Content Configuration

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==Overview of Trainz Content==
This page acts as reference manual for all Trainz content, and its legal {{wp|data type}}s ([[KIND]]s) and {{wp|data structure}}s (generally, [[:category:Config Container|Containers]]). It is intended to provide accurate and concise description of the capabilities and configuration of Trainz current-version content. To the new user, particularly those with no familiarity with programming language practices, the information in this page can become a starting point to understanding. Every Trainz asset from the mighty collection of assets contained in a route to the lowliest scenery item such as imitation grass, the color of a rock or field—all have two things in common: The list of common legal tag names which begin the definition of the asset found in the [[TrainzBaseSpec]].

==Structure of a Trainz Asset==
Each item of Trainz content ("an asset") is created as the contents of a single operating system folder, containing a [[config.txt file]] and some number of supporting files and/or folders and their files. Files located in the content folder must obey the [[Filename character restrictions]] and each item should be directly relevant to the asset in question. When committed or as in newer Trainz releases, tested for validation before commitment, the asset's folder contents and the [[config.txt file]] will be validated against one another, the ideal minimum definitions will be bounced against those and each must be in balance and correct with respect to one another.

==Content Types==
Each asset built for the Trainz environment follows a preset template, which defines what tags can be included in the [[config.txt file]], what capabilities the asset will have, and how the user can manipulate the asset in-game. The following types of custom content are supported by Trainz:

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* [[KIND Achievement-category]] - Achievement category descriptor.
* [[KIND Achievement-group]] - Achievement group descriptor.
* [[KIND Asset-group]] - Asset group descriptor.
* [[KIND Behavior]] - Session rules.
* [[KIND Bogey]]
* [[KIND Buildable]] - Basic scenery object with attached track.
* [[KIND Controlset]] - Defines a set of input controls
* [[KIND Drivercharacter]]
* [[KIND Drivercommand]]
* [[KIND Engine]]
* [[KIND Enginesound]]
* [[KIND Environment]] - Defines a set of skies.
* [[KIND Fixedtrack]]
* [[KIND Gameplaymenu]] - Main menu page.
* [[KIND Groundtexture]] - Textures for painting the ground.
* [[KIND Hornsound]]
* [[KIND HTML-asset]]
* [[KIND Industry]] - Scenery object with attached track and product processing functionality.
* [[KIND Interior]]
* [[KIND Interlocking-Tower|KIND Interlocking-Tower]]
* [[KIND Library]] - Script Libraries.
* [[KIND Map]] - Routes.
* [[KIND Mesh]]
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* [[KIND MOCrossing]] - Grade crossings.
* [[KIND MOJunction]] - Junction levers.
* [[KIND MOSignal]] - Railroad signals.
* [[KIND MOSpeedboard]]
* [[KIND Pantograph]]
* [[KIND Product]]
* [[KIND Product-category]]
* [[KIND Profile]] - Sessions.by an older title
* [[KIND Region]] - Defines the area of the world, as well as traffic style.
* [[KIND Scenery]] - A basic object.
* [[KIND Scenery-trackside]] - Object that attaches to track.
* [[KIND Servlet]] - An iTrainz servlet daemon.
* [[KIND Steam-engine]]
* [[KIND Texture]] - A texture defined for use in other objects.
* [[KIND Texture-group]] - A group of textures defined for use with other objects.
* [[KIND Track]] - (including Bridges and Tunnels) and scenery splines are built using TS2009 Stitched track.
* [[KIND Tracksound]]
* [[KIND Traincar]] - Locomotives and Rolling Stock.
* [[KIND Turntable]]
* [[KIND Water2]] - Water for rivers / seas.
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==Category Tags==
Category tags were added to Trainz content and the [[TrainzBaseSpec]] per user suggestion around the time of [[TRS2004]] and are an aid to sorting and selecting appropriate content that would be found in a time or place, or of narrowing down a particular sort of asset (Category Class codes), mainly in filters and when running [[Content Manager]].
*[[Category Class]] - For Category search.
*[[Category Region]] - For Region search
*[[Category Era]] - For Era Search
==Feedback==
[[Content Configuration Feature Requests]] - ''ask here for new config.txt files features''

==Categories==
Categories are the sometimes overlooked superhighways of getting around in a Wiki project, and the user will find these listed are index pages to finding things faintly remembered efficiently and effectively:
*[[:Category:Asset KIND]]
*[[:Category:Config Container]]
*[[:Category:Config Tag]]
*[[:Category:Content configuration]]

==See also==
The following category pages will list and index Trainz specific articles throughout this Wiki
*[[:Category:Trainz fundamentals pages]]
*[[:Category:Trainz reference pages]]
*[[:Category:Trainz Wiki]]
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