Texture of light equip?

NeXoSE

Hi guys, here is a simple question: Where is the light texture setting? i want to change texture for some lights but i can’t found it in light_equip.ini or other place, is that is a hardcore setting?

NeXoSE

I got, the shine.tga.

TheDvDMan

If youre talking about the color, I think the INI can set it.
If you mean to the look itself, refer to planetflare.txm

NeXoSE

No DVD, That’s the shine in efx.txm….:)

? Offline

Changing the colours of the lights, making new ones and so on is a doddle and is all handled in the light_equip.ini. I have different coloured docking lights as an example plus a load of other custom ones i made.

As to the texture, don’t know tbh as i was happy with the ones on offer

NeXoSE

Gibbon wrote:
Changing the colours of the lights, making new ones and so on is a doddle and is all handled in the light_equip.ini. I have different coloured docking lights as an example plus a load of other custom ones i made.

As to the texture, don’t know tbh as i was happy with the ones on offer

Thank you for reply.

I know how change color Gibbon, and i want to change texture. Looks Freelancer’s light equipment related to ALE, and use texture in efx.txm, and the ALE i guess load in hardcore. So looks it’s no way to give different textrue to some light.

Gisteron

i doubt the texture is hardcoded directly into the program. there is for sure a reference to it and the texture itself is somewhere, too. its a matter of necessity whether you want to find it and change it or not (what is wrong about it anyway xD)

Moonhead

<slightly off-topic=“”>Never tried this, but wondered if… if it’s possible to create a huge pulsating light, and add it to a sun somehow, to mimic a flare star.

Has anyone ever established a max size for a light bulb?</slightly>

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Good question MH, think i’ll try that concept after i’ve made a new gas giant

NeXoSE

Moonhead wrote:
<slightly off-topic=“”>Never tried this, but wondered if… if it’s possible to create a huge pulsating light, and add it to a sun somehow, to mimic a flare star.

Has anyone ever established a max size for a light bulb?</slightly>

Pulsating light? It can be done. Just set blink_duration to a smaller number like this:
blink_duration = 0.100000

w0dk4

Gisteron wrote:
i doubt the texture is hardcoded directly into the program. there is for sure a reference to it and the texture itself is somewhere, too. its a matter of necessity whether you want to find it and change it or not (what is wrong about it anyway xD)

No, it seems like the shine.tga is indeed hardcoded.

Gisteron

w00t! increcible…
anyway if its just about replacing, you can make the ale just point to a different texture or make a duplicate ale that’d point there (if you want different shaped lights)… correct me, please, if i’m wrong, haven’t gone too deeply into lights mechanics. why should i - the ones available are pretty much enough for most purposes.

Xarian_Prime

Whist were on the topic of hard coded fx, anyone know the exact texure called for tractor beams… mine are broken bits of what they should be… hex edits aside… i just need to know what .txm/.tga combo im looking for

love that pulsing sun/light idea… got me thinking too