu
DotPoint2.JPG Select the last item,  Bulk Replace Filtered Assets 
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 11 S20.png
With the exception of unusually small or simple routes, a progress bar will be shown. For large routes the replacement process may take a few minutes.
FilterPaletteBulkReplaceExample 12 S20.png

NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Clicking the  Cancel  button will terminate the replacement process at the point shown by the position of the progress bar. So some, or many, of the replacements will have already been made.
DotPoint.JPG After termination, or after the replacement process has been completed, pressing the  Ctrl  +  Z  keys will Undo all the replacements


[edit] The Layers Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Layers Palette  is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document


BlueDot10x10.png This palette is used to manage layers, both object (route and session) and effect (TurfFX, clutter and water) layers
BlueDot10x10.png It can create, rename, merge, delete, move, hide/show and lock/unlock layers and set the Active Layer
Layers Palette in S20 The  Layers Palette  will show all the layers in their groups (Effect, Route and Session) plus the Ground Height and Ground Textures special "layers". In the image on the left all the Layer Groups have been minimised (the arrowhead symbol to the left of each group name is pointing to the right).
DotPoint.JPG The  Route Layers Group , along with the Ground Height, Ground Textures and Effect Layers Group, are saved and loaded with the Route
DotPoint.JPG The  Session Layers  group, along with any Session Rules and commodity settings, is saved and loaded with the Session. A Session Layers group, but one without any stored objects and using the Session default settings, will always be present when a Route is loaded without a Session


[edit] Lock the Route Layer Group

BlueDot10x10.png All the Route Layers can be locked against accidental alteration.

The Route Layers Group has a open padlock icon next to its name - shown as LayerUnLocked S20.png (unlocked).

Steps: To lock/unlock all the Route Layers:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the unlocked (open padlock) icon to lock ALL the Route Layers
The icon will change to LayerLocked S20.png (locked)
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click on the locked (closed padlock) icon to unlock ALL the route layers
The icon will change to LayerUnLocked S20.png (unlocked)


[edit] Open a Layer Group

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To the left of each group name is a small arrowhead pointing to the right. Left Click on the arrowhead to open up the group.

Layers palette with session layers open The image on the left shows that the Session Layers is open and its individual layers are now displayed. To close or minimise the group Left Click on the arrowhead again.

The image shows that the Session Layers contains 3 individual layers:-

DotPoint.JPG the top layer in the Session Layers group is always named session-layer. It is possible to rename this layer and move it to a new position but those actions are NOT recommended for the session-layer.
DotPoint.JPG likewise, the top layer in the Route Layers Group is always named route-layer. It is also possible to rename this layer and move it to a new position but again those actions are NOT recommended for the route-layer.
DotPoint.JPG there are two additional user created layers in the Session Layers group. They are named Track Markers and Rail Workers - layer names are chosen by the creator and do not necessarily indicate their contents or purpose
DotPoint.JPG the Rail Workers layer is highlighted with  Light Grey  background which means that it has been selected by a Left Click and is now the Active Layer where any newly placed assets will be added


[edit] Add a New Layer

BlueDot10x10.png You cannot create new Layer Groups but you can add new layers to a existing group.
Each Layer Group has a LayerAdd S20.png icon next to its name. Left Click on the icon to add and name a new layer to that group. If you are adding a new Effect Layer then you will also have to identify the type of effect - TurfFX, Clutter, Water or (in Trainz Plus only) Color.


[edit] Renaming a Layer

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LayerRename S20.png
Steps: To rename a layer:-
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on a layer name and select  Rename Layer..  from the popup menu. You cannot rename a Layer Group.
DotPoint2.JPG You will be asked to enter a new name for the layer.


PencilTips.PNG While you are free to rename any layers (but not the Layer Group names), it is recommended that you DO NOT rename two specific layers:-

DotPoint.JPG route-layer
DotPoint.JPG session-layer
These layers are used to store critical objects (track and track objects in the case of the route-layer and (optionally) rolling stock in the case of the session-layer). Using these two layer names in every Trainz World can make it easier (and less confusing) to manage those assets. But this is a recommendation only.


[edit] Deleting a Layer

Stop.PNG Warning: Deleting a Layer will delete every object that has been assigned to that layer


LayerDelete S20.png
Steps: To delete a layer:-
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on a layer name and select  Delete Layer  from the popup menu. You cannot select a Layer Group name to be deleted.
You will be given a warning that you are about to delete a layer.
DotPoint2.JPG if you confirm the delete order then the layer and  ALL OF ITS CONTENTS  will be deleted
DotPoint3.JPG depending on the contents of the layer and the size of the Trainz World, the process may take some time. You will be shown a progress bar in a message window during the delete operation
  LayersDelete S20.png
DotPoint4.JPG when the message  Operation complete, layers updated successfully  appears close the message window
The deleted layer and its contents can be restored (after the delete has completed) using the  Ctrl  +  Z  keys


[edit] Moving a Layer

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BlueDot10x10.png Layers can be individually moved up and down within the same Layer Group or between the Route Layers Group and the Session Layers Group.


NotePad.PNG Notes:

Stop.PNG Warning: Moving layers between the Session Layers Group and the Route Layers Group will move the contents of those layers from one Layer Group to the other. This will change where the layers and their contents are saved (in the Route or in the Session)
Stop.PNG Warning: Layers containing Track Objects (signals, switches, buffers, track signs, etc) cannot be moved to a position that is above the layer containing the track
DotPoint.JPG there is NO ADVANTAGE in moving a layer within the same Layer Group except if you are preparing for a layer merge operation (see PageLink.PNG Merging a Layer below)
DotPoint.JPG layers cannot be moved into or out of the Effect Layers group
DotPoint.JPG the Ground Height and Texture layers are special "single layer" groups, not groups of layers, and cannot be moved or have other layers added to them


LayersMove1 S20.png
Steps: To move a layer:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click and Drag the layer name up or down to its new position. Note: You cannot move a Layer Group.

In the image on the left the Rail Workers layer is being moved up from the Session Layers Group into the Route Layers Group. This will also change where the assets in that layer are saved from the Session to the Route
DotPoint2.JPG release the layer in its new position.
DotPoint3.JPG depending on the contents of the layer and the size of the Trainz World, the process may take some time. You will be shown a progress bar in a message window during the move operation
DotPoint4.JPG at the conclusion, hopefully, you will be shown a message "Operation complete"
LayersMoveSuccess S20.png
NotePad.PNG If instead you get an error message then the most likely cause will be moving a layer containing Track Objects to a position that is above the layer containing the track
DotPoint5.JPG close the progress message window
The move can be reversed (after it has completed) by using the  Ctrl  +  Z  keys


NotePad.PNG Notes: Moving Layers - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 😀

Well, a great deal it seems. You may get a different message during the layer move operation.
LayersMoveFailure S20.png
The most common error when moving layers is, as the message above states, an invalid hierarchy (Translation: "The layers are in the wrong order"). This occurs when a layer is moved to an incorrect level for the type of objects it contains. It is Track Splines and Track Objects (e.g. signals, switches, speed signs, etc) that cause this problem.
The situation that created the error messages shown above is shown in the image below left:-
LayersMoveFail S20.png
DotPoint.JPG all the track splines, the  parent track  identified in the error messages, are in the route-layer
DotPoint.JPG track objects, in this case signals but any track objects could have been used, have been placed in the Signals layer. This layer, according to the order of the layers from the top to the bottom, is one layer below the route-layer that contains the track where the signals are attached. In this position, physically below the route-layer, the Signals layer and the track objects it contains will cause no problems
DotPoint.JPG the Signals layer is being moved up to a position shown by the dashed red line. The new position, again according to the order of the layers from the top to the bottom, is one layer above the route-layer.
PencilTips.PNG The final error message shown is confusing and, from a commonsense point of view, incorrect.

 Trackside objects cannot be in a layer below the layer their track is in. 
Best Advice: Ignore the word below and replace it with the word above so the message reads
 Trackside objects cannot be in a layer above the layer their track is in. 

Solutions to This Problem:

Options:
Ablue.png use the route-layer to hold the track splines and never move any layer containing track objects, or any layer at all to be absolutely safe, above this layer
PencilTips.PNG Always keep the route-layer containing all the track at the very top of the Route Layers Group
OR
Bblue.png use the route-layer to hold the track splines and ALL track objects
Track objects such as Trackmarks and Triggers that are needed for a Session but not the Route can still be placed in the Session Layers group as long as the layer used remains in the Session Layers group


[edit] Merging a Layer

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BlueDot10x10.png A layer can be merged with the layer immediately above it


LayerMerge S20.png
Steps: To merge two layers:-
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on a layer name in the  Layers Palette 
DotPoint2.JPG select the  Merge Layer Up  option from the popup menu


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG the selected layer will be merged with the layer immediately above it
DotPoint.JPG you may need to move the layer being merged into the correct position before the merge (see Moving a Layer above)
DotPoint.JPG depending on the contents of the layer, the process may take some time. You will be shown a progress bar in a message window during the merge operation
DotPoint.JPG the merged layers and their contents can be restored (after the merge has completed) back into two separate layers by using the  Ctrl  +  Z  keys
DotPoint.JPG layers in the Effect Layers Group cannot be merged. In place of  Merge Layer Up  the popup menu for an Effect Layer will have an  Edit Layer  option


[edit] Hiding Layers

BlueDot10x10.png Each individual layer has an Eye icon that controls the state (visible or hidden) of that layer


Left Click on the Eye icon to toggle its state between visible and hidden.
If the Eye icon is:-
LayerEyeOpen S20.png Open then layer is visible in both Surveyor and Driver
LayerEyeClosed S20.png Closed then layer is hidden in both Surveyor and Driver
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Hiding a layer will protect its objects from being selected, deleted and moved
DotPoint.JPG New assets can be added to a hidden layer by confirming the action in a dialogue window which will make the layer visible
DotPoint.JPG Objects can be assigned to a hidden layer using the  Info Palette 
DotPoint.JPG Hidden layers can still be deleted, renamed, moved and merged


[edit] Locking Layers

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BlueDot10x10.png Each individual layer has a Padlock icon that controls the state (locked or unlocked) of that layer
BlueDot10x10.png The Route Layers Group has a Padlock icon that controls the state (locked or unlocked) of ALL the Route Layers


Left Click on the Padlock icon to toggle its state between locked and unlocked
If the Padlock icon is:-
LayerUnLocked S20.png Open then layer is unlocked
LayerLocked S20.png Closed then layer is locked
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Locking a layer will protect its objects from being deleted and moved
DotPoint.JPG New assets can be added to a locked layer by confirming the action in a dialogue window which will unlock the layer
DotPoint.JPG Objects can be assigned to a locked layer using the  Info Palette 
DotPoint.JPG Locked layers can still be deleted, renamed, moved and merged


[edit] Setting the Active Layer

BlueDot10x10.png The Active Layer is the layer where new objects will be automatically added when using the Placement Tool
BlueDot10x10.png Only Route and Session layers can be selected as the Active Layer
The active layer is shown in the palette with its name on a  Light Grey  background. The name of the current Active Layer is also shown in the Layer Palette Title Bar. In the images below the Rail Workers layer from the Session Layers Group is the current Active Layer.
LayersPalette S20 ActiveLayer.png   LayersPalette S20 ActiveLayer2.png
Steps: To set a new Active Layer:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the layer name.


