Help with emergency light textures

[uk122]

Hi, I am trying to make a fire truck but can't figure out the graphic for the emergency lights. I think I have tried every combination lol.

I've attached the files I am using, as I understand it, he emergency lights are taken care of with the firetruck_c.png file the black is where the lights are. Set at 8 bit/256 colors (or should it be 24 bit)

It works in the game as a vehicle, but when the emergency lights should flash half the model flashes instead. Headlights and indicators are OK

Any help would be really appreciated and if possible a working example of how it should be done, Thanks in advance.

 

[Shroomblaze]

Well according to the Skylines Wiki it says...

• Sound, light and emergency effects are automatically inherited from the template and cannot be customized as of yet.

 

[uk122]

Hi Shroomblaze, yes I had seen that, but it also says that emergency lights need to be filename_c

"_c" suffix stands for the color texture (Mask) - 1 color channel mask specifying per pixel where the color variations can be applied.

ColorMask (Grayscale. White means that diffuse map is multiplied by a variable color. If the template has an emergency light effect, the color mask needs to be 0 in the areas that should light up and the color variations can only be used to modulate the color of the emergency lights)

I am guessing that by 0 they mean pure black?

This guy has made 2 great Fire trucks, http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=447073862&searchtext=

and his emergency lights work perfectly.

Thanks

 

[Shroomblaze]

Yes 0 means black but normally the lights are to do with the illumination mask not the color mask. Try saving those files as _i instead of _c... _C is to change the color of the car itself to another color using the color variations.

 

[uk122]

Hi, thanks again but unfortunately that didn't work. Tried with just the _i and just the _c and with both but nothing works. Exactly the same problem with an ambulance and police car I have been working on. Obviously something I am doing wrong (or not doing)

Think I'll just leave it to those who can LOL

 

[Stew2000]

I got it working with white (255) in _c as the area you want to flash.

 

[uk122]

Thanks Stew, I'll try that later.

Did you also use _i for the headlights, stop lights and indicators?

 

[uk122]

OK, tried it with white, black, made sure the grey is 50% (128) and it still didn't work.

Thanks to those that tried but I am giving up. (for now)

 

[Stew2000]

Lights are same as normal car, No need to change _i. _c is just black and white with all colour variants as white in the editor.

 

[uk122]

Thanks Stew, so it's all BLACK with white where the emergency lights are?, I'll try it later (after the F1 Grand Prix)

Thanks

(Nice work on those police cars btw)

 

[uk122]

Finally it WORKS..........Thanks a lot Stew making it all black with white where the lights are did the job, you won't believe how frustrating it was.

I also found out it doesn't seem to matter if its 256 colors (8 bit) or 16 million (24 bit) they both work (only file size)

Thanks again