Trucks in Regions

Thanks for the link, just finished installing it. Now to try to figure out how it works!

I have created the attachment point, now how do I add the trailer?

Found a truck that is the splitting image of the one from Duel, 1950s kenworth by alien3.

I have found a better trailer- artic tanker 1, also by alien3.

I will use these instead.

You don't add anything to the trailer. Here are is the method I use. This simple drawing represents the two graphics, the truck on the left and the trailer on the right. The crosshair represents the yellow origin (0,0,0) of each mesh that you'll see in the Attachment Maker.



The object is to create a mesh that can be attached to the origin of the truck and that has an attachment point that is far enough to the right so that when the trailer's origin is attached to it, the trailer's pin will be over the trucks fifth wheel.
First I opened the trailer's mesh in the Attachment Maker, selected Add Mesh which generates a yellow Z-Y marker at the trailer's origin. I move it to the left to align beneath the pivot pin and read the value for Y2. In my case is was -6.1. Then close the Attachment Maker without creating a mesh.
Second I opened truck's mesh in the Attachment Maker, selected Add Mesh then move the Z-Y marker from the origin to the right to align with the center of the fifth wheel. Reading the value Y1 as 1.7. Add absolute values of Y1 + Y2 to get 7.8. Place the cursor in the Y Position window and enter 7.8. This moves the the Z-Y marker off to the right. Right click changes the Z-Y marker to green. Note the attachment point window shows its name as a.New. Rename if desired, I didn't. Now save the attachment mesh.

To connect the trailer to the truck, open the truck kuid (Truck International Semi Flying A,<kuid:393523:1408>) for Edit in Explorer and edit the config.txt to make the mesh table. The added text is in red. The result looks like this:

mesh-table
{
default
{
mesh "international_semi_01.im"
auto-create 1
}

default-night
{
mesh "nightview.im"
night-mesh-base "default"
}

attachments
{
mesh "attach_mesh.im"
auto-create 1

effects
{
0
{
kind "attachment"
att "a.New"
default-mesh <kuid:393523:1400>
}
}
}
}

Save and commit.

Bob

The truck almost works, but I get this in CMP: Error: Unsupported kind.

Does anyone know how to solve this? I will post the config. file if needed.

Post the mesh-table from the kuid that has the error.

Bob

Here is the config. file (it is from the truck, not the trailer):

light 1
category-class "VL"
kind "vehicle"
username "Duel truck"
author "captainkman"
kuid <kuid:459464:1355>
category-region "UK"
category-era "1980s;1990s;2000s"
trainz-build 2.5
obsolete-table {
}
kuid-table {
<kuid:459464:1356>
}
attachments {
mesh "attach_mesh.im"
auto-create 1
effects {
0 {
kind "attachment"
att "a.New"
default-mesh <kuid:459464:1356>
}
}
}

Hope this helps!

You forgot to put in the mesh-table container that precedes the attachment statements like this:
mesh-table
{
default
{
mesh "the kenworth mesh name"
auto-create 1
}

attachments
{
mesh "attach_mesh.im"
auto-create 1
effects
{
0
{
kind "attachment"
att "a.New"
default-mesh <kuid:459464:1356>
}
}
}
}

Also be sure the number of { equals the number of }.

Bob

Ok, added the missing parts in the config, but the asset is still faulty. The error says: Error: Unsupported Kind. Does anyone know how to solve this?

Don't worry, changed the config file to kind: scenery. It works now. Thanks for your help!

Does anyone know of a truck and trailer that has been made as a result of the attachment maker?

I have but I don't think they can be uploaded to the DLS without the original author's permission. Of course you can make as many as you want for your own enjoyment.

Bob

We have these...

The MWM tractors & trailers already have attachments. They operate on invisible roads, you place turnouts & markers just like on the railroad.

You can assign a driver & with the proper commands, have them do the work.