MV - [MV+MZ] FIXED v1.6! Optimized Lighting with Real-Time Shadows (new: saving system fixed!)

SebyDevDev · 2021-09-06T03:05:39+0900

Link: DAE's Lighting System by SebyDevDev Lighting with Real-Time Shadows System for RPG MAKER daedrakyne.itch.io (I'm back, and I've fixed the saving issue!!!) (The help file has more detailed instructions, make sure to check it out!) Spoiler: GIFs Spoiler: Screenshots Spoiler: Setup demonstration Download FREE (non-commercial, encrypted) or PRO (commercial): https://daedrakyne.itch.io/daes-lighting-system Hey there! I've been working for a while now on a new lighting plugin for both MV and MZ. My reason for starting down this road was due to this post from about a month ago: MV - Khas UltraLighting Remake for Commercial Purposes Hey everyone, So a little introduction. Khas has left the rpg maker scene entirely and has stopped making and supporting his javascripts. There is no response on any of his available contact links. This makes it so that nobody can get a commercial license for some of his scripts that require... forums.rpgmakerweb.com I've researched the most efficient 2D-RTS lighting systems, and have decided to base mine on a pure-hardware (GPU) implementation. In its current state, without culling (meaning that for now every light in the scene is being rendered/updated, regardless of whether it's even on the screen or not), the game can handle ~650 lights (with shadows) in one scene without its fps dropping. For now, the plugin will be in beta, and will be posted here (ie: can be used for non-commercial projects, commercial version will be up on itch.io before the end of the month once enough features have been added for the inital version to be released publicly). If you could try it out, and leave your thoughts down in a reply below, I would really appreciate it! My goal is to make a plugin that is more diverse than khas' while still being optimised enough. Plugin commands (MV) (no need for MZ plugin command instructions): dae_light setambientlight r g b Sets the current ambient light to the specified color. r, g and b are numbers from 0 to 255 that represent an rgb color. Example: dae_light setambientlight 0 20 0 THE REST OF THE PLUGIN COMMANDS ARE THE SAME AS THE EVENT COMMENTS, BUT WITHOUT "[" AND "]" Event comments (run whenever event page changes): [dae_light addlight uniqueID type] Adds a new light and sets its position to that of the event. Light will follow the event wherever it goes uniqueID can be either "null" or any word (letters, numbers and underscore). If set to null, the light will not be stored as a unique light (meaning that it won't be designable by other commands / comments) type must be one of the light types from the plugin parameters. For example, "halogen". New light types can be created in the plugin parameters. Example: [dae_light addlight halo2 halogen] [dae_light setoffset uniqueID offsetX offsetY] Sets a manual offset for the designed light, if it exists. offsetX and offsetY are numbers. Example: [dae_light setoffset halo2 0 24] [dae_light setcolor uniqueID R G B] Sets the color of the light R, G and B are numbers between 0 and 255 Example: [dae_light setcolor uniqueID 255 0 255] (pink) [dae_light setrotation uniqueID rotation] Sets the rotation of the light Rotation is an angle between 0 and 360 [dae_light setangle uniqueID angle] Sets the angle wideness of the light. Angle is between 0 (no light) and 360 (full light) Example: an angle of 180 will create a semi-circle light [dae_light setintensity uniqueID intensity] Sets the intensity of the light. Intensity is between 0 (no light) to 200 (bright light). For some reason, the MZ plugin can't handle a single intense light, but works fine with multiple lights added together. Until this is fixed, you can overlap multiple lights together to create a bright light. [dae_light setrotation/f uniqueID rotation] Sets how much the light rotates every frame. Rotation is any number, negative or positive, and with decimals allowed. Map notes: -- Disables lighting for that map -- Uses the given picture as a shadow map for that map. The picture must be in the "img/shadows/" folder. Example: Shadow maps can be easily created by saving a picture of a map (right-click on map -> save), going to a picture editor (I used piskelapp.com), and drawing black in a new layer wherever you want shadows to be. There is no current customization for RegionIDs (it is easily implementable, just wanted to get the demo out first), but you can currently use the regionID 17 to create a blue light, and regionIDs 4, 6 and 7 to create shadows. (4: full block shadow, 6: left wall shadow, 7: right wall shadow) Changelog: v 1.6 Fixed a bug where you wouldn't be able to save/load! v 1.5 Added support for light spritesheet animations. Added support for light custom animations (settings-based) Implemented customisability for Region Shadows and Region Lights. Implemented various performance optimisations. Implemented basic light-culling. v1.3 Added support for cu…

