[YoRyan]

Another small feature I've been working on: Smooth on/off transitions for signal lamps. This works automatically for all lights on all kinds of signals. Below, I've attached animations showing before and after the patch. (Open the preview window to get them to play.)

If all looks good, I will submit a Trello request and GitHub PR.

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[R H Steele]

YoRyan, on 26 April 2020 - 09:35 AM, said:

Another small feature I've been working on: Smooth on/off transitions for signal lamps. This works automatically for all lights on all kinds of signals. Below, I've attached animations showing before and after the patch. (Open the preview window to get them to play.)

If all looks good, I will submit a Trello request and GitHub PR.

Elegant, nice work.

[longiron]

Very nice addition.

[ebnertra000]

I've been thinking about this a little bit too. (Big surprise, right?) Is it adjustable? LED lights are increasingly common, and have no transition phase that incandescent lights have

[R H Steele]

ebnertra000, on 26 April 2020 - 10:54 AM, said:

I've been thinking about this a little bit too. (Big surprise, right?) Is it adjustable? LED lights are increasingly common, and have no transition phase that incandescent lights have

Good point. Should be considered. Smooth Transition for incandescents though.

[YoRyan]

As of now it is not adjustable and hard-coded to 1/2-second transition times. Good point about LED lights.

How about an additional property in the sigcfg.dat file, like this?

LightsTab ( ...
	LightsTabEntry (
		"Red Light"
		colour ( 255 255 16 16 )
		OnOffTime ( 0.5 ) // or 0, 1, 1.5, etc.
	)
)

To be honest, it's such a nice effect that I'd like all signals to transition by default. ^_^

[R H Steele]

YoRyan, on 26 April 2020 - 11:21 AM, said:

As of now it is not adjustable and hard-coded to 1/2-second transition times. Good point about LED lights.

How about an additional property in the sigcfg.dat file, like this?

LightsTab ( ...
	LightsTabEntry (
		"Red Light"
		colour ( 255 255 16 16 )
		OnOffTime ( 0.5 ) // or 0, 1, 1.5, etc.
	)
)

To be honest, it's such a nice effect that I'd like all signals to transition by default. ^_^

This is WAY out of my experience, but aren't all the new OR parameters that modify or are added to existing MSTS files supposed to start with ORTS...or does that not apply to sigcfg.dat files...just asking?

[YoRyan]

If they are, I had no idea. Still the new guy here. :)

In summary - new sigcfg.dat property that defaults to 0.5 seconds.

[Csantucci]

Hi Ryan,
yes, all ORTS specific parameters are required to start with ORTS... you couldn't know that, but your learning curve is steep ;)
I also thought at leds, and so I agree in having a parameter to define transition time.

[YoRyan]

Okay, I propose that the new property be called "ORTSOnOffTime" and that it reside in the SignalType block, just like Kuju's SigFlashDuration:

SignalTypes ( ...
	SignalType ( "BNSF3Light"
		SignalFnType ( NORMAL )
		SignalLightTex ( "BNSF ltex" )
		SigFlashDuration ( 0.5 0.5 )
		ORTSOnOffTime ( 1.0 ) // in seconds
		...
	)
	...
)

Once again, defaulting to 0.5 seconds if not explicitly specified.