The Role Of The MiddleCar_ And Of The LinkCar_

First to be shown is the configuration that results when we create a WagenDaten_ including models for all the Car_ types except for the LinkCar_.  You’ll note that in this train are all five car types in the order in which they appear in the WagenDaten_.

We’ve now increased the number of MiddleCar_s to three to demonstrate how the game engine adds them to each train. The MiddleCar_ is the only one that duplicates to make up the number of cars required in the train by the gamer in RCT3.

Returning to the WagenDaten_ we’ve added a model for the LinkCar_. Observe how it appears in between all the other cars on the track.

This would be a great effect if your train was, say, horse & carriage themed. The front car could be the locomotor carriage, the LinkCar_s could each be an identical horse, and the SecondCar_, MiddleCar_, PenultimateCar_, and the RearCar_ could each be a different type of carriage with all of these being pulled by each horse LinkCar_.

Plainly the link car has been set up in this way by the game developers for use with the native link connector bogie (Special Car type Link & Special Car type LongLink). Unfortunately it’s not possible to use CTR Creator to include the native link bogies nor are we able to create custom bogies that resemble car links.

The number of MiddleCar_s has again been increased to three. As you see, a LinkCar_ has appeared between each of the additional cars and from the front of the train to its rear there is a link car in between each of the other cars. This happens regardless of car type or how many additional Car_s are added to the train.