ianwoodmoor, both installations are/were the latest available. Both are/were Trainz22. One was the latest Win7 build available a few weeks ago, and the other was the latest Win10 build yesterday. Neither database has that file, as far as I can tell.
Edit: I`m currently engaged in manually exporting over 5000 kuids (just the kuid itself, **NOT** the whole asset) into a .txt file for possible use in redownloading into the new database. I`m currently about halfway through the operation. So far, it looks like davesnow is the creator of an absolutely huge portion of those 5000+ assets.
Okay I'm back. WIN 7 or WIN 10 is not an issue in Xferring the assets, but may affect the DBR processing time if Windows decides to index them. I've not tried Xferring using TXT file. If you have few assets in your new instal it should be possible to replace the new Local and Original folders with the old ones. As I have a maxi database comprising ALL the DLS and many DLC I chose to Xfer the Local and Original folders along with assets.tdx and backupkeywords.dat. Those in the 'original' folder are unmodified, whereas the Local folder contains all the modified assets and some others. When you revert an asset in CM it uses the 'Original' copy. Even after an update in format this can be done. NOT recommended if you are impatient as will take several days and several DBR to clean up. Mind you, your number of assets being Xferred is much smaller than mine as I have nearly 700K assets (several Terabytes) listed in my TAD.
The keywords are stored in each asset in your old instal as listed in tag 'Category-keyword'. Thus, if you Xfer them as assets NOT as a TXT file they will survive, and can then be consolidated in assets.tdx using DBR function. But not if you DL assets to a new machine. The Backup function won't be apparent in CM until you do a DBR and trainzutil 'backup keywords'.
Yeah, Dave is a prolific creator and a good one at that. Excluding the assets you can't export and the obsoletes I have 6925 installed and only the 914 obsoletes on the DLS.
Suggest you build a custom CM filter in your newest Trainz version.
Save as _AUTHOR - davesnow. The leading underscore minimises false positives as CM uses partial word sorting. All creator's names lower case excluding Auran. This will group them in Alphabetical order. I use CAPS on group names to differentiate my custom filters from the default filters available in CM.
Suggested start as below, but I have hundreds of custom filters for analysing repairs. Tell me what you need, and I'll list them here.
Example
Author davesnow
On Download Station false or true
Installed false or true
Builtin false
Payware false
Packaged false
Obsolete false
Faulty false
Faulty Dependencies false
Missing Dependencies false
AND
Name (Name is all categories plus MISC. Alternatively use Category and whatever you're focussing on)
This is a maxi filter that you can switch false or true in various combinations for analysis. Some combo may not work. You may wish to simplify it to suit your needs.
You don't want to Xfer any 'Obsolete', but if you do, use delete after highlighting them. In my TAD I have 914 of Dave's.
You can't Xfer 'Builtin' - not authorised.
No point in Xfer 'Packaged' - Most of Dave's LEGACY assets are packaged. Some can be modified, and some can't, but as these are primarily aimed at Multiplayer Surveyor they will get reverted next time you do a DBR. Trouble is that some packaged assets have copies on DLS and some don't.
'Incompatible' means they are assets that are later TBs than your build. ie. Some beta or next build before it is released to the Community.
Incidentally, in the Game's new Surveyor 2.0 there is an on-line CM called Assets Palette. Your picklists will appear here too. I've not had much time to evaluate this as yet.
As I wasn't sure how familiar you are with CM, I decided to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, as many others may wish to try this procedure. This detailed description of the procedure and various pitfalls is offered to the Community. Comments and Criticisms will be gratefully received.
See John Citron's similar procedure here:
https://forums.auran.com/threads/ar...from-trainz-2019-to-trainz-2022.176354/unread