OcRam - Lights plugin (for MV)

[finalrpg777]

Can you post a screenshot and you code? maybe there is a way

 

[orphalese]

Here you have 2 light sources with similar configuration
The fire is: <light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
and the cow is <light:5:400:#ffe1a3><light-ex:0,0:60:0:0>

I think the cow looks like brighter because of the visual effect of the segment of the circle, but the radius and the gradient are similar.

Then: I think your flashlight is using a bigger radius than your fire. Try using the same for both

--- EDITED LATER ---
Wait, I realised that you can play with the intensity of the light tricking with the startAt of the gradient and combining two light effects

Brown cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>

And white cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>



That means that you can create a 360º flashlight this way and combine them, look how much brighter is the second fire now:





First fire is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>

And second one is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:360:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:360:0:0:0>

 

[orphalese]

Now I have a question.

I want a window white light to fade to red and stay like that until it become night and then fades. Im trying something like this, having in my system 6000 frames per hour:

Page 1 condition: hour >= 9
<light:1:550:#ece4b2>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 2 condition: hour >= 19
<light:1:550:[1000,#ece4b2,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 3 condition: hour >= 20
<light:1:550:#F5801F>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 4 condition: hour >= 21
<light:1:550:[1000,#F5801F,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 5 condition: hour >= 22
<light:1:550:#000000>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

This is definitely not clean code and also it doesn't works well, at 20:00 the light becomes #ece4b2 again for some reason. Is there any other way to make it better? Thanks a lot in advance for you answers and thanks @OcRam for the amazing plugins

 

[finalrpg777]

Here you have 2 light sources with similar configuration
The fire is: <light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
and the cow is <light:5:400:#ffe1a3><light-ex:0,0:60:0:0>

I think the cow looks like brighter because of the visual effect of the segment of the circle, but the radius and the gradient are similar.

Then: I think your flashlight is using a bigger radius than your fire. Try using the same for both

--- EDITED LATER ---
Wait, I realised that you can play with the intensity of the light tricking with the startAt of the gradient and combining two light effects

Brown cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>

And white cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>

View attachment 256689

That means that you can create a 360º flashlight this way and combine them, look how much brighter is the second fire now:



View attachment 256690

First fire is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>

And second one is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:360:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>

Now I have a question.

I want a window white light to fade to red and stay like that until it become night and then fades. Im trying something like this, having in my system 6000 frames per hour:

Page 1 condition: hour >= 9
<light:1:550:#ece4b2>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 2 condition: hour >= 19
<light:1:550:[1000,#ece4b2,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 3 condition: hour >= 20
<light:1:550:#F5801F>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 4 condition: hour >= 21
<light:1:550:[1000,#F5801F,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 5 condition: hour >= 22
<light:1:550:#000000>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

This is definitely not clean code and also it doesn't works well, at 20:00 the light becomes #ece4b2 again for some reason. Is there any other way to make it better? Thanks a lot in advance for you answers and thanks @OcRam for the amazing plugins

Here you have 2 light sources with similar configuration
The fire is: <light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
and the cow is <light:5:400:#ffe1a3><light-ex:0,0:60:0:0>

I think the cow looks like brighter because of the visual effect of the segment of the circle, but the radius and the gradient are similar.

Then: I think your flashlight is using a bigger radius than your fire. Try using the same for both

--- EDITED LATER ---
Wait, I realised that you can play with the intensity of the light tricking with the startAt of the gradient and combining two light effects

Brown cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>

And white cow is
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:60:0:0:0>

View attachment 256689

That means that you can create a 360º flashlight this way and combine them, look how much brighter is the second fire now:



View attachment 256690

First fire is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>

And second one is:
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:360:0:0:0.5>
<light:5:400:#ffe1a3>
<light-ex:0,0:360:0:0:0>

Hey thats a nice trick, thanks ill use it! Btw I thought that StartAt meant the to choose a point to start a rotation for the light (rotate like a lighthouse). Thats what i had understood based on the plugin's Help description.

 

[orphalese]

No, actually startAt makes the light to start far from source, to make more realistic flashlights, try it
The starting position of rotation is angle
This is startAt 0.2

 

[finalrpg777]

No, actually startAt makes the light to start far from source, to make more realistic flashlights, try it
The starting position of rotation is angle
This is startAt 0.2


View attachment 256812

Ah cool, its kinda like the OffsetX.
Would you happen to know how to make a gunflash occur when a weapon shoots? I've been looking for a way to do this with other lighting plugins but cant find the solution.

