All Five Car_s And The Minus Five Preset

For this next example we’ve again created a WagenDaten_ including models for all the Car_ types except for the LinkCar_.

Of course you’ve noticed that this time around we’ve managed to reduce the number of cars in the train to 1. yet in the previous slideshow where we created a 5 Car_ train, all 5 cars placed on the track. You’ll recall that there we were unable to reduce the original number of cars in that train although we were able to add additional MiddleCar_s.

We’ve managed it this time around by using a value of -5 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field and a value of -5 in  the CarCountPerTrainPreset field in the WagenDaten_. By lowering the car count with minus values we can reduce the car count on the track accordingly which results in 1 car on the track which in this example is the RearCar_.

What happens, though, if your RearCar_ model isn’t suitable for use on the front of the train? We’ll see in the next slideshow …

The same train is again shown in this image but instead of reducing the car count to 1 we reduced it to 2. Now there is a FrontCar_ and a RearCar_ on the track.

If we want to present our train to the gamer with these two cars to start we’d create our WagenDaten_ with a value of -4 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field and a value of -4 in  the CarCountPerTrainPreset field in the WagenDaten_. With these two values set like so the gamer will be unable to reduce the number of cars so as to get a train made up of only the RearCar_. Such values will ensure this train will always place with these two cars as a preset and these two cars as a minimum car count.

Let’s see what happens when we reduce both the aforementioned values to -3.

Now there’s a SecondCar_ along with the FrontCar_ and the RearCar_ displayed in the previous image. With our -3 values our train will appear on the track with these three cars and the gamer won’t be able to reduce the car count number to less than three.

If we wanted the gamer to have the option to reduce the car count number on this train to two cars we’d enter a value of -2 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field along with the value of -3 we’ve already entered into the CarCountPerTrainPreset field. That way the train would be called into existence on the track with these three cars displayed and the gamer could reduce the car count number to two if they wanted.

With a value of -2 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field and a value of -2 in  the CarCountPerTrainPreset field in the WagenDaten_, the PenultimateCar_ now makes an appearance.

Again, if we wanted the gamer to have the option to reduce the car count number on this train we’d enter a value of -3 or -4 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field along with the value of -2 we’ve already entered into the CarCountPerTrainPreset field.

Finally, with both the CarCountPerTrainMin field and the CarCountPerTrainPreset field each given a value of -1, the PenultimateCar_ now makes an appearance in our 5-cars display. This value of -1 will has given us all five of our cars. Of course we’d again put a lesser value in the CarCountPerTrainMin field so that the gamer could choose to reduce the car count.

You’ve probably noticed the minus values don’t exactly match the number of cars showing up in the trains in this demo: in fact these values as we should perceive them are off by one car. That’s because CTR Creator counts a single car on the track as zero cars.

In view of that, if we wanted the gamer to place all five cars in this demo train as a preset and we didn’t want them to be able to reduce the number of the cars on this track we’d have an easier time of it creating the WagenDaten_ with a value of 0 in the CarCountPerTrainMin field along with the value of 0 entered into the CarCountPerTrainPreset field.

We’d do that because in addition to CTR Creator counting a single car on the track as zero cars, it will also count all the Car_ types we entered into our WagenDaten_ as a single unit and will identify this unit in the the track’s Vehicles console as zero cars.

As expected, if we add three MiddleCar_s to the train we’ve used in this demonstration, they’ll appear where we’d expect to see them among the other cars in the train.