How would I perfect the lighting for pointlights grid?

[Juicy_Fruit]

I’m working on a fog of war system and I’m not liking the visuals–I hate seeing the independent spheres despite adjacent light nodes, I would like it if it molded together

I also encounter an odd reflectance (or what appears to be so?) on certain parts. I’m not sure if its a separate issue or if its derivative of the 1st

some configs I’m setting, I’ve experimented changing brightness, ranges but it has not addressed the issue. I’m not well versed with lighting so would love some suggestions

local lightPart = Instance.new("Part")
			lightPart.Name = roundedName
			lightPart.Size = Vector3.new(1,1,1)
			lightPart.Anchored = true
			lightPart.CanCollide = false
			lightPart.Transparency = 1

			
			lightPart.Position = position
			lightPart.CastShadow = false
			lightPart.Parent = gridFolder

			local pointLight = Instance.new("PointLight")
			pointLight.Brightness = 0
			pointLight.Range = 15
			pointLight.Enabled = false
			pointLight.Shadows = false
			pointLight.Color = Color3.fromRGB(234, 220, 202)
			pointLight.Parent = lightPart

[MatrixGM_RBX (MatrixGM)]

Oh my god I just misread your entire post i didn’t know you wanted to fix the grid i thought u were trying to fix the lighting and fog of war thing

I spent a good chunk of time making this //<3, hope you could use it although it most likely isn’t what your looking for.
[StarterPlayerScripts]

--// Serving 💅
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Workspace = game:GetService("Workspace")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

--// Player
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local hrp = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

--//\ Vision settings /\\
local Vision_R = 50
local WaitTime = 0.1
local Fade = 0.4
local LightColor = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)

--// Detection sphere to hide things outside the light's radius
local detectionPart = Instance.new("Part")
detectionPart.Anchored = true
detectionPart.CanCollide = false
detectionPart.Transparency = 1
detectionPart.Size = Vector3.new(Vision_R * 2, Vision_R * 2, Vision_R * 2)
detectionPart.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
detectionPart.Name = "VisionSphere"
detectionPart.Parent = Workspace

--// Light source
local light = Instance.new("PointLight")
light.Brightness = 1
light.Range = Vision_R
light.Shadows = false
light.Color = LightColor
light.Parent = detectionPart

--// Track state
local modelStates = {}

--// Fade util.
local function fadeTransparency(obj, propName, target)
	local tween = TweenService:Create(obj, TweenInfo.new(Fade, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out), {
		[propName] = target
	})
	tween:Play()
end

--// Hide NameDisplays & accessories, but fade parts/decals only bc I don't want a nextbot chasing me
local function setModelFade(model, visible)
	local state = modelStates[model]
	if not state then
		state = {
			current = not visible,
			parts = {},
			decals = {},
			nametags = {},
			humanoid = model:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
		}
		modelStates[model] = state

		for _, obj in ipairs(model:GetDescendants()) do
			if obj:IsA("BasePart") and not obj:IsA("Accessory") then
				obj.LocalTransparencyModifier = visible and 1 or 0
				obj.CanCollide = visible
				table.insert(state.parts, obj)
			elseif obj:IsA("Decal") then
				obj.Transparency = visible and 1 or 0
				table.insert(state.decals, obj)
			elseif obj:IsA("BillboardGui") or obj.Name:lower():find("name") then
				obj.Enabled = visible
				table.insert(state.nametags, obj)
			end
		end

		if state.humanoid then
			state.humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = visible and Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.Viewer or Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
		end
	end

	if state.current ~= visible then
		for _, part in ipairs(state.parts) do
			fadeTransparency(part, "LocalTransparencyModifier", visible and 0 or 1)
			part.CanCollide = visible
		end

		for _, decal in ipairs(state.decals) do
			fadeTransparency(decal, "Transparency", visible and 0 or 1)
		end

		for _, gui in ipairs(state.nametags) do
			gui.Enabled = visible
		end

		if state.humanoid then
			state.humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = visible and Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.Viewer or Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
		end

		state.current = visible
	end
end

--// Visibility loop
local function updateVisibility()
	detectionPart.Position = hrp.Position

	for _, model in ipairs(Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
		if model:IsA("Model") and model ~= character and model:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") then
			local root = model:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
			if root then
				local dist = (hrp.Position - root.Position).Magnitude
				local inRange = dist <= Vision_R
				setModelFade(model, inRange)
			end
		end
	end
end

--// Initial pass
updateVisibility()

--// Loopin
task.spawn(function()
	while true do
		updateVisibility()
		task.wait(WaitTime)
	end
end)

Edit: Wanted to clean it up a bit b4 posting

[Juicy_Fruit]

sorry i already have a functional system!

just a second ago i found the solution to problem; lighting technology

future places a huge empasis on individual lights (thus giving each pointlight its own independent sphere), swapping to shadowmap or voxel gives the desired effect

[MatrixGM_RBX (MatrixGM)]

Alright, looks pretty nice! Forgot that there’s different lighting settings and didn’t consider if you had it on voxel/shadowmap or future

[joebersons (rangoon)]

You could maybe try a surface light in future mode as well

[Juicy_Fruit]

ill definitely give it a try–i would definitely like to use future if that can be done