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Golelorn

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Posted: 20th Jul 2019 04:54 Edited at: 20th Jul 2019 04:55

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I have two lights set up, but I am only seeing one have any impact on the scene. I found a thread by Green Gandalf, and looking at it it seems we have to write our own shader for the lights? Is that accurate?

Thanks.

I have a light on the "character" that is showing up, and another on the torch, but its not showing.

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fubarpk

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Posted: 20th Jul 2019 05:02 Edited at: 20th Jul 2019 05:07

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I found the limit on point lights was more the capabilities of your processor
I have two point lights in pixelated labrynth at the beginning and ending of
each level and that works well with older android phones. But I used a shader
through out the game for a light effect around signs

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Rick Nasher

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Posted: 21st Jul 2019 04:27

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Yeah, I found that if the lights are too close and both using vertex or pixel mode you might run into problems.

The manual says:

Quote: "SetPointLightMode

Sets the point light to vertex or pixel mode. Vertex mode is faster but pixel mode has better quality. By default lights are created in vertex mode. A mesh can be lit by up to 8 vertex lights and 4 pixel lights at a time,
if you add more lights than this then the closest lights will be used by the mesh. "

Perhaps splitting up your target objects makes a difference?

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Golelorn

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Posted: 21st Jul 2019 16:47 Edited at: 21st Jul 2019 16:50

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Thanks, guys. I found out it was because I was exporting the torch at its scene location in Blender, and I forgot when you place the object in AppGameKit 0,0,0 is "object" position. So, my light was being placed at 0,0,0 instead of being placed on the object.