Trainz SDK

phawtrey

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Just wondering if there are any plans to release an SDK that would allow access to route files - ground, objects, track, etc. Surveyor is a great tool for building detailed routes, but it would be nice to have access to the route files - this would open up the possibility for 3rd party development for stuff like direct track vector or DEM imports; maybe the creation of something like autogen scenery (like MS flight sim). I realize that there's a few tools out there, but I suspect that the creators had to reverse engineer the scenery files - something you wouldn't want to have to redo with every new route file version.

Cheers,
Phil
 
We have some long-term plans in this direction but there is nothing immediately available.

We do not provide details of, nor do we encourage, any direct manipulation of the Trainz binary file formats. This has proven to be error-prone in the past and as you note is fraught with compatibility issues.

chris
 
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