Tools

• A

  • Adding Languages

• B

  • Bridges (and tunnels)

  • Building splines

• C

  • Catenary elements

  • Configure and script couplings

  • Content Tool: Errors and their solution

  • Creating animations

  • Creating bogies and cars

• D

  • Detail textures

• E

  • Entrypoints

• F

  • First Aid: A polygon has a non proper height

  • First Aid: Are two Headwires/Railtracks connected correctly?

  • First Aid: Holes in the terrain

  • First Aid: It takes a while till the saving process starts

  • 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: Railtracks with a false height

• F (Sequel)

  • First Aid: Restoring a backup

  • First Aid: Splitting folders / containers

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

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

  • First Aid: The pantograph doesn't follow the catenary

  • First Aid: The Soundloop is not smooth

  • First Aid: White edges when using transparent textures

  • First Aid: Workshop items are not visible in the Map Editor

• H

  • Hints for vehicles

• I

  • Import your own rails into LOTUS

  • Install LOTUS Tools in Steam

• M

  • Map Editor Usage

  • Material Properties

  • Mesh animations

• P

  • PIS - Passenger information systems

  • Planet LOTUS

  • Planet-tiles reservation, changing and deleting

• Q

  • Quality Guidelines for Real Maps

• R

  • Recommended way to build a map

  • Recommended way to build Sceneryobjects

  • Routes, signals and electrical switches

• S

  • Scripting system

  • Setting up Ambient Occlusion

  • Sounds tool

  • System Scripting Variables and Events

• T

  • Template for the loading screen of a map

  • Train plans

  • Tutorial: Baking Ambient Occlusion textures with Blender

  • Tutorial: Lowered Curb

  • Tutorial: Sharp edges and smooth corners in Blender

  • Tutorial: Terrain + subgrades + railtracks

  • Tutorial: Transitioning between Normal and Flanged Rails

• V

  • Vehicle constants

  • Visibility flags

• W

  • Writing and drawing on textures