Quote: "Heres an example from DJ almix, a screen shot he posted on the splatter spawn contest."
You mean spot lights, that's a pretty bad example

although I think they might have patched it (I'm using V1.16), but I used to be able to do this buy putting a cylinder with one open top, making it completely transparent and adding light on the inside. There's screenshots somewhere around here.
Edit: look the light is still on the all behind the flashlight
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