TSW5 | West Coast Mainline Over Shap | Ambient / Environmental Lighting EP

Changelog

v1.3 - Update 23/01/25

A significant amount of work has been done to this mod and I'm now considering this the final version (save for any glaring errors). There have been changes, additions and improvements across the whole route and improvements should be noticable running in both directions.

v1.2 - Update 09/12/24

A bit more work around Lancaster (inluding the path along the river bank as you cross the bridge) and some further illumination and tidying up at Preston

v1.1 - Update 05/12/24 includes the following;

Enhanced the lighting around the north and south approaches to Oxenholme
Better iIlluminated a good few hamlets and villages so they look correct when heading south as well as north
Improved the area just north of Preston
Added light to Warton, a town north of Carnforth
Added a bit more lighting around Morecambe and the fairground. Tidied up some areas of the branch line
Minor additions & adjustments around Preston
Added/illuminated some more hamlets and farm buildings in the Lune Gorge/Valley
Illuminated all the motorway signs on the M6 where it runs parallel to the tracks - this looks very cool!

Please read the installation instructions!

Designed to significantly enhance Just Trains' West Cost Mainline: Over Shap route, this environmental lighting enhancement adds actual ambient lighting to many villages, hamlets, houses, crossings, industrial areas, roads & farms. Covering the entirety of the mainline and the Morecombe branch line, no longer will your night drive be just you, the train and no one else.

Where areas were pitch dark before they are now sympathetically lit, whilst the main towns around the stations have been further developed and enhanced. Intensive effort has been made to improve the look of the stock night scene, where inky black buildings with perma-lit, all on windows unrealistically punctuate the night sky.

The pack uses some native assets from the route for street lights etc and custom lights for the rest, all set up as baked lighting to have (hopefully) virtually zero impact on performance.

Please read the installation instrutions below.

Enjoy!

Installation Instructions

Drop the .pak file into the following location:

C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Train Sim World 5\WindowsNoEditor\TS2Prototype\Content\DLC

To un-install simply delete the file

MANDATORY - As this pack includes some custom assets you must activate it in game by selecting the layer in 'mastery rewards' which can be found here;