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Monster

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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 15:54

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Delete light not work! Only light handle is deleted.

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spooky

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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 16:28

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You should really have posted some code to save us knocking up test code.

You are correct though in what you say. Appears you have to hide the light before deleting it otherwise is still shows.

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sync on : sync rate 0 : autocam off

cls rgb(255,0,0)
get image 1,0,0,4,4

make matrix 1,1000,1000,32,32
prepare matrix texture 1,1,1,1

hide light 0
set ambient light 30

for f=1 to 7
   make light f
   set point light f,0,0,0
   set light range f,200
   position light f,(f+1)*100,50,500
next f

position camera 500,40,0

do
   set cursor 0,0
   print "Press 1-7 to delete light" : print
   for f=1 to 7
      print "Light ";f;" = ";light exist(f)
   next f
   s=scancode()-1
   if s >= 1 and s <= 7
      if light exist(s)
         ` hide light s
         delete light s
      endif
   endif
   sync
loop

Boo!

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Torrey

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Posted: 19th Aug 2005 12:50

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From the directx coding I saw in the past when a light is deleted the array shifts left to destroy the light. This bug/feature may have been intentional to preserve light numbers, but at the same time they could call their own hide function to fix it.

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Mike Johnson

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Posted: 1st Oct 2005 18:28

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Thanks for the code snippet Spooky. Always easier to deal with something when we can run a small example.

This is now fixed in upgrade 5.9 and the light will be completely cleared.

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