SOLVED Working track lights

[luchian]

AC member NightEye (<thank you) gives a solution for working track lights. As I always seem to stumble upon the original post, and then forget it until I ask myself the question again, here it is as well:

Create a 'semaphore.ini' in your data folder.

[GROUPS]
DISQUALIFIED=0
READY=3
START=1

[COLOR]
INTENSITY=2.2

[OBJECT_0]
TYPE=1           ; 0=DISQUALIFIED 1=READY 2=START
NAME=AC_SEMAPHORE_RED
ORDER=0          ; it's the first of its set to be turned on

[OBJECT_1]
TYPE=1           ; 0=DISQUALIFIED 1=READY 2=START
NAME=AC_SEMAPHORE_RED
ORDER=1          ; it's the first of its set to be turned on

[OBJECT_1]
TYPE=1           ; 0=DISQUALIFIED 1=READY 2=START
NAME=AC_SEMAPHORE_RED
ORDER=2          ; it's the first of its set to be turned on

[OBJECT_2]
TYPE=2           ; 0=DISQUALIFIED 1=READY 2=START
NAME=AC_SEMAPHORE_GREEN
ORDER=0          ; it's the first of its set to be turned on

This will get you three red lights for 'ready (TYPE=1)' (first 1, then another one, and then another one; see ORDER=X) and green for 'start' (TYPE=2).
In order for any lights to show up you create an object and name it AC_SEMAPHORE_RED/_GREEN (I think any name would do the job as long as they correspond to NAME=X).

Personally, I didn't yet tried it, so let us know about your results .

 

[MacArnu]

Thought I'd share a semaphore system where I had 3 red lights lit up in a row, and then 3 green lights lit up at once on race start. The .ini file looks as following:

[GROUPS]
DISQUALIFIED=1
READY=3
START=3

[COLOR]
INTENSITY=2.2

[OBJECT_0]
TYPE=1           ; 0=DISQUALIFIED 1=READY 2=START
NAME=Semaphore_Red1
ORDER=0          ; it's the first of its set to be turned on

[OBJECT_1]
TYPE=1          
NAME=Semaphore_Red2
ORDER=1         

[OBJECT_2]
TYPE=1          
NAME=Semaphore_Red3
ORDER=2

[OBJECT_3]
TYPE=2          
NAME=Semaphore_Green1
ORDER=0         

[OBJECT_4]
TYPE=2          
NAME=Semaphore_Green2
ORDER=0         

[OBJECT_5]
TYPE=2          
NAME=Semaphore_Green3
ORDER=0

​

 

[MisterWink]

wooa cool .....is this only for . start light ? or for track lights and lamps ^^

 

[luchian]

This is intended to be used for start lights.
If however you wish to use it other lights/lamps you probably can, but they will be linked to the ready/start position (meaning they will be in state "red" in ready period and then switch to "green" state after race start).

 

[Pelukas]

Lo siento, estoy hablando de la línea de boxes, hace el trabajo ini? O es una ini separada.
Bandera azul claro o igual? Otra línea de ini? .
Ejemplo
TYPE=1
NAME = AC_SEMAPHORE_BLUE.

 

[DiME]

I tried every possible combination with lettering and ini files, nothing seems to work.
The code MacArnu posted worked, well.. (kind of)
The problem I am facing is that the light objects are always visible, they just get a bit brighter when the race starts,
I thought they would be completely transparent until they are turned on to give illusion of the light turning on?

Also what is startinglights.ini all about? saw it mentioned once in a guide but never here on the threads.

 

[fughettaboutit]

I tried every possible combination with lettering and ini files, nothing seems to work.
The code MacArnu posted worked, well.. (kind of)
The problem I am facing is that the light objects are always visible, they just get a bit brighter when the race starts,
I thought they would be completely transparent until they are turned on to give illusion of the light turning on?

Also what is startinglights.ini all about? saw it mentioned once in a guide but never here on the threads.

yes you make startlights gray and dark at creation time in ksEditor and in the texture

the color/glow will come from AC, when using
KS_START_LIGHT_... -> startinglights.ini
using any other name ->semaphore.ini

 

[fughettaboutit]

red bull ring: lights are a thing in front of the normal starting lights (some make it slightly transparent, but not here)