PencilTips.PNG You can also use the  Info Palette  to set the layer occupied by a selected object as the Active Layer


[edit] Move an Object to Another Layer

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BlueDot10x10.png Use the  Info Palette  to move objects to another layer.
The  Info Palette  will show the layer assigned to the currently selected object. An object is selected by using the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool (the  S  key) or the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool (the  D  key) found in the  Tools Palette .

Info palette

Layer control

Steps: To assign a selected object to a layer:-
DotPoint1.JPG Switch to the  Info Palette . If this palette is not visible then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click on the small arrowhead next to the layer name. This will open the layer properties for the selected object
DotPoint3.JPG Left Click the Layer drop down box to select a new layer for the object
Stop.PNG Warning: You cannot move Track Objects (signals, switches, buffers, track signs, etc) into a layer that is above the layer that contains the track
DotPoint4.JPG if required, Left Click the Binding drop down box to select a new binding layer for the object. See the section PageLink.PNG Assigning Objects to a Binding Layer for more information on Binding objects to layers
DotPoint5.JPG if required, Left Click the  Lock Layer  button to lock the selected layer. If the layer is already locked then this will be shown as an  Unlock Layer  button


PencilTips.PNG Multiple objects from the same layer or from different layers can be selected and assigned to another layer
Stop.PNG Warning: Setting a layer for multiple objects that are in different layers will move ALL those objects to that layer - except those objects that are in locked layers. If this moves any of them from one Layer Group to another (such as from the Route Layers Group to the Session Layers Group) then it will change where those objects are saved (in the Route or in the Session)



[edit] The Scrapbook Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the  Scrapbook Palette  is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document. Some  Scrapbook Palette  functions will also require the  Tool Options Palette .


BlueDot10x10.png This palette manages the Scrapbooks that you have created yourself, installed from other sources (such as the DLS) or came installed with Trainz. It also controls which parts of a scrapbook are pasted or painted into the Trainz World.
NotePad.PNG Notes:

Scrapbooks, when created, will contain:-
DotPoint.JPG Ground Heights
DotPoint.JPG Ground Textures
DotPoint.JPG Effect Layers - if present
DotPoint.JPG Selected Objects - scenery, splines, track, signals, etc
DotPoint.JPG But  NOT Rolling Stock (Trains) 
Ground heights, textures and effect layers are always included in a scrapbook but you can control which scenery objects are added by manually selecting them or using the filter controls in the  Assets Palette 
NotePad.PNG Notes:

Scrapbooks, when painted or pasted, can contain any combinations of:-
DotPoint.JPG Ground Heights
DotPoint.JPG Ground Textures
DotPoint.JPG Effect Layers
DotPoint.JPG Scenery Objects (Meshes) - individual buildings, trees, signals, etc
DotPoint.JPG Scenery Splines - roads, track, fences, etc
You have options that will control which of these data categories are transferred and how they are transferred from the scrapbook into the Trainz World.


ScrapbookToolsTop S20.png
ScrapbookPinnedIcon S20.pngScrapbookUnPinnedIcon S20.png Left Click on the pin icon to Lock (blue pin) and Unlock (white pin) the scrapbook. Locked scrapbooks are permanent (but can still be deleted). Unlocked scrapbooks will "expire" (self delete) after 5 days
DeleteIcon S20.png Left Click on the delete icon to delete the current scrapbook - most scrapbooks can be deleted (see Notes: Deleting Built-in Scrapbooks below on how to deal with the exceptions to this)
NotePad.PNG Deleting a scrapbook WILL NOT delete any objects that it has painted or pasted into the route. The scrapbook simply identifies the objects, it has no control over them after they have been added to the route.
ScrapbookThumbnail S20.png The thumbnail of the currently displayed scrapbook and the one that will be painted or pasted into the Trainz World
ScrapbookCounter S20.png Identifies the currently displayed scrapbook (the first number) and the total number of stored scrapbooks (the second number)
ScrapbookLeftRight S20.png Left Click on the  <  or  >  to move forwards or backwards through the stored scrapbooks to select the scrapbook that will be added to the Trainz World
  The scrapbook name can be edited. Simply Left Click inside the name box to edit or replace the current name then Left Click on the image OR press the  Enter  key


NotePad.PNG Notes: Deleting Built-in Scrapbooks

Some scrapbooks are installed with Trainz and cannot be deleted. These scrapbooks have the label Prefab at the front of their names (you may have to scroll to the front of the name to see it). While they cannot be deleted they can be "disabled" so that they won't appear as an installed scrapbook. Unlocking them will not cause them to "expire" - after 5 days they will just become locked again.
Steps: To disable built-in scrapbooks
DotPoint1.JPG Open Content Manager and locate the "permanent" scrapbook or scrapbooks.
Search Tips: Name: starts with "Prefab"; Status: is Built-in; Type: is Misc
DotPoint2.JPG Highlight (select) the scrapbook assets individually or as a group
DotPoint3.JPG Open the Content menu and select the  Disable  option
You can reverse this and enable any or all of these scrapbooks at any time if you need them. When enabled they will reappear in the palette


[edit] Creating a New Scrapbook

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A new scrapbook can be created by either:-
Options:
Ablue.png Individually selecting one or more objects OR
Bblue.png Drawing a Marquee Selection Area around one or more objects and:-
Then choose one of the following:-
Ablue.png press  Ctrl  +  C  to copy the selection to a new scrapbook OR
Bblue.png press  Ctrl  +  X  to cut the selection to a new scrapbook - the object or objects will be removed from the Trainz World OR
Cblue.png open the SurveyorEditIcon.png Surveyor Edit Menu and select  Cut  or  Copy 
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Rolling Stock Objects cannot be added to a Scrapbook but they can be saved as a Consist Asset in the  Assets Palette 
DotPoint.JPG Regardless of how it is created, the ground height, ground textures and, if present, effect layers under the selected objects will always be added to the scrapbook.


PencilTips.PNG You don't have to use the Marquee Tool to create a new Scrapbook. You can use the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool or the S20 FineAdjustmentToolIcon.png Fine Adjustment Tool to select any number of objects and then press  Ctrl  +  C . The selected objects, along with the ground height, ground textures, and any effect layers, will be copied into a new Scrapbook


When a new Scrapbook is created by a  Cut  or  Copy , it will appear in the Scrapbook palette with some basic details.
ScrapbookNew S20.png
The newly created scrapbook will be given:-
DotPoint.JPG a name consisting of the date and time of its creation
DotPoint.JPG a thumbnail
PencilTips.PNG The thumbnail image will be taken using the current camera POV (point of view). Move the cursor position and zoom in/out to get the best possible shot of the Scrapbook objects before giving the  Cut  or  Copy  options
DotPoint.JPG a scrapbook number (it will be inserted as №1 scrapbook)
DotPoint.JPG an expiry date which will be set 5 days after its creation - this will countdown each day until 0 when the new scrapbook will be deleted


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Scrapbooks use very little memory so there is no real limit to how many you can store in the palette but finding the one you want will be more difficult as the list grows longer
DotPoint.JPG Rolling Stock Objects cannot be added to a Scrapbook but they can be saved as a Consist Asset in the  Assets Palette 


PencilTips.PNG
DotPoint.JPG Most scrapbooks, old and new, can be deleted at any time by a Left Click on the Delete DeleteIcon S20.png icon. See Notes: Deleting Built-in Scrapbooks in the section above for the exceptions
DotPoint.JPG Deleting a Scrapbook after it has been pasted does not delete the objects that it has added to the Trainz World


There are two changes that can be made to the new scrapbook:-
DotPoint.JPG Give it a name - Left Click inside the Name Text Box and type a new name. To set its new name Left Click on the image OR press the  Enter  key
DotPoint.JPG Make it permanent - Left Click the white Pin icon (ScrapbookUnPinnedIcon S20.png) to change it to blue. The scrapbook will no longer expire but it can still be deleted at any time
Pinned scrapbooks are always shown with a blue pin icon ScrapbookPinnedIcon S20.png and the words "pinned, no expiry" displayed next to their scrapbook


PencilTips.PNG The Pinning of any scrapbook can be reversed so that it will expire in 5 days time. Simply Left Click the Blue pin icon to change it back to White.
ScrapbookNewNamedPinned S20.png


BlueDot10x10.png Once a scrapbook has been Pinned it becomes an asset and will appear in Content Manager


ScrapbookEntryCM S20.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG If a Pinned scrapbook is deleted from the  Scrapbook Palette  then it will also be deleted as an asset from Content Manager
DotPoint.JPG If a scrapbook asset is deleted (or disabled) in Content Manager then it will also be deleted from the  Scrapbook Palette 


The scrapbook asset can be saved as a CDP file and uploaded to the DLS.

PencilTips.PNG You can archive your scrapbooks as CDP files to keep the number of installed scrapbooks to a minimum. If an archived scrapbook is needed then you can use the Import Content Files option in Content Manager to add it to the  Scrapbook Palette . It can be deleted from the palette later, when no longer needed.


[edit] Painting or Pasting a Scrapbook

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[edit] Painting a Scrapbook

Existing Scrapbooks can be painted into the Trainz World using the Brush Tool (see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Tools) or Pasted into the Trainz World.

When the  Scrapbook Data  Target is selected in the Brush Tool, a second drop down box will give a choice of two brush Actions that control how the scrapbook will be applied.
The actions are:-
BulletTick.png Scrapbook Brush
BulletTick.png Scrapbook Clone
BrushToolsScrapbookOptions S20.png
Scrapbook Brush Actions:
 Scrapbook Brush  will resize the scrapbook contents to fit the selected brush shape and size

 Scrapbook Clone  will paint the scrapbook sized according to the  Tool Options Palette   Scale  setting. See Notes below


NotePad.PNG Notes:

 Scrapbook Brush  will resize the scrapbook contents to fit the selected brush shape and size.
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is small then the scrapbook contents will be compressed closer together
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is large then the contents will be spaced further apart
DotPoint.JPG Every Left Click will paste another complete scrapbook copy
DotPoint.JPG The  Scale  setting in the  Tool Options Palette  is ignored.
 Scrapbook Clone  will paste the scrapbook sized according to the  Scale  setting (100% = original size)
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is the same size as the scaled scrapbook then a single exact copy will be pasted
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is smaller than the scaled scrapbook in size then only the central part of the scrapbook will be revealed and more will be added when the brush is moved around until the "painted" area covers the same area as the scaled scrapbook. Further painting will clone or tile the scrapbook contents
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is larger than the scaled scrapbook in size then the contents will be cloned or tiled to fill the set brush radius
 
Stop.PNG WARNING:

Take care if setting both the  Scale  and the  Radius . Using extreme values for both, such as a very large brush radius and a very small scale value, can cause performance issues (i.e. long delays) while the program attempts to scale and clone the scrapbook contents


PencilTips.PNG Tool Options Palette Controls
DotPoint.JPG The active scrapbook brush options for each action are shown in the  Tool Options Palette  with a  Gold  coloured icon next to their names. Those options that have their icon greyed out will be ignored by the selected action, but they can still be edited.
DotPoint.JPG Most of the data entry boxes in the  Tool Options Palette  have a Popup Menu (Right Click inside the box) that can be used to collect and distribute data - see the Wiki Page WikiLink.PNG How to Use the Surveyor 2.0 Palettes for more details.


[edit] Using the Scrapbook Clone Brush

When using the  Scrapbook Clone  brush its  Radius  and  Scale  settings in the  Tool Options Palette  are important.


