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Tristan
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 05:11
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I am having trouble getting a light to attach to the camera so I can walk around with light like a torch. Can anyone help?
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Xander
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 13:46
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Just use this command to place a light exactly at the camera's location:

position light lightnum,camera position x(),camera position y(),camera position z()


Just place this in your main game loop and replace lightnum with the number of the light that you want at the camera's position. If you can't see the light, make sure it is a point light, or a spot light pointing in front of the camera. Also, make sure it is colored bright enough.

Anything else?

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SandraD
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 13:55
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Yeah, you need to define the "cone" of the light, place it behind the camera, and point it in front. Also might have to hide the ambient light as well, or reduce its brightness enough to see the torch.

Any truly great code should be indisguishable from magic.
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Tristan
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Thanks for all the help. I have got the torch moving around well. Can anyone tell me how I can make the light brighter? I have included my code so far.
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SandraD
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Posted: 16th Jul 2004 06:58
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Hmm... I believe you're looking for the SET LIGHT RANGE command, which determines how far the light reaches away from its source position. The default values is 3000 units. If there is another for general brightness, I don't know it.

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Tristan
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Posted: 17th Jul 2004 07:00
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Thanks for the help, the torch is working great
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