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Photon 1 (Old Version): Lighting Engine
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Bioturtle18 Sep 1, 2020 @ 8:03pm
Why isn't Photon used on most servers?
It seems like Photon would be a better than the lighting systems most servers use (I knew the name of the addon at one time, but i cannot remember)
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Doctor Internet  [developer] Sep 2, 2020 @ 5:42am 
It'd be VCMod.

While Photon has better customizability than VCMod, and nicer looking lights, it's also more work to setup, has limited support for standard vehicle lighting, and generally has fewer features for vehicles than VC does.

VCMod is great for being simple to setup and run (drop a single addon and it just works™️), whereas for Photon you need configuration for each vehicle (aside from a few inbuilt ones).

They're both good for their own things, so VCMod is generally used for more general "RP servers" whilst Photon is used for screenshots / videos and Police focused RP servers.
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Bioturtle18 Sep 2, 2020 @ 9:03am 
Ah, thanks for the info.
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DerpDeGames Apr 7, 2021 @ 2:21pm 
why dont the creators of vcmod and photon work together?
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Bobbystick Apr 9, 2021 @ 8:05am 
That would be a great collab indeed, but I also think that competition is healthy. Provides more options for users
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Fishy Fred Jul 18, 2021 @ 6:12am 
i actually saw this on a server once vcmod and photon were being used together like someone was driving a pursuit charger with Vcmod working and photon being used i noticed this when i got in the car i saw vcmods hud and photons hud
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