LRM (Light Replacement Mod) - Support, Development and Discussion

[MandelSoft 2,769]

OK, I found the CTD problem: the game doesn't like to have Ümlauts in the descriptions. One certain lamp type from the Imaginian set was called "Näde-Andaluh". That's why the game crashed. A fix is attached below.

LRM Plopable Streetlights - Set 09 - Imaginia_Fixed.zip

[fatschmo 6]

Hey maarten,

I've got the mod working, but it broke my nightlighting on custom BATS for some reason... Can you please help me as soon as you can, thanks.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

My mod will not touch that. Wait a few in-game days, so your night-lights will re-appear.

[Terring 6,473]

Hello Mrtnln

I'm working on reloting the original Maxis lots and some of your street lights will be excellent additions, especially the Belgium style. May I use them please? Of course I'll add a link of your mod as a dependency.

[MandelSoft 2,769]

By all means, that's where the prop pack was ment for in the first place

[MandelSoft 2,769]

Here are some fixes for the Imaginian Brinasken Set.

LRMv4_Lights_AVE-4_$$_IM_Br.zip

LRM RHW Median Lights - Set 09 - IM Brinasken.zip

[coldrifting 30]

Hey, Mrtnrl. Great mod, just wanted to report 2 bugs. One, With the Nam Flup Pedmall peices in place behind a coal power plant with this mod, I saw the peices in front of the power plant. Also, 2, When using this mod, Buddybuds jerronij concrete wall addon walls look EXTREMELY bright. Other than that, nice work. Oh, and Maybe you could make MMP lights that can be placed on roads and RHW. Just a thought.

[bhiggins 20]

Any progress on the colored lights issue?

[Kronix 0]

Any progress on the colored lights issue?

I'm interested in this as well. Otherwise, amazing mod. Thanks a million.

  Edited March 20, 2012 by Kronix  

[MandelSoft 2,769]

You mean this issue?

Already fixed. There are several fixes attached to some posts of this thread.

[aaaling 83]

Is there anyway to have different color lights? I am using the USA style lights and they all emit a white light, whereas in real life most USA lights are amber or orange colored. I used to use a Uniform Light mod that gave me all these great light colors, but this mod offers me uniformity with my light posts across wealths, but only white lights. Am I missing something?

I actually prefer white colored lights over amber or orange colored lights. But an option for light color would be recommended by me also.

[silexmt 0]

I noticed the immense brightness of some BATs too. This is how my bikepaths look, for example:

Also, sometimes, the alleyways behind row homes are even brighter than the streets:

It's a pity, because apart from this, it's a very good mod.

The brightness problem is linked with the bridge lights: many BAT's use them, and some went overboard with them. Compare the brightness level of the default bridge lights with the LRM one, and you'll where the problem is. Some Maxis lots use them as well it seems, which explains why some street sections will look unusually bright.

[Booyaah82 0]

Is there any file I can delete so sunken highway walls do not light up on top? Just looks way too bright...

[MandelSoft 2,769]

There is no mod for that yet, but if you can handle the Lot Editor, it shouldn't be a hard task...

[Terring 6,473]

By rotating the Berlin-Prenzlau street light, one of the views is bugged

Can you please fix it? I really like this street light and I want to use it in my lot.

[aaaling 83]

I've notice that all T21 Street Side Mods have stopped working after installing the LRM. Is there any reason why? If possible, can there be a support file for this and any other street side mods?!

[MandelSoft 2,769]

@terring7: I'll look into that...

@aaaling: That would be too complex for now to realising. These streetside mods are quite complex and therefore a bit hard to mod...

[timoman 50]

Hi, I just downloaded the Windows Installer for 4.0 and it doesn't seem to install properly. None of the bugfixes on this page have corrected the problem, and I have reinstalled the mod 3 times.

The first two times, I went through and custom chose one of each streetlight in the installer, installed it. Then when I ran the game, all the streetlights were Dutch Brinasken lights, on every single network and weath level despite me not picking this one at all. I uninistalled, then tried the same thing only to have the same results.

The next time instead of custom installing I used one of the pre-made packs, Belgium Maxis Night. I ran the game and had the same problem, every single streetlight was the same green Brinasken and not the ones I chose.

I don't have any other streetlight mods to conflict, so I don't know what's going on...

[MandelSoft 2,769]

That's odd. That shouldn't happen. It should install correctly, and I've seen multiple people installing this mod with success. Are you sure you don't have the LRM v3.0 installed?

[SimCoug 5,972]

Hi mrtnrln - I am attempting to grow a region from 1850 to the present day, so once I reach the 20th century I plan on using your LRM - but until then, do you know if it is possible to remove all streetlights? I ask because you are quite the expert in street lighting. Thanks!

[MandelSoft 2,769]

It is possible to remove all streetlights. Just install all replacement DAT and remove the Resource Key Type entries of the exemplar. That will leave an empty prop. The prop is still there, but there is no model to show. At least it will not show a brown box.

Best,

Maarten

[SimCoug 5,972]

Thank you! One further question - I want to remove the lights from the streets and roads (all wealth levels), but after the install it looks like there are over 100 seperate .dat override files. Do I need to go into each file and remove the resource key? Or is there One .dat file that will replace all lights? Thanks!

[MandelSoft 2,769]

No. Only the ones that are in "Plugins\zz_LRMv40_Mega_Pack\LRMv4 Replacement Sets\Override Set" need to be changed, which are only 22 files.

[timoman 50]

That's odd. That shouldn't happen. It should install correctly, and I've seen multiple people installing this mod with success. Are you sure you don't have the LRM v3.0 installed?

I installed SimCity 4 a few weeks ago after a computer crash, so I had zero plugins and hard to start new. I am sure that no earlier version of the LRM mod is on there..

[SimCoug 5,972]

Thank you Maarten, it worked like a charm - no more streetlights

[Alejandro24 575]

Hi mrtnrln, I've installed the LRM, the german style. Very nice mod, I really like it.

Well, the question is, are all these luminosity normal? I mean, looks too excesive.

I readed the read me, but I didn't find something related. Thank's and greetings.

  Edited May 14, 2012 by Alejandro24  

[MandelSoft 2,769]

You might want to try out the dimmed versions of the steetlights. This will reduce the street light range for some of the streetlights, reducing the over-exposure effect. The cause is that lights are just placed too close to one another, resulting in this over-exposure effect.

[aaaling 83]

@aaaling: That would be too complex for now to realising. These streetside mods are quite complex and therefore a bit hard to mod...

Not quite. You could get Kodlovag's permission to use the Street Side Mod support file and then modify it so that it works with the LRM.

[Yarahi 1,816]

Sorry for this bump, I'm coming a little late to the party as always One tiny "kinder-surprise" question: is there any flickering streetlights in this mod? Or do you know if this exists/is even possible to make?

[MandelSoft 2,769]

No, it's not possible to make flickering streetlight, or at least, they will all flicker, or none of them will.