Routes with AJS animated junctions - TS12 to TANE tranfer method?

beckster181 said:

when i updated a route i had worked on for ages in TS12 to Tane i had a few problems first many of the TS12 ground textures were so much brighter they had to be changed which was simple but time consuming as you have to do each offending texture one by one in bulk replace or just select all ay once and swap with a new TANE one which will suit instead.

With Andi's junctions there are a few problems first if your using his track textures you will have to bulk replace them to a TANE auto animated junction type which will then not replace the textures on any of the parts of his junction kits like the way gauges and spacers etc.

As for replacing the actual junctions these consist of 3 parts the frame( under buildings tab in surveyor) and the green and blue invisible tracks( under the track tab in surveyor).

Unfortunately there appears to be no way to simply replace these to use the new TANE track junctions. As best as i can tell it is a matter of going to each junction or other item from the junction kits you have used and remove the frame and then you can join the green and blue wire track ends to the normal track. once you have then done this across the whole route you could then just use bulk replace to change the green and blue wire track to your chosen new track that has the auto animated junction ability.

While i know this is a large job this way it is the only way i can see to do it, as if you just delete the junction kit assets from TANE all you will end up with is breaks in your track at every junction cross over etc which you will have to then go in and fix one by one.

Atleast using the system i describe above your route will not be broken as you work through and remove the frames and then replace the wire tracks and you can see where you need to replace the tracks and nit just end up with large areas of track work to re do without a guide to how it had been laid out. Especially helpful with large ladder track work in yards and large stations.

Hope this is helpful.

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JCitron said:

I ran into a similar issue with another route I pulled out of storage, which is a nice way to put it. The route used the old JK-series fixed junctions, which work similar to Andi's since those are fixed-track objects upon which the "wires" are connected across the various connection points.

I tried various methods and finally found that I had to manually delete the fixed-track object its self because fixed-track objects like industries and other MO-crossing types can't be bulk deleted or replaced. With this figured out, I literally walked the route mile by mile, kilometer by kilometer along every branch, siding, and even the mainline, replacing one switch at a time.

I found with the JK-switches, I could replace the track on those with the track I was using, though it didn't always work well and I had to manually fiddle with the junctions.

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Lataxe said:

Perhaps one needs to adopt the attitude that individual replacement of junctions (or whatever) is an "opportunity" to revisit the design of the layout - in detail - and make further improvements? Put another way, the journey (of reconstructing the route) is to be preferred to the arrival (which may never occur). Been there, still doing that (so to speak).

In truth, I suspect that many of us spend most of our Trainz time doing construction, of both routes and sessions, without being too concerned about reaching an end to the process. I find this mental attitude in myself also when making furniture, where it really isn't appropriate since the point of furniture is to use it. But with Trainz route & session-building, no one is waiting to go to a mocked-up Cheltenham on the 04:15; or for their virtual coal.

Lataxe

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