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SebyDevDev

#41 Sep 12, 2021, 11:19 AM Source

rhapsodymipo said:
I'm really loving your plugin, but i came up with a problem. I had a massive performance drop when changing the light radius. it starts whenever the values are higher than 600. Is it normal at this stage of development?
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Personally, I've experienced performance drops once a light reaches a radius of > 7000, but it is possible for it to happen earlier too, if the specs of the computer are lower. The reason behind this is that the raytracing's performance depends on the light radius, the runtime of it is about O(n*n) for each light, meaning that the larger a light is, the faster it'll consume too much processing power.
I am planning on implementing a "lighter" raytracing function, so that for each light type, you can choose whether you want it to be raytraced or not.
Furthermore, the next update should implement conditional raytracing, so that each light doesn't have to be raytraced every single frame, but instead only when it moves / when a shadow-casting object within its range moves.

I already have an idea on how to handle sun-casting too, to make it much more efficient, but for now, I'd advise against using this plugin to make really large light sources.
SebyDevDev

#42 Sep 12, 2021, 03:35 PM Source

Alright! All done adding the Region shadows + Region lights update. I think I'll take advantage of this to implement some optimisation techniques, I'll update the plugin tomorrow ^^
I think I'll also post the commercial version of the plugin (reminder that the current version cannot be used in commercial projects), to start making a small living out of this plugin, that way I stay motivated to keep working on it.
Once this update is done, next update will be either shadow/light heights, event shadows, or animated lights, so make your votes people!!
SebyDevDev

#43 Sep 12, 2021, 06:54 PM Source

I've actually had more time to implement stuff today (yes, I know, I should chill lmao, but just felt like implementing more stuff), so I just implemented animated image lights!
Light images can now be from spritesheets (like for characters), and you can specify the position + duration for the frames!
(The reason I'm using spritesheets is because it's much more efficient to do so, when compared to having seperate PNG image for each iamge)
rhapsodymipo

#44 Sep 12, 2021, 07:00 PM Source

DaedraTalos said:
Personally, I've experienced performance drops once a light reaches a radius of > 7000, but it is possible for it to happen earlier too, if the specs of the computer are lower. The reason behind this is that the raytracing's performance depends on the light radius, the runtime of it is about O(n*n) for each light, meaning that the larger a light is, the faster it'll consume too much processing power.
I am planning on implementing a "lighter" raytracing function, so that for each light type, you can choose whether you want it to be raytraced or not.
Furthermore, the next update should implement conditional raytracing, so that each light doesn't have to be raytraced every single frame, but instead only when it moves / when a shadow-casting object within its range moves.

I already have an idea on how to handle sun-casting too, to make it much more efficient, but for now, I'd advise against using this plugin to make really large light sources.
I'm looking forward for future updates, and i'm definitely paying for a commercial version. About parallax mapping, are you familiar with Qmap editor? It basically adds anchor points, colliders and z vallues (for multi layered maps) to individual .png images in the map. It's a really good tool. Maybe it could be of assistance to work with shadows.
VaiJack8

#45 Sep 13, 2021, 11:27 AM Source

This is so cool! Hope I can use this in a future commercial project ^^
SebyDevDev

#46 Sep 13, 2021, 02:37 PM Source
Alright! New update coming very soon!!
What has been implemented:
- Animated spritesheet lights (for light animations)
- Region Shadows and Region Lighting
- I've added more optimisation, now you can have 1000+ lights in a scene and still run at 60+ fps!
  
