basic guide for using Trainz

[colmack]

Is there such a thing as a basic guide for using Trainz, aimed at newbies such as myself?
By trial (lots of) and error (a lot more) I've battled my way through some early stages, and I have to say the Help is atrocious. Having been an educator all my professional life, I know a thing or two about teaching - but it seems that the makers of Trainz do not.
For example, I have a really simple question: in Surveyor, how do you add a baseboard? I look in the "how to?" section - nothing there. I try a search under "add baseboard" - nothing there either. I try some other links that might help - but find error 404, the page does not exist. - A manual or user guide? - no such thing, apparently. YouTube? - I might find the answer I'm looking for there, but it's going to take me ages with no guarantee of success. And yet the information I seek is so basic!
If only I had the kind of knowledge that I'm looking for I could write a beginners' manual myself.
I admit there's a reasonable argument for saying I shouldn't have bought Trainz 2022 and gone for something much simpler instead, but it's too late now.

 

[nabilk11]

If you maybe have surveyor 2.0 you’ll find it maybe there

 

[pware]

Is there such a thing as a basic guide for using Trainz, aimed at newbies such as myself?

Yes there is. You did not state which version of Trainz you have.

The Trainz Wiki has a host of pages dealing with Trainz issues from the very simply to the extremely complex.

The Wiki Page Index is at https://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/HowTo

For the Basics covering both Surveyor Classic and Surveyor 2.0 see the page at https://online.ts2009.com/mediaWiki/index.php/Route_and_Session_Basics and look at the section "The Surveyor World View" which covers adding baseboards in both Classic (S10) and Surveyor 2.0 (S20)

Surveyor Classic is found in Trainz 2022 Standard Edition (TRS22) and all earlier versions.

Surveyor 2.0 is found in Trainz Plus and Trainz 2022 Platinum Edition - these versions also include Surveyor Classic as well.

 

[c44d9w]

... how do you add a baseboard?

in Surveyor 2.0 is unintuitive and hard to discover. I have looked it up twice, and still can't remember right now how to do it. It is much more explicit in the traditional Surveyor.

BTW, you use the Marquee tool and context menu to add baseboards. You can add multiple at the same time.
Short video:

 

[wreeder]

Here is a playlist of some really nice tutorial videos that start very simple and basic but moves through advanced topics.