Is there a way to icrease how bright the view is when looking out the cab for the head light ...seems really dark and doesn't go far enough down the rails....i have rode many of freight trains in the cab at night and watch any video.....it is bright looking down the tracks...let me know ..plus i am workin on some activities...peace your local gothic railfan ricky
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In the eng. file of every engine under Lights. The first two entries are sphere of light for both head light bright and dim. You are looking for Radius and Angle. Radius increases or decreases the distance down the track. The higher the number, the farther it goes. Angle will increase or decrease how wide the sphere of light is. I use a radius of 300 for bright and 100 for dim. Below is what it looks like.
Lights ( 14
Light (
comment( Sphere of Lights Bright)
Type ( 1 )
Conditions (
Headlight ( 3 )
Unit ( 2 )
)
Cycle ( 0 )
FadeIn ( 0.5 )
FadeOut ( 0.5 )
States ( 1
State (
Duration ( 0.0 )
LightColour ( FFFFFFCA )
Position ( 0.0 3.0 5.0 )
Transition ( 0 )
Radius ( 300 )
Angle ( 60.0 )
)
)
)
Light (
Comment ( Sphere of lights Dim )
Type ( 1 )
Conditions (
Headlight ( 2 )
Unit ( 2 )
)
Cycle ( 0 )
FadeIn ( 0.5 )
FadeOut ( 0.5 )
States ( 1
State (
Duration ( 0.0 )
LightColour ( 40FFFFCA )
Position ( 0.0 3.3 7.0 )
Transition ( 0 )
Radius ( 100.0 )
Angle ( 45.0 )
)
)
)
Kenny -
thank you ...... got some modifying to do do...Comment
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I don't remember what .eng file that info came out of. It is obviously one I haven't modified yet. I normally set the radius at 300 bright and 100 dim. The angle at 25.0 bright and 17.5 to 18.5 dim. It seems like angle 60 on bright will light up 2 city blocks on each side of the tracks.
Kenny
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yea i noticed after modifying was like wow i ca nsee the deer a thousand feet into the woods lolComment
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Hi soo6059,
Instead of switching the headlight switch from dim to bright at night, you can use the TimeOfDay parameter.
TimeOfDay ( 1 ) = only come on if it's daytime, TimeOfDay ( 2 ) = only come on if it's nighttime.
You may find the Lights Tutorial, file ID 85983, useful
Cheers,
Ged
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