MTR 4 for Custom Content/Trains Creator

This page documents some of the migration steps needed when loading MTR 3 custom content in MTR 4.

JS Scripting from the Nemo Transit Expansion is not implemented in the main mod, however there are 3rd party efforts such as Joban Client Mod which aims to re-implement the JS scripting feature from NTE.

You can also explore with the new Resource Pack Creator in MTR 4 and see whether similar effects can be achieved.

In MTR 3, a train refers to a single type of train, which can be dynamically fitted with any amount of carriage length depending on the siding length.

In MTR 4, the concept of a Train no longer exists. Instead we now have carriage (Vehicle car), where player can mixes different carriage together to form a train (consist). (Which, to the surprise of some, is actually how a train is made up in real life!)

• For MTR 4 loading legacy trains made for MTR 3, the MTR mod will try to detect and split your “Train” into several parts (e.g. Cab Forward, Trailer, Cab Backward)
• For the new MTR 4 format, you are suppose to define everything per-carriage instead of a single train.

To reflect the different transport types supported in the MTR mod, train are now referred as vehicle.

• Train which uses a base_train_type but without providing texture_id no longer has base train's texture applied (Only transparent train with bogie & gangway)
• Train which does not specify a valid gangway_connection_id (Or does not have it) can no longer walk between gangways like they can in MTR 3
• When specifying built-in MTR barrier/gangway/vehicle texture, replace textures/entity/* to textures/barrier, textures/gangway and textures/vehicle respectively, as they are now separated.

MTR 4 supports reading mtr_custom_resources.json in both MTR 3 and MTR 4 format.

However during migration period, you may run into a situation where some content are migrated to MTR 4, while others are not, but you want to fit them in to the same resource pack.

To that, MTR 4 supports an alias called mtr_custom_resources_pending_migration.json, which works effectively the same as the regular mtr_custom_resources.json.

This allows you to put MTR 3's custom resources into mtr_custom_resources_pending_migration.json, while using mtr_custom_resources.json for MTR 4 content.

• Custom Destination's CJK Ratio has been changed in MTR 4
  • Previously, -2.0 means English is bigger than Chinese, 0.0 for equal weight, 2.0 means Chinese is bigger than english
  • In MTR 4, this is changed to represent the scale CJK characters are rendered at:
    • Non-CJK characters always takes up a weight of 1.0
    • For example, assume we have the text English1|中文|English2.
      • If CJK Ratio is 2.5, this would mean English1 has a weight of 100%, 中文 has a weight of 250%, and English2 has a weight of 100%
      • If CJK Ratio is 0.1, this would mean English1 has a weight of 100%, 中文 has a weight of 10%, and English2 has a weight of 100%