Lighting updates for default aircraft

[bambam101 5]

On 9/14/2020 at 11:23 AM, kdfw__ said:

Uwajimaya,

i have a panel flood light mod that can be merged with your external light mod, pm me if interested.

the flood is dimmable with the knob on top.

This would be awesome to have in the lighting mod!  The dash is waaaaaay too dark!!!

[David Roch 1,982]

Super job, thank you very much Uwajimaya!
👍

[ega 98]

5 hours ago, Uwajimaya said:

No, sorry. You'd have to manually update all the files. I'm happy to integrate with them down the road.

Many thanks for sharing your work!

About A320 flybywire mod: do we have to copy your LIGHT_A320_XXX.fx files and systems.cfg to the corresponding A32NX folders?

Thanks!

[RaptyrOne 1,412]

5 hours ago, ega said:

About A320 flybywire mod: do we have to copy your LIGHT_A320_XXX.fx files and systems.cfg to the corresponding A32NX folders?

I may be wrong but I believe this is now incorporated into the A32NX mod version 0.3.0. Just make sure you have the latest version of the mod and you are set.

[ega 98]

Thanks - I do have version 0.3.0.

[RobJC 2,069]

Just tried the 172. Very nice! 

[Uwajimaya 118]

2 hours ago, RaptyrOne said:

I may be wrong but I believe this is now incorporated into the A32NX mod version 0.3.0. Just make sure you have the latest version of the mod and you are set.

I'm afraid it's not yet part of the A32NX project yet, but I am working on a submission for it. Dunno yet if they actually want it 🙂 Moving my files over doesn't work because a) they have a different naming convention b) their systems.cfg file contains more than just lighting changes and c) you'd have to rebuild the layout.jason file

FYI - easiest way to avoid conflicts with other mods is to install mine and then go into Uwa light mods -> SimObjects -> Airplanes and delete the folder for the airplane in question. 

[Richard Sennett 2,499]

On 9/28/2020 at 12:36 PM, Uwajimaya said:

I'm afraid it's not yet part of the A32NX project yet, but I am working on a submission for it. Dunno yet if they actually want it 🙂 Moving my files over doesn't work because a) they have a different naming convention b) their systems.cfg file contains more than just lighting changes and c) you'd have to rebuild the layout.jason file

FYI - easiest way to avoid conflicts with other mods is to install mine and then go into Uwa light mods -> SimObjects -> Airplanes and delete the folder for the airplane in question. 

Ah I found yah 🙂 lucky you - repost here

I need your individual packs not all of them combined - I cant put the entire pack in community folder with the a320 flybywire mod installed sim crashes - I dumped your individual zips not knowing this was going to happen can I get individual zips ? for all your aircrafts with lighting fix - thanks much

[Uwajimaya 118]

Heya! Interesting, doesn't crash for me.. but that doesn't help you. (Make sure you got their latest version)

Although I'm not packing them individually anymore, there is an easy fix: Install my mod normally, then go to …\Packages\Community\Uwa light mod pack (v.X)\SimObjects\Airplanes. You can either delete the A320 folder OR, you can go into the A320 folder and rename the systems.cfg file to something else. That way, you can easily get the mod back by renaming it back to systems.cfg. Either way - no more conflict. And you can do this with any plane in my mod. Let me know how it goes.

 

Edited October 1, 2020 by Uwajimaya

[Will Fly For Cheese 1,710]

7 minutes ago, Uwajimaya said:

Heya! Interesting, doesn't crash for me.. but that doesn't help you. (Make sure you got their latest version)

Although I'm not packing them individually anymore, there is an easy fix: Install my mod normally, then go to …\Packages\Community\Uwa light mod pack (v.X)\SimObjects\Airplanes. You can either delete the A320 folder OR, you can go into the A320 folder and rename the systems.cfg file to something else. That way, you can easily get the mod back by renaming it back to systems.cfg. Either way - no more conflict. And you can do this with any plane in my mod. Let me know how it goes.

 

Hi Uwa,

Is your mod all working after the latest patch?

[Uwajimaya 118]

1 minute ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

Hi Uwa,

Is your mod all working after the latest patch?

 

Yessir, updated it on patch day.

[Will Fly For Cheese 1,710]

Just now, Uwajimaya said:

 

Yessir, updated it on patch day.

Fantastic. Great mod. Thank you very much for your time and efforts. It's really appreciated.

[flyinion 280]

On 9/30/2020 at 11:18 PM, Uwajimaya said:

Heya! Interesting, doesn't crash for me.. but that doesn't help you. (Make sure you got their latest version)

Although I'm not packing them individually anymore, there is an easy fix: Install my mod normally, then go to …\Packages\Community\Uwa light mod pack (v.X)\SimObjects\Airplanes. You can either delete the A320 folder OR, you can go into the A320 folder and rename the systems.cfg file to something else. That way, you can easily get the mod back by renaming it back to systems.cfg. Either way - no more conflict. And you can do this with any plane in my mod. Let me know how it goes.

 

Just a heads up.  Just deleting that folder doesn't work.  I had to yank all entries for the a320 from the layout.json and I removed the a320 effects files from the effects folders.  Otherwise the batteries on the a320 FBW mod wouldn't even turn on.  My best guess is if the mod causes a conflict with any other aircraft mods (CJ4 etc) as well that those would have to be removed in the same way to fix it.

[Uwajimaya 118]

Oh, very sorry about that. Can you tell me what mod version of mine you had? I'll see what I can do so deleting the folder does work as intended. (We ultimately need better mod support/a way to prioritize mods)

 

Updated: Son of a biscuit, I don't know what the heck I tested, but you are correct. Given the current state of mod and SDK support, the only option is for me to provide one mod package that includes all a/c, and packages for each a/c individually. Oy. Help me Obi Wan Asobo, you're my only hope.

Edited October 3, 2020 by Uwajimaya

[Uwajimaya 118]

Alrighty, thanks for the feedback everyone, please keep it coming.

Changed my mod structure - the download is still one file, but it contains each aircraft in its own folder.You can now easily modify or delete a single aircraft lighting mod without breaking the entire package. Also - added the X Cub, DR400, and Cap 10 (which turned out a lot more fun to fly than I expected!).
I have a couple more planes to go, then I'll start looking at cockpit lighting and integrating some of the relevant mods already available. Also noodling on making landing lights reflect in clouds without it looking like pea soup outside of clouds. Would be nice to have that effect.

https://uwajimaya.github.io/FS2020/