Use Multiplayer Surveyor
Multiplayer Surveyor (MPS) is a new Trainz Feature for TRS2019, TrainzPlus and Gold Class members. Introduced in November 2020 (see Tony Hilliam on "Now Enjoy Trainz With Friends"), MPS allows multiple players to collaborate on building a route stored on a cloud server. In short, users can edit a route and operate trains on that route together in real time. Detailed information on this new Trainz feature can be found at Multiplayer Surveyor. Note that MPS is very different from Trainz Multiplayer (MP) introduced in 2011. With MPS, the action is taking place on an Auran Server; users on a particular route are connecting to that route and its activities on the distant server.
The MPS experience differs from standard (on your computer) Trainz in several important ways. Available routes are shown on the bottom menu bar with purple titles and sorting to the far right. The number of routes displayed is limited and you can remove any by selecting and then clicking on "ABANDON ROUTE". A green check mark indicates a MPS route you have joined previously. Selecting and clicking "EDIT ROUTE" will log you onto the cloud server and the selected route will slowly develop on your screen in surveyor mode. There are no separate sessions; changes you (or others) make occur in real time, so the distinction between route editing and session operations is meaningless. However, while you can do both editing the route and driving a consist (assuming the owner has given you the proper permissions), these are different modes and must be selected from top the menu. See "Driving a Train" and "Placing Assets" below.
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Driving a Train
You can switch to driver mode (TOOLS MENU) at any time, although getting onto a train can be difficult. First, switch to Driver Mode.
Placing Assets
Access to assets to develop the route is limited to a fixed content set, which is periodically expanded. You can view the available content set by "editing" (opening up) the routes titled: "More MPS Content" and "New MPS Content".
A red box appearing on your screen simply means your changes in that specific area are being processed—hold off on further editing for a moment.
Communicating
Communicating with other crews and contributors is necessary for smooth operations in MPS and can be accomplished in several ways. First, however, is consideration of just where to contact others about MPS, whether you have general questions or wish to learn more about MPS goings on in real time. The Forum has many helpful posts, but finding these is difficult as topics often lack any organization. Searching for "MPS" will not be useful. Try visiting Discord.com, where the channel # MPS-general-chat is available for connecting to others online. Once you register, you will be sent automatically to wherever you left off each time you revisit.
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