MV - Community Lighting MV & MZ

ImaginaryVillain · 2020-07-20T18:57:26+0900

Today I propose an experiment. For awhile now I've been editing and "improving" Terrax Lighting, which was originally released under the MIT License (as is Community Lighting, so it free to use across the board)... After awhile it is now thousands of lines different than the original. So rather than confusing it with Terrax Lighting by posting it in that thread with the same name, I've forked it to Community Lighting. So why call it Community Lighting? Well that's simple, and where the experiment comes in. Everybody is invited to edit this plugin (with the hopes of improving it). If you make any changes, please post your updated version of the plugin here along with your change notes. Then we the community will test your changes and see if they're better. If they are, I'll put your version of the plugin in the first post. Oh and don't forget to add yourself to the authors if you do (though don't delete anybody). The hope here is that by getting everybody involved, we will end up with the best possible lighting plugin... Or at the very least, if that fails you'll get whatever edited version I've done for my game at the time. Contributors: Terrax, iVillain, Aesica, Eliaquim, Alexandre, Nekohime1989, Snaphat Change Notes: Spoiler: Click Here 1.0 @ImaginaryVillain Rescoped all of the variables to no longer be global. Updated for PIXI 4 & 5 Removed the outdated Terrax ABS, Quasi ABS, and Mog Time stuff references. Added compatibility for Ultra Mode 7 Fixed the issue with the Lighting plugin needing to be in a specific order in the plugin list. The plugin is now roughly 800 lines shorter and much faster, at least in my testing so far. Not going to lie, I made some other changes... But wasn't noting them because I didn't know I was making this thread at the time. 1.01 @ImaginaryVillain var rnd = -Math.floor((Math.random() * 20) + 10); $gameMap.setPEmitterZ(this._eventId, rnd); Removed the "fix" for the plugin order list due to issues with other plugins. Fixed issue with Mog Character Particles giving a "Clamp" error. 1.015 @Aesica Organized the plugin parameters into logical sections Removed the redundant "Add to options" plugin parameter. It can be ommitted from the options menu by leaving "Options Menu Entry" blank Changed the casing in a few plugin parameter names to be more consistent (minor nitpick, I know) Added the option to use modern note tag syntax " " to avoid conflicts with other plugins that may also use event/map note tags. Those note tags currently break Terrax's tagless implementation Added better default day/night colors. These can also be changed in the plugin parameters now for easier customization Added a "night switch" which, if assigned to a switch, will set to true during night or false during day (which hours count as day and night are user-defined) Expanded the "Daynight" note tag in maps so you can also set the speed if desired: "Daynight 10" for the default speed, "Daynight 0" to stop time and use the current hour's tint in one go. "Daynight" by itself uses the current speed Fixed a bug where the "Daynight" tag wouldn't tint at all if the speed was 4999. Added "Tint daylight" plugin command which is essentially "Tint set [whatever the current hour's color is]." "Tint daylight" should be used instead of the "Daynight" map note tag if you plan on applying any manual tints on the map. (Daynight blocks the use of the tint command) Changed map note tag reading to happen only once per cycle instead of X times per cycle, where X is the number of events on the map (seriously why was it done that way!?) Replaced the word salad in the help section with (what I hope is) a clearer breakdown of each command/tag and how to use it. I hope I didn't leave anything out. Added a "version" property to Community.Lighting so other plugins can ask it what version it is. 1.016 @ImaginaryVillain Removed a strange debug system that ran twice per light per frame. Removed a speed test system. Restructured the code to use a switch statement and objects instead of a huge stack of Ifs. Removed assorted commented out code from the original plugin. 1.017 @Aesica Fixed a variable scoping issue introduced by the latest optimization pass. Added explanation how to set speeds via the daynight map note tag to the help section. 1.018 @Eliaquim 1. Stored the RegExp note tag into a variable for the code does not compile the RegExp every time he uses getTag() function. 2. Replace the plugin command switch statements with an array/object lookup table. 3. Optimized some for loops changing the way they are handled from this: for (let i = 0; i < tilearray.length; i++) to this: for (let i = 0, len = tilearray.length; i < len; i++) *I did not reverse the iterator order because I don't know how the plugin works, to be sure if the order matter or not. 4. Some minor changes to if statements that are redundants like: if(args[0] == 'on' || args[0] == 'ON') to if(args[0].toLowerCase() == 'on') 1.0185 @Eliaquim…

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Fortunastreet

#821 Jan 10, 2022, 06:53 PM Source

Skurge said:
Been looking to find a lighting plugin to port to MZ, origionally I was using Khas lighting and it's fantastic, but so far incompatible for my project, does this plugin have a lighting option bound to terrain tags?

