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Hello everybody, this is my first post on the forum and I hope this is in the right place. After playing with the new Genset loco, I decided to unpack the .ap file and try to fix the ditchlights. I brightened the texture 'LightonMask' so that it was nearly white, which significantly brightened my front ditchlights in the game. However, The rear ditchlights don't seem to have updated with the new texture, so they are still dim/dull. My first question is: Since the .ap File needs to be unpacked, I've only changed one texture file and this mod only seems to fix the front ditchlights do you guys think it is worth uploading to the library? In order to modify the files, I had to go into command prompt to remove the read-only file attributes, which leads me to my next question; Because all of the files were read only, does that mean I am not allowed to re-distribute any of the files contained within the .ap file?

For the second part of my post, the unpacked genset folder also contains door & window BAN files and the Genset_CSX_Cab.GeoPcDx even references both doors (cabdoor01interior) and four windows (window01. etc.) Also, there are three .dav files in the audio/cab folder that appear to contain sounds for the doors opening and closing. Does this mean that DTG was extremely close to being able to provide us with opening doors and windows? Would it be at all possible for the end-user to make the doors and windows open? These questions have been bothering me for days so I had to sign up here and get some answers from the experts. Please bear in mind that I am still very new to this and my knowledge is limited. I'm sorry if my questions seem silly and I hope I've done everything correctly with this post. I'm looking forward to posting a picture of this new ditchlight texture when I gain that ability. Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions!

No question is silly.
I would love a brighter ditch light for this model. Also, I'm not completely sure where this topic should have been, the ditch light part would be under 'Freeware WIP' (if your not done) or Freeware Addon Release (If you were finished). The window part would be under Model/Repaint suggestions.

Also I want to say that I agree, is it possible if they had sounds?

Thanks for the reply! I apologize for asking questions that should have been under separate topics.
I will get everything together and try to get the texture uploaded to the Library by Thursday or Friday night.

As promised, here are a few pics. I've uploaded this on the 25th and I'm just waiting for it to be reviewed and posted. I will create another thread in the 'Freeware Add-On Releases' section when I have confirmation that it was successfully posted to the library. I'll also post back here with the link to that thread when the time comes. As you can see, the rear ditch lights remain unchanged for me and I am not sure why.

Could you add the "Ditchlight Fix" To the P42DC from Gtrax and the PS ES44DC H2? If you have the DLC? I would like to see more engines with this fix.

ColoradoRailfan wrote:Could you add the "Ditchlight Fix" To the P42DC from Gtrax and the PS ES44DC H2? If you have the DLC? I would like to see more engines with this fix.

Unfortunately I do not have either one of those.

Just a quick update, this mod has been added to the library and can be acessed from this thread:
http://railworksamerica.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=13589

Hopefully someone could still shed some light on the doors and windows?

Thanks!