HowTo/General information for Configuration Files - Revision history

Glt0145: /* For Bridge config files:- */

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	===For Bridge config files:- ===		===For Bridge config files:- ===

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	There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.		There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.


			== Replaced or Obsolete Tags ==


	The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them.		The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them.

	For all config files :-
			=== For all config files :- ===


	thumbnail -> replace by "thumbnails"		thumbnail -> replace by "thumbnails"

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	For Scenery config file.
			=== For Scenery config file:- ===


	region -> replaced by "category-region"		region -> replaced by "category-region"

	For Bogey config file.
			=== For Bogey config file:- ===


	anim anim.kin - > Not needed. No replacement.		anim anim.kin - > Not needed. No replacement.

	animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed. No replacement.		animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed. No replacement.


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Glt0145: /* General information on Configuration Files */

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General information on Configuration Files

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	For Bogey config file.		For Bogey config file.

	anim anim.kin - > Not needed		anim anim.kin - > Not needed. No replacement.

	animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed		animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed. No replacement.

Glt0145 at 09:48, 6 February 2022

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	The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them.		The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them.

			For all config files :-

			thumbnail -> replace by "thumbnails"

			For Scenery config file.

	region -> replaced by "category-region"		region -> replaced by "category-region"

	For Bogey config file		For Bogey config file.

	anim anim.kin - > Not needed		anim anim.kin - > Not needed

	animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed		animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed

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	region -> replaced by "category-region"		region -> replaced by "category-region"

			For Bogey config file
			anim anim.kin - > Not needed
			animation-loop-speed 1.0 - > Not needed

Glt0145: /* General information on Configuration Files */

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General information on Configuration Files

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	There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.		There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.

	The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them		The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them.

	region -> replaced by "category-region"		region -> replaced by "category-region"

Glt0145: /* General information on Configuration Files */

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General information on Configuration Files

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	There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.		There are also many that are required for different types of assists and many that are optional.

			The following is a list of obsolete tags and what has replaced them
			region -> replaced by "category-region"

Glt0145: /* General information on Configuration Files */

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General information on Configuration Files

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	== General information on Configuration Files ==		== General information on Configuration Files ==
	A configuration file has to be created for each asset you create. It is a plain text file. It is always called "config.txt" and is placed in the same directory as the other files for the asset. Because it is plain text it must NOT be created using a word processor. Use an application like Notepad or Notepad++. There is also a application called AssetX which can assist in the creation of the configuration file		A configuration file has to be created for each asset you create. It is a plain text file. It is always called "config.txt" and is placed in the same directory as the other files for the asset. Because it is plain text it must NOT be created using a word processor. Use an application like Notepad or Notepad++. There is also a application called AssetX which can assist in the creation of the configuration file.

	The config file contains the instructions on how Trainz uses the asset. Without a valid config file your asset will not be shown within Trainz		The config file contains the instructions on how Trainz uses the asset. Without a valid config file your asset will not be shown within Trainz

			Each line in the config file starts with "tag" associated with that tag is a piece of information pertaining to the tag. Some tags are header tags and will followed by a curly brackets so as all the information within the set of curly brackets pertains to that tag. See the example below where all the information within the outer curly brackets pertains to the "mesh-table" tag.

			A simple tag might be "kind" and its information would be "scenery". So the line in the config would read

			kind "scenery"

			Any piece of information that is a string has to be surrounded by ""


	The config file may contain several containers to associate parts of the text with certain information pertaining to the container heading. An example of the is show below		The config file may contain several containers to associate parts of the text with certain information pertaining to the container heading. An example of the is show below

Glt0145: /* General information on Configuration Files */

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	== General information on Configuration Files ==		== General information on Configuration Files ==
	A configuration file has to be created for each asset you create. It is a plain text file. It is always called "config.txt" and is placed in the same directory the other files for the asset. Because it is plain text it must NOT be created using a word processor. Use an application like Notepad or Notepad++. There is also a application called AssetX which can assist in the creation of the configuration file		A configuration file has to be created for each asset you create. It is a plain text file. It is always called "config.txt" and is placed in the same directory as the other files for the asset. Because it is plain text it must NOT be created using a word processor. Use an application like Notepad or Notepad++. There is also a application called AssetX which can assist in the creation of the configuration file

	The config file contains the instructions on how Trainz uses the asset. Without a valid config file your asset will not be shown within Trainz		The config file contains the instructions on how Trainz uses the asset. Without a valid config file your asset will not be shown within Trainz