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Real Good Headlights for SCS Trucks
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Type: Trucks
Brand: DAF, IVECO, MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Scania, Volvo
Truck parts: Lamps
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Real Good Headlights for SCS Trucks

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REAL GOOD HEADLIGHTS for SCS Trucks

This is NOT your typical "wider and brighter" headlight mod. These headlights aim to give you a feeling of real life night time driving. Get ready for a more pleasurable drive at night. Your nights will not seem long enough.

This version is for the stock SCS trucks for European Truck Simulator 2. My other mod works with various modded trucks for ETS2. In the Workshop for American Truck Simulator you can also find two more versions, one for the SCS trucks and one for modded trucks.

This will greatly improve the visibility when driving at night. Good visibility was a top priority when creating this mod along with trying to keep as much realism as possible. With these headlights, you will get some light reflected to both sides near the front of the truck which will make it much easier to see when turning at a dark intersection, or turning into a dark entry.

This mod supports all of the stock SCS trucks for ETS2 and also works when taking on a quick job. Halogen, LED, and Xenon lights are supported.

TRUCK NOTES:
DAF XF-105: Adjusted the color temperatures and other settings to compensate for the extra tint on the interior view of the windshield and door glass.

I used to hate driving at night. I would coordinate my rest periods so I would sleep through the night and only drive during daytime hours. With this mod, I now look forward to driving at night.

Maurice Randall

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maurice  [author] 28 Sep @ 8:58am 
I made a mistake. That revert link is only for the author to use. It allows me to revert all subscribers back to a previous version. I've never used it, so didn't know. So, just wait for the next release. It will be a blend of 5.1 and 5.2.
Keiko Agenda 28 Sep @ 7:45am 
Oh thanks - i did not know you can revert to older version - thats cool!

Looking foward for 5.3 though and will have a look in it
maurice  [author] 28 Sep @ 6:33am 
Keiko Agenda, here is another suggestion for you. Until I release V5.3 which you might like, you can easily revert back to a previous version. In the Change Notes, you will see links for each version that say "Revert to this version". The current V5.2 is a complete redraw of the light masks and the design of them is giving me a nicer resolution for the light beams. They are smoother around the edges. I can now improve on this a bit further.
maurice  [author] 28 Sep @ 5:32am 
Keiko Agenda, up above and to the right of the screenshots, look for "Change Notes" and then click on "view" for an explanation of why the headlights look the way they do. There is still light off to the sides, but it is less than before. However, in this next update which is V5.3, I am increasing the brightness slightly to the sides of the brighter area. You can't imagine how tedious this operation can be. Depending on the overall shape of the imagery on the light mask and various other settings, there is a certain point to the sides where just one extra row of brighter pixels will send light way out into the countryside.
Keiko Agenda 28 Sep @ 3:19am 
Hi,

I liked the way you approach the lights in Verion 5 with the view you had, when you are in bumber view.

It's now back to a really straight light edge (don't know how to pronounce it)

is there a plan to get the look of version 5 back? really loved it
VermenRat 27 Sep @ 2:36pm 
That's what I decided to do. The SCS lights are good enough.
Thanks for getting back and helping to sort this out, not many modders have the decency to reply.
maurice  [author] 27 Sep @ 2:07pm 
That graphics mod must be doing something with the lighting during the day to change the scenery in a certain way. Unfortunately, it affects night time in a bad way. Headlights light up the area way too bright. Even the SCS headlights will light things brighter than they were designed to do. However, since the SCS headlights are so weak, this is probably a nice effect. My recommendation to anyone is to just stick with the graphics the way SCS is doing it.
VermenRat 27 Sep @ 9:35am 
Ultimate Graphics Mod ETS2
This mod enhances every aspect of the game.
maurice  [author] 27 Sep @ 6:38am 
VermenRat, I'm glad you found the problem, and it was the usual problem that others have also had. In each case, it has been another lighting mod of some sort that caused a conflict. If it was a mod here on Steam, let me know which one it is so I can check it out and see what it does that conflicts with my mod.
VermenRat 27 Sep @ 6:23am 
I think I found the problem. I'm using a graphics mod that also does the headlights. I turned that mod off and yours worked.
Thanks for your feedback as well. Keep up the work