TiMan at 08:50, 30 July 2026

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This type matches an omnidirectional light, that is, a light that will light up its surroundings bounded by a sphere.
* '''Rotation''': 3D vector indicating the rotation of the light. Will not have much effect unless there is a gobo assigned to the light.
* '''Radius''': real value indicating the radius of the bounding sphere.

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-A '''point light''' is an omnidirectional light source. It illuminates surfaces in every direction from a single position, up to a spherical boundary defined by its radius.
+A '''point light''' is an omnidirectional light source. It illuminates surfaces in every direction from a single position, up to a spherical boundary defined by its radius. This page describes point lights in the SOMA editors.
 Point lights are useful for lamps, bulbs, candles, small illuminated controls, and soft local fill. They are available through the '''Light''' EditMode in both the [[Hpl3:Tools:Maineditors:Level Editor:Main|Level Editor]] and the [[Hpl3:Tools:Maineditors:Model Editor:Main|Model Editor]].
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 == Main properties ==
-Property names can vary slightly between HPL3 editor versions, but the underlying settings are the same.
+The following properties are exposed for point lights by the SOMA editors.
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 | '''Gobo'''
 | An optional cubemap texture that modulates the light in different directions.
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 | '''Gobo Animation Mode'''
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 | Allows the engine to stop rendering the light at sufficient distance. This should normally remain enabled.
 |-
-| '''Connected Light Mask'''
+| '''Culled By Fog'''
-| Identifies a [[HPL3/SOMA/Level Design/Light Masks|LightMask]] connected to the light. The mask confines the light to its box volume.
+| Allows sufficiently dense fog to cull the light.
 |}
-{{warning|In the standard HPL3 editors, spot lights are the lights that support shadow casting. Point lights may still display or serialize shared properties such as '''Cast Shadows''', '''Shadow Resolution''', '''Shadows Affect Static''', and '''Shadows Affect Dynamic''', but these settings do not make a point light cast shadows. Use a [[HPL3/SOMA/Level Design/Spot Lights|spot light]] when shadows are required.}}
+{{note|Point lights do not have shadow settings in the SOMA editors and do not cast shadows. Shadow controls belong to [[HPL3/SOMA/Level Design/Spot Lights|spot lights]].}}
 == Recommended setup workflow ==
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 For example, SOMA's light helper functions include <code>Light_FadeTo</code>, <code>Light_SetBrightness</code>, <code>Light_SetFlickerActive</code>, and <code>Light_SetVisible</code>. See [[HPL3/SOMA/Scripting/Scripting Api/Light|Scripting API: Light]].
 == Troubleshooting ==
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 | Rotation appears to do nothing.
 | This is expected for an ordinary point light. Rotation is visually relevant when a cubemap gobo is assigned.
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 | Flicker never changes the light.

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TiMan at 08:50, 30 July 2026

TiMan at 08:43, 30 July 2026

TiMan: Created page with "This type matches an omnidirectional light, that is, a light that will light up its surroundings bounded by a sphere. * '''Rotation''': 3D vector indicating the rotation of th..."