CCG/Bridge

This "bridge" information is obsolete and will not work in TS12. Refer to HowToGuides page for new format splines.

KIND: BRIDGE

Description

Road or rail bridges and similar assets, as variable length splines. The bridge kind may include initiator, divider, terminator segments, and shadows. The height and gradient of the bridge spline may be varied in Surveyor.

Container Structure

A bridge 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:

bridge
bendy                  data
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
bridgetrack            kuid
height                 data
trackoffsets           data
initiator              data
divider                data
terminator             data
kuid-table
0                     kuid
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 "TB – Bridge". See the "Track" 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.

height

Height from the track level to the base, must be a negative value to raise the bridge above the ground.

kind

Must be "bridge".

rgb

This value should be left as default.

bridgetrack

Kuid of the track type to be used.

Istrack, isroad

Two boolean tags detailing the behavior of the bridge. If the isroad is set to true, then cars are placed on the bridge. Both values should not be set to true.

kuid-table

The kuid of the track\road used in the asset should be present here, as should those of any other referenced assets.

Additional Tags

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 flow.

casts_shadows

Toggles whether the shadow model is displayed or not.

endlength

Length in meters of the initiator and terminator models.

grounded

Height in meters for the road to be offset from terrain.

length

Length of track segment in meters

repeats

The number of times the mesh is placed between spline points

shadows

Leave as default 0 (unticked box).

upright

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

visible-on-minimap

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

width

Width of track mesh in meters.

initiator

Name of model to use at start of bridge, placed in subfolder with same name.

divider

Name of the model to use as the middle bridge section, placed in subfolder with same name. No length is specified, and the divider overlaps part of the spline.

terminator

Name of model to use at the end of bridge, placed in subfolder with same name.

trackoffsets

Distance in meters the rail/s are placed relative to the center of the spline. A single track must have a small offset of 0.01 metres from the centreline. Any number of tracks can be attached to the spline, only splines with the same track offsets can be connected together.

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, bridgetrack, height, trackoffsets, alias, author, category-keyword, contact-email, contact-website, description, description-cn, description-cz, description-de, description-es, description-fr, description-it, description-nl, description-pl, 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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