Headlight issue on some engines

[bprice]

Some engines have an unusual headlight effect in OR. Most of the issues seems to be related to a flashing light or rotating headlight but I have observed the issue on others as well.

This seems to have something with the specific parameters of the engine. Does anyone know what adjustments need to be made in the .eng file to resolve this?

[slipperman]

Hi bprice,
Well ... I think if you'd specified one or two of the locos which give this effect, you'd be more likely to get a sensible answer! And before you give just a loco type, please give the exact names of the relevant source files or, if they are from a payware route or loco pack, their full name/s.

Cheers,
Ged

[R. Steele]

I'm not so sure that's a light issue, there was an issue with the firebox throwing out a light at strange angles in steamers. I had one like that - orange - that would change as you revolved the camera around the loco.

Also some major changes were made to engine lights recently, diesels especially, do not know if it included steam lights.

But like slipperman says, more details, engine name (where to find if someone needs to) version of OR you're running, anything that can help someone diagnose what is going on.

If you can enlarge your screenshots - they are impossible to read.

[bprice]

Here is some more information. This screenshot below is of the SP 4449 (not sp4449_signal).

I do not consistently get this effect. In this particular run I started and everything was fine. Then I changed to the 1 view and when I returned to the 4 view it was as though the lights were detached from the engine. Further, the illumination seems to be much brighter than normal on the surrounding terrain.

The screenshot in the previous post is a UP 844. I could not get one of the 844's in my collection to duplicate this.

Thanks

[R. Steele]

I'm just not seeing that. Ran SP 4449 with OR X2739 and nothing like what you show? What version OR are you using?

[bprice]

I am using x2739

There seems to be an element of randomness with this issue. When I started the activity with the 4449 everything looked fine. After I changed views and then went back to the 4 view the problem appeared.

As far as the 4449 is concerned, I found another model in the FL that did not have the problem.

Thanks for the help.

[slipperman]

Hi bprice,
You only give tiny snippets of information!!

Please tell us exactly which download a) has the problem and b) the one which you found worked correctly.

There are several SP 4449s in the library and if we knew which has the problem and which doesn't, we could, very likely, sort out where the trouble lies. Anyone reading this thread in the future who has encountered the same problem will be in a much better position to correct it, if, indeed, it is an error. To me, the main usefulness of Forums, such as this, is to help other users!

Cheers,
Ged