 

[orphalese]

I would definitely use the native animations for that, you can use them centered on an event or on a specific point in the screen

 

[OcRam]

Now I have a question.

I want a window white light to fade to red and stay like that until it become night and then fades. Im trying something like this, having in my system 6000 frames per hour:

Page 1 condition: hour >= 9
<light:1:550:#ece4b2>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 2 condition: hour >= 19
<light:1:550:[1000,#ece4b2,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 3 condition: hour >= 20
<light:1:550:#F5801F>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 4 condition: hour >= 21
<light:1:550:[1000,#F5801F,#000000,#000000,#000000,#000000]>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

Page 5 condition: hour >= 22
<light:1:550:#000000>
<light-ex:0,-38:60:0:0>

This is definitely not clean code and also it doesn't works well, at 20:00 the light becomes #ece4b2 again for some reason. Is there any other way to make it better? Thanks a lot in advance for you answers and thanks @OcRam for the amazing plugins

Thank you for the message and compliments,

At 20:00 it becomes #ece4b2 again probably because "[1000,#ece4b2,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F]" will rotate these colors and every 5th time it's #ece4b2

I will try to make proper light color fading feature to next release after I've finished dynamic shadows, but sadly ATM I have zero dev time due IRL things.

Syntax probably will be something like this:
<light:type:radius:color-or-colors:fade-in-time>
example <light:1:550:#F5801F:1000>

 

[finalrpg777]

I would definitely use the native animations for that, you can use them centered on an event or on a specific point in the screen

You mean the animations that come with the game? I tried with a Common Event but the animations have no lighting

 

[orphalese]

Thank you for the message and compliments,

At 20:00 it becomes #ece4b2 again probably because "[1000,#ece4b2,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F,#F5801F]" will rotate these colors and every 5th time it's #ece4b2

I will try to make proper light color fading feature to next release after I've finished dynamic shadows, but sadly ATM I have zero dev time due IRL things.

Syntax probably will be something like this:
<light:type:radius:color-or-colors:fade-in-time>
example <light:1:550:#F5801F:1000>

Is it ok for you if I suggest some changes? I know this it not the most clean code possible and probably I'm stepping into what I was not called to.

But, something like [1000,#ff0000,#00ff00,#0000ff,hold]
could be a nice feature because you mantain the fading feature but deciding when to break it.

Then, something like this in the constructor to accept the parameter

    class Light_Data {

        constructor(light_type, light_color, radius, ex_params, terrain_light_obj, update_type) { // Init some stuff...

            let color = light_color;
            this._originalColor = color;

            this._colorIndex = 1; this._cycleCounter = 0; this._cycleFader = 0;
            if (light_color.indexOf("]") > 0) {
                this._multipleColors = [];
                light_color = light_color.replace("[", "");
                light_color = light_color.replace("]", "");
                const arr_tmp = light_color.split(","); color = arr_tmp[1];
                for (let i = 1; i < arr_tmp.length; i++) {
                    if(arr_tmp[i].toLowerCase()=="hold"){
                        this._multipleColors.push("hold");
                    }else{
                        this._multipleColors.push(OcRam.hexToRGBA(arr_tmp[i]));
                    }

and then in the updateColorCycle, to stop the cycle

 updateColorCycle() {
            if (this._colorCount > 1) { // Pre-calculate color steps for faster processing!
                if (this._cycleCounter > this._cycleFader) {
                    let target_color = this._multipleColors[this._colorIndex];
                    this._preCalcColorSteps = [
                        (target_color.r - this._currentColor.r) / this._cycleFader,
                        (target_color.g - this._currentColor.g) / this._cycleFader,
                        (target_color.b - this._currentColor.b) / this._cycleFader,
                        (target_color.a - this._currentColor.a) / this._cycleFader
                    ];
                    if(this._multipleColors[this._colorIndex]=="hold"){
                        this._colorCount=1;
                        return;
                    }

Sorry if this is not welcomed. Again, your plugins are amazing and I don't know how you find time to maintain them all. Congrats!!!