I’m trying to make good lighting
But there are these 2 lighting options that look exactly the same.
what is the difference?
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If you came here after reading the Developer Hub’s pages on both the SpotLight and SurfaceLight, I’m assuming you need a visualization/reasons to use one over the other.
In the screenshot below, I’m using a SurfaceLight and SpotLight at the same brightness.
Here, the red light is a SurfaceLight, illuminating the entire bottom of the part.
The blue light is a PointLight, emitting from the center of the object.
SurfaceLights will illuminate the entire surface of a part or attachment. SpotLights will emit from the center of the object.
In cases like below, I suggest instead putting the light inside an attachment and setting it to the position you need.
To visualize the emission from the lights in the screenshots above, I used this plugin by Ozzypig:
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Thanks I really needed a visualization!
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after all the years of me building on roblox, i never knew this… Nice.
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