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<font color=red>'''Note: This page describes obsolete asset formats (trainz-build prior to 2.9) and should be removed. The current equivalent of this format is [[KIND Track]].'''</font>



==KIND: DOUBLE-TRACK==

===Description===

Track splines that may place two or more tracks as one model, by specifying the track spacings to be used.

===Container Structure===

A well formed double-track kind has the following container structure:

[[Image:CCG_double_track_dir1.jpg]]

See Chapter 7 for an example asset of this kind.


A TYPICAL ASSET OF THIS KIND MAY HAVE THE FOLLOWING TAGS:
 <font color="red">double-track</font>
 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''
 <font color="red">kuid-table</font>
 <font color="green">0</font>                          ''kuid''
 <font color="red">thumbnails</font>
 <font color="green">0</font>
 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 "TR" - Rails. See the "Track" section of the [[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.

;kind
:Must be "bridge".Error should it be "track"

;rgb
:This value should be left as default.

;trackoffsets
:Distance in metres 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.


===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 to flow.

;casts-shadows
:Toggles if the shadow model is displayed or not.

;endlength
:Length in metres of the initiator and terminator models.

;grounded
:Height in metres for the road to be offset from terrain.

;isroad
:Specifies track is a road with cars, set to 1 for cars to appear on road.

;istrack
:0 = This is not rail tracks.
:1 = This is rail track.

;length
:Length of track segment in metres
 
;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 whether the object\track is displayed on the minimap.

;width
:Width of track mesh in metres.

;bridgetrack
:Kuid for the type of rail or road used on bridge.

;height
:Height from the track level to the base, should be negative.

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


===THIS KIND SUPPORTS THE FOLLOWING:===

;CONTAINERS
: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, 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, license, organisation, script, username-cn, username-cz, username-de, username-es,username-fr, username-it, username-nl, username-pl,
username-ru.



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