Hello

 

I've only started using ELS recently, because some older version still had some bad issues for me and it wasn't that necessary anyway.

But now that I'm using it and it works for me, I'm wondering a couple of things:

 

First; Is there a way to have ELS start in "Express Mode" by default?
Because, honestly, I only have ELS to be able to use the lights on ELS-vehicles, but don't care much for using all the other features.
Cool and all, but if the lights are flickering to see the cops coming or have my own vehicle light up, that's enough for me.
I could just press CTRL+Backspace every time I start playing, but it gets a bit annoying.

Anyway, would be nice to have an option to have ELS start in the Express Mode by default.
 
Also; I used the visualSettings-file that came with ELS, and it's good cause it definitely brings out light-sources a lot better.
However, now the Taxi-lights on the roof light up like a big beacon, it looks really ugly and... well, bright. As in squint-worthy.
Is there any setting I can dial back to make it look not so ridiculous? Or will this cause certain lights used by ELS to get too dim as well?
I mean, I could see that cause perhaps the lights on the roofs of taxis use the same properties as the siren-lights.
Then again, the ELS-lights replaced the regular game's lights, no? And the taxis still use the regular lights... So there shouldn't be a conflict I think.
 
Anyway, please let me know if I can do anything about these two small issues.
 
Greetings.

For the taxi lights I think a graphics mod would fix that.

 

For example: http://www.gta4-mods.com/misc/icenhancer-21-realistic-and-natural-v2-f24515

No, I was already using iCEnhancer, in fact with those exact modifications of the download in the suggestion you gave. (How did you know? Stop stalking me.)

But it's only after using the ELS visualSettings-file that makes the taxi-light so bright, because that file is specifically to show lights better.

The problem is, it also boosts the light of the taxi-light (on the roof), but I'm wondering if there's a specific setting for it to turn that light down.

It's kind of strange too, because there's no need to brighten that specific light, and the siren-lights aren't even as over-bright as the taxi-one...

Edited October 26, 201312 yr by Damage Inc.

Thought about maybe looking for a taxi pack with smaller taxi lights and seeing if it will work?

There is no setting, just make the roof light texture darker with any photo editing tool. If you're using standard taxi models, you should find those dark taxi sign textures inside the archive of the RADIANCE mod, there is a fodler that clearly says "TaxiSing".

 

Good luck !

Edited October 31, 201312 yr by LilQ