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Purpose

This Appendix index page is a master Table of Contents page for reference material relocated into Trainz Wikibook Appendix pages.

If you wish to contribute to clarifying the obtuseness of the N3V wiki, see Talk:Trainz/refs for guidelines or to post a question.

 

 

Main Data Types (KINDS)

The TOC for Containers and subcontainer topic pages is at containers.

All the below Child Classes are considered to have the TrainzBaseSpec (TrainzBaseSpec) as their Parent Class of data. Note: This list is 'wikified' on the N3V TrainzOnline Wiki, meaning the first letter has been capitalized after the word 'KIND', whereas actual data tag names in config.txt files are all lower case text.

  • Here on the Wikibook, we are making our articles faithful in case to the actual keyword's case, that is lowercase, no capitalization. That wiki also uses double quotes in quite a few terms, a practice which we'll spare you from experiencing herein. This eases searching for terms and lessens confusion.
  • The column evaluations, Importance and Frequency are blended evaluations weighted for the new Trainzer faced with the necessity of fixing assets to expand on Built-In assets and tap into the hundreds of thousands of Trainz assets available on the over 500 fan sites and the Trainz Download Station websites.
  • The numeric weighted evaluation columns are explained below the following table.

 

TrainzBaseSpec Child Class KINDs (type asset groups)
##ImpFreqKinds Type
01  0    01   kind achievement-category
02  0    01   kind achievement-group
03  0    01   kind activity - undef'd
04  0    01   kind asset-group
05  0    01   kind behavior
06  5    01   kind bogey
07  7    01   kind buildable
08  1    01   kind controlset
09  9    01   kind consist - undef'd
10  5    01   kind drivercharacter
11  3    01   kind drivercommand
12  9    01   kind engine [1]
13  7    01   kind enginesound
14  2    01   kind environment
15  4    01   kind fixedtrack
16  0    01   kind gameplaymenu
17  2    01   kind groundbrush - undef'd
18  4    01   kind groundtexture
19  5    01   kind hornsound
20  8    01   kind html-asset
21  9    01   kind industry
22  3    01   kind interior
23  8    01   kind library
24  3    01   class library
25  7    01   kind map
##ImpFreqKinds Type
26  7    01   kind mesh
27  5    01   kind module - undef'd
28  9    07   kind mocrossing
29  7    07   kind mojunction
30  7    07   kind mosignal
31  5    06   kind mospeedboard
32  5    01   kind pantograph
33  9    06   kind product
34  7    06   kind product-category
35  9    09   kind profile
36  5    03   kind region
37  5    01   kind scenariobehavior - undef'd
38  9    10   kind scenery
39  7    07   kind scenery-trackside
40  8    08   kind scenerywithtrack
41  5    01   kind servlet
42  7    01   kind steam-engine
43  4    02   kind texture
44  1    01   kind texture-group
45  9    10   kind track
46 10    10   kind trainzbasespec
47  1    03   kind tracksound
48  9    10   kind traincar
49  3    03   kind turntable
50  2    01   kind water2

Legend::

  1. The higher the IMP figure (rated 0-10) the earlier a user should become familiar with the KIND. Part of the adjustment/rating is how often said KIND will be found as the subject of faulty content. Conversely, the lower the factor, the more specialized knowledge of it becomes, making it most important only to those doing advanced content creation. Such low numbers are both less frequent generally and less troublesome to those trying to use older contentwhich will always have utility off the tracks a few dozens of feet where less detail is tolerable and high definition is unneeded and indeed likely to have an adverse impact on framerates and rendering.
  2. The frequency factor (range:09 is directly determined by the experience from fixing over 2,000 faulty assets of what KINDs one most often sees with faults which need correction.
  3. The hyperlink in square braces (e.g. [14]) following each internal link accesses directly the matching page of the N3V Wiki enabling easy comparison and checks for updates. In general, the page topic herein will have better examples and a more robust explanations and background knowledge.

 

References TOC

General knowledge topics and appendices index
 R  S  E  Page title as Link  Comments
 R         ACS Text Format    Explains what is and is not allowed in Trainz string data.
    E  T   category-class tag   
    E      category-region tag   
           tbdl name   
           code build number    The unique Software build identifying precisely which release version, Service Packs, and other software updates are installed on a computer install.
           tbdl name   
           Containers    About Trainz Containers and TOC to such.
           Hotkeys,CM&CMP   Beginners cheat sheet Lists Hotkeys active in Content Manager (CM).
           Hotkeys,Drivers   Beginners cheat sheet Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Driver.
           HKeys-SUR   Beginners cheat sheet Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Surveyor.
           Hotkeys,Drivers   Beginners cheat sheet Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Driver
           HKeys-WIN    Lists standard Windows Hotkeys active in Trainz editing, data manipulation and file management.
           tbdl name   
 T         kinds    All the many KIND types directory and exposition
           File types    Listing Article listing Trainz's file types, their extensions, and scope.
           tbdl name   
           Glossary    Comprehensive brief term definitions and reminders ; use {{TG}} to link.
           tbdl name   
           tbdl name   
           tbdl name   
           Mouse use    Beginners cheat sheet gives instructions on using mice in the various game modules.
           Names tags    Asset-name, name and username tag explanations found here.
           Notations    Beginners cheat sheet and auxiliary glossary gives Railroading expressions and terminology in the game, forums, and the real world. Alternative Railroading traditions and cultures use different terminology for the same things.
           tbdl name   
           tbdl name   
           tbdl name   
           references    TrainzMap was a utility which produced maps of Trainz Routes with many display options. It has become obsolete with the change in Map data model and architecture from TS2009 and up.
           tbdl name   
           tbdl name   
           references    Comprehensive glossary and illustration of parts of a steam locomotive.
           .texture.txt files    Annotated expanded version of N3V's [.texture.txt File page ]. texture.txt file, texture.txt files support Introductory material and intermediate How-to topics.
 G         references   
           tbdl name   
           version number
aka code build number  
  The unique Software build identifying precisely which release version, Service Packs, and other software updates are installed on a computer install. All such on all versions are in the lower RHS corner of the Main menu, or in newer releases, also the Launcher menu.
References TOC notations
By Column labels indent and/or indicate:
  'R'=reference pages, usually data or data type article pages, Set off Parent and Child types with 'P' and 'C' when it makes sense, indent the child under 'S' and so forth.or   'G' for general or guidelines
  S is an amplifying sub-topic or data sub-type (defined-D or enumerated='E "Tags") such as a container in a container, while
  E is amplifying Examples or a sub-sub-data type, child types excluding those of config.txt INI files and it's TrainzBaseSpec should be listed under their parents in this table. If it gets cluttered, we can make a second alphabetical table later.
By enumerated types, means tag values are predefined allowed values like category-region or category-class, versus defined type tags such as category-era entries.

 

See also

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See also

  • Trainz Asset KIND
  • Trainz Config Container
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  1. kind engine
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