Hi Shane,
I didn't intend or want to hijack this thread when I replied, but I didn't quite understand your statement, I have always assumed that Content Manager basically lists everything on the dls, with the exception of filtering assets which have too high a build number for use in the particular version of Trainz.
When I download an asset with numerous dependencies, I expect to get the asset and all the dependencies that it can find. I assume that for those cases where a specific build version of the asset is required that it searches something along the lines "first part of kuid, second part of kuid, asset version". If the search fails to find the first and or the second part of the kuid, then it is fairly reasonable to assume that the asset is "unknown" in the sense that the author or specific item cannot be found in the database. If the search gets as far as checking the version, then, based on certain criteria, it may not be available for use in the version of Trainz making the request for that particular version. (I don't know what the criterion is, but it clearly isn't the Build version.) However, in no way can the asset be regarded as "unknown". it is very definitely known and I would have thought that a more helpful indication were possible than simply dismissing it as unknown and causing the user potentially hours of work trying to find it or find a suitable replacement.
The specific example I was referring to was for the latest update of the Dearnby & District route. Asset 2:124017:200100:2 was listed as an "Unknown Asset". Right-clicking on it did nothing. There was no suggestion that a previous version existed. As it happens, this had already been flagged in the relevant thread and therefore I did not pursue the issue.
Given your statement above, I have today checked this asset in the four versions of Trainz that I still have on this machine, with the following results:
TRS12 Build 61383 lists kuid 124017:200100:1 Build version 2.0 The original version is shown as "unknown".
TMR2017 Build 85470 lists kuid 124017:200100:1 as Built-in and ":1" as "available, obsolete".
TRS19 Build 100240 lists Kuid 124017:200100:2 as Built-in (also at Build version 2.0) and ":1" as "obsolete, available".
And now for the point about my comment, the complete time-wasting response of TANE that kuid 124017:200100:2 is an "Unknown Asset" and only tells me the name of the Author. No other information is given. As I have already stated right-clicking on the asset does not tell me that there is an earlier version. If, however, I list the author's assets in TANE, it tells me that the ":1" version is actually Built-in to TANE! What kind of stupidity is that? Why does Content Manager deny the existence of an asset which it quite obviously knows all about? If the ":2" version is not available for use in TANE, it should tell me why, not deny the entire existence of the asset.
With regard to the original query regarding dlc content, I am sure that it would be possible for Content manager to search the appropriate database to find out where the missing assets can be found.
Regards
Mike