For Example: Two trees as shown below are captured as a Scrapbook with a size of 2x1 baseboard squares.
ScrapbookCloneBrushOriginal.png
NotePad.PNG When Using the Clone Brush Remember:

DotPoint.JPG If the brush is the same size as the scaled scrapbook then a single exact copy will be painted
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is smaller than the scaled scrapbook then only the central part of the scrapbook will be painted and more will be added when the brush is moved around until the "painted" area covers the same area as the scaled scrapbook
DotPoint.JPG If the brush is larger than the scaled scrapbook in size then the contents will be cloned or tiled to fill the set brush radius
In all cases continuing to sweep with the brush will clone the scrapbook into the new areas
Stop.PNG WARNING:

Take care if setting both the  Scale  and the  Radius . Using extreme values for both, such as a very large brush radius and a very small scale value, can cause performance issues (i.e. long delays) while the program attempts to scale and clone the scrapbook contents


The Brush Tool target is set to Scrapbook Data and its action set to Scrapbook Clone. The effects of different  Radius  and  Scale  settings in the  Tool Options Palette  are shown below.

The Scrapbook Clone brush action will normally show the scaled size and shape of the scrapbook within the brush shape itself, in this case a circle.
ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle01.png

DotPoint1.JPG When the brush radius is the same as the scaled scrapbook size then a single copy of the scrapbook will be painted into the brush.

An exception will be when the scrapbook is not square, as shown, in which case some of the scrapbook may be cloned and painted in the spaces on each side of the marked scrapbook shape but this will depend on the contents of the scrapbook. In this situation it may be better to select the  Natural  brush shape in the  Tool Options Palette .

DotPoint.JPG A single  Left Click  will paint the entire scrapbook within the brush shape.
DotPoint.JPG A  Left Click and Drag  will paint and clone the scrapbook as the mouse moves across the terrain.
ScrapbookCloneBrushNatural01.png

Using the  Natural  brush shape

ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle03.png

DotPoint2.JPG By reducing the brush radius or increasing its scale (or both) then only part of the scrapbook will fit into the brush (no scrapbook brush outline will be shown)

DotPoint.JPG A single  Left Click  will only paint the central part of the scrapbook.
DotPoint.JPG A  Left Click and Drag  will paint and reveal more of the scrapbook as the mouse moves across the terrain.
ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle02.png

DotPoint3.JPG By increasing the brush radius or reducing its scale (or both) then the scrapbook will be cloned so that several copies will be painted into the brush.
These are shown as additional scrapbook shapes within the brush area.

DotPoint.JPG A single  Left Click  will paint multiple copies of the scrapbook within the brush shape as shown below.


ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle02P.png
ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle04.png

DotPoint4.JPG By reducing the brush scale to an extreme (e.g. 1%) then the scrapbook will be cloned multiple times.

DotPoint.JPG A single  Left Click  will fill each individual "micro-grid" inside the brush shape (shown as a "mesh pattern" in the image) with a scaled down but complete copy of the entire scrapbook.


This will almost certainly cause performance issues (long delays, "freezing") as the program attempts to both scale and clone the scrapbook. The end result is shown below.

ScrapbookCloneBrushCircle04P.png


[edit] Scrapbook Tool Options Settings

 Scrapbook Brush 
Brush options
 Scrapbook Clone 
Clone options


 Radius  the brush radius (metres) - see Notes: below
Range:  5m and above for 5m and 10m grid resolutions
0.12m and above for HD Terrain (available in Trainz Plus only)
 Sensitivity  if the  Ground Height  option has been enabled in the  Scrapbook Palette  filter settings, then this will set the rate or speed at which the ground height will change
Range:  1% = slowest to
100% = fastest
 Rotation  initial rotation angle (degrees) - see Notes: below
Range:  0° to ±360° (larger angles can be entered)
 Scale  the scrapbook scaling factor - see Notes: below
Range:  0.01% = smallest to

100% = full size to

>100% larger than full size
 Shape  brush shape
Options:  BrushToolsScrapShapes S20.png  Circle  and  Square  will set the brush to the selected shape with the  Radius  setting the brush size
   Natural  will set the brush to the same shape as the Marquee that created the scrapbook, which may be rectangular. The  Radius  setting will scale the brush size
NotePad.PNG The  Height  setting has no effect on the Scrapbook. This feature is controlled by the Scrapbook Palette Filter  Ground Height  options.
PencilTips.PNG On the right of each data entry box is a pair of Up/Down arrow controls. Left Click and Drag up or down on these to adjust the value in smaller increments


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Unlike Surveyor Classic, there is no upper limit to the brush  Radius . Brushes of hundreds of metres (even kilometres) in size are possible. However, the performance will decrease as the brush radius increases.
DotPoint.JPG The  Rotation  controls the starting angle for pasting the scrapbook objects. In Surveyor Classic you could only rotate and paste in 90° increments. In S20 you can rotate and paste at any angle.
DotPoint.JPG The  Ground Height  options in the Scrapbook Filters control how the terrain heights in the Scrapbook are applied
DotPoint.JPG Take care if setting both the  Scale  and the  Radius . Using extreme values for both, such as a very large brush radius and a very small scale value, can cause performance issues (i.e. long delays) while the program attempts to scale and clone the scrapbook contents


[edit] Pasting a Scrapbook

The current Scrapbook can be Pasted into the Trainz World at the cursor (the Compass Rose) position by either:-
Options:
Ablue.png pressing  Ctrl  +  V , OR
Bblue.png selecting  Paste  from the Context Menu of a selected object
In both cases the scrapbook contents will be pasted using the original scrapbooks size. It will be pasted inside a Marquee Selection Area that can be moved and resized. The objects that are pasted and how they are pasted is controlled by the current  Scrapbook Palette  filter settings


[edit] Setting the Scrapbook Filters

PencilTips.PNG You will probably need to undock and resize the Scrapbook palette to make full use of its filters. Refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document for undocking and resizing instructions


Steps: To Open the Scrapbook Filters
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the arrowhead next to the  Filters:  label below the scrapbook image to open the scrapbook filters.
These filters control which elements in the scrapbook are added to the Trainz World and how they are added.


ScrapbookToolsBottom S20.png


PencilTips.PNG Sample Filter Settings:-
You can vary the appearance of the scrapbook when added to a route by painting or pasting it with different filter combinations. For example:-
 Ground Height:   None  ground height data will not be pasted and the ground heights already in the target area will be used
 Ground Texture:  Overwrite  textures present in the scrapbook will replace those already in the target area
 Meshes:  Add  scenery objects in the scrapbook will be added to those already in the target area
 Splines:  Add  scenery splines in the scrapbook will be added to those already in the target area
 Effect Layers:   None  effect layers in the scrapbook will not be pasted and any already in the target area will be used
PencilTips.PNG You can also add more variety when painting a Scrapbook by changing its  Tool Options Palette   Scale  and  Rotation  settings in combination with different Filter selections (as shown above)
 Scrapbook Painting/Pasting Options 
 What Data to Transfer 
    Ground Height  terrain height(s) used in the scrapbook
    Texture  textures used in the scrapbook
    Meshes  scenery objects (e.g. trees, buildings) used in the scrapbook
    Splines  spline objects used in the scrapbook
    Effect Layers  effect layers (TurfFX, Clutter, Water Layer) used in the scrapbook
 How to Transfer the Data
    None  do not paste/paint this feature
    Add  add this feature to those already present
    Overwrite  use this feature to replace those already present
For the Ground Height:-
    None  do not paste/paint the scrapbook ground heights, use the existing ground heights instead
    Absolute  use the ground heights in the scrapbook to replace the existing ground heights
    Relative  use the difference between the existing ground heights and those used in the scrapbook


[edit] The Asset Preview Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the Asset Preview Palette is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This palette gives a rotating 3D view of an asset that has been selected in the  Assets Palette . It works with all assets except effect layers.
AssetPreviewPalette S20.png The Asset Preview Palette can be enlarged once it has been undocked.

The current Surveyor 2.0 version has no display or control options and lacks the "zoom" and other features found in the Preview function of Content Manager.


[edit] The Content Packages Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png If the Content Packages Palette is not visible on the screen then refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This palette is mainly intended for content creators, particularly MPS (Multi Player Surveyor) content. It helps manage, prepare and upload to the MPS Server a user created "Content Package". The web site for the TCCP (Trainz Content Creation Program), which is not MPS specific, can be found at info.trainzsimulator.com/tccp


For a more technical description of using the Content Packages Palette see the Trainz Wiki page WikiLink.PNG Content Packages


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG The Content Packages Palette is intended for use by  Content Creators , particularly those creating  MPS (Multi Player Surveyor) routes . But it can be used by anyone to help manage installed packages and identify their details and contents.
DotPoint.JPG Its content creation function does not support session data - it is for routes only


The palette lists all the installed Content Packages that have assets available for use. Two special packages are included in the list:-

DotPoint1Blue.png All Installed Content which covers all offline (non-MPS) content, and
DotPoint2Blue.png multiplayersurveyor which includes all the default content on the live MPS Server
S20 PalettePackages.png
Each package in the list can be individually:-
DotPoint.JPG Enabled - which means its assets will be available for use in a new user created package OR
DotPoint.JPG Disabled - which means its assets will NOT be available for use in a new user created package
The top package. All Installed Content is enabled by default but it can be disabled


Steps: To Enable a package:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the S20 PalettePackagesDisabled.png (Disabled icon) after the name of the package
To Disable a package:-
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click on the S20 PalettePackagesEnabled.png (Enabled icon) after the name of the package


PencilTips.PNG Once you have enabled a package, the  Revert  button will become active. Click it to Disable all enabled packages except the All Installed Content package (which can be disabled manually).


NotePad.PNG Enabling packages in an MPS Route will prompt other users who download the Route to install the same packages


[edit] Content Package Details

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S20 PalettePackagesViewDetails.png
Steps: To view the details of a package:-
DotPoint1.JPG Right Click on the package name
DotPoint2.JPG Select the option  View Details 


Some packages will display the message S20 PalettePackagesNoDetails.png

If details are available then something like the following example will be shown.

S20 PalettePackagesDetailWindow.png
Details:
DotPoint.JPG description
DotPoint.JPG status e.g. Purchased (installed), Purchased (update available)
DotPoint.JPG ID code
DotPoint.JPG version - packages that have been Uninstalled will show (not installed)


Options:
S20 PalettePackagesUninstall.png
Left Click to uninstall the package but first read the Warning below
S20 PalettePackagesListFeatured.png
Left Click to open a Content Manager window listing the contents of this package


NotePad.PNG If you  Uninstall  a package it will still appear in the palette content package list until the palette is either Hidden or Closed. Uninstalled packages can be reinstalled later using the Content Store


Stop.PNG Warning:

If you Uninstall a package you will also delete any Packaged assets it contains that may be needed by other assets on your system, such as routes. Packaged assets may (or may not) be found on the DLS - that is a decision made by the creator of the package. They are not Payware but come as part of an installed DLC package. Trainz has no way of knowing if a "packaged" asset it is about to delete had previously been "Installed from the DLS", and could therefore be needed elsewhere, or was only installed with the package.

Uninstalling a package can leave you with some (or many) "Missing dependency" error messages. The remedy is to use Content Manager to first perform a DBR (database repair) and then download the missing dependencies from the DLS BUT it is possible that some of the "missing dependencies" can only be found in the DLC Package you have just uninstalled.


[edit] Testing the Packages

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BlueDot10x10.png While you can manually select the packages to be enabled, an easier option may be to let the program perform that task.


