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User mods, screenshots & videos => Other => Topic started by: fly77 on December 11, 2018, 11:13:31 am
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Most recent updated version at the end of the post
As a passionate flightsimmer I found that what was missing in outerra are runway lights.
While it has been already done by langedon https://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=2705.msg38796#msg38796 (https://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=2705.msg38796#msg38796
While) I found his mod was somewhat difficult to place correctly on many runways, especially those that are not really level. Also javascript needs to be edited to adapt it to different runway widths and lengths.
Here is an alternative solution : it is a set of individual tarmac-lights, red, yellow, white and blue colored that can be placed in the scenery editor at will on any runway (or for the matter of fact everywhere you like as coloured lamps) to "assemble" any runway lighting system...with the only limitation that the number of light used should be limited in number possibly below 50-100 depending on the system you have.
download from here
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8tcuv3ve95qf7m4/AACaetxaVIGtRkvkwiyIv4hLa?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8tcuv3ve95qf7m4/AACaetxaVIGtRkvkwiyIv4hLa?dl=0)
here a demonstrative video of what you can do with the lights. Unfortunately I do not understand which colors need to be placed in which location and so this is only for demonstrative purposes
https://vimeo.com/305764315
instructions:
install by clicking on the "tarmac-light.otx" file.
To use the light open the scenery editor inside outerra pressing F7 key
Under "assets" search for "tarmac-light" drag and drop the lamp of desired colour to the desired location in the scenery and manipulate in the usual way
as for placing buildings and other objects to orient and adjust the height. Close the scenery editor.
In "ufo mode" go near to a lamp that you have placed.
To switch on a lamp you need to go "inside" it.
This is because lamps are using the vehicle script and thus behave as vehicles except that they don't move.
To enter the lamp go near to the pole. Press "enter". The lamp normally will have switched on.
If not it is because you have approach the lamp from the wrong direction and/or are too near or too far.You need to practice.
exit the lamp pressing the "enter" key as you do normally for exiting vehicles
press key "J" to increase light intensity
press key "K" to decrease light intensity
To switch the lamp off again: enter the lamp once again then press L. the lamp will switch off
eventually by pressing L again the lamp will switch on again if desired
exit the lamp pressing pressing the "enter" key.
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if many lamps have been placed in the scenery editor, once they have been switched on individually as described above
they can subsequently be switched on or off alltogether by just entering one of them.
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it looks good, very funny ... with these things we can guide ourselves at night and land ...
Thank you
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Thanks. This is of course only the starting version for runway lights. Maybe I should add some flashing lights as well and bidirection red green lights like this. Also shape of lights probably is different from what I did. My only fear is that framerate drops a lot as you place more and more lights. I will try and see if I can make emissive textures. At the moment I don't know how to do them. Any help is welcome !
(https://sites.google.com/site/atsys2ay1516te01team5/_/rsrc/1472850118432/technical-specification/systems/airport-lights/Screen%20Shot%202016-01-29%20at%209.50.55%20PM.png)
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Added green light as well..redownload from above. Not directional so far.
(https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AARAATs3Yn66wjTw6QZ_hQv0sXm7FVfanAPuUP5wWieeUDjj_nNM4apVujL9R7BQtSJtkKBoMzJKUcrJvfSqDN4KjbPn7J1f2046VkOQV2IwEEPt0BLAspXEkmIly2ix-rQOsqucsY-E7RWrjuMCdel5sBD3vl5zhBX7FX3raVSr1jLuavXikpR-2xTqFDGGW-9FD1IXt_OQ0ik8-S_P4DHhcKGbV2OjQdia1v3O5Iz5mziG9OVk-M5-FJfbGfVtl4E/p.jpeg?size=2048x1536&size_mode=3)
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the lights in this individual way also give a lot of play, since you can use them for different landscapes.
for example.
https://youtu.be/W2XomhASKC0
to enjoy it better you can click to the right of the youtube video where it says zoom, that is, press F
;)
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Great use of the lights! Cape canaveral seems the right place for such "futuristic" lighting.😉
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Added light intensity regulation:
press key "J" to increase light intensity
press key "K" to decrease light intensity
redownload from above
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airport lighting " Bora Bora "
https://youtu.be/HXJPnMIODNg
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Emissive runway lighting system
After familiarization with emissive textures I found that they are well suited for runway lighting in outerra. In comparison with "vehicle-script-based" spot-lights or point-lights they have several important advantages: first you can place as many as you like without killing the framerate, second once placed in the scenery editor they light up automatically in the dark without needing the user to switch them on.
