How to setup a simple upshift warning light?

Strava

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A long time ago the old LED182 upshift light stopped working. I am just now getting around to trying to fix it for a few old car mods.
I have done several web searches but they have not helped.

Could someone give me the basics of things like material names, shader type, entries in files like cockpit.ini and hdv?
Thanks.
 
Thanks for the link.
It says "LED182 RPM light. Will activate once you hit redline. Does not need to be in cockpitinfo."
This is exactly what is NOT working.
It goes on to say I should check the Skip Barber car in the dev folder to see how it's done.. But it does not have an upshift light. So that's no help either.
I did find an older car mod with a working shift light. It is the same as my setup except for the names.
I changed my car to use the same names, shader type and settings. But that didn't work either.
I feel like I am missing some little detail somewhere.
 
@Strava Try this first: put the Entry for the Warning Light gmt into the Cockpit Instance of the Graphics Gen File.
And use only LED182 as Material Name.
If that doesn't work too, use RPM Bar LED Light 31 (highest) or 30,29.. as Shift Light and if you give the Material a different Name than RPM, put an Entry for it in the Cockpitinfo.ini, like
if you e.g. use the Material Name ABC_XYZ_RPM31, use the Entry RPMLED=ABC_XYZ_RPM in the Cockpitinfo.ini.

When i'm not totally wrong, these "Extra" LEDs 165,170,175,182 are not working anymore.
At least it seemed so, some Time ago.

If your Car already uses an RPM Bar, you'll have to manage the Usage of the LED Bar Texture and it's Mapping, that also the Warninglight can use it.
 
I have found my error. redapg's advice to check the .gen was the clue I needed.
There is a tachometer.gmt in my car's mas file. It has the led polys with it. So that's what I was updating.
When I checked the .gen it did not have the tachometer.gmt listed, just the cockpit.gmt.
I had added the tachometer polys to the cockpit.
Updating the correct .gmt worked.:)

The extra LEDs are not working as you said.
The RPMBAR is what is needed now.
 
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