With or without any packages enabled, Left Click on the icon showing 3 horizontal bars (bottom right) to open a menu.
S20 PalettePackagesMenu.png

 Automatically Enable Required Packages  attempts to automatically identify and enable the minimum number of packages required by the current route. This only affects the packages listed in the palette and nothing else
 List Assets Unsupported by Enabled Packages  this will either:-
Ablue.png open Content Manager with a window displaying all the assets (objects) used in the current route that are not found in the enabled packages, OR
Bblue.png give the preferred result as shown in the following message
S20 PalettePackagesAllSupported.png


Steps: To identify the assets that are required by the current route that are not supported by the enabled packages:-
DotPoint1.JPG Disable all packages - the  Revert  button will reset any enabled packages leaving only the top package enabled
DotPoint2.JPG Select the menu option  Automatically Enable Required Packages . There may be a delay of a few seconds.
DotPoint3.JPG Select the menu option  List Assets Unsupported by Enabled Packages 


[edit] Dealing with Unsupported Assets

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Ablue.png If you have manually selected and enabled the packages you want to include and have been shown a list of assets that are not supported by your selection, then you will need to identify the missing packages (if any) and add them manually.
Steps: To identify and add missing packages:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the first asset in the Content Manager window
DotPoint2.JPG open the Content Menu and select the option Report Containing Packages
DotPoint3.JPG note the ID of the package. If no ID is shown then the asset does not belong to an installed package (see option Bblue.png below for dealing with these assets)
DotPoint4.JPG repeat for each asset in the Content Manager list
DotPoint5.JPG Enable the identified missing packages. The IDs of all the installed packages can be found by using the steps described in PageLink.PNG Content Package Details above
Bblue.png If you have used the  Automatically Enable Required Packages  option then any unsupported assets found will not belong to any installed packages. In this case you will need to create a new package using TCCP and add them to that package - see the Trainz Wiki Page at WikiLink.PNG TCCP Content Creation. If that is not a suitable option then you will need to either remove the unsupported assets from the route or replace them with supported assets.


[edit] Apply and Upload

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Once you have enabled the required packages, you need to prepare the route for uploading to the live MPS Server

Steps:
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click the  Apply  button at the bottom of the palette window.
  You may be shown an error report which will list the assets, by their kuids, that have failed a compliance test. In this case the package creation will not proceed. You will need to identify each asset listed in the report and take any necessary action, such as replacing the assets or removing them from the route.
If there is no error report then you will be shown the following message:-
S20 PalettePackagesApplyConfirm.png
NotePad.PNG Note:

If you have NOT already saved this route then it will be saved using "New Route" as its name. Left Click  Cancel , save using your preferred route name and then return to the Content Packages Palette.

DotPoint2.JPG To accept the changes, Left Click  OK 


The next step is to upload the new package to the live MPS Server.

Steps:
DotPoint1.JPG Open the SurveyorSharingIcon.png Surveyor Sharing Menu from the Main Menu icons
SocialMenu.png
DotPoint2.JPG Select the option  Share Route . You will receive a warning that Session Data is not supported.
DotPoint3.JPG To proceed Left Click  OK 
To cancel the upload Left Click  Cancel 
DotPoint4.JPG Assuming that you selected  OK  then the route will be packaged and uploaded to the live MPS Server. A successful upload will be indicated by the final message as shown below:-
S20 PalettePackagesUploadCompleted.png A route that has been uploaded to the MPS Server will appear with a              colour band in the Surveyor Select a Route/Session window.


[edit] The Driver Control Center

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This is a  Surveyor  palette and a  Driver  window


PalettesIcon S20.png If the Driver Control Center is not visible on the screen then choose one of:-
Options:
Ablue.png in Driver or Surveyor open the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu and Left Click on the  Driver Control Center  option
Bblue.png In Driver Left Click on the Driver Icon at the bottom left of the screen


NotePad.PNG Notes:

In Trainz Plus this palette/window has been redesigned for the Trainz Living Railroad (TLR) feature.

DotPoint.JPG most of its features can be used without the TLR
DotPoint.JPG it is NOT a replacement for the Driver Setup Rule in the Session Editor


BlueDot10x10.png This provides a full list of available drivers, their assigned trains, tasks (if any) and the tools to manage them in both Surveyor and Driver


DriverPalette S20.png


PencilTips.PNG The Drivers Palette list can be scrolled up and down to reveal more available drivers.
NotePad.PNG
DotPoint.JPG The driver with the current camera focus is shown on a blue background
DotPoint.JPG In Surveyor this palette and its child windows can be minimised and resized
DotPoint.JPG In Driver this window can be minimised but NOT resized, however its child windows can be both minimised and resized
Next to the image of each driver is:-
DotPoint.JPG a thumbnail of their assigned locomotive (or No assigned location)
DotPoint.JPG the assigned locomotives Object Name. This can be set in Surveyor using either the PageLink.PNG Info Palette or the PageLink.PNG Driver Properties Tool
DotPoint.JPG the current control state of the train - the next command in their Driver Command List (driver Bald shown left), Manual Control (driver Aldair), Not in a Train (driver Kenny) or Idle (driver Jane)
Above each drivers image is a Tool Bar for that driver DriverPaletteTools S20.png
DriverPalettePlayerControl S20.png Left Click to open a drop down menu to assign this driver to:-
  DriverPaletteAssign S20.png  Not Assigned  (driver Jane shown left) will make the driver unavailable for use but will still remain in the driver list

 Automatic Scheduler  available in Trainz Plus only this assigns control of the driver to the TLR but the Dispatch Status setting in the PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager Window must be Enabled
 Player Controlled  will return the driver to active duty in the driver list

DriverPaletteDeleteDriver S20.png Left Click to Delete the current driver
DriverPaletteGetOffTrain S20.png If a driver has been assigned to a train (drivers Adair and Bald) then Left Click this icon to Remove the driver from this train. See PageLink.PNG Switching Drivers below
DriverPaletteNotActive S20.png This indicates that the driver is classified as Not Assigned and is not available for use (driver Jane). In Trainz Plus drivers that are assigned to the Automatic Scheduler will also have this icon
DriverPaletteSwitchTo S20.png If a driver is available for use (Player Controlled) but has NOT been assigned to a train (driver Kenny) then Left Click this icon to select a train to assign to this driver. See PageLink.PNG Assigning Drivers below
DriverPaletteNotActive2 S20.png This indicates that the driver is classified as Not Assigned and is not available for use
DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails S20.png Left Click to view and edit the details for the current driver and train. See PageLink.PNG Driver Properties below
DriverPaletteFocusOnDriver S20.png Left Click this icon to change the camera focus to this driver. The blue background identifies the driver with the current camera focus
DriverPaletteFocusOnDriver2 S20.png If the icon is greyed out and cannot be selected (driver Kenny) then the driver has not been assigned to a train
DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon S20.png Located at the bottom of the driver list (you may have to scroll down) Left Click to Add a New Driver. See Adding a Driver below


[edit] Adding a Driver

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BlueDot10x10.png New drivers can be added to the Drivers Palette


NotePad.PNG Notes:

A randomly selected driver will be automatically added to the Drivers Palette when a locomotive is added to your Trainz World. The driver will be assigned to the new locomotive


DriverPaletteAddDriverList S20.png
Steps: To add a new driver to the Drivers Palette:-
DotPoint1.JPG scroll down the driver list to the bottom to reveal the Add New Driver button DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon S20.png
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click on the button to open the Driver Selection window shown on the left
DotPoint3.JPG select (Left Click on) a driver and then Left Click on the tick icon Tick.PNG
The selected driver will be added to the end of the driver list but will be not be assigned to a train


PencilTips.PNG A driver can be deleted from the list at any time using the DriverPaletteDeleteDriver S20.png tool in the driver tool bar


[edit] Assigning Drivers

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BlueDot10x10.png A driver that has no currently assigned train can have one assigned to them


Steps: To assign a driver to a train:-
DotPoint1.JPG
DriverPaletteSwitchTo S20.png  Move to Destination 
You can reasign the driver by a Left Click on the icon to select a new train for this driver. The Drivers Palette will change to the image shown below right
PencilTips.PNG If Move to Destination cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to  Not Assigned  or  Automatic Scheduler  available in Trainz Plus only. If necessary you can change the setting to  Player Controlled  but that may affect other operations such as the TLR
DotPoint2.JPG Choose one of the following:-
Options:
Ablue.png Left Click on a train in your Trainz World that does not already have an assigned driver. The selected driver will then be assigned to this train
Bblue.png Left Click on the DriverPaletteDeleteDriver S20.png icon OR press the  Esc  key to Cancel the selection operation and return to the normal Drivers Palette
Cblue.png Left Click on the Add New Driver button DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon S20.png to select and add a new unassigned driver to the palette as described in PageLink.PNG Adding a Driver above. Then repeat the process described from Step  1  above
DriverPaletteSelectDriverLoco S20.png


[edit] Switching Drivers

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BlueDot10x10.png A driver that is currently assigned to a train can be reassigned to a different train or to no train


Steps: To switch a driver from one train to another:-
DotPoint1.JPG
DriverPaletteGetOffTrain S20.png  Get off Train 
Left Click on the icon to leave the assigned train so that the driver can be assigned to another or none
Once the driver has left the train, the icon will change to a new design
DotPoint2.JPG
DriverPaletteSwitchTo S20.png  Move to Destination 
This is optional. You can reasign the driver by a Left Click on the icon to select a new train for this driver. The Drivers Palette will change to the image shown below right
PencilTips.PNG If Move to Destination cannot be selected then check if the driver has been set to  Not Assigned  or  Automatic Scheduler  available in Trainz Plus only. If necessary you can change the setting to  Player Controlled  but that may affect other operations such as the TLR
DotPoint3.JPG Choose one of the following:-

Options:

Ablue.png Left Click on a train in your Trainz World that does not already have an assigned driver. The selected driver will then be assigned to this train
Bblue.png Left Click on the DriverPaletteDeleteDriver S20.png icon OR press the  Esc  key to Cancel the selection operation and return to the normal Drivers Palette
Cblue.png Left Click on the Add New Driver button DriverPaletteAddDriverIcon S20.png to select and add a new unassigned driver to the palette as described in PageLink.PNG Adding a Driver above. Then continue the process described from Step  2  above
DriverPaletteSelectDriverLoco S20.png

[edit] Driver Properties

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To open the Driver Properties Window:-
Options:
Ablue.png In Driver:-
Steps:
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the Driver Icon at the bottom left of the screen
DotPoint2.JPG select the driver from the driver list (Left Click on its Eye icon if it is not the driver with the focus)
DotPoint3.JPG Left Click on the DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails S20.png View Driver Properties Tool for that driver
Bblue.png In Driver and Surveyor:-
Steps:
DotPoint1.JPG Open the SurveyorWindowIcon.png Window Menu and select  Driver Control Center 
DotPoint2.JPG select the driver from the driver list (Left Click on its Eye icon if it is not the driver with the focus)
DotPoint3.JPG Left Click on the DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails S20.png View Driver Properties Tool for that driver


 In Surveyor and Driver 


NotePad.PNG Notes: Surveyor or Driver

DotPoint.JPG In Driver the data displayed in the Driver Properties Window is dynamic. It will change as consists move around the route loading and unloading commodities and obeying commands
DotPoint.JPG In Surveyor the data displayed in the Driver Properties Window is static and will show the situation that exists at the start (if you loaded the session directly into Surveyor - see point below) or at the instant when you switched, via the UDS, from Driver to Surveyor
DotPoint.JPG If you opened the session directly into Surveyor before using Driver then no driver names will be assigned to any of the trains (this is done by the Driver Setup Rule which runs in Driver). Locomotives, without driver names, will be shown labelled as "Consist nn". Once Driver has been started and you use the UDS to switch to Surveyor then the names of all the assigned drivers will be shown.