  (I tested it with 1254 lights (one light per tile in a 33*38 map), and the game ran just as expected at a stable 75 fps with static lights, and varying between 70~76 with animated spritesheet lights! That's right, 1254 animated lights running at 60+ fps!! :kaopride: )
I'm preparing the commercial version now for release now, what do you all think would be a reasonable / justified cost for this plugin? I'm thinking between £10~15, since more updates will be coming to the plugin very soon (shadow+light heights, event shadows, special shadow types, smooth transitions)
SebyDevDev

#47 Sep 13, 2021, 02:42 PM Source

rhapsodymipo said:
I'm looking forward for future updates, and i'm definitely paying for a commercial version. About parallax mapping, are you familiar with Qmap editor? It basically adds anchor points, colliders and z vallues (for multi layered maps) to individual .png images in the map. It's a really good tool. Maybe it could be of assistance to work with shadows.
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Ooh interesting!! I'll definitely have a look at it, thanks! ^^
ToshaAngel

#48 Sep 13, 2021, 07:08 PM Source

This is an error that is issued by version 1.3
E_reward_X

#49 Sep 13, 2021, 08:03 PM Source

awesome work!!!!!!
SebyDevDev

#50 Sep 13, 2021, 09:09 PM Source

ToshaAngel said:
This is an error that is issued by version 1.3
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It seems like your plugin parameters / command parameters weren't parsed properly. Can you send me your plugin parameters (click on text and paste it in a text file), as well as the plugin command that you're running when the game crashes,if any?
SebyDevDev

#51 Sep 13, 2021, 09:12 PM Source

Neptrone said:
awesome work!!!!!!
Thanks!! Planning on uploading the next update tomorrow, make sure to check it out! :LZSjoy:
Varfarin

#52 Sep 13, 2021, 10:43 PM Source

Hello. Well, after installing your plugin and replacing some js files, another plugin (PKD_VPlayer) stopped working. looks like both add functions to pixi, so maybe a conflict? would you mind taking a look? I really want a commercial license for your plugin, but pkd is also really important.

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SebyDevDev

#53 Sep 14, 2021, 09:49 AM Source

Varfarin said:
Hello. Well, after installing your plugin and replacing some js files, another plugin (PKD_VPlayer) stopped working. looks like both add functions to pixi, so maybe a conflict? would you mind taking a look? I really want a commercial license for your plugin, but pkd is also really important.
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Hey there ^^

The plugin you sent me is obfuscated, you'll need to send me a non-obfuscated version if you want me to troubleshoot it
ToshaAngel

#54 Sep 14, 2021, 03:31 PM Source

I'm using this command here.

Press

Получаю эту ошибку.

Here are my plugin settings.
Everything is in accordance with the standard. I didn't change anything.

Press
SebyDevDev

#55 Sep 14, 2021, 04:01 PM Source

ToshaAngel said:
I'm using this command here.

Press
Получаю эту ошибку.

Here are my plugin settings.
Everything is in accordance with the standard. I didn't change anything.

I see a few possibilities on what could be happening:
1. It seems that your plugin parameters aren't being parsed properly.The images are great, but I'll need the text version to be able to run it myself and check what's going wrong. You can send them to me via DM if you prefer ^^
2. It looks like either the $lightSys or the displaySys aren't being instantiated. This is either due to 1., or due to the current map using the <dae_light off> notetag.

If you can send me the full text version like this:

paste it into a text file, and send it to me via DM/here, I'll try it out and see what error it gives out ^^
SebyDevDev

#56 Sep 14, 2021, 05:08 PM Source

Alright!! The new plugin version and commercial version are out! Check them out!!:kaopride:

What's been added:
- animated spritesheet lights
- animated custom lights (using settings instead of images)
- Region Shadows / Region Lights
- Lots of optimizations!

Lemme know what you think and what you'd like added in the next version!!
Feel free to send me gifs / images of your light scenes too, so that I can add them to the top post ^-^
ToshaAngel

#57 Sep 15, 2021, 07:08 AM Source

DaedraTalos said:
Я вижу несколько возможностей того, что могло произойти:
1. Кажется, что параметры вашего плагина не анализируются должным образом. Изображения отличные, но мне понадобится текстовая версия, чтобы я мог запустить ее сам и проверить, что не так. Вы можете отправить их мне через DM, если хотите ^^
2. Похоже, что экземпляр $ lightSys или displaySys не создается. Это происходит либо из-за 1., либо из-за текущей карты с пометкой <dae_light off>.

