KIND Map

KIND Map is the trainz kind (Base data type) used for organizing and storing a Map. The Maps data types are created in surveyor and stored under the \User data subfolder of the Trainz installation (versions after TS2009 SP2), so for the most part, hand-editing of a map config file should not be required.

Trainz User Tip: Maps, are called in ContentManager a Route (Set the search pane for category Routes to list all) and often called in the model railroading community as a Layout.

KIND Hierarchy

Short of considering ContentManager a container, or speaking of the data base, the Map data type (in it's folder) is the highest organized data type in the software system data heirarchy. It holds the kuid and string tables defining the virtual world the player will interact with and links to all other assets applicable to a routes navigation in Surveyor, as well as specifying most of the 'world' data needed in the Driver Module.

Parent Classes

• KIND TrainzBaseSpec

Child Classes

• All non-map assets might be referenced in a map asset.

Supported Tags

Each map asset supports the following tags. Each tag is shown here with its default value.

carrate       55
holdcarz      1
info-page     "filename.htm"
region        <NULLKUID>
workingscale  0
workingunits  0
water         <KUID:-1:8009>
car0          <NULLKUID>
soundscript
{
}
world-origin
{
}
autosave      0

carrate

Type: Number

Desc: Controls the frequency road traffic appears at on the roads.

holdcarz

Type: Boolean

Desc: True if road traffic should be disabled.

info-page

Type: Filename

Desc:

Original use: File reference to (usually) an HTML file (so called 'Tech Manuals') describing use of an asset, or in the case of a complex session or route, providing details in the form of text explanations, lists, tables, schedules and many many maps.

Today:

a) In the vision of N3V game software engineers, obsolescent, so should be "No longer used."

b) In practice, some game asset developers are linking pages here on the TrainzOnline Wiki to serve as the tech manual for assets, a highly important need in complex routes.

region

Type: KUID

Desc: KUID of Region asset that this map is set in.

workingscale

Type: Number

Desc: Index of the option picked for the world 'scale' in surveyor.

0  - 1:1    (Real Scale)
1  - 1:22.5 (G Scale)
2  - 1:24   (Half Inch scale)
3  - 1:32   (1 scale)
4  - 1:48   (0 scale)
5  - 1:64.5 (S scale)
6  - 1:76.2 (00 scale)
7  - 1:87.1 (HO scale)
8  - 1:120  (TT scale)
9  - 1:160  (N scale)
10 - 1:220  (Z scale)

workingunits

Type: Number

Desc: 0 for metric (speed in km/h, distances in metres), 1 for imperial (speed in mph, distances in feet).

water

Type: KUID

Desc: KUID of water asset that this map uses.

soundscript

Type: Container

Desc: SoundScript Container to specify ambient sound in this map.

world-origin

Type: Container

Desc: World origin container

car0

Type: KUID

Desc: KUID of car to add to the pool of available road traffic provided by the region.

This is a sequence - increment the number to add more cars.

autosave

Type: boolean

Desc: True if this map was generated by the surveyor auto-save process.