trainz 2006

djdave972

djdave972
hi all

is the stuff i downloaded from trainz 2004 compatable with trainz 2006 one ?

djdave972
 
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What Colin means is TRS2006 may display a message indicating that there is a problem with one or more assets.

The following are my additional comments (so as to make it clear that I'm not putting words in Colin's mouth):

Sometimes these messages are fairly obvious, sometimes not. Resolving the error is usually a matter of making a simple correction to the asset's config.sys file but discovering which asset is at fault can be difficult.

Assuming you've still got everything held in TRS2004 kuid folders, run Trainz Objectz with full error checking and fix every problem it reports. In my experience almost everything will then run properly in TRS2006.

John
 
hi john

yes ive just got the game today but ive not installed it yet. trainz 2004 is still installed on the computer. do i just copy the maps & downloads into trainz 2006 game ?

djdave972
 
No. TRS2006 stores downloaded assets in a database system which is held in the local folder and uses CMP (select Manage Content in the TRS2006 launcher window) to import content into the database. You have to use CMP to view what's in it or to edit downloaded kuids. CMP is used to check kuids for errors and missing dependencies.

The biggest 'cause' of 'errors' in older content that you download is that the 2006 database system treats the first word in each line in a kuid's config.txt file as a tag and only a limited set of tags, as defined in the content creation guide (CCG2006) document, are allowed. As a result, mis-spelled words and some older, obsolete parameters are now treated as an error in 2006. To complicate matters, any kuid that has errors may or may not work when used in a route in 2006.

Bob
 
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