Lightning Shock

What if a storm were no longer just a visual effect? Lightning tears across the sky and thunder shakes the countryside, but this time something else happens too. This mod goes far beyond lights and sounds: the storm actively interferes with the gameplay, forcing you to adapt.

Highlights:

• Electrical poles, utility poles and radio towers have a 40% higher target priority than houses
• A strike pauses the GIANTS AI, CoursePlay or AutoDrive without deleting the preserved task
• The consist motor and lights remain disabled throughout the outage
• After the lights return, the motor remains forcibly stopped for another five seconds
• Multiple struck AI vehicles restart with a random 15-second stagger
• The previous work or journey resumes five seconds after the motor starts
• One short and one slightly longer horn signal, plus two high-beam flashes, announce the resumption
• The complete placeable light cache is built before gameplay begins
• The previous 30-second light discovery and per-frame cache expansion have been removed
• Light cache processing can no longer overlap the CoursePlay first start