A set of elements that can be used to adapt to any runway, taxiway by placing them in the scenery editor can be downloaded from here:
Download from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jowm1cz3sfiezir/AADj1JdDMGptyM9ymblAdv8wa?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jowm1cz3sfiezir/AADj1JdDMGptyM9ymblAdv8wa?dl=0)
Elements so far comprise the basic lights to assemble runway lighting systems
- runway end lights (red/green): bidirectional red/green: red indicating runway end, green indicating start of runway
- runway edge lights (white): short and long segments of lights to adapt to runway. Avoid placing lights across taxiways as they will collide with taxing airplanes, use long and short segments placed to avoid taxiways entry/exits on runway
- taxiway lights (blue): long (for straight paths) and short segments (for curves)
In the future I will add some more colors (yellow and red ones) as well as possibly a sequence flashing light to better indicate the runway direction to landing planes
Here is a demonstrative video (note that the runway edge lights and some colors do not respect the final version which is improved with respect to the video, see photo below)
https://vimeo.com/307562818
(https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thumb/AARXPkI0059peuXguRpm31xsK-J8XT6J7HtXFAMicr_uA88hgGBLSN_azeugUYSvskzYjJM1Rz4N8qWayviKdRXrtWjl-iIq_C0kLm16xGWf-HENrUesIqiftdYeknSBRnnpA060EU_q1dltFExA2SmAGv3iJLRInvzWU-uHW-tYhtHMrtk6pVgDRMeVaenf5i6fapORB7k9JY0Iu_EVYO9e-Rnk2SxHJbd3l6BDPBWws2bZMiKsmnWd-g52PvLmVos/p.jpeg?size=2048x1536&size_mode=3)
download the following self-installing files and click each one to install it one by one
runway-end-lights.otx
runway-edge-long.otx
runway-edge-short.otx
taxiway-edge-long.otx
taxiway-edge-short.otx
open scenery editor (key F7)
under assets search for "light"
you will see different icons that represent the above 5 types of lights.
Place as usual in the scenery along the runway and taxiways rotating and adjusting height as needed.
For runway endlights it might be apropriate to level the terrain under the light after placement.
Lights will automatically illuminate in the dark as they are build using emissive textures.
A short instructive video of how to rapidly set-up runway lights is here
https://vimeo.com/307566226
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well done fly77. Congratulations. you are a persistent and constant person until you achieve your objectives ..
Thank you very much for your time, and for sharing this magnificent work, was something that was missing in ourterra ,,
I was thinking if this system is also valid for lampposts?
:)
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Thanks aWac9! Yes i like to take things to a point where they are useable at least to some degree. For the sake of enjoying outerra nights at some location the emissive lights are good enough. It still requires some time to set up in the scenery editor and i hope next version of outerra will also come with inbuilt runway lights for all airports. About applying emissive textures to streetlights as you can see from my streetlight post it works but in that case i think the fact that emmissive textures don't illuminate actually anything around them makes less sense and indeed the vehicle script based point lights look much better. I am curious if and how the next version of outerra will include streetlights. Anyway as above all i enjoy experimenting a lot maybe there is still a way to illuminate at least the road with emissive textures. For the moment unfortunately i don't know the answer yet.
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oOha! :o Looks cool, congratulations!
:)
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Happy you like it.😊
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Added yellow runway edge lights for some runway categories
Added red runway approach lights
(https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AABWKq9STO-B1ceJNzgc0PmRlVghGO09pSqxJgMj8ZqyNQ/12/360995529/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/9/yellow-red-lights.jpg/ELu96usCGJExIAcoBw/BNRGLFLRZbB-_dEr1l1rlVxnhEx2J39Q-H4pL6kd7mRK-SVeq3QcbbGwqxtwQQ0qbXJQCK0OqIgh8yTtVJruFPcTlyer-d2BLotQTlBIk0leki0TQSXiJYZyY17eVNbRz34?size=512x512&size_mode=2)
files
runway-edge-short-yellow.otx
runway-edge-long-yellow.otx
runway-approach-short-red.otx
runway-approach-long-red.otx
redownload from here
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jowm1cz3sfiezir/AADj1JdDMGptyM9ymblAdv8wa?dl=0
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thanks fly77 super. The playwright Von Goethe always said that difficulties increase as one approaches the end.
