Not quite sure where to post this, so I am starting here.
Trainz has been a hobby for me since 2004 and offered many, many hours of enjoyment (and some frustrations). It occurred to me after reading some recent posts that one way to pay something forward would be to add some updated information to the Wiki, which is terribly out of date. This is particularly important given the situation we are all in at this time, with long hours confined, or semi-confined, at home, -- an ideal time to make this sort of contribution.
I recently re-skinned the ALCo 0-4-0T done by bdaneal to Olympia Brewing's yard switcher livery. While I was about it, I decided to update all of the dependencies and the asset to current Trainz build levels at build 3.5. In doing so, I needed a lot of information on the steam container changes as well as chages to enginespec and enginesound. I discovered that the information contained in the wiki on these subjects is woefully out of date.
So, I am committed to attempting some sort of wilki update, and thought to start on the steam container tags, many of which do not exist in the wiki or have no resemblance to current build levels. I learned a lot about them during my little update effort, but a lot of information is still lacking both to the tags and also to their relevance to performance. I do not have access to the NV3 protected sources, of course, so I am wondering if anyone has some supplemental or updated date on the new tags and their usage, and is willing to share it. Not necessary to post it, just drop me a line by PM and/or email with attachments.
Thanks, in advance for anything you may be able to supply.
Trainz has been a hobby for me since 2004 and offered many, many hours of enjoyment (and some frustrations). It occurred to me after reading some recent posts that one way to pay something forward would be to add some updated information to the Wiki, which is terribly out of date. This is particularly important given the situation we are all in at this time, with long hours confined, or semi-confined, at home, -- an ideal time to make this sort of contribution.
I recently re-skinned the ALCo 0-4-0T done by bdaneal to Olympia Brewing's yard switcher livery. While I was about it, I decided to update all of the dependencies and the asset to current Trainz build levels at build 3.5. In doing so, I needed a lot of information on the steam container changes as well as chages to enginespec and enginesound. I discovered that the information contained in the wiki on these subjects is woefully out of date.
So, I am committed to attempting some sort of wilki update, and thought to start on the steam container tags, many of which do not exist in the wiki or have no resemblance to current build levels. I learned a lot about them during my little update effort, but a lot of information is still lacking both to the tags and also to their relevance to performance. I do not have access to the NV3 protected sources, of course, so I am wondering if anyone has some supplemental or updated date on the new tags and their usage, and is willing to share it. Not necessary to post it, just drop me a line by PM and/or email with attachments.
Thanks, in advance for anything you may be able to supply.
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