After selecting the DriverPaletteViewDriverDetails S20.png View Driver Properties Tool, the following Properties window will open


Information.png  Map 
This shows the location of the driver in the route. It is "zoomable".
Steps: To Zoom the Map In/Out:-
DotPoint1.JPG Move the mouse pointer onto the map area
DotPoint2.JPG Rotate the mouse  Scroll Wheel  forward to Zoom In and back to Zoom Out
DotPoint3.JPG The map will always remain centered on the selected driver


Information.png  Command Status 
This shows the command queue for this driver. If the Player Assignment for the driver has been set to the Automatic Scheduler in Trainz Plus only then the driver commands will be added by the TLR (Trainz Living Railroad)
DotPoint.JPG For drivers under Player Control you can add, edit and delete driver commands. The Add Command icon will be shown and the driver commands can be edited
DispatchManagerCommandStatusManual S20.png
DotPoint.JPG For drivers under the control of the TLR no Add Command icon will be shown and the driver commands cannot be edited
DispatchManagerCommandStatusTLR S20.png
  DispatchManagerShowDriverLevi S20.png


Information.png  Activity Log 
This shows the event history for this driver. The displayed list can be filtered using the same methods described above at PageLink.PNG Dispatch Filters


Information.png  Driver Settings 
These options set how this driver will be controlled
Each setting has a sub menu as shown in the image below.  Left Click  on the down arrowhead of a setting to open its sub menu
DispatchManagerDriverSettingsOptions S20.png


Information.png Driver Settings Menu Options
 Driver Location: 
   Move to Train  The player takes control of this train. Only selectable if the driver is not assigned to the Automatic Scheduler in Trainz Plus only
   Get off Train  The player releases control of this train. Only selectable if the driver is not assigned to the Automatic Scheduler in Trainz Plus only
   Show <name_of_loco (Consist nn)>  opens the dialogue window for this locomotive
 Player Assignment: 
   Not Assigned  no driver will be assigned to this train. In Trainz Plus this will cancel the Automatic Scheduler and remove the train from the TLR
   Automatic Scheduler  in Trainz Plus only train will be under the control of the TLR (Trainz Living Railroad)
   Player Controlled  train will be available for control by the player either manually or by using AI driver commands. In Trainz Plus this will cancel the Automatic Scheduler and remove the train from the TLR
 Train Classification:  These options control the running lights displayed on the leading locomotive if that locomotive has been configured correctly
   Timetabled Train (Off)  sets the running lights for a normal scheduled train service
   Extra Train (White)  sets the running lights to indicate that this is an additional (not regularly scheduled) train service
   Train with following section (Green)  sets the running lights to indicate that this service has an additional (or "second division") service following. That following service should be set to show the Extra Train running lights
 Dispatch Status:  available in Trainz Plus only
NotePad.PNG In Trainz Plus the  Dispatch Manager   Dispatch Status  setting must be Enabled for these options to be available. See PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager for more details
   Claim Task  this will cancel the Automatic Scheduler if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the Command Status will be cleared.
NotePad.PNG If the current driver has already been Claimed then  Assign to Automatic Scheduler  will appear instead of the  Claim Task  option. Selecting Assign to Automatic Scheduler will return the driver to the TLR
   Pause Task  the current TLR tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected.
NotePad.PNG The Pause Task option will not appear if the Claim Task option has been selected.
If the current driver has been put on Pause then  Resume Task  will appear instead of the  Pause Task  option. Selecting Resume Task will return the driver to the TLR to continue its normal operations
   Cancel Task  the current driver commands in the Command Status will be terminated. The TLR will then allocate new tasks to this driver
   Show <driver_name>  not selectable because you are already in the Driver Properties Window
   Show <industry_name_1>  this will open the Industry Manager window for the industry currently being serviced (i.e. where the train is loading/unloading) or, if the train is moving towards its next industry task, the industry that the driver has just departed - see PageLink.PNG Manage Industries for more information
   Show <industry_name_2>  this will open the Industry Manager window for the next industry to be serviced by the train (i.e. its destination) - see PageLink.PNG Manage Industries for more information
   Show Dispatch Manager  if you have closed the Dispatch Manager window, or minimised it to free up screen space, then this will return it to the screen


 In Driver 
Available in Trainz Plus only When used in Driver Mode a coloured line will appear above the track showing the path, or possible paths, when the next command in the Command Status queue is a movement command, such as Drive To..., Navigate To... or Couple To.... The path lines will not be shown when these commands are not being executed. The colour of the path lines are Blue, Green, Orange and Red.
DriverPaletteTrainPath S20.png
NotePad.PNG Notes: Path Colours:-

These colours identify the type of service and are a "Work In Progress". They may change in future releases
   Locomotive only
   Passenger (not yet implemented)
   Freight
   Active Path (for the selected driver)


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG The signals and switches along the path may not be correctly set until the train approaches and activates them
DotPoint.JPG In the current retail Trainz Plus version, the path will be visible as long as the Driver Properties window is open (but it can be minimised)
DotPoint.JPG The path options are controlled from the Main Display Menu, as shown below, and are independent of the Driver Properties window
DisplayMenuTrackPaths.png


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Drivers Palette or Driver Control Center but closing it will turn off the path line. To keep the path line on the screen Minimise the window instead.


[edit] Driver Location

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BlueDot10x10.png This allows you to move the driver to a new train and to view/edit the details of their current train


DriverPaletteLocation S20.png
Steps: To edit the driver location:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the white Down Arrowhead following the name of the assigned locomotive
DotPoint2.JPG select an option from the drop down menu


Choose one of the following:-
Options:
Ablue.png  Move to Train...  performs the same task as shown in PageLink.PNG Switching Drivers above. This option will not be available if the Player Assignment has been set to  Automatic Sheduler  (available in Trainz Plus only), OR
Bblue.png  Get off Train  the driver assignment to this train will be terminated. This option will not be available if the Player Assignment has been set to  Automatic Sheduler  (available in Trainz Plus only), OR
Cblue.png  Show <name of loco>  this will open a new Properties window showing details of the assigned train. Some of those details can be edited. See Train Properties below


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Drivers Palette.


 Train Properties 

The Show <name of loco> option will open the Train Properties window


DriverPaletteTrainDetailsWindow S20.png There are a number of control and display options built into this window.
Train Priority:
DriverPaletteShowPriority S20.png Left Click the white down arrowhead next to the label Priority and select a priority value  1 ,  2  or  3  to assign to this train
Classification:
DriverPaletteShowClassification S20.png Left Click the white down arrowhead and select a running classification for this train
Driver:
DriverPaletteShowDriver S20.png Left Click the white down arrowhead just below the Driver Image and select an option

 Show Driver <Name of Driver>  will re-open the Train Properties window if it had been closed or minimised

 Move to Train...  and  Get off Train  are the same as described above


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Driver Properties window.


 Script Properties 

DriverPaletteScriptProperties S20.png
Steps: To display the legacy script properties of the locomotive:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the window icon DriverPaletteScriptPropertiesIcon S20.png to open the Script Properties window
DotPoint2.JPG DriverPaletteScriptPropertiesWindow S20.png Left Click the Cross.PNG button to close the window


You can edit the Script Properties of a locomotive.
DriverPaletteScriptPropertiesEnableEditing S20.png

DriverPaletteScriptPropertiesWindowEdit S20.png
Steps: To edit the Script Properties:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the  Enable Editing  button
DotPoint2.JPG All the script controlled properties of that particular locomotive, as shown left, can be opened (Left Click on the link) and edited
DotPoint3.JPG To Save your edits Left Click on the  Save Changes  button, OR
To Cancel your edits Left Click on the  Cancel  button


[edit] Player Assignment

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BlueDot10x10.png This allows you to set the driver control assignment


DriverPaletteAssign2 S20.png
Steps: To change a driver assignment:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the white Down Arrowhead following the name of the player
DotPoint2.JPG select an option from the drop down menu


Choose one of the following:-
Options:
Ablue.png  Not Assigned  makes the driver unavailable but keeps them in the driver list, OR
Bblue.png  Automatic Scheduler  available in Trainz Plus only this assigns control of the driver to the TLR but the Living Railroad Dispatch setting must be Enabled in the PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager Window, OR
Cblue.png  Player Controlled  returns the driver to active duty in the driver list


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Drivers Palette.


[edit] Command Status

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BlueDot10x10.png The Command Status displays the list of driver commands waiting for execution by the selected driver
BlueDot10x10.png New driver commands can be added and existing commands removed


Two sample driver command lists
DriverPaletteCommandStatusList S20.png

For a driver under AI control
The Add Command icon is shown (circled in red in the image above) at the end of the command list. This will be present without any commands for a driver under Player Control

New commands can be added, existing commands can be deleted or edited
 
DriverPaletteCommandStatusList2 S20.png

For a driver under control of the TLR Automatic Scheduler available in Trainz Plus only
There is no Add Command icon

New driver commands cannot be added, existing commands cannot be deleted or edited
DriverPaletteCommandStatusAdd S20.png
Steps: To add a command to the driver command list:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the Command Point identified by the red circle in the image above left and the red arrow in the image left
DotPoint2.JPG select the command from the pop up menu. Many of the commands will need you to enter data (e.g. the name of the destination)
NotePad.PNG The commands shown in the pop up menu are set by the WikiLink.PNG Driver Command Rule in the WikiLink.PNG Session Editor
DotPoint3.JPG repeat as needed for each new command


Steps: To remove a command from the driver command list:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click and Drag the command to be removed out of the Command Status area and release the mouse button


NotePad.PNG The changes you make to the Command Status list will also be made in the Driver Command Bar at the bottom right of the screen


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Drivers Palette.


[edit] Activity Log

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BlueDot10x10.png This allows you to monitor the activity and progress of a driver


DriverPaletteDriverActivityLog S20.png This gives a detailed list of every operation started and completed by the selected driver. In the example shown on the left this includes gaining and releasing "permits" (access or permission) for each junction switch along the drivers path.

DotPoint.JPG the display area has a vertical scroll bar on the right for longer reports
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the coloured dots to toggle them on/off and filter the log entries by message type
GreyDot10x10.png Grey ON shows general messages: Grey OFF hides general messages
YellowDot10x10.png Yellow ON shows warnings: Yellow OFF hides warnings
RedDot10x10.png Red ON shows error messages: Red OFF hides error messages
GreenDot10x10.png Green ON shows "task completed" messages: Green OFF hides "task completed" messages
DotPoint.JPG Left Click in the  Search  text box to enter a text string to filter the log entries


Left Click on the  Close  button to close the window and return to the Drivers Palette.


