CCG/Bogey

KIND: BOGEY

Description

Bogeys are locomotive or rolling stock wheel mechanisms, sometimes known as `Trucks'. This asset is for attachment to a "traincar" (locomotive or rolling-stock) and can include animation and a shadow model.

Container Structure

A well formed bogey 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:

kuid                 kuid
trainz-build         data
category-class       data
username             data
kind                 "bogey"
category-region      data
category-era         data
mesh-table
default
mesh                 file
auto-create          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 CCP.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

Should be "ZB - Bogie/Truck". See the "Train Parts" section of Category Class.

category-region

See Category Regionfor a list of valid category-region values.

category-era

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

kind

Must be "bogey".

mesh-table

Default - Contains the default mesh. Auto-create should be set to true in order to make the mesh visible.

Additional Tags

animdist

Leave this tag out if the bogey is not animated. The distance traveled in metres by the bogeys in 1 second (30 frames) of animation.

Bogey animations (exported from Gmax or 3ds Max) must be called "anim.kin".

direct-drive

When direct-drive 1 is present, the bogey animation is linked to the steam piston and physics system. If this tag is not included the piston and steam sounds will not work!

Undocumented feature: animated steam bogeys should be attached to a.bog2 for the direct drive to synchronise the sound and smoke puffs to the movement of the pistons. This may require verification.

THIS KIND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING:

CONTAINERS

Mesh Table, 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, Track Sound.

TAGS

kuid, trainz-build, category-class, category-region, category-era, username, kind, direct-drive, alias, animdist, author, category-keyword, class, contact-email, contact-website, description, description-cn, description-cz, description-de, description-es, description-fr, description-it, description-pl, description-nl, description-ru, icon0, icon1, icon2, icon3, license, organisation, preview-mesh-kuid, preview-scale, script, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es, username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl, username-ru.

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