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Contents
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0.0+Info
0.1+About Trainz
1.0++Troubleshooting
1.1+++Mouse/Pointer
1.2+++Speed
1.3+++Disappearing Objects
2.0++Modes
2.1+++Railyard
2.2+++Scenarios
2.3+++Tutorials
2.4+++Saved Sessions
2.5+++Routes
2.5.1++++Route Selection Screen
2.5.2++++Session Selection Screen
3.0++Content
3.1+++Content Manager
3.2+++CCP
4.0++Editing Basics
*5.0++Route Editing (R.E.)
*5.1+++R.E. Contents
*6.0++Session Editing (S.E.)
*6.1+++S.E. Contents
*7.0++FAQ
*7.1+++FAQ Contents
8.0++Contact Info
*9.0++Extra Info
*10.0**Glitches
*10.1***Glitches Contents
"*" Before number indicates future (planned) addition
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0.0 Info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Most of this FAQs comparisons are to Trainz 2006, the second newest version that
I have, and one of the more popular versions

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0.1 About Trainz
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As you probably have Trainz and are reading this FAQ for information not
easily obtained or understood, you know about what Trainz is.

This version of Trainz, TRS 2010: EE (Engineers Edition) is part of the Trainz
family
It is also the first to have SpeedTree built in
It is made by N3V Games who is a subsidiary/partner of Auran
Auran is the creator of the original Trainz and most of its descendants
The closest version is TRS 2009: WBE, on which TRS 2010 was modeled
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1.0 Troubleshooting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is an easy to understand, experience-based, troubleshooting guide

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1.1 Mouse/Pointer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

With my first version of Trainz, TRS 2006; I discovered that my mouse
pointer was not visible
There was no explanation to why this event occurred
After nearly a year, I accidentally found the cause: the "Hide Pointer While
Typing" option for the mouse
settings was selected
After deselecting that, the pointer became visible

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1.2 Speed
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Trainz tends to need A LOT of processing power, so it is fastest when it
is the only major program (such as the Content Manager or Windows Media Player)
running
Minor programs, such as Microsoft Paint or the calculator and system programs,
do not interfere

If Trainz is slow, you may be running too many programs, or Trainz itself is
slow, as due to caching, loading
or merely too many high detail objects (or SpeedTrees) are in an area

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1.3 Disappearing Objects
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When I first loaded Trainz, I noticed that, when in Driver mode, Bogeys (Trucks
/Wheels) were missing, they
were not missing in Surveyor mode
The problem is, apparently, a minor fundamental design flaw in DirectX; as it
translates and recompiles the
objects and can forget some objects
OpenGL, however, simply loads it onto the screen with slightly less detail (not
easily noticeable)

Other objects may not appear for two reasons, they do not have anything that
actually is visible (pictures
might state otherwise) or they have errors/missing dependencies, which,
apparently is a new feature, as
TRS2006 loaded the objects anyway

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2.0 Modes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In TRS2010, there are five modes, "Tutorials", "Routes", "Scenarios", "Saved
Sessions" and "Railyard"

In comparison, TRS2006 had three modes, "Surveyor", "Driver" and "Railyard"
"Saved Sessions" was a submenu in "Driver"

"Scenarios" and "Tutorials" were included in (six)  sessions, "Sessions" was
read as a  session, with the individual scenarios as sessions, despite being
on different sessions

The menu systems are illustrated below.  MM = Main Menu

TRS2006
_________________________________________________________________________

MM - Surveyor ------ Driver --------------------------- Rail yard
       |              |
 |- Routes - Edit     |
 |     |              |
 |- Sessions - Edit   |
 |                    |
Delete   ______________|______________
        |                           |
 Saved Sessions                  Routes - Scenarios
                                    |
                              ______|______
                              |           |
                          Sessions     Tutorials
                              |___________|
                                    |
                                  Drive



TRS2010
_________________________________________________________________________
MM --- Tutorials --- Routes --- Scenarios --- Saved Sessions --- Railyard
             |                  |                |                    |
             |------------------+----------------*--------------------|
                                |                |
                                |              Drive
                                |
_________________________________|_________________________
|             |             |             |             |
Create New   Sessions     Edit         Delete      Quick Drive
                           |
             ______________|____________________________
             |             |             |             |
         Create New      Edit         Delete         Drive


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2.1 Railyard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The appearance of the "Railyard" has differed no more than the general
appearance of Trainz from TRS2006 to TRS2010
It has merely been given a face-lift, and possibly a new "building" to be
located in

*USED TO VEIW LOCOMOTIVES AND ROLLING STOCK*

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2.2 Scenarios
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Amped up versions of sessions
No achievements

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2.3 Tutorials
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Instructional Sessions (4) DCC Basics, DCC Industries, Diesel/Electric CAB
mode, Steam CAB mode
[TRS2006-6 more specialized versions: DCC Basics, Industries, Cab Basics, AI,
Steam Cab Mode,
Signaling]
Basic lessons
Achievements awarded

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2.4 Saved Sessions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

User saved sessions
No achievements
Resumes where saved

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2.5 Routes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Compilation of Surveyor and Driver modes
Divided into Routes and Sessions

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2.5.1 Route Selection Screen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Options:
Create New
Edit Route
Delete Route
Quick Drive
*To Main Menu
*To Sessions

Accesses all  sessions available
Displays number of sessions for each  session
Displays notification of "favorite" condition
Displays Route Info

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Quick Drive
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Enables access to  session without entering a session
Enables editing of consists(trains) without altering map or session parameters

*NEWER FEATURE*

==============

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Create New
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Creates new user  session

==============

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Edit Route
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Edits pre-existing  session, user or otherwise

==============

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Delete Route
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Deletes non-pre-installed  session

==============

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2.5.2 Session Selection Screen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Options:
Create New
Edit Session
Delete Session
*Drive Session
*To Routes

Accesses all sessions available for  session
Displays notification of "favorite" condition
Displays Session Info

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Create New
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Creates new user session

==============

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Edit Session
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Edits pre-existing Session, user or otherwise

==============

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Delete Session
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Deletes non-pre-installed  session

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3.0 Content
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Access to Content

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.1 Content Manager
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Content downloader for third party assets (content)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3.2 CCP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*Content Creator Plus
Asset creator

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4.0 Editing Basics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Describing the basics of editing
There are seven panels for editing tools, they are:

(key) TRS2010 :: TRS2006

(F1) topology/ground shape :: topology/ground shape
(F2) painting/ground texture :: painting/ground texture
(F3) objects/scenery items :: objects/scenery items
(F4) track items :: track items
(F5) tools :: tools
(F6) layers :: environment
(F7) trains :: trains

The TRS2006 environment tab has been put in the main menu tab in the top right
TRS2006 did not have lavers

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8.0 Contact Info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Contact me, for any reason regarding Trainz, at "[email protected]"
Any Emails should contain your name (for credit if added) and, if possible,
your Trainz User ID (also for credit and for contact in Trainz)

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