This is so I can mark preset colours to already map maps with terrain numbers set.

You can use Region/Terrain tag to be either light sources or ignore any lighting that should be on them, yes.
Skurge

#822 Jan 11, 2022, 01:55 AM Source

I can see in the plugin demo (using trial version) the volcanoe room has the event giving the commands for terrain tags, but i was wondering if it was possible to get them on the database/tileset's notes.

A common event handling this might do the trick, but i'm afraid it may slow the project's performance down if it's continually checking the common event.

Fortunastreet

#823 Jan 11, 2022, 08:32 AM Source

Skurge said:

I can see in the plugin demo (using trial version) the volcanoe room has the event giving the commands for terrain tags, but i was wondering if it was possible to get them on the database/tileset's notes.

A common event handling this might do the trick, but i'm afraid it may slow the project's performance down if it's continually checking the common event.

Code:

* TileLight   id ON c r
* RegionLight id ON c r
* - Turns on lights for tile tag or region tag (id) using color (c) and radius (r)
* - Replace ON with OFF to turn them off
*
* TileFire, TileGlow, RegionFire, RegionGlow
* - Same as above, but different lighting effects
*
* TileBlock id ON color
* - Turns on light blocking for tile with tiletag id (id) using color (color)
*
* TileBlock id OFF
* - Turns off light blocking for tile with tiletag id (id)

Skurge

#824 Jan 13, 2022, 07:35 AM Source

Alexandre said:

Code:

* TileLight   id ON c r
* RegionLight id ON c r
* - Turns on lights for tile tag or region tag (id) using color (c) and radius (r)
* - Replace ON with OFF to turn them off
*
* TileFire, TileGlow, RegionFire, RegionGlow
* - Same as above, but different lighting effects
*
* TileBlock id ON color
* - Turns on light blocking for tile with tiletag id (id) using color (color)
*
* TileBlock id OFF
* - Turns off light blocking for tile with tiletag id (id)

Thanks for that, I was having difficulty with this new method of plugin commands.
Lighting is doing quite well, it just seems from this plugin I am unable to put the setting in note tags but might have to via common events.

By the way how do I change the light source offset on a event's note tag?

Fortunastreet

#825 Jan 13, 2022, 08:58 AM Source

Skurge said:
Thanks for that, I was having difficulty with this new method of plugin commands.
Lighting is doing quite well, it just seems from this plugin I am unable to put the setting in note tags but might have to via common events.

By the way how do I change the light source offset on a event's note tag?

x0.5: shift the event 24 pixels right (half a case)

Y-1: shift the event 48 pixels to the top (a complete case, remember Y axis is reversed in video games)
Skurge

#826 Jan 13, 2022, 09:43 AM Source

I tried to configure the same settings but with a comment command, is there a such a thing implemented for comments? I don't think I can find any.
Fortunastreet

#827 Jan 15, 2022, 12:12 AM Source

Skurge said:
I tried to configure the same settings but with a comment command, is there a such a thing implemented for comments? I don't think I can find any.

I don't know if @Aesica implemented the feature for MZ (or at all, since I'm still using clever eventing to have the kill switch active whenever I want).
Aesica

#828 Jan 15, 2022, 07:03 PM Source

Comment commands? Do you mean comment-based note tags? It should be in. If so yeah,that should be in. Basically it can be used to override the default note tag on a given page, but it must be the very first comment on that event page.
Skurge

#829 Jan 16, 2022, 07:29 AM Source

Ah managed to figure out what was going on, you are correct about the comments.
I wanted to know also if there was a way to configure the flash light effect on player vehicles?
So for example if the player vehicle is parked - 0 lights.
But when entered the flash light is on.
Aesica

#830 Jan 16, 2022, 08:31 AM Source

Any plugin with an "on vehicle enter" and "on vehicle exit" common event hook should be able to do this.
InaMorAta

