Hey there all!

I come from a position LEGITIMATE ignorance on this matter, so I hope none of our amazing vehicle modders take offense as I proceed with this question:

 

Why do only some models feature the corona / environmental lighting (are those even the correct terms?) that light up the environment AROUND the car (a puddle, a tree, street sign, character) when the emergency lights are activated? Bugs' models and a couple of others are capable of doing that, and it just gets me sometimes when I see a car as amazing as that 2016 Police Interceptor Utility with a stunning light setup and...zero environmental effects. Is this something that we can activate / modify in the carvariations or vehicles.dat files post-production? 

Additionally, is it only possible to have one side red, the other side blue, for these effects? I noticed that on my favorite slicktop CVPI (which has an all-blue light setup, like Boston PD's scheme) has these effects, but only on ONE side of the car. The other side is missing the effects entirely. 

 

Looking forward to hearing the community's knowledge on this topic. Thanks in advance! 

Sometimes modders hide the coronas of their cars either because that's how they do their lighting or because they want users to be able to have the option to make the lights all blue. So, by hiding the red and blue coronas, the user can use just blue lights without having it look weird with the red coronas. I agree with you 100%, it's more than frustrating to see an extremely nice car that doesn't have any coronas and is just... kinda dull, but it's how the modders make their cars in some cases. 

Edited April 28, 20169 yr by SoarHawk