(Questions) Lights and Shadows

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#88753166Friday, February 08, 2013 11:12 AM GMT

Q.1) Will we be able to set the target of light? - Like will we be able to direct the light at something instead of it having a glow around the Part? Q.2) Will we be able to size the light range? - Will we be able to size the.light out so it lights up Parts in a 200 studs? Q.3) Will they only be blending lights or will 'beams' of light become the future of this feature? - Going back to a glow around the Part, will light beams be included in this feature? Q.4) Will light be an object in the 'Object explorer'? - Will Light be in the Object explorer or will this be a property of a Part? I personally think they should be an object so we can insert it using a script Q.5.a) Will lights get blocked out by other parts? - So if the light is behing a part then the part will block out the light realistically, giving out a shadow? Q.5.b) If Parts will block out the light and give out a shadow of its shape, then will Meshes block out the light at the shape of its Brick or at the Meshes shape? - Lets say theres a Top Hat on a table-will that give out a shadow of the table with a Block sitting on top or will it show the shape of a Top Hat? Q.6) Will Shadows be affected by the Lights direction? - Will shadows be dropped on the opposite side from where the light is hitting it or will shadows of Parts only be affected by how the sun is set? I need a team member to reply to this, thanks! ~Mc Visibility

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#88800280Saturday, February 09, 2013 1:23 AM GMT

Q1: Like this? :) http://i.imgur.com/kYwJawB.jpg Q2: Yes. There is a limit though; our current limit for the light radius is 60 studs (so 120 studs in size) Q4: See the screenshot above. It's an object under the part; you can hide the part if you don't need it. Q5a: We have plans for it, but nothing definite yet. Q5b: Not planned yet. Note that the resolution of the lighting is 4 studs, so you'd have to have a big enough mesh for this to matter. Q6: This is related to Q5a; if we do implement it, then the shadows will be mostly independent for each light.

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#88832670Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:04 AM GMT

Thank you so much for this reply zeuxcg Just a question if you ever reply - Are you Simon Kozlov or Arseny Kapoulkine (if any)? I might get in touch with you to give some feedback if the light & shadow feature is released. Q1) Yup, like that Q2) Ohh, and 120 studs will be enough :) Q4) That's great! Q5a) Okay, I understand that it's just a in-works feature and is still improving Q5b) The current ROBLOX shadows from the direction of sun do show hat/gear meshes so that might be something to look at :P Q6) Great feature ROBLOX is only improving, this has has been the best I've seen in a long time can't wait to see it in practice! :D