Creator tool: getting started & requirements
Your complete starting point for prepared Creator Days and personal day replays: access, available features, requirements and a practical first recording.
In this article
What the Creator tool does
Film a prepared scene or a completed delivery day from a viewpoint of your own.
The Creator tool plays recorded journeys inside a 3D scene you can explore with the camera. Vehicles, stops and events belong to that recorded sequence. You decide which moment to view, which vehicle to follow and how to frame it. Pause, seek in either direction, slow the playback down and record the same moment repeatedly from different perspectives.
There are two entry points. Creator Days provide four ready-to-use scenes that require no earlier playthrough. A personal day replay comes from one of your own completed delivery days. Both use the same basic camera and playback system. The guided introduction and built-in controls reference belong to the prepared Creator Days area.
Access and the correct version
This handbook describes the Creator build available on 29 October 2026.
The Creator release was supplied as Demo 0.2.0 on the password-protected Steam branch named “creators”. The public demo was still on an older release at that time. Installing the public demo alone therefore does not guarantee that the clapperboard or every feature described here is available.
If you have received access, open the Cargo Tempo demo properties in Steam and find the game-version and beta settings. Enter the access password supplied to you separately, select “creators” and let Steam finish installing the update. Then launch the updated game. Keep that password out of videos, screenshots and public guides.
- First check that you launched the demo with the unlocked Creator branch selected.
- Allow pending updates to finish. An already running game does not automatically adopt newly installed files.
- If you need access, use the website contact page or the person who arranged your Creator access.
- Include the visible game version when asking for help. The same visible version number alone does not guarantee personal-replay compatibility.
Finding the two entry points
The clapperboard opens different material depending on the screen.
| Location | What opens | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Main menu: clapperboard | The four prepared Creator Days. | A build that includes Creator features. No completed run is required. |
| Pause menu: clapperboard | Prepared Creator Days, with a route back to your current game. | The current game phase must allow the transition. |
| Day result: clapperboard next to Continue | The replay of the day you just completed. | The automatic recording must have finished saving successfully. |
| Run summary: clapperboard beside its continuation action | The associated most recently completed day replay. | A successfully saved replay must be available. |
Opening the Creator area from an active game pauses that game. The Creator scene runs separately; leaving restores the previous view. The return action is labelled “Return to game” when you entered from a game and “Main menu” when you entered from the main menu. Switching between Creator scenes does not temporarily resume the original game.
A temporarily disabled pause-menu entry protects the transition during certain active operations. Finish the current operation and try again during a regular planning or delivery phase.
Your first recording, step by step
“The small loop” makes the entire workflow easy to learn with one vehicle.
- 1. Open the main-menu clapperboard and choose “View” on the small-loop scene.
- 2. Start the offered introduction, or skip it if you already know the controls. During the introduction, only actions needed for the current exercise are available.
- 3. Play and pause with Space. Find an interesting journey or stop on the timeline.
- 4. Double-click the vehicle row to bring it into view. Choose a perspective such as Bird’s-eye or Third Person.
- 5. Adjust distance and framing. Test with playback running so you can see whether turns and buildings obstruct your subject.
- 6. For a clean shot, switch road routes and house colours off separately. Then press H to hide the controls and vehicle numbers.
- 7. Start your external screen recording and play the desired section. The Creator tool does not include its own video exporter.
- 8. Press H to restore the interface, or Esc to pause and reveal it. Seek back to the beginning of your section for another take.
Requirements for each feature
A missing subject or a deliberately restricted action can explain behaviour that initially looks like a fault.
| Feature | Requirements and behaviour |
|---|---|
| Playback and seeking | The scene has finished loading; menus and modal help are closed. Seeking pauses playback. |
| Vehicle perspectives | A vehicle is selected and exists at the current replay time. |
| Free camera | Works without a selected vehicle. Manual movement takes control and releases a vehicle binding. |
| Rotate with vehicle | A currently available vehicle is selected. Cockpit already rotates with its vehicle, so the additional switch is hidden there. |
| Numbers, routes and house colours | The symbol columns affect all vehicles or one row. They do not remove the actual vehicle. |
| Opening a personal replay | The day has ended and saving completed successfully. An ongoing or interrupted recording is insufficient. |
| Guided introduction | The current task controls which keys and interface actions are permitted. Skip a step or end the introduction when needed. |
| Keyboard shortcuts | The game window has focus, and no text field or menu is intercepting input. |
Current scope and limits
Plan your production around the functions actually available in the interface.
Available features include prepared scenes, personal day replays, vehicle selection, five visible perspectives, free camera movement, vehicle binding, timeline navigation, playback speed, overlays, help, settings and feedback. Use these to show one journey from several angles or prepare clear explanations and quiet city shots.
The current interface does not offer MP4 or image-file export, a video-editing timeline, camera keyframes, a selectable portrait format, a scenario editor or an import dialog for other people’s replay files. Saved perspectives and a general browser for old replays are also not offered workflows in this version. Internal file-format support is not the same as an accessible interface feature.
The Creator tool itself does not establish a publication date or additional usage rights. If your access came with an embargo or specific arrangements, those apply separately. This technical handbook neither adds publication conditions nor grants additional permission.
Game version: October 29, 2026. Content and balance may change during development.