Scenario Creation: Adding Non-Default Stock

[Kromaatikse]

So, you've downloaded a new loco or reskin or whatever from UKTS or Steam, and now you want to use it in your own scenarios. But for some reason you can't find it in your stock list.

Well, here's why: Railworks divides stock and scenery assets into categories. Most of the default stock - which came with your copy of Railworks - falls under the "Kuju/RailSimulator" category, which is selected by default in the default routes. Non-default stock and reskins (including Tornado and Flying Scotsman, which might have been bundled with your copy) are usually listed under the author's or publisher's name.



Above, you can see that I've loaded Castle Rock, and that the locomotive list stops after the SD40s (red arrow).

Click the category selector icon (yellow arrow, left) to reveal the selector panel (right). Choose the author from the drop-down menu and then tick the box corresponding to the addon you want.

Below, you can see that G-Trax' Southern Pacific GS-4 Sunlight - in various liveries - is now available after ticking the appropriate category.



The tricky part can be determining which category a given addon uses. Often this is detailed in the corresponding manual. Otherwise, you will need to explore. One specific gotcha is that the old RSDL Class 66 and 08 addons are under "RSDL/RailSimulator". RSDL later became RSC, and later addons from them are much more obvious in name.

[Kromaatikse]

There is a quirk with some third-party routes which, for reasons of loading time, avoid using any of the default assets at all. The best known of these are Glasgow Airport Rail Link (GARL) and Edinburgh-Glasgow (E-G). These routes come with their own captive rolling stock.

If you add extra stock, outside the captive set, to scenarios on these routes, then you must also make sure that the Kuju/RailSimulator category is selected using the above method. Otherwise you are very likely to have problems with couplings not working, passengers sitting on the roof, and so on. This is because most stock relies on the original Kuju assets being available.