I have an indoor level compiled with WED and I wanted to add a muzzle flash to my player( which just an empty sprite since its first person).

My code looks like this:


The code works on some of the level but in other parts it doesn't.

Its really strange, I will be walking along particular spots in the map and it just stops working. Its not like the light doesn't affect particular polygons - it simply does nothing when I cross certain boundaries in the level.

Any tips on how to debug this behavior?

Make sure the level is compiled with "Create Meshes". Otherwise it's an A6 level that has a 8 lights limit.

Its compiled with Create Meshes. Plus there is only one light present when the gun 'fires'.

The only guess I had was that perhaps genius was not set on the view, tho I am not sure that would keep it from working.

Does the lightmanager work from the ABT? Its very odd that as soon as I cross one particular plane in my level the lighting simply stops.

I had a similar issue once before and I 'fixed' it by radically increasing the value of lightrange - but it should still work for smaller values.

Yes, the light manager uses the ABT. If the problem only occurs with small light ranges, then no surface is in the range of the light. At least one vertex must be inside the light sphere for seeing any effect of the light. You can see the vertex positions when pressing F11 twice.

If you are unsure about which walls are in the range of your light, I've uploaded a light test shader here:

http://opserver.de/down/lightcount.fx

Set this shader to the wall material - mat_shaded - and you'll see the number of lights on any surface in its color. 0 lights are black, one light is blue, 2 lights green and so on.

If you can't find the reason of the problem this way, you can send the project to support. We'll check.

Sorry I am inexperienced with materials/shaders.

So do I need to add a line like this:

in my source then set the material of the floor to shaded?

I should also mention I have Extra edition (tho I plan to upgrade to Commercial).

Thanks for your help.

effect_load(mat_shaded,"lightCount.fx");

I get a popup which reads "Shader: Unsupported feature".

JCL I can send it to you if you want to take a look, just msg me instructions.

Do u have pro or commercial edition?
If not then you can't use shaders

Which version do you use?