LOTUS Content-Tool

• A

  • Adding Languages

• B

  • Building splines

  • Bus (streets vehicle): Importing and configuring

• C

  • Catenary elements

  • Configure and script couplings

  • Configure lights and light rooms

  • Configure multiplayer- and AI vehicles

  • Content Tool: Errors and their solution

  • Creating animations

  • Creating bogies and cars

• F

  • First aid: Footprint could not be created

  • First Aid: Lightsource is located outside of the vehicle

  • First Aid: My Sceneryobject casts no shadow

  • First Aid: Nighttextures for building are not working with the Complex-/Complex-Normal-Material

  • First Aid: Splitting folders / containers

  • First Aid: The lamp of the vehicle clips into the vehicle

• F (Sequel)

  • First Aid: The mesh is screwed after importing into LOTUS

  • First Aid: The Soundloop is not smooth

  • First aid: Vehicle becomes invisible in tight turns

  • First Aid: White edges when using transparent textures

  • First aid: Wrong render order

• H

  • Hints for vehicles

• I

  • Import your own rails into LOTUS

• L

  • Linear functions by the piece

• M

  • Material Properties

  • Material recommendations

  • Mesh animations

  • Mirrors with realtime reflections

  • Module objects

• P

  • Particle systems

  • PIS - Passenger information systems

• Q

  • Quality Guidelines for Payware vehicles

• R

  • Recommended way to build Sceneryobjects

  • Repaints / Texture change

• S

  • Scripting system

  • Setting up Ambient Occlusion

  • Sounds tool

  • Standard module slots

  • Standard script events and variables

  • System Scripting Variables and Events

• T

  • Timetables and disposition in the scripting system

  • Tutorial: Baking Ambient Occlusion textures with Blender

  • Tutorial: Sharp edges and smooth corners in Blender

• V

  • Vehicle constants

  • Visibility flags

• W

  • Writing and drawing on textures