Lighting question for a mod truck

[Bran Dragon]

Hi peepz,

I found a new truck to roll in: https://modshost.com/ets2/trucks/volvo-vnl-2019-v2-23-1-40/

But the left and right windows and mirrors have this weird yellow sheen on them. The reflection is also pretty prevalent.
This means that it looks like the sun is setting in my mirrors, all the time. And when it's dark I can't even see my own trailers.

Other than that, this is a beautiful truck and I would like to be able to keep on using it.
Does anybody know where I can find the information to change the attributes I want to adjust?

Thanks peepz :D

Grnz
Bran

ps. This is what I mean ;) Left and right mirrors are tough to see traffic and road signs in ;)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2626362746

[Karlia]

You have three options, learn blender & SCS tools, contact the author for a fix, or find someone willing to do the blender work for you.

Little bit of advice: Your link is kicking up a malicious warning, Remove the brackets from your link to the mod before some salty character climbs up your butt and rips your heart out..

[Digital X]

The bright mirrors can be fixed with a quick edit in the automat files if you know what to look for (I've done it on a few trucks now) For the sheen on the glass I believe the same can be applied, just need to edit the values. It's either RGB or HSV.

[Bran Dragon]

@Karlia Thanks for the response ;)
First option: I can't seem to load the truck into Blender, might do something wrong, so I'll have to look into it. Really want to be able to edit in blender with scs tools, but can't find the time to 'brave the learning curve' so to speak ;) Honestly I think it might be a simple setting somewhere, not really sure if it'll need blender for that.
Second: I don't think the author is on steam workshop. Hope this truck gets uploaded tho, that'll make requesting a fix a whole lot easier.
Third: Uhhm don't know anyone that does blender tbh xD So kind of an issue there LOL

On the link: That is really strange, I've downloaded ETS2 mods there before and they're always fine. Even seen links to it on the ETS forums. So clue why steam flags it. Might be a nasty jealous LOL

@Digital X You thanks 2 ^_^
Where can I find these automat files (n00b questions?? LOL), I'll have a rummage around in there ;) Do you know what attributes to look out for?

Thank you both for responding :D

[Digital X]

Find the truck you downloaded, and open it up with winrar/7zip. Inside you want to look for the automat folder, then you will be presented with a list of folders. In each folder is going to be a randomly generated string file name .sii file. You need to open them up until you find any texture name with "mirror_reflection" there will be a few of these.

[Digital X]

Just to add, the file will look like this: https://i.imgur.com/azmykMw.jpg

You only want to edit the ones with "mirror_reflection" in the name, there will be far/close variants with "f" or "c" sometimes.

[Bran Dragon]

thanks :D :D :D

[Sandhill]

Bran Dragon の投稿を引用：

On the link: That is really strange, I've downloaded ETS2 mods there before and they're always fine. Even seen links to it on the ETS forums. So clue why steam flags it. Might be a nasty jealous LOL

He's pointing out that the (...) presentation of the link triggers Steam as malicious. Remove the parenthesis and the warning will go away.

[Karlia]

Sandhill の投稿を引用：

Bran Dragon の投稿を引用：

On the link: That is really strange, I've downloaded ETS2 mods there before and they're always fine. Even seen links to it on the ETS forums. So clue why steam flags it. Might be a nasty jealous LOL

He's pointing out that the (...)

Coughs ... she

[Bran Dragon]

Oh mán (or womán ;)) I definately need to learn to read LOL tnx

[Bran Dragon]

DigitalX の投稿を引用：

Just to add, the file will look like this: https://i.imgur.com/azmykMw.jpg

You only want to edit the ones with "mirror_reflection" in the name, there will be far/close variants with "f" or "c" sometimes.

It took me a while to get to it and I found the files. But the darkness on the mirror stays. I think I got the yellow sheen off the windows :) so that's a plus.

https://prnt.sc/1x4560w
Am I missing something maybe? Other file to check, string to add?

Thanks for the initial pointer to Automat :D Never thought about looking there, some other problems I've had with a different mod might actually be fixable through your pointers ^_^

[Bran Dragon]

I think I found the reason. The windows turn full black from the outside lol I'll keep ya posted ;) Probably try again tomorrow ^_^

[Frankkieke]

Changelog V2.23
As a foundation, sounds from Kriechbaum are taken.
Updated light sources.

Known Problems:
✔ Light in the mirrors.
✔ Big file Truck.pmg and voraciousness
✔ Half supports cables.
✔ Ignoring Obsolete Attribute ‘Apparent_Depth’ Of Unit

[Karlia]

Bran Dragon の投稿を引用：

https://prnt.sc/1x4560w
Am I missing something maybe? Other file to check, string to add?

[edit]
opps forgot to say You are missing the aux[5] string, very important for the mirrors, gps, and dash displays.
[/endedit]

material : "eut2.dif.lum.rfx" {
	texture[0] : "/material/environment/far_mirror_reflection.tobj"
	texture_name[0] : "texture_base"
	add_ambient : 0
	aux[5] : { -1 , 0 }
	diffuse : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
	reflection : 0
	shininess : 4
	specular : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
}

material : "eut2.dif.lum.rfx" {
	texture[0] : "/material/environment/far_s_mirror_reflection.tobj"
	texture_name[0] : "texture_base"
	add_ambient : 0
	aux[5] : { -1 , 0 }
	diffuse : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
	reflection : 0
	shininess : 4
	specular : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
}

material : "eut2.dif.lum.rfx" {
	texture[0] : "/material/environment/close_mirror_reflection.tobj"
	texture_name[0] : "texture_base"
	add_ambient : 0
	aux[5] : { -1 , 0 }
	diffuse : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
	reflection : 0
	shininess : 4
	specular : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
}

material : "eut2.dif.lum.rfx" {
	texture[0] : "/material/environment/close_s_mirror_reflection.tobj"
	texture_name[0] : "texture_base"
	add_ambient : 0
	aux[5] : { -1 , 0 }
	diffuse : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
	reflection : 0
	shininess : 4
	specular : { 0 , 0 , 0 }
}

[Bran Dragon]

:D Thanks a lot! that fixed my mirrors ;)
Now I found out the horn sticks LOL I'll just unbind my key for the airhorn and wait till it's fixed or till I want to fix it xD

The only thing are my windows are still very dark, kinda looks cool tho ;) and don't mind leaving it that way, just bugs the hell out of me that I can't find the setting LOL

/edit Or you check if you've edited all the files *slaps forehead* Thanks a lot for your help DigitalX :) My truck is done and I finally have a replacement for the Aradeth volvo :) Now just hope to fix the horn, until that time I'll just unbind it ;)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2635161963
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2635161925