Syria Map and Streetlights

[jackd]

was trying to make a night mission for the Syria Map, Damascus, with a vehicle as player.

Noticed there were some working lamp-light poles on the airfield. Are there none for the city streets available?

Would be nice if you could use those working lampposts elsewhere too.

[draconus]

19 hours ago, jackd said:

Are there none for the city streets available?

No. You can only use these:

or some static vehicle lights, like LUV Tigr at night.

[jackd]

Thanks, better than nothing eh. Must look weird to fill the streets with 'em, permanent road works ..

[draconus]

Why not find the street that already have the light poles?

Otherwise bigger light poles are available in the Massun92's mod - lights pack:

https://massun92.gumroad.com/l/VTreS

Edited December 18, 2024 by draconus

[jackd]

Hi draconus, your earlier solution, only i miss for the vehicles, player and automated ai, that don't have at least head lights like in IL2 ...

Edited March 15 by jackd

[draconus]

2 hours ago, jackd said:

only i miss the vehicles, player and automativ Ai, don't haveat leats head lights

Only a few of them have lights. LUV Tigr and M92 vehicles.

[jackd]

https://massun92.gumroad.com/l/VTreS  

downloaded, installed according readme, but i had to create a folder first in saved games -mods - tech, to get it displayed in the installed modules game page.

As per instructions i cant find the content in the ME (according the read me). There's no statics - fortress category with the Syria map and Normandy at least.

Guess it must be that something has changed since the latest update of DCS. I emailed Massun92, eagerly awaiting.

I also experience problems with Combined Arms and player vehicles disappearing, could be my DCS files are not alright.

Thanks for the tip anyway  ..

 

[draconus]

Only install the M92 packs for the crew and lights. The vehicles and other stuff are already in the core DCS.

If you feel it's messed up remove the mods, run DCS repair and clean.

Edited December 21, 2024 by draconus

[jackd]

just did a full check, it's the same. must dive deeper in how to install especially the lights.

[jackd]

Rudel enlightened me, they work as intended, just light effects without hardware.

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, jackd said:

just light effects without hardware

 

That expression sounds a tad dismissive, while in my opinion Massun's lights are actually pretty useful, as the lights at many DCS airports do not actually cast light on objects placed by the user, for example:

 

 

You can see ... the aircraft is black in spite of being very near a lightower.

 

On these cases I add to that tower one of Massun's lights, to get this:

 

 

Unfortunately, they still do not cast light inside the cockpits, but at least the aircraft is being illuminated.

[Mapi]

but no  shadows?

[Rudel_chw]

9 minutes ago, Mapi said:

but no  shadows?

 

No, no shadows ... but, do you prefer the top picture?  an improvement is an improvement, wouldn't you say?

[Mapi]

vor 9 Stunden schrieb Rudel_chw:

 

No, no shadows ... but, do you prefer the top picture?  an improvement is an improvement, wouldn't you say?

Yes!

 

[jackd]

15 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

That expression sounds a tad dismissive, while in my opinion Massun's lights are actually pretty useful, as the lights at many DCS airports do not actually cast light on objects placed by the user, for example

Unfortunately, they still do not cast light inside the cockpits, but at least the aircraft is being illuminated.

Yep, excuses, it looks as it should. Only i was going for streetlights ... my bad.

[Rudel_chw]

5 hours ago, jackd said:

Only i was going for streetlights

 

The VPC Airfield objects mod includes a streetlight post, in case it fits your need:

 

 

[jackd]

Looks perfect !

[jackd]

Just got it going with your fixed VPC 0.9.6 mod: (posted elsewhere too)