Steam Kwg Dosto Cab Car Has High Beam Permanently Turned On

the 766 from Kassel-Würzburg has permanent highbeams which won't go off. flip the switch off? they stay on. turn off train lights? they stay on. turn the main headlight switch off? they stay on. cut the power? they stay on. they only go out when I do the final power removal: the battery.

 

CONFIRMED

Also broken on XBOX Series S

 

It's been like that since tsw3 released so not a new bug

 

Abandonware, don't expect any fixes.

 

so should we just not report anything if there won't be fixes anyways?

 

I sent a support ticket last night, and another one for your OHLE mast on Munich-Augsburg... doesn't hurt to keep sending the things, just in case they eventually get fixed.

 

I should start sending support tickets aswell... as I never did before, this is gonna be a joyride

 

As this is an AI unit, quick fix would be just to disable the spotlights completely via a mod.

 

it also presists on non-AI units, for a side note. Basically doesn't matter what it is or what it isn't, it's just there regardless. Menacingly.

 

It's not that easy anyway. Simply disabling the SpotlightComponent is easy - this removed the actual cast light. But the lamp texture must be removed also, as we can't modify the script. So you'd have to extract the according texture file and copy the unlit over the lit area.

As it's not something I need to drive (we have enough Dostos to choose from), I'll simply ignore it.

 

I wish I had your willpower because I can still see these things on Kassel-Würzburg and Maintalbahn as AI traffic, and it I T C H E S

 

Then let's work together. You make the texture and I'll pack it into a mod. I've already disabled the lights so they're not blinding me, it's just they appear to be lit.

I've not fiddled with extracting and cooking textures yet, so I need you to find the location of that headlight texture, and replace the area that represents the lit headlight with a copypaste selection of the unlit lamp.

We cannot avoid power going to that lamp, but we can virtually destroy it

 

say less

(I hope this is the correct one)

 

Where's the textures for the unlit lamps? If the same lit texture is used both for markers and highbeams, we're busted.

 

this?
it's part of something else but hold on a sec

 

I think it's on this mess somewhere


the file itself is too large

 

I recently today figured out how this headlight replacing thing works as I experienced it myself being low res for no reason on my EP for le certain vehicle:

all you need to do is replace the emissive textures, really. I did not go further as cooking is not a thing yet though so the rest is on you

 

I've used GodMode to turn them off, you can see how the texture looks.



Take your time. But I think it's the same light emissive texture used for marker and high beams (the first one you've posted) - so we'd kill both...

Btw, you could just cook a texture without any hassle via the standard UE4.26 editor (drag it there and just save, then put it in the correct plugin path and unrealpak it), not the TSW one? It's not a TSW specific data structure I guess.

 

don't really know what you need that for as doing the thing with the emissive texture I told you further about above is already enough but maybe I missed something so sure

 

I legit told you

 

Nice!! How come the black area in the first image was rendered as a light before? Alpha Channel? Or have you already posted an edited version?

 

I guess? don't know much about that. but it seems that black in texture equals nothing in-game so I think it does have to do with alpha channels.
responding to your edit (why you gotta keep editing man ) which first image now?

this one? because I just turned off the headlights (we know the high beams stays on which is seen here) and it's the left headlights from the cab car's view (explaining stuff sucks)

 

Was the first texture you posted the original? Because the 4th square was already black?? Which is why I thought square #3 was used for both lights.

 

no that was edited hold on

 

Then we're ready to make a mod.

 

this is the original (mind my cursor displaying that small info card rn lmao)

 

the issue is that whatever size the original texture is, the reimported one always shrinks down to 64x64. I don't think it's much of a problem here as the original texture is only twice the size of the size the bug causes, and it's almost all just a filled color for each light (unlike on the ICE 3 headlights which has thousands of little dots whereas it becomes problematic) so we should be good to go with that

 

Ok, I'll check UModel, paint that square black (listening to the Stones), and see if I can cook it in standard UE4.26. The RVV is already modded to not cast a lightcone (markers still do).

 

Which one is it?

 

T_Dostos_Emissive_BC, mind you may I ask what you're trying to do as I already sent you the edited texture?

 

Nevermind

 

I'm checking - mine is in DDS format. You mentioned something about reduced size when reimporting...

Having fun learning new stuff (did texture mods for TSC though, but not for UE)

 

reimporting into the editor. oddly it says the imported size is 128² (original size) but it displays at 64² which I cannot seem to fix...

 

I'll now install the UE4.26 editor and (try to) cook it there, then throw it into a mod.

 

do you think it'd work on my end with my extra plugin folders I made as it doesnt have the source content to refer to such as with the RVV parent classes etc... and the unofficial editor doesnt work anyways. or can I open the TS2Prototype.uproject with the normal editor and it works? as I never tried that

 

I have no idea. I avoid the TSW editor as it's too complicated (for me). I only need the cooked file, the rest can be done outside very quickly. It's just setting up the correct folders, throwing the uassets in and paking them.

 

you got some damn knowledge because I don't even get far here lmao

4.26.2 or 4.26-Chaos? yup saw your edit once again, silly

 

where/how may I ask do you do your pa(c)king? with what program?

 

It's no magic. Just setup a folder anywhere on your PC, create "TS2Prototype\Plugins\DLC\xyz\Content\View\Textures", move the cooked file there and pak it using the correct mounting point.

I'm using default Unrealpak.exe that comes with the editor.

So, it'll take some time till the editor's installed. Gonna take a walk outside. See you later or tomorrow when this mod is ready to hit the stores

 

don't forget to add me as a collaborator!!!1

and what about AssetRegistry.bin by the way?

 

Sure, that's a combined effort.

Empty AssetRegistry.bin next to "Content" folder is currently needed for texture mods, but not for pure blueprint modding any more since Winter Core Update.

Forgetting that will lead to the game freezing on splash screen.

 

whereas switching the headlight textures falls under that right?

 

Yes.

And that's all there is to it - so for your ICE Enhancement pack you do not need the TSW Editor at all - original UE4.26.2 will do unless you want to not just modify, but create additional variants.

 

my EP however contains more than just texture stuff you know that right or am I dumb once again

sorry for all this confusion I am just. confused myself.

 

No worries. We're learning as we're going. You gave me the push to dig into texture modding, so I'm thankful for this thread.



Cooking done:


Test - SUCCESS!

 

splendid

 

I will include this in my next CabCam mod update, but also release it separately as our collaboration.

 

sounds good. thanks and you're welcome equally for getting this issue fixed and getting you to texture modding as you said

 

https://www.trainsimcommunity.com/m...9-patches/i4319-tsw4-kwg-dosto-high-beams-fix

 

I feel famous bruh ok thats it for this thread then goodbye :applause: