Quewort
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I attached a picture so you can see what I am talking about. The problem is that lights which are placed in bottom part are spreading the light much more than those lights which are placed in upper part. I mean the size of lights' angle.

(Why my English is so bad, I don't know...)

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[Last edited by skell at 09-29-2020 11:35 AM]

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I think it's because the point that the lighting is traced from isn't in the center of the space the lightpost occupies, it's in the center of the small circle on the lightpost itself, which is slightly north of center.

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Note to self - do this change and make a screenshot to see how it looks when changed.

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No, unless I'm misunderstanding, this lighting issue is actually due to north-facing walls not actually abutting the north end of the tile. Otherwise, with the 3/4 view, they'd actually have to stick out over the next-north tile. That would look more visually compelling in some ways, while being less clear from a gameplay standpoint. Also, how would Beethro fit through those diagonal gaps if there actually were no gap?

The game engine calculates a precise 3-D model of the walls and the shadows are cast precisely within the model. The point lights do emanate from a positive point in Z-space (e.g., from the top of the lamp), but they are almost precisely centered on the tile. (This should not be changed, but if you wanted to try out your hypothetical change, Skell, do it by changing the 3-D room model so the north-facing walls extend to the north edge of the tile.)

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