Experimental - Brake Glow Mod

Glowy brakes!!
I'm not sure why this isn't already a feature in BeamNG but here it is.

This mod is a pretty simple and rather "Rudimentary" one. It just adds 3 stages of glow to every vehicle with disc brakes.
As you may notice, the code for this is borrowed from another mod of mine, the Gavril Vertex

How it works:
The brake glow has 3 "stages". Stage 1 currently starts at 400°C and is a slightly red glow. Stage 2 is at 500°C and adds some orange to the glow. Stage 3 starts at 600°C and adds more orange and yellow.

I adjusted the temps a bit downward to make the brake glow more noticable, so it's not that rare occasion that you can sometimes see when looking at it in the right moment. However, not that low that its always there. Heavy braking may lead to a short moment of red glow. Proceeding to do so will obviously heat-soak the brakes etc.

Stage 1-3 look like this on normal brakes. Race brakes glow more.

Race brakes look like this

Here some more images of the glowiness

A bit of technical stuff:
If you know a thing or two about modding, this section here moght also be interesting. Basically, the brake temperature gets accessed by a lua program that I have written. It converts the electrics value of the wheels into a value that can be used in a glowmap. The mod works by switching the material of a glowmap between "invis" and the brake glow texture. There are actually 3 extra meshes on the brake now. Each mesh is one stage. That is essentially how this whole thing works!

Currently Supported base-game vehicles: (all vehicles are supported)
- Autobello Piccolina
- Bruckell LeGran
- Bruckell Moonhawk
- Civetta Bolide
- Cherrier Vivace/Tograc
- ETK I-Series
- ETK K-Series
- ETK 800-Series
- Hirochi SBR4
- Hirochi Sunburst
- Gavril D-Series
- Gavril Roamer
- Gavril H-Series
- Gavril Barstow
- Gavril Bluebuck
- Gavril Grand-Marshal
- Ibishu Pigeon
- Ibishu Miramar
- Ibishu Pessima (old)
- Ibishu Pessima (new)
- Ibishu Hopper
- Ibishu Covet
- Ibishu 200BX
All base game vehicles that have Disc Brakes are supported in this mod.

Anyways, that's all there is to this little mod, have fun!

Feel free to leave a review ^^
If you have any issues, please DM me or write into the Discussion Thread of this mod!

Also feel free to implement the glow into your own mod vehicle(s)
Message me so I can add your mod to the supported mods list in the thread about this mod

Recent Reviews

eocbhafmis

4/5,

Version: 1.0
With about 10+ frames, this mod would be almost essential.
Great job and please add more <3

Aug 30, 2020
2020CorollaXSE__

4/5,

Version: 1.0
The breaks don't glow for some reason pretty good mod tho but I can't get it to work.

Aug 29, 2020
1. Author's Response
  Huh, it should work fine, if does for me and others. Please reply to the DM I sent so I chance where the issue lies
robin95

5/5,

Version: 1.0
one of the best mod

Aug 20, 2020
LupinumLP

4/5,

Version: 1.0
U have probably heard this 1000000000 times but the mod would benifit from more than 3 stages maybe make a stage for every 25 or 50 degres but other than that its a great detail the game desperatly needet

ps: sry for my bad english im german ;)

Aug 18, 2020
1. Author's Response
  Ach moin :p
  Ja da muss ich zustimmen, der Übergang ist nen bisl rau. Ich könnte es mit 2 oder 3 mal so vielen stages probieren. Muss ich mal sehen wie das aus geht
  Danke für die Review!
king_sauce36

3/5,

Version: 1.0
the only reason it is 3 stars is because it is only 3 frames not hot hotish VERY HOT there is no inbeetween of it glowing more and more till it freaking melts

Aug 14, 2020
1. Author's Response
  Alright, fair enough, it’s a bit rough. I could add more in a future update
  Thanks for the Review!
HumbleTerror

4/5,

Version: 1.0
This is a cool and well-implemented detail for the game but I have some suggestions...

1. Add some more stages or animate the transitions so the change isn't so harsh.

2. The back of the rotor should glow too, you can see that with some of the cars in BeamNG.

Aug 13, 2020
1. Author's Response
  Thank you
  I may do that in a future update, I can’t animate it though, at least not with what I know.
  The back of the rotor glowing is also something I can add. I just left those free because you’re not gonna see the Back of the brakes anyways except when you break one off or have insane steering angle
Richard

4/5,

Version: 1.0
I love the concept and the accuracy your mod brings to the game. Thanks!

Aug 13, 2020
1. Author's Response
  No problem! Thanks for your rating :p
Rednasz

5/5,

Version: 1.0
really cool mod. I`ve been waiting for a mod like this for ages!

Aug 13, 2020
1. Author's Response
  Great that I could make a „Dream“ come true ^^
  Thanks for your rating
Porsche lover

5/5,

Version: 1.0
I love your mods

Aug 12, 2020
L7609

5/5,

Version: 1.0
brake so hot
hot hot brake
brake so hot you bake a cake

Aug 11, 2020

Read all 17 reviews...

Forums

Mods

Experimental Brake Glow Mod 1.0

Recent Reviews

Useful Searches

Experimental Brake Glow Mod 1.0

Recent Reviews