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Newcomers AppGameKit Corner / Flashlight problem

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Game_Code_here
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Posted: 24th Aug 2020 03:40
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So I tried to create a point light to add a flashlight.

The problem is when I call the light to follow the player nothing is effected. The light doesn't work or illuminate anything.

How could I achieve a good working flashlight?

Thanks
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blink0k
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Posted: 24th Aug 2020 04:33 Edited at: 24th Aug 2020 04:33
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Maybe try setting it to pixel mode
SetPointLightMode(light, 1)
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Game_Code_here
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Posted: 24th Aug 2020 05:13
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Ok I'll try that thanks
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Game_Code_here
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So with light maps no objects are effected by lights unless there already lit by the light map.

Also if I use object shaders no light or fog effects the objects.
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affect
SetObjectLightMode( objID, mode )

objID - The ID of the object to modify.
mode - 0 to turn lighting off, 1 to turn it on.
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blink0k
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Posted: 29th Aug 2020 23:39 Edited at: 29th Aug 2020 23:40
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One other thing. There can be only 4 active spotlights on screen at any one time.

If you have a look at this video you can see the player has a spotlight in front of him at the beginning and after a bit it disappears.
That is because the gems have spotlights as well and because the count goes above 4 the player loses his spotlight.
This uses standard AppGameKit shaders.

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@blink0k

Your Boulder Dash Clone looks nice Are you still developing?


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Lupo4mica37
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Yeah, that Boulder Dash game remake looks really nice.

BTW PSY LABS, I checked out your MOLECOOLS game, that is really nice chemistry educational game, really good brother!!!

Deffinetly will buy it.
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Posted: 31st Aug 2020 22:55 Edited at: 31st Aug 2020 22:56
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Quote: "Your Boulder Dash Clone looks nice Are you still developing?"


Thanks for the props guys. It is very much still "on the shelf"


Have you solved your problem Lupo4mica37?
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Game_Code_here
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So I've decided to not use any shaders and my flashlights work but for some reason the position is not correct and the light doesn't work on my players left side. Odd. There is no getlightx or getlighty.

But at least I'm close.
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Posted: 2nd Sep 2020 14:44 Edited at: 2nd Sep 2020 14:45
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Thank you very much!
I'm really glad you like it


@blink0k
I released a BD Clone named Get The Gems back in 2016, but it was made with B3D ( which uses DX7 and DP ), which is totally outdated nowadays.
Under Windows 10 and some versions of 7, it crashes when trying to run it in fullscreen, and has a lot of other graphical issues.
Also, it runs at 800x600, which causes stretching on almost all devices.

So I decided to rewrite it from scratch with AGKS. I've been into it about 3 weeks, and the core and logic are done. I also made a ton of improvements regarding keyboard controls, resolution, animations, tile GFX, sound and other stuff.
It also looks identical on all devices, no matter the resolution / screen aspect ratio.
At the moment I'm redesigning / improving all the levels.
I hope I'll be done in about a month
AKGS handles it quite well. I'm positively surprised. Having a lot of fun atm


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hat sounds awesome PSY. I'm looking forward to it
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