Up-Lite: Spaceplane Lighting Revisited!

[BagelRabbit]

Hello, everyone!

Are you the kind of spaceplane builder that pays attention to detail? Well, I've got the thing for you!

It's simple! It's quick! It's helpful! You can add it to all of your spaceplane designs! It provides useful indicators for no extra parts or cost!

I call it...

Up-Lite

(ain't I modest?)

Here's what you do.

> Right-click on your spaceplane's back wheels. Adjust the colors so that the red value is at 0.5, the green is at 0.05, and the blue is at zero.

> Click on the spaceplane's front wheel(s) and adjust the colors so that each value is at 0.5. Turn the front wheel(s)' lights on.

> Go into the action groups. Click on the 'Gear' action group and the front wheel(s), and select the 'ToggleLights' function.

> Click on the 'Brake' action group and the back wheels and click 'ToggleLights.'

Whenever you hit the brakes, red lights go on; they turn off when you release the brakes. Whenever the gear is out, a white light will illuminate the ground.

What does this mean?

Well, for one thing, you can have a convenient way of telling your elevation when coming in for a landing at night. In addition, seeing white light illuminate the ground after liftoff has been a good prompt for me to put in the gear.

As for the brake lights, it's useful to easily see whether the brakes are locked (a common cause of embarrassment for me). You can even clearly see that the brakes are on or off when the F2 heads-up display isn't there.

Here's a video of the whole thing:

Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

-Upsilon

Edited November 13, 2014 by UpsilonAerospace
Grammar!

[Pecan]

In your action group instructions, which function are you toggling? ToggleLight, pretty obviously, but there's bound to be someone who clicks Toggle Steering and wonders why it doesn't work ^^.

[BagelRabbit]

In your action group instructions, which function are you toggling? ToggleLight, pretty obviously, but there's bound to be someone who clicks Toggle Steering and wonders why it doesn't work ^^.

Noted and fixed. Thanks for the suggestion.