CCG/Mesh

KIND: MESH

Description

A mesh that is never referenced through Surveyor panels but is referenced from another asset. It could be referenced through the preview-mesh-kuid tag or as a kind attachment effect, like the red arrows used on fixed track assets.

Container Structure

A well formed mesh 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:

kind                   "mesh"
kuid                   kuid
trainz-build           data
category-class         data
category-region        data
category-era           data
username               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 Content Manager.

trainz-build

Automatically set to 2.9 for 2009 assets.

category-class

Should be "HM" - Mesh. See the "Mesh" section 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. Though this asset doesn't appear in the Surveyor menu, the username is used to identify the asset in the "Content Manager" and "Content Creator Plus" programs.

kind

Must be "mesh".

mesh-table

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

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.

TAGS

kuid, trainz-build, category-class, category-region, category-era, username, kind, alias, 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.

Return to CCG Index

Content Creator's Guide