Frequently asked questions

Wayline Studio is a modern map editor for OMSI 2, the bus simulator. You can open existing maps or start new ones, draw roads and junctions, build roundabouts, shape AI traffic paths, create bus routes and timetables, place scenery, and export your work as a map OMSI can load.

Yes. Wayline Studio is free to download and use. It's open-source software under the GNU Affero General Public Licence v3. See Licence & credits.

No. It's an in-development build and you should expect bugs. Keep backups of anything you care about. Wayline never overwrites the original map, but it's still good practice.

No. Wayline Studio is an independent fan project. It isn't affiliated with, endorsed by or supported by the developers or publishers of OMSI 2. OMSI 2 isn't included and must be bought separately.

Wayline Studio is a derivative of Tiegertosch's open-source OMSI MapWorks (Omsi-2-Mapforger), released under the same AGPL-3.0 licence. Wayline adds its own roundabout editor, junction rework, Team Create, route editing, UK-focused defaults and much more. It isn't an official MapWorks release. Full credits are on the licence page.

Because a lot of us build British maps. That's why roundabouts default to clockwise, pavements get UK-style dropped kerbs, road generation checks OS Open Roads in Great Britain, and there are Ordnance Survey maps and terrain options built in.

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), an installed copy of OMSI 2, and a graphics card that can run Unity 6 games. You only need an internet connection for satellite imagery, terrain heights, road generation and Team Create.

No. It installs just for your Windows user, so no admin prompt appears.

The setup isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen doesn't recognise it. Click More info → Run anyway. To be sure the file hasn't been altered, compare its SHA-256 checksum with the one on the download page. More help.

Download the newest setup from the download page and run it. It installs over the old version, and your projects and settings are kept. Don't accept update offers inside the editor in testing builds. They point at the upstream project.

Go to Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps, choose Wayline Studio and select Uninstall. Your projects and maps stay.

Not officially. It's built for Windows, like OMSI 2 itself.

No. Edits go into a Wayline project and export to a separate map folder. The original map is never edited in place.

Yes. Choose New map. It doesn't need a template or a global.cfg, and you can add tiles as it grows.

Yes. Place the map on the Earth in Satellite and terrain and lay pictures over the tiles. Esri World Imagery and official orthophotos need no key. Mapbox, MapTiler and Ordnance Survey maps work with your own key. You can even generate a tile's roads from OpenStreetMap. How.

No. Esri imagery, orthophotos, AWS terrain tiles and OpenStreetMap data need no key. Keys are optional, for providers like Mapbox, MapTiler or the OS Data Hub, and many have free tiers.

Yes. Wayline reads everything installed in your OMSI 2 folder. Hide DLC objects helps you avoid add-on content other players might not own.

Yes. Zip up an .x or .o3d model with its textures, or a complete OMSI object folder, and use Import your own object (.zip)…. Full guide.

Start your road outside the main road and finish on it, with Make junctions on. Wayline cuts the road and builds an OMSI junction with AI paths. Details.

Make a T junction, then draw the opposite road onto the junction, anywhere on it out to the ends of its arms. It becomes a four-way junction. Details.

Since 2.9.1, the junction sits exactly where you joined the road, and its main arms follow the road's course, so this should be much rarer. If you still see it, give the approach a little more room, or split the road with N nearer the junction. Please report it with a screenshot.

Draw your road onto the ring. The roundabout rebuilds with your new entry exactly where you clicked. For full control, use the roundabout editor. Details.

Yes. Edit → Roundabout editor…, click the ring, then add, drag and turn entries, or press Line up with nearby roads. Apply builds it in one undo step. Guide.

Yes, by default, as in the UK. You can switch the direction when placing one.

Yes. In the Lanes tool (L), drag the small circle in the middle of the turn outwards to make it wider. How.

Yes. The road builder lets you put a road together from lanes, including bus lanes, cycle lanes, parking, pavements and medians, and save it as a real OMSI spline. Guide.

Yes. The Route builder places stops, draws the route between them and writes the line, trip and departures into the map's timetable. Guide.

Yes. Pick any stop sign or shelter from your installation, or use any object you've chosen in Objects. Details.

Yes. Load any trip from the map's timetable under Edit existing route, change it and save it in place, or delete it. Details.

Live multiplayer map editing. Several people edit one map at once, and changes appear for everyone in about a second. Read more.

Only people who have your invite code. Only share it with people you trust. Creating a team project is at your own risk during testing. As the owner, you can kick, ban, or generate a new code at any time.

Your password itself is never stored. The server keeps only a salted PBKDF2-SHA256 hash. Login tokens are also stored only as hashes and expire after 30 days. Details.

Not yet. Password reset and email verification aren't available during testing. Your email address is stored, so these features can be added later without you needing a new account.

It's private during testing and isn't published. Testers get builds that already know where to connect.

Changes are merged per tile. If two people save the same tile within the same second, the later save wins for that tile. Different tiles never conflict.

Your maps are your own work. But if they use third-party scenery or road types, you must follow each author's terms. Some creators don't allow redistribution.

Wayline Studio is licensed under AGPL-3.0, so you're entitled to its source code. See Licence & credits for how to request it.

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