lots of new lights

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:22 pm

whey hey getting into this lighting stuff now

done 3 engines so far

, i will soon drop a post explaining how to do ashpan glow but really its probably nothing much you didnt know how to do yourselves already

anyway here is the latest effort,

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damn another person to seek permission from

oh mr durose.......

simuk · Post by **simuk** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:28 pm

Just a quick question, and not related to the lighting effect - why do you need/use Hyperscan DX to take screencaptures, seeing as MSTS has built in screen capturing (by hitting the print screen key).

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 8:08 pm

dont really know, for some reason i just cant seem to take screen grabs in the usual manner

, very strange

Dan

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 10:38 pm

Looking excellent, esp the lit up smoke plume from the cab area. One point to mention - are you using the cheap and cheerful glow effect (which is simple for a graphics card to draw) or the much more video-intensive sphere of light effect? If the later then I'd suggest, like the old Airfix glue, use sparingly.

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Thu Jul 11, 2002 10:45 pm

saddletank
its the latter and as you suggest i try to keep use to a minimum

whats the other effect you mention?

Dan

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 12:18 am

sorry to keep asking questions

i s'pose i really should read those tech docs now

mikesimpson · Post by **mikesimpson** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 3:18 am

Hi Dan,

Many thanks for the K4 .eng file. I have uploaded a new version of that loco with your lighting effects.

Please note I made the following changes to your file:-

Under each of your lights, I put
Headlight ( 0 )
TimeOfDay ( 2 )

Thus it does not matter what setting you have the headlights at (the K4 did not have lights in any case), the scenic lighting automatically comes on if it is night time.

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 2:51 pm

oh right, ok that sounds much more sensible, i will probably do the same to my other models.

Thanks
Dan

saddletank · Post by **saddletank** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 3:39 pm

Dan, do please check that tech doc I mentioned. It covers all this and by setting the lights to come on in different conditions you can do lots with them. I think the loco lighting system is one of the areas that Kuju did something really well.

wookey · Post by **wookey** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 3:47 pm

ok will do......no honest

just havent had time yet really.

oh and ive said it before and ill say it again

... any one who wouldn't mind me producing an eng file for one of their engines please say so.

i will soon explain the workings of these lights but i have a little more to learn myself yet

Dan