Which Lighting Is Correct?

Discussion in 'Technical Reports' started by triznya.andras, Dec 19, 2020.

  1. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2019
    Messages:
    1,795
    Likes Received:
    2,174
    North Jersey Coast Line, Scenario 6, driving ALP-45DP on a winter morning.
    Which of these lightings are correct? What may have gone wrong, assuming it's bad now? Same computer, supposedly same settings, except for adaptive bloom being off as that was causing very awkward effects during nighttime scenarios. But it was only adding extra lo-fi lights.

    2017-03-18
    20170318175808_1.jpg
    2020-12-19
    20201219152517_1.jpg

    I assume it's overbright due to this shot at Newark being funny, too. NYPenn and some others are seemingly okay, at least sort of.
    20201219153915_1.jpg

    It's more of a weather specific thing, scenario 5 looks exactly the same as it did on my old screenshot.
     
  2. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2016
    Messages:
    8,421
    Likes Received:
    2,675
    It might be an update has change the Weather Settings for the route?
     
  3. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2019
    Messages:
    1,795
    Likes Received:
    2,174
    Possibly (change in weather settings).
    Might it be weather intensity? It seems to be a little foggier, too. The entire picture has a yellow hue, though, even the station lights are yellow. The strolling woman certainly agrees with the note that it's Summer.
    One of the Koblenz-Trier heavy rain scenarios was similar. Didn't photograph that due to the pouring rain. I just remember being pitch black during the last 30 minutes.

    Weather stuff may have changed over the years, yes. Maybe just the quick drive defaults, but those seem to have changed to the procedural clouds seen on newer routes, compared to earlier simple fog, or lack of lights. This is rain:
    20201123074733 - QD - DB Class 67 Royal Diamond.jpg

    By the way, the winter weather looks like this for me everywhere.
    I had a screenshot preceding this one by 5-10 minutes, Castle Rock, at Monument. It was so yellow I decided to ditch it.
    Is there potentially a file where I could verify the weather settings? Not just file verification, I run that regularly.
    20200912210228_1.jpg

    These are from a recent quick drive on Bristol-Exeter, 9am clear winter:
    20201204081036 - QD - DB Class 67 Diamond Jubilee.jpg

    20201204080958 - QD - DB Class 67 Diamond Jubilee.jpg
     
  4. 749006

    749006 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2016
    Messages:
    8,421
    Likes Received:
    2,675
    I just created a Bridgwater - Bristol Scenario to test what I got
    Start time was 09.00 in the Winter and the Sky is normal
    Screenshot_Bristol to Exeter_51.12860--2.99056_09-00-16.jpg
    The Scenario Weather is sourced from \railworks\Assets\Kuju\RailSimulatorCore\Weather
    Bri-Exe.jpg
    If the Weather files on your computer have got corrupted then it might explain the strange sky conditions

    Do you have the AP Weather Enhancement Pack installed?
    https://www.armstrongpowerhouse.com/enhancements/general/sky_weather_enhancement_pack
    I don't know if that might cause a problem?

    Peter
     
  5. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2019
    Messages:
    1,795
    Likes Received:
    2,174
    Thanks for the pointers! Did half of my research, I'll continue with it tomorrow.
    The NJT scenario uses this specific weather:
    RailWorks\Assets\DTG\NorthJerseyCoast\NorthJerseyCoastAssets.ap\Weather\3D Snowing.bin
    The files inside the ZIP have a timestamp of 2017-03-13 14:44.
    The ZIP itself has been updated on 2017-04-12 18:04. Which is later than my earlier scenario running.
    The MainContent.ap is 2016-08-04 18:46.
    The weather name 3D Snow is familiar, I think I used that for Castle Rock. Most likely from a different pack.
     
  6. triznya.andras

    triznya.andras Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2019
    Messages:
    1,795
    Likes Received:
    2,174
    Alright, so my current understanding is that this default / widespread 3D Snow is somehow funny.
    Also very visible by browsing the current popular screenshots, stevems posted a bunch using LNER HST and a Virgin HST on two distinct routes and they are all yellow. Example: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2323268265 [​IMG]
    Either the designer comes from a very smoky place, this being his sad experience of winter, or some numbers are messed up.
    ... Or it's the side effect of the new lighting system introduced with TS 2020 or maybe earlier.
     
  7. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 7, 2018
    Messages:
    4,180
    Likes Received:
    2,607
    Early mornings in winter are often that ridiculous yellow colour with the standard sky textures, so I'd say the second one is "correct".
     

Share This Page