[edit] The Dispatch Manager Window

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This is a  Surveyor  window and a  Driver  window  This window is only available in Trainz Plus 


BlueDot10x10.png Dispatch Manager is a tool that gives you access to Drivers, Consists and Industries for assigning and monitoring product pickup and delivery tasks
BlueDot10x10.png Dispatch Manager will work with all drivers but is best used with those that have been assigned to the Automatic Scheduler placing them under the control of the TLR (Trainz Living Railroad) and drivers under AI control that are servicing (loading/unloading at) industries


Information.png The Dispatch Manager:-
DotPoint.JPG is only available in Trainz Plus
DotPoint.JPG is a Window in Surveyor Classic, Surveyor 2.0 and in Driver so it cannot be docked to other palettes
DotPoint.JPG can be resized, moved around the screen and minimised


Steps: To Open the Dispatch Manager in Surveyor or Driver:-
DotPoint1.JPG Open the SurveyorToolsIcon S20.png Tools Menu
DotPoint2.JPG Select the option  Dispatch Manager 
Surveyor
ToolsMenuSurveyorDispatch S20.png
Driver
ToolsMenuDriverDispatch S20.png


The Dispatch Manager window will display a list of all the
DotPoint.JPG industries and their current status - loading, unloading, waiting pickup, etc
DotPoint.JPG powered consists (i.e. with a loco attached) and their status - driver name, load, destination (or idle), delivering or collecting, etc
DotPoint.JPG consists (i.e. with no loco attached) and their status - available for dispatch or not
DotPoint.JPG drivers and their status - available for dispatch or not assigned
When first displayed the window will default to showing all available consists, drivers and industries, as shown below.
Dispatch Manager will allow you to perform tasks, both in Surveyor and Driver, to:
DotPoint.JPG locate rolling stock for a particular product
DotPoint.JPG claim a task (take control of a particular consist) to act as the driver
NotePad.PNG Notes: Surveyor or Driver

DotPoint.JPG In Driver the data display is dynamic. It will change as consists move around the route loading and unloading commodities and obeying commands
DotPoint.JPG In Surveyor the data display is static and will show the situation at the start (if you loaded the session directly into Surveyor - see point below) or at the instant when you switched, via the UDS, from Driver to Surveyor
DotPoint.JPG If you open Dispatch Manager in Surveyor before using Driver then no drivers will be assigned to any of the locomotives (this is done by the Driver Setup Rule which runs in Driver). Locomotives, without driver names, will be shown labelled as "Consist nn". Once Driver has been started then you can use the UDS to switch to Surveyor and the names of all the assigned drivers will be shown.
DispatchManager S20.png



DispatchManagerInfo S20.png  Left Click  on the i button for a brief description of the options in each section


[edit] Dispatch Settings

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[edit] Dispatch Status

BlueDot10x10.png The Dispatch Status setting enables/disables the control of Dispatch Manager over ALL consists and industries


Steps: To Set the Dispatch Status:-
DotPoint1.JPG  Left Click  on the down arrowhead next to the current status setting DispatchManagerDispatchStatus S20.png
DotPoint2.JPG Select a new status setting from the options listed in the drop down list (see descriptions below)


Information.png Dispatch Status Menu Options
 Enabled  this is the default setting. Selecting Enabled will allow all consists, powered or not, to be accessable in Dispatch Manager
 Disabled  selecting Disabled will not stop the running of consists under AI control or the TLR (Trainz Living Railroad) but they will no longer be under the control of the Dispatch Manager (but they can later be Enabled)
 Clear Cached Track Paths  will clear the memory cache of all stored paths for all drivers in Dispatch Manager. The memory cache will then be rebuilt from the current driver commands. This option would be chosen if there is a problem with the cached track paths or you have edited some of the driver commands and the cache needs to be updated. The actual commands assigned to the drivers and the AI operations will not be affected. Selecting this option will produce a warning about the possible time delay needed to rebuild the cache. This option must be confirmed before it will be executed

[edit] Restart Stuck AI

BlueDot10x10.png This setting enables/disables the ability of the AI to find an alternative path for a consist that is currently unable to proceed to its destination


Steps: To Set the AI Restart Status:-
DotPoint1.JPG  Left Click  on the down arrowhead next to the current status setting DispatchManagerDispatchStuckAI S20.png
DotPoint2.JPG Select a new setting from the options listed in the drop down list (see descriptions below)


Information.png Stuck AI Menu Options
 Enabled  this is the default setting. Selecting Enabled will allow AI to attempt to find a solution for a consist that is unable to proceed to its destination
 Disabled  selecting Disabled will prevent the AI attempting to find a solution for a consist that is unable to proceed to its destination. This will allow you to take manual control of the consist to solve the problem yourself. The Dispatch Manager display will indicate which consists are "stuck" and need assistance


[edit] Dispatch Controls

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The Dispatch Controls provide you with:-
BlueDot10x10.png data on what is happening with your consists, both powered (under TLR or AI control) and unpowered (no loco attached)
BlueDot10x10.png data on what is happening with your industries (loads waiting and/or delivered)
BlueDot10x10.png the ability to override the TLR/AI and take complete manual control of any driver
BlueDot10x10.png the ability to edit the product loads of any rolling stock object
BlueDot10x10.png the ability to edit the product levels produced and consumed of any industry

[edit] Dispatch Filters

BlueDot10x10.png Filters built into the Dispatch Manager allow the list of displayed entries to be reduced to those that interest you

There are some basic filter options available to reduce the quantity of data displayed.

DispatchManagerColourFilterSearch S20.png Ablue.png in the  Search  box enter the name of a driver (e.g. Ami), a location (e.g. Richmond), an industry (e.g. Tipple), a product (e.g. Coal) or a consist (e.g. Consist 29). UPPER/lower case is not important
Bblue.png the coloured dots will filter the types of messages shown in the display. Left Click on a coloured dot to toggle on/off each message type
GreyDot10x10.png Grey ON shows player activity messages (e.g. player <name> moved to loco <name>): Grey OFF hides them
YellowDot10x10.png Yellow ON shows caution warnings (e.g. <driver_name> has stopped for a red signal (Signal <name/number>)): Yellow OFF hides them
RedDot10x10.png Red ON shows Stuck and other problem messages: Red OFF hides them
GreenDot10x10.png Green ON shows Task proceeding messages (e.g. <driver_name> is delivering coal at <Industry_name>): Green OFF hides them
For example: Turning OFF all the coloured dots except RedDot10x10.png could produce the following display
DispatchManagerRedColourFilterExample S20.png
Cblue.png the display can be filtered by its data categories. Left Click on the down arrowhead next to the title Item (All) to reveal the different data categories
DispatchManagerSelection S20.png Left Click on a category name (e.g. Industries) to filter the display using that category
DispatchManagerShowIndustriesi S20.png
Dblue.png the above filter options can be combined. Some examples:
DotPoint.JPG To display all coal industries type Coal in the search box and select the category Industries - this will exclude consists carrying coal as a product
DispatchManagerShowCoalIndustries S20.png
DotPoint.JPG To display all drivers hauling lumber type Lumber in the search box and select the category Drivers
DispatchManagerShowLumberDrivers S20.png


[edit] Item Status

BlueDot10x10.png The Status column of the display gives you access to more information about each item in the display as well as editing and control tools
Each item in the display has a sub menu that will give you access to additional information and control options.
Steps: To Open an Item Status Sub Menu:-
DotPoint1.JPG Left Click on the down arrowhead at the end of the Status description of the required item. The options shown in a sub menu will depend on the type of item selected and if it has any active tasks


Example: The driver Levi has active driver commands to execute

When the sub menu is opened it will have a set of options as shown in the image below. These options will vary between specific examples

DispatchManagerShowStatusLevi2 S20.png
 
Information.png Item Status Menu Options
 Claim Task  this will cancel the Automatic Scheduler if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the Command Status will be cleared.
NotePad.PNG If the current driver has already been Claimed then  Assign to Automatic Scheduler  will appear instead of the  Claim Task  option. Selecting Assign to Automatic Scheduler will return the driver to the TLR
 Pause Task  the current TLR tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected
NotePad.PNG The Pause Task option will not appear if the Claim Task option has been selected.
If the current driver has been put on Pause then  Resume Task  will appear instead of the  Pause Task  option. Selecting Resume Task will return the driver to the TLR to continue its normal operations
 Cancel Task  the current driver commands in the Command Status will be terminated. The TLR will then allocate new tasks to this driver
 Show <driver_name>  this will open the Driver Manager window - see PageLink.PNG Manage Drivers for more information
 Show <industry_name_1>  this will open the Industry Manager window for the industry currently being serviced (i.e. where the train is loading/unloading) or, if the train is moving towards its next industry task, then it will show the industry that the driver has just departed - see PageLink.PNG Manage Industries for more information
 Show <industry_name_2>  this will open the Industry Manager window for the next industry to be serviced by the train (i.e. its destination) - see PageLink.PNG Manage Industries for more information


[edit] Managing Drivers

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Information.png Managing Drivers is best performed using the Driver Control Center palette/window described at PageLink.PNG Driver Control Center.


[edit] Managing Industries

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BlueDot10x10.png Industries are scenery objects that can load and/or unload products into/from consists
BlueDot10x10.png Not all scenery objects are Industries


You can open the Industry Properties Window of a selected industry by one of two methods depending on your Trainz version and starting point
Ablue.png from Surveyor using Trainz Plus or TRS22PE Bblue.png from Surveyor or Driver using Trainz Plus
Steps: To Open the Industry Properties Window of a "product enabled" industry from Surveyor:-
DotPoint1.JPG Use the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool to  Left Click  on the industry object
PencilTips.PNG All industry objects have a segment of track usually attached to a structure. In some cases the entire industry object IS the track by itself with no attached structure
DotPoint2.JPG either press the  T  key or  Left Click  on its Context Icon
DotPoint3.JPG select the  Edit Details  option


NotePad.PNG If the  Edit Details  option is greyed out and cannot be selected then the object is NOT an industry - it cannot load or unload products
ManageIndustriesContext S20.png
Steps: To Open the Industry Properties Window of a "product enabled" industry from PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager (available in Trainz Plus only) in either Surveyor or Driver:-
DotPoint1.JPG from the Dispatch Manager window identify the industry to be edited
PencilTips.PNG Filter the items displayed using the option Industries. Only those scenery objects that are able to load/unload products will be listed
DotPoint2.JPG  Left Click  on the down Arrowhead icon of the selected industry in the Status column DispatchManagerAwaitingCoalPickup S20.png and select the  Show <name_of_industry>  option


[edit] Configuring an Industry

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BlueDot10x10.png Most industries have few, if any, settings apart from product levels that can be edited


Information.png In almost all industries the only non-product property that can be edited is the industry name
Steps: To Edit the Name of an Industry Object:-
DotPoint1.JPG open the  Info Palette 
DotPoint2.JPG edit or type the name in the  Name  text entry box. See PageLink.PNG Info Palette for the details
DotPoint3.JPG press the  Enter  key


[edit] Preload an Industry

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BlueDot10x10.png An industry can be preloaded with a product, or multiple products, that were specified when the industry was created
BlueDot10x10.png Many industries are "locked" in that only one or a few set products will be allowed


Information.png There are so many different types of industries and products available, and many variations of each, that it is impossible to cover them all in this document. A few of the more common possibilities are shown here


 Example 1:  Single Product Industry - Output Only
Typical Uses: Mines, locomotive coaling towers, locomotive water towers or columns
ManageIndustriesCoalMine1 S20.png
 Commodity Levels 
DotPoint.JPG The product name and icon - Coal
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product currently stored (500000 units) and the maximum storage level (1000000 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage (50%)
 Industry Processes 
DotPoint.JPG Green Arrow leading into the product icon plus the words "Output" and "Produces" indicates a Production Process
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product produced every 30 seconds (500 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage (<1%)
DotPoint.JPG The time (500 minutes) needed to fill the available storage at the set production rate
NotePad.PNG The length of the green bar is set by applying the percentage figure to the total width of the bar graph space, not the light grey bar behind it. The length of the green bar, but not its percentage figure, will change as the window is resized


The initial settings shown (current product level, maximum allowed level, production rate) were all "built-in" to the industry when it was originally created. You can alter the current product level and the production rate.


ManageIndustriesCoalMine1a S20.png
Steps: To Alter the Stored Product Quantity:-
DotPoint1.JPG move the mouse pointer into the light grey area at the end of the green bar and  Left Click and Drag  it Left or Right to the required position. To set the Product Quantity to zero drag the bar to the extreme left
The figures showing the quantity stored and the time needed to fill (or empty) the storage space will be updated as the end of the bar is moved

ManageIndustriesCoalMine1b S20.png
Steps: To Alter the Production Rate:-
DotPoint1.JPG move the mouse pointer into light grey area at the end of the green bar and  Left Click and Drag  it Left or Right to the required position. To set the Production Rate to zero drag the bar to the extreme left. The green bar in this example is already close to the extreme left because the initial production rate (500 units/30 secs) is quite small
The figures showing the time needed to fill the remaining storage space and the production rate will be updated as the end of the bar is moved


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Setting the stored Product Quantity to zero will force the industry to rely on its Production Rate to rebuild its supply of product which could be quickly emptied as each consist comes in to be loaded
DotPoint.JPG Setting the Production Rate to zero will force the industry to rely entirely on the Product Quantity that it has in storage. Every time a consist loads from the industry that product level will decrease until it reaches zero when no more product will be available for loading


 Example 2:  Two Product Industry - Input and Output
Typical Uses: Timber mill, mineral processing, factory
ManageIndustriesLogging1 S20.png
 Commodity Levels 
Product 1
DotPoint.JPG Name and icon - 62ft Log Load
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product currently stored (2 units) and the maximum storage level (20 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage (10%)
Product 2
DotPoint.JPG Name and icon - YZ Lumber Load 12ft (SDS) Lumber
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product currently stored (202 units) and the maximum storage level (256 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage (78%)
 Industry Processes 
Product 2 - YZ Lumber Load (the products will not always be in the same order as above)
DotPoint.JPG Green Arrow leading into the product icon plus the words "Output" and "Produces" indicates a Production Process
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product produced every 30 seconds (5 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage (1%)
DotPoint.JPG The time (5 minutes) needed to fill the available storage at the set production rate
Product 1 - 62ft Log Load
DotPoint.JPG Green Arrow leaving the product icon plus the words "Input" and "Consumes" indicates a Consumption Process
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product consumed every 30 seconds (1 unit)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figure as a percentage (5%)
DotPoint.JPG The time (1 minute) needed to empty the available storage at the set consumption rate


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG Setting the Consumption Rate to zero will force the industry to add any product deliveries to the Product Quantity that it has in storage until that reaches its maximum level. After that the industry will not accept any further deliveries


 Example 3:  Two Product Holding Industry - Dual Input and Output
Typical Uses: Stockyards, warehouses
ManageIndustriesStockyard1 S20.png
 Commodity Levels 
Product 1
DotPoint.JPG Name and icon - Bull Hereford 01a load
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product currently stored (50 units) and the maximum storage level (100 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage (50%)
Product 2
DotPoint.JPG Name and icon - Merino Sheep Load
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of the product currently stored (50 units) and the maximum storage level (100 units)
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing the above figures as a percentage (50%)
 Industry Processes 
DotPoint.JPG Product 1 and Product 2 both appear on both sides of the Green Arrow plus the term "Input/Output", and the words "consumes" and "produces", all indicating that both are Production and Consumption Processes
DotPoint.JPG The quantity of each product produced and consumed every 30 seconds
DotPoint.JPG An adjustable bar graph showing a figure (25%) of unknown meaning
DotPoint.JPG The time (less than 1 minute) needed for the Bull Hereford 01a load to be emptied at the set consumption rate
DotPoint.JPG There is an Arrowhead icon at the start of the above line. A  Left Click  on the arrowhead will reveal the following data.
ManageIndustriesStockyard1b S20.png
DotPoint.JPG Both of the Blue bars (Consumption Rates) and both the Green bars (Production Rates) can be adjusted


 Example 4:  Two Track Passenger Station
Typical Uses: Passenger Station
ManageIndustriesStation2trk S20.png
 Passenger Platforms 
Platform 1
DotPoint.JPG Arriving Passenger Behaviour  Left Click  on the Double Arrowhead to reveal the options
ManageIndustriesStationArriveProp S20.png
DotPoint.JPG Peak Departing Passenger Time  Left Click  on the Double Arrowhead to reveal the options
ManageIndustriesStationPeakProp S20.png
DotPoint.JPG Peak Departing Passengers (120)  Left Click  in the text box and enter the number of passengers that would be boarding during peak time(s)
DotPoint.JPG Initial Number of Passengers (10)  Left Click  in the text box and enter the starting number of passengers that will be waiting on the platform
Platform 2
The same sequence is repeated for each platform


[edit] Legacy Industries

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BlueDot10x10.png Legacy Industries are those that were created for older versions of Trainz
BlueDot10x10.png Many legacy industry assets will work with the Industry Properties Window but, in general, the lower the Asset Build Number of an industry asset (i.e. the older the Trainz version it was designed for) the less likely it is that it will work correctly or at all
BlueDot10x10.png Legacy industry assets that do not work within the Industry Properties Window can sometimes be accessed and controlled through the Script Properties section of the window


Often the only way to discover if an "older" or Legacy Industry asset will work in the Industry Properties Window, and in the TLR (available in Trainz Plus only), is to open its Industry Properties Window and see what appears.

If the Industry Properties Window appears with the Commodity Levels and Industry Processes sections, both with products as shown in Examples 1 to 3 in the section above, then the industry is compatible with the new interface and with the TLR.

However, if there are sections missing from the Industry Properties Window, then that is an indication that the industry may not be compatible.


Symptoms and Diagnosis


Ablue.png ManageIndustriesNoProperties S20.png No  Commodity Levels  section

No  Industry Processes  section

This object is most likely a scenery asset that has been mis-labelled as an industry object. Another clue is that the object may not have any attached track, visible or invisible, but having an attached track is not a guarantee that it is an Industry object
  A common example of this situation is when a scenery object has been created with the kind tag in its config.txt file set to "Industry" most likely because the object represents a factory, mine or other industrial structure but none of the special tags required for a working industry have been added. This type of error is more common in assets created for early versions of Trainz


Bblue.pngManageIndustriesNoCommod S20.png No  Commodity Levels  section

An  Industry Processes  section containing a process that is disabled
If you attempt to drag the Green processes bar to the right it will instantly "snap back" when released

Most likely the product name and quantity tags in the objects config.txt file are missing or have been incorrectly written


Cblue.pngManageIndustriesNoProcess S20.png A  Commodity Levels  section present with at least one Product

No  Industry Processes  section
You may be able to drag out and set the Green commodity bar but it has no effect on the industry.

Most likely the product process tags in the objects config.txt file are missing or have been incorrectly written


In the legacy examples shown above in Bblue.png and Cblue.png it may be possible for the objects to work as industries. The first step is to check the contents of the Script Properties section of the Industry Properties Window


If the Script Properties section is empty, apart from the title Display Legacy View-Details Window, then it is very unlikely that this object will work correctly as an industry.
ManageIndustriesEmptyScript S20.png


Treatment


If the Script Properties section contains the legacy (TRS19 and earlier) Industry Properties Window, like the examples shown below, then it is likely (but not 100% certain) that this object will work as an industry
Other interface designs and colour schemes are possible
ManageIndustriesLegacyMenu01 S20.png
Steps: To add Products and Processes to a Legacy Industry Asset:-
DotPoint1.JPG Fill out or edit as many of the industry details (inputs, outputs, rates, tracks, etc) as required. In the example shown above left  Left Click  on each category tab (e.g. Queues, Tracks, etc) to reveal its data. For example:-
ManageIndustriesLegacyMenu04 S20.png
ManageIndustriesLegacy02 S20.png


PencilTips.PNG If you receive an error message (e.g. a Script Error), or you cannot open a specific section, then ignore it and move on to the next data item to be entered or edited


NotePad.PNG The Products tab, shown in the image above, allocates products to rolling stock objects. It will not always work in the new Industry Properties Window but it can be ignored. Its tasks are also performed by the Consist Properties Window which does work (see PageLink.PNG Loading Consists below)


DotPoint2.JPG When finished  Left Click  on the  Save Changes  button at the bottom right of the window
ManageIndustriesLegacySave S20.png
DotPoint3.JPG Close the Industry Properties Window
DotPoint4.JPG Reopen the Industry Properties Window for the same industry object


Recovery


If, after reopening the Industry Properties Window, you see all the Commodity Level and Input/Output Processes present and filled out to the values you just set then the procedure has been successful, but there is no 100% guarantee that the Legacy Industry will work perfectly.
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Each of the Commodity Levels and Industry Processes can now be adjusted by altering the length of their green or blue bars


[edit] Managing Consists

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BlueDot10x10.png Consist covers all rolling stock objects, including locomotives


You can open the Consist Properties Window of a selected rolling stock object by one of two methods depending on your Trainz version and starting point
Ablue.png from Surveyor using Trainz Plus or TRS22PE Bblue.png from Surveyor or Driver using Trainz Plus
Steps: To Open the Consist Properties Window of a consist from Surveyor:-
DotPoint1.JPG Use the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool to  Left Click  on any rolling stock object in the consist
DotPoint2.JPG either press the  T  key or  Left Click  on its Context Icon
DotPoint3.JPG select the  Edit Details  option
ManageConsistsContext S20.png
Steps: To Open the Consist Properties Window of a consist from the PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager (available in Trainz Plus only) in either Surveyor or Driver:-
DotPoint1.JPG from the Dispatch Manager window identify the consist to be edited
PencilTips.PNG Filter the items displayed using the option All Trains or Drivers if the consist has a driver
DotPoint2.JPG  Left Click  on the down Arrowhead icon of the selected consist in the Status column

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and select the  Show Consist...  option


[edit] Configuring a Consist

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BlueDot10x10.png The general properties of a consist, such as its Track Priority and Classification, can be edited


The Consist Properties Window of a selected consist is shown below with its option menus:-
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Steps: To Open a Sub Menu in the Consist Properties Window and Change a Setting:-
DotPoint1.JPG  Left Click  on the down Arrowhead next to the current setting of a property
DotPoint2.JPG  Left Click  on the option to be set OR  Left Click  anywhere outside the options list to close it


PencilTips.PNG To edit the name of a rolling stock object (e.g. SAR BLV 111 as shown at the top of the Consist Properties Window in the figure on the left) open the  Info Palette  and edit or type the name in the  Name  text entry box. See PageLink.PNG Info Palette for the details


Information.png Consist Settings Menu Options
 Track Priority: 
   1    Select one option.
These settings are used with WikiLink.PNG Track Priority Marker objects, and a few other track objects, to control the path that a consist will normally take at a junction. Without the presence and use of Track Priority Markers, or other track objects designed to work with priority levels, this setting has no effect on a consist
   2 
   3 
 Train Classification:  These options control the running lights displayed on the leading locomotive if that locomotive has been configured correctly
   Timetabled Train (Off)  sets the running lights for a normal scheduled train service
   Extra Train (White)  sets the running lights to indicate that this is an additional (not regularly scheduled) train service
   Train with following section (Green)  sets the running lights to indicate that this service has an additional (or "second division") service following. That following service should be set to show the Extra Train running lights
 Dispatch Status:  available in Trainz Plus only
NotePad.PNG In Trainz Plus the  Dispatch Manager   Dispatch Status  setting must be Enabled for these options to be available. The TLR (Trainz Living Railroad) uses this to control consists assigned to the Automatic Scheduler. See PageLink.PNG Dispatch Manager for more information
 
 Claim Task  this will cancel the Automatic Scheduler if it has been set, and you, the player, will be given control of the train. Any driver commands in the Command Status will be cleared.
 
