File organization questions

[ccowan2126]

I recently reloaded TS12 and patched to Build 61388. I downloaded a few freeware assets from JR's website and the CDP's were loaded into my new location of C:\TS12-V2. Now when I open the "file location" there are 18 CDP's sitting there amongst the other folders. Should I drag and drop them into another folder in there? Which folder? How do I direct them to the proper folder should I download some more assets? May seem like basic knowledge to most of you, but I have not yet mastered the intricacies of how (and WHY) computers do what they do.

Thanks.

 

[shaneturner12]

You should not be placing the .CDP files directly into the TS12 folder. Either double-click the files, or use Import CDP in Content Manager, to import the assets into Trainz.

Shane

 

[cascaderailroad]

I usually download CDP's and place them in my PC Downloads folder ... when my disc begins to get filled up, I send all the CDP's over to an external hard drive for safekeeping and storage, to free up my PC hard drive

 

[ccowan2126]

What do I do with the ones that are there now?

 

[shaneturner12]

Put them in a folder on the desktop or where you normally put your downloaded files.

Shane

 

[cascaderailroad]

CDP's should not be in your Trainz Folder ... send only the individual CDP's to a New Folder that you rename ie: "Trainz CDPs", in your PC Downloads

 

[ccowan2126]

I usually download CDP's and place them in my PC Downloads folder ...

That is what happens with mine...at first. Then I click on them in the downloads folder and they load into CM all by them selves. Not sure why they end up in the C:\TS12-V2 folder "out in the open" like that. That is not the case with my TS12 Build 49922 that I still have.

 

[shaneturner12]

I'm not sure either, although one of the folders does store cached versions of downloaded CDP files (from the DLS) from memory.

Shane

 

[ccowan2126]

Put them in a folder on the desktop or where you normally put your downloaded files.

Shane

My downloads usually go into the folder named "Downloads" in Windows. But, that is just a temporary folder, isn't it? That folder gets cleared out once in a while.

 

[ccowan2126]

Shouldn't all of my content be going into the "User Data" folder?

 

[shaneturner12]

Yes, but not in CDP form.

Shane

 

[ccowan2126]

I appreciate everyone's help, but I am just getting more and more confused. I think I will get one of my kids to come over next week and show me something about Windows and files and folders and
whatever !