¶ Prerequisties
- TSW Unofficial Edior v0.3
- Basic modding knowledge
- Extracted DLC files in Editor
¶ Some TSW map basics
- TSW uses Unreal Engine's world compositing feature
- Tiles can be called whatever they want, and include whatever they want, but for simplicity's sake, DTG setup a few tile categories:
- Track Tile (
TT) - Track Scenery Tile (
TS) - Scenery Tile (
ST) - Landscape Tile (
LT) - Scenario Scenery Tile (
SST)
- Track Tile (
- They have te following naming convention:
[TYPE]_x[x-offset]_y[y-offset]
¶ Setup
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To start out, navigate to the DLC's "Map" folder, should be directly under the DLC's root directory. Here you want to copy and open the existing level as shown. This level is not required in the final pak, but is required in editor to be able to see the necessary world compositing options in the tiles. |
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| Next up, go to the "Window" option above the UE4 Toolbar and enable "Levels", which we are going to need later on, and "World Settings" like this. |
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Now it is time to enable "World Composition". To do this, in the newly opened "World Settings" window, look under "World" for the tickbox with "Enable World Composition" next to it, and uncheck and recheck it. You'll get a message saying something like this:
Just hit ok and let the Editor do the work. |
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Now, you could theoretically already start loading tiles, but there is an annoying bug with the Navigation System for NPCs which will slow down the Editor if the system is not fully disabled. To do this expand the Advanced section on the “World” category you just cycled World Composition in and change the "Generic Navigation System Config” to “Null Nav Sys Config” |
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¶ Loading
Now we are ready to load tiles. In the "Levels" window we opened earlier you can expand the DLC name + Map (e.g. MunichAugsburgMap) entry (don't open it, if you accidentaly do: right-click → Unload) and double-click on a tile to load it. But beware of a few things:
- If you load too many tiles your PC will catch fire
- On routes with newer technologies loading TS or TT tiles can crash the Editor. So try removing anything from the "RailNetwork" folder that is not strictly required. (Munich - Augsburg which I've been using as a example works 100% fine out of the box)
Now you probably want to get to where all the scenery is, to do so double click on a object in the World Outliner to fly over to it.
I also recomend to use the search field of the World Outliner to search for "AudioInterior" and to then click and drag on all the eyes to disable some black boxes which, guess what, mark interiors for audio mixing. You also want to do the same with "Collision" to get rid of the invisible walls which actually are not invisible, but solid black, in the Editor.
¶ And you're done!
You can utilise the loaded route to...
- get Ribbon Range Refrences through
NetworkRenderProxyActor's inheretedNetworkRenderComponent_0s in Track Scenery Tiles - use Track Tiles to get marker dropdowns in Scenary Designer Assets and custom Timetables
- or just use the loaded route as a refrence for placing scenery in custom tiles