LS 25 Realistic Diesel Start V1.4.1.0
Tired of starting an engine with a single key press? Realistic Diesel Start turns ignition into a real diesel sequence, for every motorized vehicle.
MULTI-STAGE STARTING
Short press of the engine key: ignition ON, the dashboard powers up, with the sound of a real ignition key.
Glow plug pre-heating, with a small light next to the speedometer. It depends on the weather AND the engine temperature: in deep winter it takes a while, with a warm engine it is almost instant.
Hold the mod clutch (Alt+L) and the engine key to crank. Crank before the glow plugs are ready and it may not start and take slight damage: the starter keeps turning while you hold the key, and insisting can make it catch.
After a cold start the engine idles a few seconds before responding to the throttle. The thermometer is blue while cold and fades out at working temperature.
COMPRESSED AIR (trucks)
HUD pressure gauge. The compressor builds air while the engine runs.
Pressure bleeds off while parked: leave the truck sitting and you will have to build air before leaving.
Out of air, the spring brakes engage and lock the truck: you don’t lose your brakes, you get stuck.
Low-pressure buzzer. With Realistic Brakes, a trailer with air brakes fills from the truck’s air.
INTERACTIVE CONTROL
The dashboard key follows the same sequence: a click switches the ignition on, holding the click starts the engine.
SETTINGS
In ESC > Game Settings: clutch to start, and lights without ignition.
Console: rdsConfig (damage, air system, timings) and rdsHudPos / rdsHudSinADS / rdsHudReset to move the HUD.
COMPATIBILITY
Advanced Damage System, Realistic Brakes, Diesel Fuel System (bad fuel makes starting harder, with the same starter sound) and Interactive Control.
Keyboard and gamepad. Multiplayer and Dedicated Server. AI workers are not affected.
Not compatible with other ignition / cold start mods (Real Ignition, Cold Start System, RVB’s glow plug module): disable them.
Credits: the ignition/contact concept was inspired by “Real Ignition” by Guner348.
Made with passion for realistic farming simulation.
V1.4.1.0
Update over the published 1.4.1.0.
NEW
When the engine does not start, the starter keeps cranking while you hold the key, instead of the old cough. Every 2.5 s of cranking is a new attempt: with warmer glow plugs, insisting can make it catch. Release the key and it stops.
The sound of a real ignition key when switching the ignition on and off, and a soft pedal sound when pressing the mod clutch.
Interactive Control: the dashboard key follows the mod’s sequence. A short click switches the ignition on, holding the click starts the engine, and a click with the engine running stops it. Before, it started with a single click, skipping the glow plugs.
FIXED
A failed cold start no longer runs the engine for a moment and kills it: the starter turns and the engine does not catch.
The glow plug light looked dim next to Advanced Damage System’s: it was drawn under the speedometer background. It now shines the same.
The icons no longer draw over menus and dialogs (such as Real Fuel Consumption’s report).
HUD
Warning lights the same size as Advanced Damage System’s, and the air gauge background in the same black as the game’s
HUD.
The idle icon is gone. The thermometer is blue while the engine is cold and fades out once it reaches working temperature.
Default positions placed for Advanced Damage System 0.10, and others for when it is not installed.
Compatible with savegames from 1.4.0.0. Multiplayer and Dedicated Server supported.
