What is lightsettings used for?

August 22, 20169 yr

For example,

In the carvariations file, vehicles have lightsettings, sometimes 998, sometimes 2, sometimes 1, 18, etc.

What exactly does that all do? Does anyone know?

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August 22, 20169 yr

It deals with the lightbar configuration of emergency vehicles.

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August 22, 20169 yr

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3 minutes ago, EvilJackCarver said:

It deals with the lightbar configuration of emergency vehicles.

No, that's sirensettings.

Seems that lightsettings messes with the headlights, so I'm going to assume that Rockstar have a setting file somewhere that has a whole database of lightsettings, setting it to 992 gave me no headlights, and setting it to 2 gave me headlights.

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August 22, 20169 yr

Ah, misread. My bad.

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August 22, 20169 yr

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16 minutes ago, EvilJackCarver said:

Ah, misread. My bad.

I figured it out, just like sirensettings controls the lightbars, lightsettings controls all the vehicles exterior lighting (headlights, interior lights, taillights, reverse, etc)

You can actually specify those settings with an id value inside of the carcols file.

    <Item>
      <id value="75"/>
      <indicator>
        <intensity value="0.37500000"/>
        <falloffMax value="2.50000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="8.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="20.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="50.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF7300"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </indicator>
      <rearIndicatorCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </rearIndicatorCorona>
      <frontIndicatorCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </frontIndicatorCorona>
      <tailLight>
        <intensity value="0.25000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="4.00000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="16.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="45.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="90.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF0000"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </tailLight>
      <tailLightCorona>
        <size value="1.20000000"/>
        <size_far value="2.50000000"/>
        <intensity value="5.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="1.00000000"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF0F05"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </tailLightCorona>
      <tailLightMiddleCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </tailLightMiddleCorona>
      <headLight>
        <intensity value="1.50000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="35.00000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="16.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="0.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="60.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFF7FA7E3"/>
        <textureName>VehicleLight_car_LED1</textureName>
        <mirrorTexture value="false"/>
      </headLight>
      <headLightCorona>
        <size value="0.10000000"/>
        <size_far value="7.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="7.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="5.00000000"/>
        <color value="0xFF61A5FF"/>
        <numCoronas value="2"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="32"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="68"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.18221200"/>
        <zRotation value="0.58433600"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </headLightCorona>
      <reversingLight>
        <intensity value="0.50000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="7.20000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="32.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="20.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="78.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFFFFFF"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </reversingLight>
      <reversingLightCorona>
        <size value="0.80000000"/>
        <size_far value="2.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="1.50000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="1.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00F7F7F7"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </reversingLightCorona>
      <name>fugitive</name>
    </Item>

There's an example, the fugitive has lightsettings 75!

So if you apply lightsettings="75" in carvariations, to any vehicle, it will use those settings. (theoretically)

CARCOLS.YMT

    <Item>
      <id value="3"/>
      <indicator>
        <intensity value="0.37500000"/>
        <falloffMax value="2.50000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="8.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="30.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="80.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF8000"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </indicator>
      <rearIndicatorCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </rearIndicatorCorona>
      <frontIndicatorCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </frontIndicatorCorona>
      <tailLight>
        <intensity value="1.00000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="4.00000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="8.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="45.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="90.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF0000"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </tailLight>
      <tailLightCorona>
        <size value="0.15000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.75000000"/>
        <intensity value="1.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="5.00000000"/>
        <color value="0xFFFF1A00"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </tailLightCorona>
      <tailLightMiddleCorona>
        <size value="0.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="0.00000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="0.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00000000"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </tailLightMiddleCorona>
      <headLight>
        <intensity value="4.00000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="40.00000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="160.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="15.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="70.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFFE894"/>
        <textureName>VehicleLight_misc_searchlight</textureName>
        <mirrorTexture value="false"/>
      </headLight>
      <headLightCorona>
        <size value="8.00000000"/>
        <size_far value="1.80000000"/>
        <intensity value="2.80000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="10.00000000"/>
        <color value="0xFFFFFFFF"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </headLightCorona>
      <reversingLight>
        <intensity value="0.50000000"/>
        <falloffMax value="4.00000000"/>
        <falloffExponent value="32.00000000"/>
        <innerConeAngle value="45.00000000"/>
        <outerConeAngle value="90.00000000"/>
        <emmissiveBoost value="false"/>
        <color value="0xFFFFFFFF"/>
        <textureName/>
        <mirrorTexture value="true"/>
      </reversingLight>
      <reversingLightCorona>
        <size value="0.80000000"/>
        <size_far value="2.00000000"/>
        <intensity value="1.50000000"/>
        <intensity_far value="1.00000000"/>
        <color value="0x00F7F7F7"/>
        <numCoronas value="1"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas value="128"/>
        <distBetweenCoronas_far value="255"/>
        <xRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <yRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zRotation value="0.00000000"/>
        <zBias value="0.25000000"/>
        <pullCoronaIn value="false"/>
      </reversingLightCorona>
      <name>Submersible</name>

CARVARIATIONS.META

  <variationData>
    <Item>
      <modelName>submersible2</modelName>
      <colors>
        <Item>
          <indices content="char_array">
            132 
            0 
            122 
            156 
          </indices>
          <liveries>
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
            <Item value="false" />
          </liveries>
        </Item>
      </colors>
      <kits />
      <windowsWithExposedEdges />
      <plateProbabilities>
        <Probabilities />
      </plateProbabilities>
      <lightSettings value="3" />
      <sirenSettings value="0" />
    </Item>

Submersible2 [Lightsettings=3]

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August 22, 20169 yr

3 hours ago, JZersche said:

There's an example, the fugitive has lightsettings 75!

How'd you come across that? Base game vehicles should be defined in a still-unviewable format.

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August 22, 20169 yr

10 hours ago, The Loot said:

How'd you come across that? Base game vehicles should be defined in a still-unviewable format.

carcols.ymt has been unencrypted.

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August 23, 20169 yr

13 hours ago, Kilyin said:

carcols.ymt has been unencrypted.

True, but that doesn't have the variations entries for the models, so I was just wondering how the value the Fugitive was figured out. I guess just comparing values to the in-game appearance?

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August 23, 20169 yr

Lightsettings come from carcols.ymt. Each light setting has an id number and a <name>, the 75th one happens to be <name>fugitive</name>

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August 23, 20169 yr

52 minutes ago, Aquamenti said:

Lightsettings come from carcols.ymt. Each light setting has an id number and a <name>, the 75th one happens to be <name>fugitive</name>

Well, that explains that. Thanks.

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August 23, 20169 yr

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Yeah, I got it from the carcols.ymt file. Anyone programming savvy willing to relay what the process of figuring out how to open unknown files like YMTs for example involves? Like as a developer, where do you even start, what are some of the first things you need to know in order to figure out how a file like the YMT files could be opened and read?

I didn't make a new topic for this question, because I didn't think it would get a good response, but if anyone knows, please tell me lol.

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