How to Restore Deleted Assets - Revision history

Pware at 06:33, 8 September 2026

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	<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:~~</span>~~ To ~~reinstall~~ a ~~deleted~~ DLS ~~asset~~:-</td>		<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps: To Reinstall a Deleted DLS Asset:-</span></td>
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	<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:~~</span>~~ To ~~install~~ an ~~asset~~ or ~~assets from~~ a ~~'''~~.cdp~~''' file~~:-</td>		<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps: To Install an Asset or Assets From a .cdp File:-</span></td>
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	<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps:~~</span>~~ To Locate ~~your~~ Backup Folder:-</td>		<td colspan=2><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Steps: To Locate Your Backup Folder:-</span></td>
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Pware at 04:28, 26 July 2026

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	<td>~~The information in this~~ Wiki Page ~~applies~~ to '''~~TRS19~~''', '''~~Trainz Plus~~''' ~~and~~ '''~~TRS22~~''' ~~and describes the methods that can be used to restore assets deleted by~~ '''~~Content Manager~~''' and ~~the~~ '''~~Content Store~~'''.</td>		<td>
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			<td><span style="font-size: 15px;">This Wiki Page describes the methods that can be used to restore assets deleted by '''Content Manager''' and the '''Content Store'''. This document applies to '''T:ANE''', '''TRS19''', '''TRS22''' and '''Trainz Plus'''.</span></td>
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Pware at 21:54, 4 May 2025

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	<td width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes:'''</span><br>		<td width=975><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: 700;">Notes: Deleting Assets'''</span><br>
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	<td>'''Packaged''' and '''Payware''' assets can only be deleted by '''Uninstalling''' the '''DLC Package''' that installed them. This is done from the '''Content Store''' option selected from the '''Trainz Launcher'''.</td>		<td>'''Packaged''' and '''Payware''' assets can only be deleted by '''Uninstalling''' the '''DLC Package''' that installed them. This is done from the '''Content Store''' option selected from the '''Trainz Launcher'''.</td>
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			<td>All other assets ('''Installed from DLS''', '''Modified''', '''Third Party''') can be deleted using '''Content Manager'''.</td>
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	<td>Deleted assets are stored using their '''<kuid>''' code(s). Knowing their '''<kuid>''' code(s) is very helpful but is not vital</td>		<td>Deleted assets are stored using their '''<kuid>''' code(s). Knowing their '''<kuid>''' code(s) is very helpful but is not vital</td>
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	<td>Assets (including routes and sessions) that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, are the ones most likely to require this recovery action if you have intentionally or otherwise deleted them. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.
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	Routes and sessions that you are editing in '''Surveyor''' will be automatically backed up a set number of times each day for upto 7 days. If you need to restore a route and/or session to an earlier version then the method described here can also be used but it is specifically covered in more detail in the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]'''</td>
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			<td>Assets (including routes and sessions) that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, are the ones most likely to require this recovery action if you have intentionally or otherwise deleted them. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.
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			Routes and sessions that you are editing in '''Surveyor''' will be automatically backed up a set number of times each day for upto 7 days. If you need to restore a route and/or session to an earlier version then the method described here can also be used but it is specifically covered in more detail in the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]'''</td>
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	<td>Assets (including routes and sessions) that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, are the ones most likely to require this recovery action if you have intentionally or otherwise deleted them. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.		<td>Assets (including routes and sessions) that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, are the ones most likely to require this recovery action if you have intentionally or otherwise deleted them. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.
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	Routes and sessions that you are editing in '''Surveyor''' will be automatically backed up a set number of times each day. If you need to restore a route and/or session to an earlier version then the method described here can also be used but it is specifically covered in more detail in the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]'''</td>		Routes and sessions that you are editing in '''Surveyor''' will be automatically backed up a set number of times each day for upto 7 days. If you need to restore a route and/or session to an earlier version then the method described here can also be used but it is specifically covered in more detail in the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]'''</td>
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Pware at 22:32, 29 April 2025

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	<td>Deleted assets are stored using their '''<kuid>''' code(s). Knowing their '''<kuid>''' code(s) is very helpful but is not vital</td>		<td>Deleted assets are stored using their '''<kuid>''' code(s). Knowing their '''<kuid>''' code(s) is very helpful but is not vital</td>
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			<td>Assets (including routes and sessions) that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, are the ones most likely to require this recovery action if you have intentionally or otherwise deleted them. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.
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			Routes and sessions that you are editing in '''Surveyor''' will be automatically backed up a set number of times each day. If you need to restore a route and/or session to an earlier version then the method described here can also be used but it is specifically covered in more detail in the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]'''</td>
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	<td>Assets that you have created yourself, or cloned and modified from other assets, and have never been backed up to a secure storage are the ones most likely to require this recovery action. As always the best preventative measure is to perform regular backups of your work using '''.cdp''' files. See the '''Trainz Wiki Page [[image:WikiLink.PNG\|link=]] [[How to Manage Backups\|How to Manage Backups]]''' for the details.</td>
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	=='''Locate the Asset Backup Files'''==		=='''Locate the Asset Backup Files'''==
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	<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Double Left Click </span> on the last item in the address list to open your current '''Local User Data Folder'''. One of its folders will be the ~~'''~~Backups~~'''~~ folder<br>		<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Double Left Click </span> on the last item in the address list to open your current '''Local User Data Folder'''. <span style="font-weight: 700; background-color: yellow;"> One of its folders will be the <span style="font-size: 15px;">Backups</span> folder </span><br>
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Pware at 22:09, 28 April 2025

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	<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> inside the '''editing''' folder and paste (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> V </span></span>) the file(s) into the folder</td>		<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> inside the '''editing''' folder and paste (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> V </span></span>) the copied backup file(s) into the folder</td>
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	<td width=~~230~~>Start the '''Trainz Launcher''', open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Developer</span> menu and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Rebuild database </span> option</td>		<td width=300>Start the '''Trainz Launcher''', open the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Developer</span> menu and select the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: white; background-color: black;"> Rebuild database </span> option</td>
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	<td>The backups are stored as '''.tzarc''' files</td>		<td>The backups are stored as '''.tzarc''' files</td>
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	~~<td>If an asset was deleted more than 7 days ago then it cannot be restored by this method</td>~~
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	<td>only folders upto '''7 days ago''' will be present		<td>only folders upto '''7 days ago''' will be present. If an asset was deleted more than 7 days ago then its date folder will not be present and it cannot be restored
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	<td>If you are unsure of the date then you may have to open and examine each folder</td>		<td>If you are unsure of the exact date then you may have to open and examine each folder</td>
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	<td>Select (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span></span>) ~~each~~ file to be restored</td>		<td>Select (<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> for an individual file or <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Ctrl </span> + <span style="background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span></span> for multiple files) the file or files to be restored</td>
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	<td>~~Click (~~<span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span>) the ~~'''~~Open~~'''~~ button</td>		<td><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; background-color: lightcyan;"> Left Click </span> on the <span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px;">Open</span> button</td>
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