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## Purpose

This Appendix index page is a master Table of Contents page for reference material located only here in the Trainz Wikibook Pages. The cloned Official Reference pages with Added details is a separate TOC page.
    If you wish to contribute to clarifying the obtuseness of the N3V wiki, see Trainz/Project for guidelines or to post a question to Talk:Trainz/Project.
    One key expansion we will be having here are Route Tech Manuals, including:
* an author's guide to both historical reasons he invested so much time and effort into the Trainz kind map,
* a Driver's View Guided Tour, and perhaps most importantly;
* a detailed list of places and features about likely, possibly, or historic operations on the map written with the point of view (i.e. thinking in depth) about what sorts of things 'another person' would like to know as well (as he, the Creator, does) for writing a session.
Both the latter guides are to let the most people take advantage of the map, with the most fun. There are several advantages of an online map tech manual:
* Firstly, it's online and available by any communications device with a browser--hence multiple head computers, a nearby laptop or Pad computer or smart phone can access data while in the middle of running Surveyor, or Driver.
* With an external List of Sessions, each can be added to an index listing Sessions on the Route's Map on the DLS without any need for reusing or over using naming terms. When used, this index will support locating sessions for the maps Creator. While newer Trainz releases allow for longer names in menus and there were no limits to those in surveyor, there are even in TANE no way to check dependent assets that may reside on the DLS—especially those put up by a 3rd party, now that we have the trird Windows release with layers.

## References TOC notations

* By Column labels indent and/or indicate:
* • 'R'=reference pages, usually data or data type article pages, Set off Parent and Child types with 'P' and 'C' when it makes sense, indent the child under 'S' and so forth.or  • 'G' for general or guidelines
* • S is an amplifying sub-topic or data sub-type (defined-D or enumerated='E "Tags") such as a container in a container, while  • E is amplifying Examples or a sub-sub-data type, child types excluding those of config.txt INI files and it's TrainzBaseSpec should be listed under their parents in this table. If it gets cluttered, we can make a second alphabetical table later.
* By enumerated types, means tag values are predefined allowed values like category-region or category-class, versus defined type tags such as category-era entries.

## References TOC

| R | S | E | Page title as Link | Comments |
| R | | | ACS Text Format | Explains what is and is not allowed in Trainz string data. |
| | | | Built-In_Products, List of | List of over 1000 commodities you can customize your railcars to carry besides the basic types listed in kind product ((Click here)). |
| | E | T | category-class tag | |
| | E | | category-region tag | |
| | | | name | |
| | | | code build number | The unique Software build identifying precisely which release version, Service Packs, and other software updates are installed on a computer install. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | references | About Trainz Containers and TOC to such. |
| | | | Hotkeys,CM&CMP | Beginners cheat sheet — Lists Hotkeys active in Content Manager (CM). |
| | | | Hotkeys,Drivers | Beginners cheat sheet — Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Driver. |
| | | | HKeys-SUR | Beginners cheat sheet — Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Surveyor. |
| | | | Hotkeys,Drivers | Beginners cheat sheet — Lists Hotkeys active in Trainz Driver |
| | | | HKeys-WIN | Lists standard Windows Hotkeys active in Trainz editing, data manipulation and file management. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| T | | | Kinds | All the many KIND types directory and exposition |
| | | | references | Listing Article listing Trainz's file types, their extensions, and scope. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | Glossary | Comprehensive brief term definitions and reminders ; use {{TG}} to link. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | Mouse use | Beginners cheat sheet gives instructions on using mice in the various game modules. |
| | | | Notations | Beginners cheat sheet and auxiliary glossary gives Railroading expressions and terminology in the game, forums, and the real world. Alternative Railroading traditions and cultures use different terminology for the same things. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | references | TrainzMap was a utility which produced maps of Trainz Routes with many display options. It has become obsolete with the change in Map data model and architecture from TS2009 and up. |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | references | Comprehensive glossary and illustration of parts of a steam locomotive. |
| | | | .texture.txt files | Annotated expanded version of N3V's [.texture.txt File page]. texture.txt file, texture.txt files support Introductory material and intermediate How-to topics. |
| G | | | references | |
| | | | item TBDL | |
| | | | version number aka code build number | The unique Software build identifying precisely which release version, Service Packs, and other software updates are installed on a computer install. All such on all versions are in the lower RHS corner of the Main menu, or in newer releases, also the Launcher menu. |

## See also

* Check out related changes to see what the state of this book is.

## References TOC notations

* By Column labels indent and/or indicate:
* • 'R'=reference pages, usually data or data type article pages, Set off Parent and Child types with 'P' and 'C' when it makes sense, indent the child under 'S' and so forth.or  • 'G' for general or guidelines
* • S is an amplifying sub-topic or data sub-type (defined-D or enumerated='E "Tags") such as a container in a container, while  • E is amplifying Examples or a sub-sub-data type, child types excluding those of references Ini files and it's references should be listed under their parents in this table. If it gets cluttered, we can make a second alphabetical table later.
* By enumerated types, means tag values are predefined allowed values like category-region or category-class, versus defined type tags such as category-era entries.

### References TOC A—I

| S | E | Page title as Link | Comments |
| E | T | references | |
| | | item TBDL | |
| E | | references | |
| | | item TBDL | |
| | | item TBDL | |
| | | item TBDL | |
| | | item TBDL | |
| | | references | About Trainz Containers and TOC to such. |
| | | item TBDL | |

### References TOC J—M

| R | Page title as Link | Comments |
| T | Kinds | All the many KIND types directory and exposition |
| | item TBDL | |
| | item TBDL | |
| | Glossary | Comprehensive brief term definitions and reminders ; use {{TG}} to link. |
| | item TBDL | |
| | references | This is a comprehensive list of tags and containers, past and present put together by the user community to evaluate changes in the Trainz Data Definitions. |
| | item TBDL | |
| | references | Beginners cheat sheet |

### References TOC N—R

* Page title as Link
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### References TOC A—Z

| R | Page title as Link | Comments |
| | name tag | |
| G | Tips And Tricks | Tips And Tricks-route building |
| | item TBDL | |

## See also

* Check out related changes to see what the state of this book is.