#831 Feb 4, 2022, 06:07 AM Source

Loving this plugin. Would you guys say its one of the most lightweight light systems? Or is there other lighting systems that are more lightweight in terms of slowing down fps, etc? Thanks for any info
Fortunastreet

#832 Feb 4, 2022, 08:16 AM Source

InaMorAta said:
Loving this plugin. Would you guys say its one of the most lightweight light systems? Or is there other lighting systems that are more lightweight in terms of slowing down fps, etc? Thanks for any info

I never made the comparaison with other light plugin, so I couldn't say.
If you are looking for a really straightforward plugin, I would suggest you the
Ultra Mini Community Lighting version (see first message of the thread).
InaMorAta

#833 Feb 4, 2022, 05:34 PM Source

Alexandre said:
I never made the comparaison with other light plugin, so I couldn't say.
If you are looking for a really straightforward plugin, I would suggest you the
Ultra Mini Community Lighting version (see first message of the thread).
Thank you very much! I'll check out the Ultra Mini version today
WinterDepression

#834 Feb 6, 2022, 12:58 PM Source

This is a really great plugin, but I've got a small issue. Some lights change color when you move away or go closer to them. Like the fire in the screenshots (bottom of the screen):

Screenshots

This what's in the notetag:

<cl: Fire 300 #ff8800>
Fortunastreet

#835 Feb 6, 2022, 01:02 PM Source

WinterDepression said:
This is a really great plugin, but I've got a small issue. Some lights change color when you move away or go closer to them. Like the fire in the screenshots (bottom of the screen):

Screenshots
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This what's in the notetag:

<cl: Fire 300 #ff8800>

It seems like in your case that you have multiple light sources that are superposing each other. Since #FFFFFF is more luminous that your fire, it takes priority over the fire's light.
WinterDepression

#836 Feb 6, 2022, 04:58 PM Source

Alexandre said:
It seems like in your case that you have multiple light sources that are superposing each other. Since #FFFFFF is more luminous that your fire, it takes priority over the fire's light.
Alright, thanks for the reply!
muffinswords

#837 Feb 6, 2022, 08:14 PM Source

Hello, I am very thankful for the idea of this plugin and excited to use it. However, I seem to be having a problem right away.

It simply doesn't work, period? That is, I'm on the demo itself...and there's no lights. No tints. No time system. Nothing at all happens in the demo, its just default lighting. (i.e. no lighting or tint) I haven't altered anything. Just trying to play the demo and there's no lights or tints in it even when I try the slime's option to change the time. (Nothing happens or changes.) I tried making my own map with events, doesn't work there either.

I could try putting the script in a new project and testing. However, it doesn't seem needed considering the demo is already nothing but the script?

Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope it's just something I'm missing.
Fortunastreet

#838 Feb 6, 2022, 08:15 PM Source

muffinswords said:
Hello, I am very thankful for the idea of this plugin and excited to use it. However, I seem to be having a problem right away.

It simply doesn't work, period? That is, I'm on the demo itself...and there's no lights. No tints. No time system. Nothing at all happens in the demo, its just default lighting. (i.e. no lighting or tint) I haven't altered anything. Just trying to play the demo and there's no lights or tints in it even when I try the slime's option to change the time. (Nothing happens or changes.) I tried making my own map with events, doesn't work there either.

I could try putting the script in a new project and testing. However, it doesn't seem needed considering the demo is already nothing but the script?

Anyway, thank you for reading and I hope it's just something I'm missing.
You downloaded which version exactly? MV? MZ?
muffinswords

#839 Feb 6, 2022, 08:23 PM Source

Alexandre said:
You downloaded which version exactly? MV? MZ?
I'm sorry, it's the MV version. I checked too to see if it was switched off in the options for some reason, but there's no option in the option menu. The script reads as on in Plugins.
Fortunastreet

#840 Feb 6, 2022, 08:36 PM Source

muffinswords said:
I'm sorry, it's the MV version. I checked too to see if it was switched off in the options for some reason, but there's no option in the option menu. The script reads as on in Plugins.

Did you saved the script as describedin the help file on Github?
If you simply use 'save as' on the plugin file, you will instead download an html page.