I'm looking for more realism with this aspect. The current one has sharp edges in it and doesn't feel quite right.
It seems that OR needs a PNG not an ACE.
It seems that OR needs a PNG not an ACE.
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Better? Headlights way too tan. Like a pimped out rice burner on the streets of LA. Nothing in readme as to what else needs to be modified to counter the coloring effect.
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I seen it there and passed on the link, I use the original one that comes with OR, seems fine to me. Your shot is in daylight, but it doesn't look quite right. Maybe its in the coloring in the .eng file light section, I've fooled with mine some in the past.
The only thing I know how to do with a PM, is send a message. By the looks of that screenshot do you really want it.
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The LightColour ( ffFEDF93 ) statement controls the color of the light in a particular section.
It's all covered in the MSTS Tech Docs that can be found on MSTS Install Disk #1. Run the self extracting executable to unpack a library of MSTS Technical documents, one of which covers lighting.
I recall a chart in the file library detailing the values in the LightColour statement.
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Any other lightglow.png files that could be used? I can't become a member on ET, the forum gives me an HTTP error 500.Comment
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It's a generic error msg. No telling what causes it.Last edited by muskokaandtahoe; 10-20-2017, 13:18.Dave Nelson
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As to color of lights, there are umpteen hexidecimal color wheels available out on the web. Click on the color you want on one and it will give you the hexidecimal color number--e.g, ff00de. Put that in the last 6 digits of the LightColour definition. I believe the first two hexidecimal digits control the saturation of color in the 8-digit MSTS/OR LightColour definition.
As to prototype colors, most locomotives still use incandescent headlamps, which will give the yellowish glow shown in the screenshot (I agree that the screenshot headlight is a bit too yellowish/brownish). More and more, the various running lights on diesel locomotives are being replaced with LED lamps that have an almost icy bluish tint. Within a few years, you will likely see almost no incandescent running lights on locomotives. Believe it or not, one LED manufacturer calculates that replacing all the incandescent running lights with LED's on a locomotive can save almost $1,500 in fuel costs per year per locomotive, assuming a 24/7 duty cycle.Comment
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The first two digits of a hex color are its opacity, ff being as opaque as it can be. Usually dim lights have some degree of transparency to them, as do lights which are inherently faintComment
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Mike, Are you a member of elvastower forum? If so, would you like to download that file and upload elsewhere? I am trying to download but unable to do that.My favorite and the best aaa flashlight in the effective guide. Great lights and could be used as headlight too.Comment
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I have always thought that a nice experimental addition to OR would be to apply the same function to headlights as with signal lights. If the optioned is enabled the headlights would glow at a distance like the signal lights do.
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