v.09 Headlight Issue

[kclark1454]

First off, kudos to the OR development team for their efforts. I've downloaded v0.9 and it's clear the team has been very busy fixing things.

I've got a situation where the headlight will not light on a rail car in OR, but it does light in MSTS. I've searched this forum and the previously identified issue with the 'penalty' setting is not the case, as it's not used in the ENG file.

The car in question is the Ohio River and Western Doodlebug in the File Library.

I'm including the lights portion of the ENG file.

Ken
Manassas, VA

Headlight.txt

[apco25]

What do you mean by won't light? The lenses don't glow or you don't get that dreadful sphere of light cast upon the ground during the day or night?

[kclark1454]

The lenses don't glow. See attached picture.

Ken

Headlight.jpg

[twpol]

Sorry, the penalty flag was implemented incorrectly in 0.9; it has been fixed since, so try out an experimental build and it should be working.

[kclark1454]

Hi James:

Thanks. I'll try out the experimental release and report back.

Just to confirm, even if there is no "penalty" entry in the Lights section of the ENG file, this will still cause a problem?

Ken

[mdeming]

Hi James:

Thanks. I'll try out the experimental release and report back.

Just to confirm, even if there is no "penalty" entry in the Lights section of the ENG file, this will still cause a problem?

Ken

No.

Removing the penalty flag solves the issue. Nut you ave to do that on each light or it wont work. Save yourself a LOT of effort and get the latest experimental version.

[kclark1454]

Hi James:

There are no 'penalty' entries in any of the light entries. So this cannot be a factor.

I tried the latest experimental release and the result are the same as v0.9.

Ken

[mdeming]

I have the same engine. The lights work fine for me in the latest exp version. I did tweak the colors to my taste tho.

[kclark1454]

I've done some more research. I tried another locomotive and the results are the same (i.e., the headlight does not light at all).

This leads me to think that although OR may be part of the problem, it may actually have to do with OR's interaction with my particular video card/driver. Or probably more correctly how my video card is responding to OR.

I'd love to have this resolved and would be more than willing to work with someone on the OR team. I have an IT background and am willing to install any type of debug or logging version of OR.

Ken
Manassas, VA

[rdamurphy]

First, what is your video card/driver?

Robert

[kclark1454]

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce GT 650M
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Type: Full Display Device
Approx Total Memory: 4,042 MB
Display Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

Main Driver: nvd3dumx.dll, nvwgf2umx.dll, nvwgf2
Version: 9.18.13.1100
Date: 1/11/2013 9:45:46 AM