NotePad.PNG If the current driver has already been Claimed then  Assign to Automatic Scheduler  will appear instead of the  Claim Task  option. Selecting Assign to Automatic Scheduler will return the driver to the TLR
 
 Pause Task  the current TLR tasks for this driver will be paused and the train will be halted. No other drivers will be affected.
 
NotePad.PNG The Pause Task option will not appear if the Claim Task option has been selected.
If the current driver has been put on Pause then  Resume Task  will appear instead of the  Pause Task  option. Selecting Resume Task will return the driver to the TLR to continue its normal operations
 
 Cancel Task  any current driver commands in the Command Status will be terminated. The TLR will then allocate new tasks to this driver
 
 Clear Cached Track Path  will delete the cached TLR path for this consist held in memory and will rebuild it using the current settings
 
 Show Dispatch Manager  if you have closed the Dispatch Manager window, or minimised it to free up screen space, then this will return it to the screen


[edit] Loading Consists (Incl Locomotives)

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BlueDot10x10.png In Surveyor consists and locomotives that are designed to carry products, including fuel for the locomotive, can be preloaded with products
BlueDot10x10.png Not all consists and locomotives are designed to carry products, including locomotive fuel


Information.png There are differences in the loading of bulk products (e.g. coal, ballast, etc) and discrete products (e.g. cars, stacks of timber, etc) where the product will be visible on the rolling stock object. This is covered in Step  4  below.
Steps: To Load a Rolling Stock Object with a Product:-
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In Surveyor use the S20 FreeMoveToolIcon.png Free Move Tool to select (highlight) a single suitable rolling stock object.


NotePad.PNG Not all rolling stock objects were created to carry loads - attachment points have to be added for visible products to appear. Step  3  below will reveal if the chosen rolling stock object has been configured for carrying a load. Rolling stock objects that cannot be loaded with a product can still be included in a consist sent to an industry but they will not load/unload


Information.png Locomotives can typically be loaded with:-
DotPoint.JPG  for Steam  Coal, Wood or Bunker Oil (or similar) for fuel plus Water and Sand - in the locomotive or its tender
DotPoint.JPG  for Diesel  Diesel Fuel and Sand
But individual locomotives will vary.


LoadBulkWagonStep01 S20.png
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Open its context menu (either press the  T  key or  Left Click  on its Context Icon) and select the  Edit Details  option LoadBulkWagonStep02 S20.png
DotPoint3.JPG This will open the Consist Properties Window for the selected rolling stock object.
Look for a section in the window labelled Commodity Levels


NotePad.PNG If there is no Commodity Levels section then the selected rolling stock object is NOT configured for carrying any load.


LoadBulkWagonNoAdd S20.png If the  + Add  button is greyed out and cannot be selected then the wagon may be in a consist that has been assigned to the Automatic Scheduler (in Trainz Plus)
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DotPoint4.JPG You can either  Left Click :-
DotPoint.JPG on the  + Add  button to open a text list of available (and recommended) products, as shown below left. OR
DotPoint.JPG on the right pointing Arrowhead to display the icons of all the available products, as shown below right. Move the mouse pointer onto a product to reveal its name. To close the icon list  Left Click  on the Arrowhead again
LoadBulkWagonStep04 S20.png   LoadBulkWagonStep03a S20.png

In both cases  Left Click  on the name or icon of the required product. The product will then appear in the Commodity List with a default Product Quantity value shown as a green bar which may be initially set at zero for some products.

NotePad.PNG Notes: For Individual (not Bulk) Products:-

DotPoint.JPG Using the Name List method will load the product at its default position on the rolling stock object
DotPoint.JPG Using the Icon List method may give you options, if they are built into the rolling stock object, of where the product will be placed

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Steps: To Configure the Load Queue:-
DotPoint1Blue.png  Left Click  on the ArrowHead icon after the message Click here to configure queue... LoadNotPermittedQueues1b S20.png
DotPoint2Blue.png Select (click) the required loading point option or options (you may have more than one for multiple product loads) from those shown. Different rolling stock objects may have different loading points. A Tick will appear in front of each selected option name. A second click on the same option will remove the tick
DotPoint3Blue.png To delete the product from the Icon List click the  Delete  option
DotPoint4Blue.png Click outside the Options List to clear it from the screen
DotPoint5Blue.png If the Product Quantity is above a minimum level (see Step  5  below) then the product will appear in or on the selected rolling stock object


NotePad.PNG Notes: For Bulk Products:-

DotPoint.JPG There is only a single loading point for bulk products so no loading options will be given however there may be other options offered, such as a tarpaulin covering for the load, if they have been built into the rolling stock object
DotPoint.JPG The product will not appear in the rolling stock object until the session has started running
LoadBulkWagonStep09 S20.png LoadBulkWagonStep10 S20.png
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To change the Product Quantity move the mouse pointer into the grey area at the end of the green bar and  Left Click and Drag  it Left or Right to the required position. To set the Product Quantity to zero drag the bar to the extreme left LoadBulkWagonStep05 S20.png
DotPoint.JPG You can use the  + Add  button or the Icon List to add another product to the queue LoadBulkWagonStep07 S20.png
A bulk product copied to other identical wagons
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You can copy the loaded products and their set levels from the current rolling stock object to all the other identical objects in the consist by a  Left Click  on the CopyCommodities S20.png icon
DotPoint.JPG You can remove a product by moving the mouse pointer into the grey area at the end of the green bar then  Left Click and Drag  it to the zero position on the extreme left. An eye icon will appear at the other end of the bar.  Left Click  on the icon to delete the product from the Commodity List
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[edit] The Logs Palette

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This is a  Surveyor Only  palette


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Logs Palette on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document


BlueDot10x10.png This palette displays the Trainz System Log which details the loading of assets, the operation of scripts, messages displayed on the screen (in Driver), etc. It is for diagnostic purposes.


LogsPalette S20.png
DotPoint.JPG the display area has a vertical scroll bar on the right for longer reports
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the coloured dots to toggle them on/off and filter the log entries by message type
GreyDot10x10.png Grey ON shows general messages: Grey OFF hides general messages
YellowDot10x10.png Yellow ON shows warnings: Yellow OFF hides warnings
RedDot10x10.png Red ON shows error messages: Red OFF hides error messages
GreenDot10x10.png Green ON shows "task completed" messages: Green OFF hides "task completed" messages
DotPoint.JPG Left Click in the  Search  text box to enter a text string to filter the log entries


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG This palette can be minimised and resized
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the Cross.PNG icon to close the palette


[edit] The Session Options Window

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This is a  Driver Only  window


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Session Options Window on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document


BlueDot10x10.png This window allows you to change session settings in Driver "on the fly"


SessionOptionsPalette S20.png


NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG This window can be minimised but it cannot be resized
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the Cross.PNG icon to close the window
Each item shown in the window can be edited:-
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on a boxed item to select an option from its drop down menu (see below)
DotPoint.JPG In the calendar Left Click on date (the day and/or the left/right month arrows) to change the season of the year or enter a new date in the text entry box (the year entered does not matter)
DotPoint.JPG In the clock Left Click and Drag the clock hand around the dial to change the time of day


 Derailment Mode 
  sets the realism level of derailments. Options are None (no derailments will occur), Arcade (derailments will occur far more often than reality) and Realistic
 Living Railroad Dispatch  available in Trainz Plus only
  sets the operation of the TLR (Trainz Living Railroad). Options are Enabled (feature is on) and Disabled (feature is off)
 Restart Stuck AI 
  sets whether or not attempts will be made to resolve AI conflicts and restart "stuck" AI controlled trains. Options are Enabled (feature is on) and Disabled (feature is off)
 Weather 
  sets the current weather conditions. Options are Clear, Cloudy, Drizzle, Rain, Stormy, Light Snow, Medium Snow, Heavy Snow
 Weather Changeability 
  sets the rate and scope of changes to the weather conditions during the session. Options are None (no weather changes), Periodic (minor and gradual changes) and Extreme (rapid and wide ranging changes)
 Time Rate 
  sets the speed at which time changes during the session. This does not affect the speed of trains or other operations. Options range from 1x (normal time) to 1440x (extremely rapid time)
 Current Time 
  sets, very inaccurately, the current time shown on the session clock.  Left Click and Drag  on the pointer shown on the clock dial. Each of the small dividing lines on the dial represents 36 minutes which makes accurate time setting difficult - approximations are best.


[edit] The Commodity Picker Window

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This is a  Driver Only  window


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Commodity Picker Window on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This window allows you to change the commodities (products) carried by rolling stock in Driver "on the fly"


CommodityPickerPalette S20.png



NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG This window cannot be minimised or resized
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the Cross.PNG icon to close the window
Steps: To change the commodities (products) carried by a rolling stock object:-
DotPoint1.JPG move the mouse pointer onto a commodity icon in the Picker. A  Tooltip  identifying the product will appear on the pointer
DotPoint2.JPG Left Click on an icon to select its commodity. The message at the top of the palette will change to confirm the selection
CommodityPickerPaletteClick S20.png
DotPoint3.JPG move the pointer onto the rolling stock asset that will have its product queue restricted to the selected product only. The mouse pointer will have a Load icon CommodityPickerPaletteLoadIcon S20.png attached to it
DotPoint4.JPG Left Click on the rolling stock object to restrict it to the selected product only. If the change is accepted then the mouse pointer will change to the icon for the selected product CommodityPickerPaletteSetIcon S20.png
NotePad.PNG The selection will fail if the rolling stock object has not been configured to accept the selected commodity. Failure is indicated when the Load icon attached to the pointer does not change when a rolling stock object has been clicked


[edit] The Session Info Window

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This is a  Driver Only  window


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Session Info Window on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This window displays the active message windows that were created for this session by a HTML Asset or a Message Popup Rule starting with the last one displayed


SessionInfoPalette S20.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

This window can also be displayed by pressing the  F1  function key
DotPoint.JPG If no HTML Asset or Message Popup Rule exists in the session, or those present have not yet been activated, then nothing will be displayed
DotPoint.JPG This window cannot be minimised or resized
DotPoint.JPG Left and Right arrow icons at the bottom of the palette will allow you to move forward and back through any other message windows that have been activated for this session
DotPoint.JPG A Tick.PNG icon indicates no more messages. Left Click on the Tick.PNG or the Cross.PNG icons to close the window


[edit] The Waybill Window

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This is a  Driver Only  window


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Waybill Window on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This window displays the commodity deliveries and pickups for this train


WaybillPaletteDriver.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG This window cannot be minimised or resized
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the Cross.PNG icon to close the window


[edit] The Schedule Info Window

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This is a  Driver Only  window


PalettesIcon S20.png In Driver to show the Schedule Info Window on the screen refer to PageLink.PNG Hiding and Showing Palettes and Windows at the top of this document.


BlueDot10x10.png This window displays the Trainz Living Railroad (TLR) schedule for the train


ScheduleInfoPaletteDriver.png
NotePad.PNG Notes:

DotPoint.JPG This window is fully functional in the Trainz Living Railroad (TLR) feature
DotPoint.JPG This window cannot be minimised or resized
DotPoint.JPG Left Click on the Cross.PNG icon to close the window


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