CCG/Mesh-Reducing-Track

Note: This page describes obsolete asset formats (trainz-build prior to 2.9) and should be removed. The current equivalent of this format is KIND Track.

KIND:MESH-REDUCING-TRACK

Description

Mesh-Reducing-Track is used to create poly efficient splines. The asset consists of a short high detailed mesh and a longer less detailed mesh based on the same object. The short mesh is displayed when the camera is close to the asset whilst the long mesh is shown when less detail is required, and the camera is further from the asset.

Container Structure

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

See Chapter 7 for an example asset of this kind.

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

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

TAGS AND CONTAINERS

The following tags are further defined in Chapter 5:

kuid

Generated automatically by Content Manager.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

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

category-region

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

category-era

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

username

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

kind

Must be "Track".

rgb

This value should be left as default.

grounded

Height in metres for the road to be offset from terrain, eg. 0.4.

length

Length of track segment in meters, eg. 4.

repeats

The number of times the mesh is placed between spline points, eg. 4.

width

Width of track mesh in meters, eg. 0.5.

Additional Tags

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

unit_mesh

The filename of the long mesh, which must be placed in a subdirectory of the same name as the mesh.Only the file name is entered, not the directory name nor the file extension. For example, if the full pathname and extension is "rockwall/rockwall.im". Enter only "rockwall" in the text input box.

bendy

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

carrate

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

casts_shadows

Toggles whether the shadow model is displayed or not.

endlength

Length in metres of the initiator and terminator models.

isroad

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

istrack

0 = This is not rail tracks.

shadows

Leave as default 0 (unticked box).

upright

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

visible-on-minimap

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

THIS KIND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING:

CONTAINERS

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

TAGS

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

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