F-104 Landing Lights

[+Cliff7600]

Hello

 

I tried to add some landing lights to the F-104 Starfighter.

The result ain't looking that great because there's no "turned off light" on the 3D model, so the light stands there alone.

There's also some interferences with the regular navigation flashing lights.

 

So the point is really no more than having the landing lights up when the gears are down...

 

For a start there's the SystemNames I've added to the data.ini :

 

(there is no location yet)

 

[LandingLight01]

SystemType=LIGHT

Position=

Color=0.66,0.66,0.6

Brightness=0.15

LightSrcOffset=5.3046,49.0560,3.50

LightSrcRange=150

LightRange=45.0

CanFlash=FALSE

IsLandingLight=TRUE

 

[LandingLight02]

SystemType=LIGHT

Position=

Color=0.66,0.66,0.6

Brightness=0.15

LightSrcOffset=5.3046,49.0560,3.50

LightSrcRange=150

LightRange=45.0

CanFlash=FALSE

IsLandingLight=TRUE

 

[LandingLight03]

SystemType=LIGHT

Position=

Color=0.66,0.66,0.6

Brightness=0.15

LightSrcOffset=5.3046,49.0560,3.50

LightSrcRange=150

LightRange=45.0

CanFlash=FALSE

IsLandingLight=TRUE

 

Three times the same, the differences will occur with the location of each light.

I added LandingLight02 & 03 to the Fuselage SystemNames and LandingLight01 to the Nose SystemNames.

 

01 --> Nose Landing Light

02 --> Portside Landing Light

03 --> Starboard Landing Light

 

Now, it depends on which type of F-104 you fly.

 

Check what kind of "F-104.LOD" is used

 

_ For the F-104A / F-104J / F-104S (Ajunaidr)

 

using F104A_01.LOD / F104J.LOD / F-104S.LOD

 

the locations could be :

 

[LandingLight01]

Position=-0.075,4.375,-0.775

 

[LandingLight02]

Position=-0.9205,0.29,-0.4750

 

[LandingLight03]

Position= 0.9205,0.29,-0.4750

 

 

_ For the F-104B / F-104D / F-104DJ

 

using F104B.LOD / F104D.LOD / F104DJ.LOD

the locations could be :

 

[LandingLight01]

Position=-0.075,4.50,-0.775

 

[LandingLight02]

Position=-0.9205,0.29,-0.4750

 

[LandingLight03]

Position= 0.9205,0.29,-0.4750

 

 

_ For the F-104G / CF-104 / F-104S-ASA-M (Wrench)

 

using F-104G.LOD

 

the locations could be :

 

[LandingLight01]

Position=-0.075,4.875,-0.975

 

[LandingLight02]

Position=-0.9205,0.35,-0.6250

 

[LandingLight03]

Position= 0.9205,0.35,-0.6250

 

 

_ For the TF-104G

 

using TF-104G.LOD

 

the locations could be :

 

[LandingLight01]

Position=-0.075,4.575,-0.775

 

[LandingLight02]

Position=-0.9205,0.26,-0.4750

 

[LandingLight03]

Position= 0.9205,0.26,-0.4750

 

 

_ For the F-104C-10 (Wpnssgt & Team)

 

using F-104C.LOD

 

the locations could be :

 

[LandingLight01]

Position=-0.075,5.05,-0.975

 

[LandingLight02]

Position=-0.9250,0.65,-0.7350

 

[LandingLight03]

Position= 0.9250,0.65,-0.7350

 

 

So, that's it!

 

Hope you've found what you was looking for.

 

Thanks to : Ajunaidr, Wrench, Dave, Wpnssgt & Team, and all the other I forgot or just don't know...

Thanks to TK and ThirdWire of course!!!

 

Did I do something wrong?

Did I forgot something?

Don't hesitate : tell me!

 

Thank you for reading (it was quiet a boring post!)

[Wrench]

Look in the d/l section, possibly under "ini edits" or something similiar; there should be mods that add the landing lights to the Zipper, both the stock G and ajundairs versions

 

wrench

kevin stein