OHM Spotlight Vessel

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Author: brianj

A "Spotlight" vessel that includes a "local lightsource".

Can be switched on/off and attached to other vessels.
User can set illumination intensity, range and light-cone spread during simulation.

Illumination colour and number of "flare" effects can be specified in the "spotlight.cfg" file.

"Easy Attach / Detach" function dialogue-box for quick attachment to parent vessel during simulation.

A basic 8" diameter spotlight mesh is included, together with a test scenario.

For Orbiter 2010-P1 (v.100830) and above.


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[Wishbone]

Brian! Great stuff! :tiphat: Night shift planetary operations are now feasible...

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Bugrep: the "spotlight" right now is quite isotropic - tested in LEO.

EDIT: I set the range to be 100 km, if that's any help.

 

[Salun]

*beak Palms* FINALLY! *goes to illuminate some shuttle launches and bases.

 

[Gerdih]

its possible to variate the power of the light?

 

[N_Molson]

Interesting, I'll try attaching it to a uMMU as soon as I get a little free time...

 

[BrianJ]

Bugrep: the "spotlight" right now is quite isotropic - tested in LEO.

EDIT: I set the range to be 100 km, if that's any help.

Are you sure you are not confusing the "visual representation" (a "beacon", same as the DG has for a docking light) with the actual illumination?
The size of the beacon varies with the sqrt(range) - I'm assuming that a lamp that can illuminate objects 100km away is going to be quite BIG.

Here's what I get if I set the range to 100km (the illumination light cone remains the same but the "beacon" size is huge - which seems right to me,for a very large lamp It needs a "lighthouse.msh" to go with it.

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its possible to variate the power of the light?

No, only on or off - but I could add a "dimmer switch" if people need it

 

[Scruce]

Needs to be brighter...

 

[mateusiak22]

The light is not visible Shuttle Fleet payloads bay cam
Please similar control as in URMS by kulch and Attach anywhere, rotate in any direction, etc.

 

[n122vu]

Needs to be brighter...

Agreed. Need to be able to make smaller lights have more oomph, but for a beta, works great.

 

[C3PO]

Please similar control as in URMS by kulch and Attach anywhere, rotate in any direction, etc.

If you want those functions, they need to be coded into the "parent" vessel.

[ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4778"]This[/ame] can be used as a remote switch, but you need to switch focus to change range or angle.

 

[Kyle]

Game crashes for me

>>> ERROR: Missing texture: piattkenya\soppad.dds
>>> [TextureManager::AcquireTexture | .\Texture.cpp | 750]
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>>> ERROR: Missing texture: piattkenya\soppad.dds
>>> [TextureManager::AcquireTexture | .\Texture.cpp | 750]
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>>> WARNING: Obsolete API function used: oapiGetStationCount
At least one active module is accessing an obsolete interface function.
Addons which rely on obsolete functions may not be compatible with
future versions of Orbiter.
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[Loru]

this is great - at last night launches will look great.

5 stars!

 

[Donamy]

I get a crash every other time I run it. Weird !!!

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Following Loru's example... but in this case it was mounted to Kev 33's HS-3. I think you open up a whole new case of "Awesome" with this add-on.

 

[n122vu]

I'll join this party...

Working on lighting the default Atlantis on the pad. Visual artifacts are being caused by the failing video card on my old T42.

**EDIT** Added another shot with more lights.

 

[Donamy]

I would like to humbly ask for a dimmer switch. :blush:

Also, is color a possibility?

 

[BrianJ]

Thanks to all for the reports/suggestions.

I would like to humbly ask for a dimmer switch. :blush:

Also, is color a possibility?

No problem - it shall be so

Are you still getting the "occasional CTD" problem? I can't make it break
on my installation.

I think I may also change the "attentuation" parameters so the illumination doesn't diminish so quickly with distance (it'll be brighter towards the limits of the range)

I don't think I'm going to get into rotations/animations,etc as that would tie it down to a specific mesh.

I'll give it a go later today.

Cheers,
Brian

 

[Donamy]

Sounds great Brian. I agree with you, animation is not needed. On the second question, is color a possibility ?

I see so much potential for this.

Oh, BTW, how many lights can there be in a scenario ?

 

[DaveS]

Oh, BTW, how many lights can there be in a scenario ?

This is a graphics client limitation. The default DX7 engine can handle a maximum of 8 active lights. Jarmonik's D3D9Client can by default handle 12.

 

[BrianJ]

On the second question, is color a possibility ?

I see so much potential for this.

Oh, BTW, how many lights can there be in a scenario ?

Yes, "set colour" - no problem.

DaveS - thanks, I really should put a caveat in the readme about the limitation on number of light sources.

ATB,
Brian