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Goal

Simplify the gameplay.

Situation

When the car is looking left or right. It is clearly visible immediately, without even looking closely.

But to understand where the car is looking. Up or down. Difficult.
We need to take a closer look, spend time.

Decision

Add headlights and rear dimensions

The rear marker lights should work during the day. So that the player can always see which way the car is looking↴
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You can also leave the headlights on during the day.
Just like in reality, when cars drive with their headlights on at any time of the day, if there is fog, smoke, or smog on the road.

SANTIMEL wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 6:15 am

Goal

Simplify the gameplay.

Always a bad goal.

As before, describe the feature you are suggesting in the title.

Loewchen wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 9:25 am

As before, describe the feature you are suggesting in the title.

It's done!

+1
And the concept image looks great!

This one was actually easy to do....
https://mods.factorio.com/mod/Taillights

Although, note, due to the way lighting in this game works, I can't make them visible during the day, even if I force them to stay on. I know the mod Hazard Lights does this with buildings, but it looks like it does so by simply adding entities of type "sprite" around the building. Doing that on a car would require updating and moving the "sprites" every tick, so not something I feel like is worth while doing (for me).

It is also equally important to make sure that the glow of the headlights and rear marker lights is present when placing the car with the cursor.
Since by default, the game turns on the headlights only when the hero gets into the car.

SANTIMEL wrote: ↑

Tue May 14, 2024 2:17 pm

It is also equally important to make sure that the glow of the headlights and rear marker lights is also present when placing the car with the cursor.
Since by default, the game turns on the headlights only when the hero gets into the car.

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I know, but for modding, I'd have to hack something in like sprites that I'm constantly checking and moving every tick with the car.