How to Move a Picklist

The information in this Wiki Page applies to TANE, TRS19, Trainz Plus and TRS22. This guide will show you how to move a Picklist from one installation of Trainz to another, on the same or different computers.

For instructions on how to backup a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Backup a Picklist For instructions on how to create a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Create a Picklist For instructions on how to rename a Picklist, see the Trainz Wiki page How to Rename a Picklist

If you have made backup copies of your Picklists then you have already completed half the work. Use the steps described in the Wiki Page  How to Restore a Picklist to complete the move.

Access Your Current Picklists

Steps:

Open Content Manager and Your Picklists From the Trainz Launcher select  Manage Content  In TRS19 SP4, Trainz Plus SP4 (and later) and TRS22 Open the Filter List Select the Picklist to be backed up. This will open the Picklist In TRS19 SP4, Trainz Plus SP4 (and later) and TRS22 you CAN select and backup the Default Picklist   In T:ANE and TRS19 SP3, Trainz Plus SP3 and earlier Trainz versions in Content Manager open the Content menu select Edit Picklist This will display all your current Picklists Right Click on the required Picklist select Open Picklist from the popup menu This will open the Picklist In T:ANE, TRS19/Trainz Plus SP3 and earlier Trainz versions you CANNOT select and backup the Default Picklist

Select the Picklist Contents: Left Click on any one of the items press  Ctrl  +  A  to Select All the items

Copy the List to a New Window: Right Click on any one of the items select List Assets in New Window from the popup menu Notes: The option Export to CDP does appear in the menu list but this will export all the selected assets (with ALL their meshes, textures, config.txt files, etc) and not just a list of <kuids>. The resulting .cdp file can easily be many megabytes in size.

Copy Assets in Picklist: The Picklist assets will be listed by their kuids in the Asset KUID box of a new search filter Left Click inside the Asset KUID box and press  Ctrl  +  A  to select them ALL copy the asset list to your operating system clipboard (press  Ctrl  +  C )

Transfer the List to Another Copy of Trainz

Notes: If you are transferring the Picklist to another computer then you will need to:- Steps: To copy a Picklist between different computers:- paste the list from Step: above into a text editor such as Notepad save it as a text file copy the file to your second computer On the second computer, reverse the steps by:- opening the text document (in Notepad) select and copy all the items in the list to the clipboard Then proceed as described below

Steps:

Open CM in the Destination Trainz and Create a New Filter: in the copy of Trainz where the Picklist is being transferred, open Content Manager start a new Custom filter paste ( Ctrl  +  V ) the asset list into the Asset KUID box delete the filter line Installed if it is present (but before you do see Tips: on the right) Before you delete the Installed filter line, change it from True to False. This will identify any assets in the pasted list that have not been installed in your new Content Manager. They will appear as Available for download. Download and install each one and then delete the Installed filter line.

Create a New Picklist: check for any assets labelled as Available for download and download these assets select an entry and then select all ( Ctrl  +  A ) Right Click on any entry and select  Add to Picklist  and then  New Picklist  from the popup menus

Name the Picklist: Enter a name for the Picklist (the same name as the original would be a good idea) and Left Click the OK button (for T:ANE and TRS19) or the  Save  button (for Trainz Plus and TRS22)

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This page was created by Trainz user pware in October 2018 and was last updated as shown below.

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