How to Create a Driver Character - Revision history

Pware at 10:39, 8 September 2026

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	<td><span style="font-size: 15px;">The information in this Wiki Page describes how a non-animated '''Driver Character''' asset can be created for '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''~~Trainz Plus~~''' and '''~~TRS22~~'''.</span></td>		<td><span style="font-size: 15px;">The information in this Wiki Page describes how a non-animated '''Driver Character''' asset can be created for '''TANE''', '''TRS19''', '''TRS22''' and '''Trainz Plus'''.</span></td>
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	<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:~~</span>~~ From the ~~'''~~Trainz Launcher~~'''~~:-</td>		<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps: From the Trainz Launcher:-</span></td>
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	<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:~~</span>~~ To ~~use~~ the Driver Character:-</td>		<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps: To Use the Driver Character:-</span></td>
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Pware at 00:13, 26 July 2026

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	<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>		<span style="font-size: 17px;">'''More Tutorials and Guides to Using Trainz'''</span><br>
	*'''<span class="plain;s">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/HowTo How to Guides]</span>'''		*'''<span class="plain;">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/HowTo How to Guides]</span>'''
	*'''[[Driver Commands List]]'''		*'''[[Driver Commands List]]'''
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	This page was created by Trainz user '''<span class="plain;s">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/User:Pware pware]</span>''' in November 2022 and was last updated as shown below.		This page was created by Trainz user '''<span class="plain;">[http://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/User:Pware pware]</span>''' in November 2022 and was last updated as shown below.
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	[[Category:How-to guides]]		[[Category:How-to guides]]

Pware: /* The Config.txt File */

2026-07-05T12:33:20Z

The Config.txt File

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	<td>The ~~latest~~ Trainz ~~release ('''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE SP4''' from~~ July 2024~~) seems to~~ have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br></td>		<td>The Trainz updates released in July 2024 have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br></td>
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	<td>This change only applies to Driver Characters created using the ~~latest,~~ '''July 2024''' and later, updates to '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE''' (the '''SP4''' release) - those with build number 5.5 and above. Characters created for earlier builds of '''Trainz''' are unaffected and these versions will still work in the latest Trainz releases without the need for the mesh.</td>		<td>This change only applies to Driver Characters created using the '''July 2024''' and later updates to '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE''' (the '''SP4''' release) - those with build number 5.5 and above. Characters created for earlier builds of '''Trainz''' are unaffected and these versions will still work in the latest Trainz releases without the need for the mesh.</td>
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Pware at 12:26, 5 July 2026

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Pware at 08:33, 14 February 2025

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	<td>'''Driver Character Icons''' are small graphic icons or images that can be selected to represent locomotive drivers in the [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] '''[[How to Use Driver Setup Rule\|Driver Setup Rule]]'''</td>		<td>'''Driver Character Icons''' are small graphic icons or images that can be selected to represent locomotive drivers in the [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] '''[[How to Use Driver Setup Rule\|Driver Setup Rule]]''' and the [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] '''[[How_to_Use_S20_Palettes#The_Driver_Control_Center\|The Driver Control Center]]'''</td>
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Pware: /* The Config.txt File */

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The Config.txt File

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	<td>The latest Trainz release ('''TRS22PE SP4''' July 2024) seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br>~~<br>~~		<td>The latest Trainz release ('''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE SP4''' from July 2024) seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br></td>
	~~The following instructions have been updated to match this new requirement.~~</td>
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			<td>This change only applies to Driver Characters created using the latest, '''July 2024''' and later, updates to '''Trainz Plus''' and '''TRS22PE''' (the '''SP4''' release) - those with build number 5.5 and above. Characters created for earlier builds of '''Trainz''' are unaffected and these versions will still work in the latest Trainz releases without the need for the mesh.</td>
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			The following instructions have been updated to include this new requirement.</td>
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Pware: /* Create Driver Character Asset */

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Create Driver Character Asset

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	<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Double Left Click</span> on the file to open it in '''Notepad'''</td>		<td>In '''Windows File Explorer''' <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;">Double Left Click</span> on the file to open it in '''Notepad'''</td>
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Pware at 04:44, 28 July 2024

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	<td>The <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700;"> mesh </span> a new requirement in the latest '''Trainz''' versions. A suitable mesh, '''DriverAlistair''', is supplied built-in to '''Trainz'''</td>		<td>The <span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-weight: 700;"> mesh </span> a new requirement in the latest '''Trainz''' versions. A suitable mesh, <kuid:-25:1011> '''DriverAlistair''', is supplied built-in to '''Trainz'''</td>
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Pware at 04:39, 28 July 2024

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	<td>The latest Trainz release ('''TRS22PE ~~SP5~~''') seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br><br>		<td>The latest Trainz release ('''TRS22PE SP4''' July 2024) seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br><br>
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	<td>'''trainz-build''' set to 4.1 or above (5.5 works in '''TRS22PE ~~SP5~~''')</td>		<td>'''trainz-build''' set to 4.1 or above (5.5 works in '''TRS22PE SP4''')</td>
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Pware at 23:10, 27 July 2024

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	<td ~~bgcolor~~="~~yellow~~">		<td align="center"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: 700; font-size: 17px;"> Update: </span></td>
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	The latest Trainz release ('''TRS22PE SP5''') seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br>		<tr valign="top">
	The instructions ~~below~~ have been updated to match this new requirement.</td>		<td>The latest Trainz release ('''TRS22PE SP5''') seems to have made a change in that a mesh is now required for a driver character. Fortunately a suitable built-in mesh is available.<br><br>
			The following instructions have been updated to match this new requirement.</td>
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