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Rolling Stock File and Folder Tutorial In this tutorial you will learn where to place the files and the naming conventions used for files and folders for a new Trainz Rolling Stock or Locomotive item. NOTE The name tutorial is used for the folder structure. Replace tutorial with the name of your model.
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1. Custom folder The following screen shot shows the directory structure for the custom folder. Some folders may not be present on your machine. If the trains directory is not present then you will need to create it.
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Figure 1 custom folder contents
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2. Folders and their names Open the trains folder. Create a folder for the project and use an appropriate name There are three subfolders required for a rolling stock item these are the art, body and shadow folders. Although the model will work with only the body folder you will not have any consist images in surveyor and no shadows this will also be reported in the Trainz log file. Create and name the three folders as shown in figure 2. I have used tutorial for the name of this project. Replace tutorial with the name of your mesh. Avoid using spaces in the name. Note also the location of the config.txt file and also the tutorial.gs which is the script file. The rolling stock will work without the script file but it will not be TRS2004 industry compatible.
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Figure 2 Correctly named folders
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3. File names Once the folders are named correctly then you can move your mesh and its textures into the tutorial_body folder. Rename the mesh as shown in Figure 3 but do not rename any of the other files. You will also notice the inclusion of the Tutorial.lm.txt file this is the level of detail file that should be included with all TRS items.
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Figure 3 Renamed .pm file
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Once you have done this you need to create a config.txt file and reference the new folder in it with the entry asset-filename tutorial With the config completed you should be able to start Trainz and the new object should show up in driver. If it does not show up then you may have a spelling mistake in either the folder name or the config.txt entry or in the level of detail file or you have referenced dependencies that are not available on your computer. If the item shows up correctly then you can then create some screenshots for use in driver.
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Figure 4 Art files correctly named
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Rename the art files as shown in figure 4. You will also need to edit the text files. This tutorial does not go into the actual creation of the art files nor the required text in the text files.
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Figure 5 Shadow file named correctly
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TRS2004 now requires the shadows to be included in the package. If you do not include them then the Log will report that TRS was unable to load the shadow file.
4. Load folders (Optional) Once you have all the folders set up and the mesh showing up in TRS then you can add the files needed for the visualization of the unloading and unloading of products.
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Figure 6 Load folder
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The naming of these folders is not important as long as the folder names are referenced in the config.txt file.
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Figure 7 Load files
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| The load.im and the load.kin files need to be referenced correctly in the config file for the animation to work correctly. |
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Was this tutorial helpful? Not enough or too much detail? Points not explained properly? Suggest any improvements? Please let me know what you think here. Download this tutorial here as a PDF document. |
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Copyright © 2004 P. Campbell. All rights reserved. Revised:
September 23, 2004
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