F and E lower headlight upgrade

[KCJones]

https://www.humyo.com/QbMmM/RailSimulator/F-E_lowerheadlight_ug/F_E-lower-headlight_ug.zip?a=JWDOwnUNpXU

Use this link for the lower headlight upgrade.

Dick

[MadMike1024]

https://www.humyo.com/QbMmM/RailSimulator/F-E_lowerheadlight_ug/F_E-lower-headlight_ug.zip?a=JWDOwnUNpXU

Use this link for the lower headlight upgrade.

Dick

Thank you! Now to see if I can create patch files for my SP stuff...

[MadMike1024]

Well, great success with the F series, not so much with the E series. I installed the files in the default FLC folder, and it doesn't even draw the second light. I went back to another loco I'd done with two lights that worked, put in the new code, and the second light vanished there as well even with the paths corrected in the .Bin.

A real step ahead, I made a two lobe Light01 graphic for the double sealed beam bottom light on one F7 and it looks great.

[KCJones]

Did you note the positioning of the lower headlight on the E7 in the bin file as I used the F7 shape file as the basis for all the lower headlights.

For the F3, F7 and F9 it is set at 0.0000 For the FT, as it is shorter it is set at -0.3700 And for the E7, as it is longer, 2.7100

Dick.

[MadMike1024]

Did you note the positioning of the lower headlight on the E7 in the bin file as I used the F7 shape file as the basis for all the lower headlights.

For the F3, F7 and F9 it is set at 0.0000 For the FT, as it is shorter it is set at -0.3700 And for the E7, as it is longer, 2.7100

Dick.

I found one error in the x-E7-v.bin file, the lower and headlight names were reversed for the fittings file. Once I corrected that, the entire body disappeared, just a set of floating couplers left.

As an experiment, I changed the lower headlight .bin and.geo fittings files to the new files, made sure the filenames matched the old ones, and left all else the same. The body drew out fine, but no second light appeared. Switching back to the old fittings files set it back to rights. Just odd.

The F3/7/9 are fine, and the FT looks OK.