DLS Content "Where do They Go?

[railsim49]

When I download content from the DLS where should the .cdp file be placed so that Trainz recognizes the content? I have a documents folder where the content is downloaded too. Do I need to move it to the folder that I have Trainz installed?

 

[G.M.]

Open content manager and either File, Import Content Files
or just drag/drop it to the window

 

[clam1952]

Should be using Manage Content to download, the web page is only there for legacy versions of Trainz. Far simpler using Manage Content and many errors are suppressed, they are not if you import, which are shown as locally modified and not as installed from the DLS, may not seem relevant however it's handy to know where you get things from when install gets screwed up.

 

[PWillard]

You should only use the content manager to add files so you can just leave your downloaded CDP files in your download folder until they have been installed by the content manager, like G.M. says... after that, you can delete them in the download folder or save them for a later re-install. But... if you really want know where they end up *after* the content manager is done with them, then look in a location deep under your *user* files but in a folder that is normally hidden in Windows called Appdata/Local/N3vGAMES/trs19/BUILD XXXXX/ (WHERE XXXXX is a unique hash number.) Again, the AppData folder and it's contents are normally hidden, which means you can't see it in File Explorer unless you unhide it in File Explorer View-->Options.

 

[JCitron]

To add to what's said above regarding content downloaded from the DLS, the assets in the cache/internet folder will not have the same name of the asset you're downloading. You'll see something like 0knq899e205.cdp instead of an Ann Arbor 50 ft boxcar, for example. Content Manager will purge these files too after a while, and it's recommended you clean this out periodically if you download a lot of content because things can get screwy, and content may not install properly. Is it worth keeping these files? It's up to you but usually it's not worth it unless you can figure out what you've downloaded and also have the disk capacity to hold on to these temporary files.

For content you install yourself, we do more than highly recommend you keep the downloads you obtained from various websites. Those websites can go away, and your hard drive can die taking your installed content with it. Saving the downloads to the cloud or some other external device ensures you can reinstall them at any time.