Если вы можете прислать мне полную текстовую версию, например:View attachment 201207

вставьте его в текстовый файл и отправьте мне через DM / здесь, я попробую и посмотрю, какую ошибку он выдает ^^

Light types
["{\"ID / name\":\"halogen\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"241\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"224\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"70\",\"variation\":\"10\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"250\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"broken\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"241\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"224\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"60\",\"variation\":\"40\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"torch\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"147\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"41\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"7\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"500\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"red_torch\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"0\\\"}\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"yellow_torch\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"0\\\"}\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"green_torch\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"0\\\"}\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"blue_torch\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"pink\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"rayshield\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\\\"float ToneMapFunc(float d, float m) {\\\\n float norm = d/m;\\\\n if (norm < 0.1) {\\\\n return clamp(1.4 - (0.4 / (exp(-norm))), 0., 1.);\\\\n }\\\\n else {\\\\n return clamp(sqrt(norm), 0., 1.);\\\\n }\\\\n}\\\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"24\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"blue\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"20\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"128\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"blue2\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"0\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"30\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"160\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"pers\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"244\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"251\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"30\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"80\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"facel\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"167\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"238\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"45\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"200\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"sun\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"207\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"72\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"50\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"300\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"facel2\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"167\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"238\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"52\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"350\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"facel3\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"167\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"238\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"60\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"550\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"lampa\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"226\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"88\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"34\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"80\",\"variation\":\"8\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"300\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"halogen2\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"241\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"224\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"70\",\"variation\":\"8\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"500\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"neon\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"188\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"19\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"254\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"250\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"lamp\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"247\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"0\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"150\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"lampred\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"255\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"89\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"18\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"20\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"150\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"ogon\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"170\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"66\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"3\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"330\"}","{\"ID / name\":\"neonblue\",\"Color\":\"{\\\"R\\\":\\\"4\\\",\\\"G\\\":\\\"217\\\",\\\"B\\\":\\\"255\\\"}\",\"Custom Toning Function\":\"\",\"intensity\":\"100\",\"variation\":\"0\",\"X offset\":\"0\",\"Y offset\":\"0\",\"Radius\":\"230\"}"]

Global Light Toning Function
"float ToneMapFunc(float d, float m) {\n float norm = d/m;\n return clamp(1. - pow(norm,2.), 0., 1.);\n}"

Light images
["{\"ID / Name\":\"khas_flashlight\",\"Image\":\"flashlight\",\"Preload on start\":\"true\",\"Width\":\"300\",\"Height\":\"300\"}"]
ShadowDragon

#58 Sep 15, 2021, 07:40 AM Source

@ToshaAngel the only mistake I found is the light images, which says
"khas_flashlight" which dont exist.

if flashlight exist, it should be corrected to dae_..... =)
the map in hte demo is refered to khas, but it's far beyond that,
so fix that name and it should work, I dont know if flashlight is called
otherwise yet, dont have the latest demo yet.

but pretty sure, that should resolve 1 issue.
ToshaAngel

#59 Sep 15, 2021, 07:59 AM Source

ShadowDragon said:
@ToshaAngel the only mistake I found is the light images, which says
"khas_flashlight" which dont exist.

if flashlight exist, it should be corrected to dae_..... =)
the map in hte demo is refered to khas, but it's far beyond that,
so fix that name and it should work, I dont know if flashlight is called
otherwise yet, dont have the latest demo yet.

but pretty sure, that should resolve 1 issue.
khas_flashlight is just a name. Not the name of the image.
I think there is no difference here.
SebyDevDev

#60 Sep 15, 2021, 09:53 AM Source

@ToshaAngel Thanks for the texts ^^
As I thought, the issue is that you didn't refresh the plugin parameters after updating the plugin. Whenever you update the plugin, you need to open each plugin parameter to let the new values "refresh", that way there are no errors. The problem this time is that your "custom direction offset" settings for each light wasn't defined, so when it tried to parse it, it would just fail.
To prevent this, I'll add some error handling and defaulting, but for now, just go through each parameter in the plugin, open it, then click ok, that way it'll refresh and set the new values to their default values ^^