I have several vehicles that do not have a TA bar in the lighting package, and so the secl in my VCF for these cars is set to leds instead of traf. There are patterns that function as a TA with this option, but in order for them to work, LSTG3 must be enabled. Anything less, and all of the necessary lights do not activate.

 

My question is this. Is there a way to assign a keystroke or keycombo to change to a specific lighting pattern upon pressing it, and return to its original pattern when pressed again (a toggle)? With this kind of setup, if I am responding to a call Code 3, I need one pattern active in LSTG3, but if on a traffic stop, to get the TA effect, I need another pattern, still in LSTG3...preferably without having to cycle through every available lighting pattern via the UI every time. Using the OutofVehicle option in the VCF to force a pattern somewhat helps, however it only works if you're not in the vehicle...it will revert back upon entering the vehicle (not ideal for realism purposes if I just got back in the car on a traffic stop to run information, but haven't completed it).

by TA you mean  Traffic bar?

U can assign patterns in the vcf. 

 

I use my traffic bar thru all 3 stages. To do this, I changed mine to this:

 

<!-- SECL -->
    <SECL LightingFormat="TRAF" DisableAtLstg3="false" >
        <PresetPatterns>
            <Lstg1 Enabled="TRUE" Pattern="033" />
            <Lstg2 Enabled="TRUE" Pattern="033" />
            <Lstg3 Enabled="TRUE" Pattern="033" />
        </PresetPatterns>
        <ForcedPatterns>
            <MainHorn Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <SrnTone1 Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <SrnTone2 Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <SrnTone3 Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <SrnTone4 Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <PanicMde Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
            <OutOfVeh Enabled="false" Pattern="0" />
        </ForcedPatterns>
        <ScanPatternCustomPool Enabled="false" Sequential="true" >
            <Pattern>0</Pattern>
            <Pattern>0</Pattern>
            <Pattern>0</Pattern>
        </ScanPatternCustomPool>

 

 

I changed SECL Lighting to TRAF and I wanted it to display in all stages so i turned that to false.

Then i used pattern 033 which is right to left traffic pattern in all 3 stages (obviously if u only wanted it in one stage, you can change each stage here)

 

This is only the bottom section of my vcf.

 

let me know if this helps any