[Aimaar]

Indeed a great feature to have,
I wonder if we can have light casted on objects from the signals,
I mean, if green, red and yellow signals can cast there respective color lights on the objects that are nearby or passby.

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Aimaar

[Simon E]

Aimaar, on 19 November 2014 - 12:26 AM, said:

Indeed a great feature to have,
I wonder if we can have light casted on objects from the signals,
I mean, if green, red and yellow signals can cast there respective color lights on the objects that are nearby or passby.

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Aimaar

That would be a very nice feature

[ATW]

Just like headlight casting an shining which should cast beams in fog also.

[Rogue]

But it has to be considered that in reality the signal-lights are not strong enough to cast their shine on nearby objects.
The only shine (and this would even be a weak one) I could imagine is a reflection on the roof of the passing train and within fog.

[BasilP]

A light beam in the fog would be a nice effect.

[Csantucci]

Rogue, on 21 January 2015 - 05:28 AM, said:

But it has to be considered that in reality the signal-lights are not strong enough to cast their shine on nearby objects.
The only shine (and this would even be a weak one) I could imagine is a reflection on the roof of the passing train and within fog.

Look at the reflection on the left track catenary of the green signal (not visible in the picture) in front of the train :) (courtesy by Andrea De Berti, railway pictures Facebook group https://www.facebook...8278?fref=photo )

[Kazareh]

Now guys, I'm no programmer, I'll admit that now. So if this solution is ridiculously stupid? Sorry!

BUT, there is that issue of the signal glow turning into a sun basically, yeah? In theory, wouldn't it be possible to go into the code for the signal glow, and add a line that says 'LimitGlowRadius 2.1' or whatever vlaue is generally agreed to be a good 'max' ?

[roeter]

Some routes use signal textures which 'grow' by distance, in an attempt to create a similar effect as the signalglow is creating.
Using both these textures AND the signalglow means you have a double increase of the signal lights.
To get a normal effect, either use a normal texture (e.g. the default MSTS texture), or switch off the signal glow option.

Regards,
Rob Roeterdink

[Kazareh]

roeter, on 29 January 2015 - 08:55 AM, said:

Some routes use signal textures which 'grow' by distance, in an attempt to create a similar effect as the signalglow is creating.
Using both these textures AND the signalglow means you have a double increase of the signal lights.
To get a normal effect, either use a normal texture (e.g. the default MSTS texture), or switch off the signal glow option.

Regards,
Rob Roeterdink

Yes, I understand that. However my point is, is it not easier on the end user for the dev-team to edit the parameters of the Sig-Glow option, so that when enabled, signal glow does not exceed a certain radius? That is the point I am making.

[RRDiesel87]

The signal light glow is a great feature, is it possible to do the same with headlights on the locos?