:)
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"Alles ist schwierig, bevor es leicht wird".
Yes learning programming and even more so modelling outerra for me is still quite hard and not everything is possible. Also some limitations we have to accept and enjoy what we can get what is still a lot. ;)
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Example of runway illumination achievable with a combination of point-lights and emissive lights downloadable above
(https://photos-1.dropbox.com/t/2/AAD-GYIo3YKPyF0Dyf8QDXcj5QWVJ29xKojVDbHWdGm30w/12/360995529/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/9/runway.jpg/ELu96usCGJYxIAcoBw/BNTd8b0HwIx87vOVhyZl41C9d1UO8sRkfgFeCNmAC7zACDnzj7P60ILyz1hQvyF637QSCmd5tkfkIQbtcqbhC8oU3wwzW2LHot5E1h9XsGuet0rcu9n1eoF6B1EX4GPq9vY?size=512x512&size_mode=2)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hut155gphr0p5pk/runway.jpg?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/hut155gphr0p5pk/runway.jpg?dl=0)
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looks good :)
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A useful hint to improve visibility of the emissive runway lights from a greater distance is to change the "min object size" parameter in the outerra menu "graphics - settings". Makes the runway visible from a much greater distance !
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This question arose in some occasion and it is true that although by defect it left 5 I always have it to 2.5. least I think the game is slowed down.I think there was an Acetone post that talked about it, and it was because of the visibility of the trees.
I think this discussion should still be in Discord, but I do not remember.
I leave link
https://discord.gg/2cHzwrR
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Continuing in udating my previous mods, here is the tarmac light ugrade.
Compared to the previous version there is no need to switch it on, so its much easier to use.
Also it has a lower impact on framerate (so you can place more of them) and it is visible to larger distances.
As the previous version it comes in 5 colours: white, red, green, blue and yellow
needed to set-up a complete runway lighting system. For taxiway lights however better use my light-bulb mod..
download from here
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mVRpX6g4upHAI-isavjGknSipob4az9s?usp=sharing
installation:
for a clean installation remove the previous version of the tarmac light (if you have it installed)
by searching for package fly77/tarmac-light and delete the tarmac-light folder.
Then click on self-installing tarmac-lights.otx file
Any tarmac-light that you had previously placed in the scenery should thus be replaced by the new version.
use:
open the scenery editor by pressing F7 key
under "assets" search for tarmac-light. You will find a folder that contains the tarmac light in the five mentioned colors. Place in the scenery keeping the base cone at terrain level.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kM2VxRC0/runways.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/0rq2vQbn)
(https://i.postimg.cc/WtRcZHV1/placement.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xNPZDgqw)
(https://i.postimg.cc/QtvDJPbT/landing.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MM0gW9g6)
(https://i.postimg.cc/vH9cKRcX/house.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9rmm4nPq)
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Thank you very much fly ,, it is a huge time saver, since once you have them installed they will stay there forever ,,,,
Thank you
:)
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These lights were not the ones that turned on and off, with greater or lesser intensity, right?
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These lights were not the ones that turned on and off, with greater or lesser intensity, right?
Well, the old tarmac lights had the ability to change their luminosity...by pressing keys...not these new ones though. There is nevertheless a way to change their luminosity if you are not satisfied but for that you need to open the corresponding objdef file in fly77/tarmac-light folder and edit the line "parameters" : "colore:1, intens:2.0", ..change the value of intens.
But note that this will only affect luminosity when the lights are nearer than 300 m. It won't change appearance of these lights when the camera is farther away.
What you want to achieve ?
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I was referring to those lights that were blinking, on / off on / off ... and frequency control ,, faster ,,, slower ..
it's a shame to lose such magnificent fly77 jobs. it was a job very well done.
https://youtu.be/im7IBhl5KEU
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everything will come back (improved)....just be patient :)