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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ToshaAngel

#61 Sep 15, 2021, 11:17 AM Source

DaedraTalos said:
@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 ^^
Thank you very much! I would never have thought that everything is so simple)))
I have a small wish for the plugin:
You can make a smooth color transition with the transition time selection to perform the transition of the time of day.
For example: night is replaced by morning, and the light smoothly transitions from dark to light in accordance with the set time/framework of the developer.
SebyDevDev

#62 Sep 15, 2021, 12:16 PM Source

ToshaAngel said:
Thank you very much! I would never have thought that everything is so simple)))
I have a small wish for the plugin:
You can make a smooth color transition with the transition time selection to perform the transition of the time of day.
For example: night is replaced by morning, and the light smoothly transitions from dark to light in accordance with the set time/framework of the developer.
Glad it helped!
From my understanding, you're suggesting a plugin command that allows for a smooth transition between two different colors, for a set time?
ToshaAngel

#63 Sep 15, 2021, 01:12 PM Source

DaedraTalos said:
Glad it helped!
From my understanding, you're suggesting a plugin command that allows for a smooth transition between two different colors, for a set time?
Yes, that's right!
ToshaAngel

#64 Sep 16, 2021, 08:49 AM Source

Very interesting.
Yesterday everything worked, I turned off the computer and went to bed, and today it gives this error.

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I tried to remove all the light sources on the map, but it didn't help.
The image of the shadows is specified in the map tags, the commands are not executed, an error occurs immediately and that's it.
SebyDevDev

#65 Sep 16, 2021, 11:59 AM Source

ToshaAngel said:
Very interesting.
Yesterday everything worked, I turned off the computer and went to bed, and today it gives this error.

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I tried to remove all the light sources on the map, but it didn't help.
The image of the shadows is specified in the map tags, the commands are not executed, an error occurs immediately and that's it.
Try updating the plugin to the newest version.
I think that what's happening has been fixed by the newest version
(make sure to refresh your plugin parameters like before, once you update)
E_reward_X

#66 Sep 17, 2021, 10:22 PM Source

So is it possible to do "Light Baking" ?
SebyDevDev

#67 Sep 18, 2021, 10:18 AM Source

Neptrone said:
So is it possible to do "Light Baking" ?
Depends what you mean by that exactly
Currently, since there are only static-shadows (event shadows haven't been implemented yet), the lights are calculated/baked once, and are re-calculated whenever they move/their size change. Any other changes will not cause a recalculation of the affected lights ^^
(ie: the lights are baked at the start of the scene, dynamic lights need to be recalculated after each change)
SebyDevDev

#68 Sep 18, 2021, 10:24 AM Source

MV + MZ: fixed a bug where the lights would "pop into existence" when first appearing on screen
penguindadar

#69 Sep 19, 2021, 12:34 PM Source

when i use “(MZ) Lighting System v1.5 PRO ”, it makes player cannot save in the game.it has the same problem in the demo without any other plugins
SebyDevDev

#70 Sep 20, 2021, 01:11 PM Source

penguindadar said:
when i use “(MZ) Lighting System v1.5 PRO ”, it makes player cannot save in the game.it has the same problem in the demo without any other plugins
Thanks for the bug report! I've checked and yup, I'll need to make a small update to be released soon that will fix this issue ^^
ephesus

#71 Sep 21, 2021, 12:04 AM Source

Have alpha images used as light templates been/going to be implemented?

Also, I assume it would be on his side but would it be possible to make this plugin compatible with Blizzard's Ultra Mode 7 plugin? UM7 already has compatibility code for OCram's MV lighting plugin (as well as Khas, Terrax and Community Lighting) so possibly wouldn't be a major task. Alas, I know not the heaviness of scripting and have no idea of the depths of the request... I guess shadows would be the major issue. Blizzard couldn't get Khas' Ultimate with Shadows to work but you would be a legend if you could figure it out. Even without shadows working would still be worth it IMO.
ephesus

#72 Sep 21, 2021, 12:11 AM Source

Neptrone said:
So is it possible to do "Light Baking" ?
wouldn't this basically be the same as making a lighting layer (parallax)? using a layer would also have the benefit of lighting the characters and events also which baked in lighting wouldn't. I don't think you can bake into a tileset without the creation of a massive new tileset that would be way less efficient than just making a lighting layer. You could bake with a 3d program but still you'd import as an image and throw it in as a new layer.
SebyDevDev

#73 Sep 21, 2021, 09:34 AM Source

ephesus said:
Have alpha images used as light templates been/going to be implemented?

Also, I assume it would be on his side but would it be possible to make this plugin compatible with Blizzard's Ultra Mode 7 plugin? UM7 already has compatibility code for OCram's MV lighting plugin (as well as Khas, Terrax and Community Lighting) so possibly wouldn't be a major task. Alas, I know not the heaviness of scripting and have no idea of the depths of the request... I guess shadows would be the major issue. Blizzard couldn't get Khas' Ultimate with Shadows to work but you would be a legend if you could figure it out. Even without shadows working would still be worth it IMO.
If, by alpha images, you mean using custom images to make lights, then yes, it has already been implemented ^^ beyond that, custom spritesheet animations for the lights has also been implemented, which I'm pretty sure the other lighting plugins haven't yet implemented

As for the compatibility with that plugin, I'll look into it once I've fixed the saving issue ^^

ephesus said:
wouldn't this basically be the same as making a lighting layer (parallax)? using a layer would also have the benefit of lighting the characters and events also which baked in lighting wouldn't. I don't think you can bake into a tileset without the creation of a massive new tileset that would be way less efficient than just making a lighting layer. You could bake with a 3d program but still you'd import as an image and throw it in as a new layer.
The "lighting" for this plugin is basically just an extra layer on top of the map's spriteset, so basically what you're mentioning here I think ^^ You can also use parallax mapping to create a shadow map for this plugin, btw (instructions are in the help file, and there's a demo of it in the top post)

By saying that "yes, it's basically baking the light", I just meant that any static lights you have in your scene are basically never updated as long as they don't need to be, meaning that they are "baked" at the start of the scene (I know, maybe not the right term for it xd)
rhapsodymipo

#74 Sep 28, 2021, 01:26 PM Source

How is the plugin going?
ShadowDragon

#75 Oct 30, 2021, 06:40 PM Source

@DaedraTalos any new update? and light not seen through walls/tiles?
or did you cancel the plugin for the time being for things in RL?

I hope you doing ok though :)
rhapsodymipo

#76 Dec 21, 2021, 01:02 PM Source

Hmm, seems like this has been abandoned. It's a shame, for it had potential
SebyDevDev

#77 Sep 10, 2023, 02:53 PM Source

Hey there everyone!! :kaojoy: (@rhapsodymipo @ShadowDragon @penguindadar)
So, you might've noticed but I've been gone for the last few years :kaoslp: stuff happened, but one of the main things was university, which I'm finally done with!!
Sorry for disappearing for so long!! :kaophew:I'm back now! And I've already started making changes!

I've updated the plugin to fix the saving issue (MV and MZ) - that should work fine now!!
I'll have more time to be active now, so feel free to reach out if you want any additions made to the plugin!!
I'm also looking to create a new major plugin, so let me know if you have any ideas for a plugin that would help lots of people!
ShadowDragon

#78 Sep 10, 2023, 05:42 PM Source

@DaedraTalos welcome back :)

Although I use another plugin, there is a still a few things others might not have,
so please continue anyways that make new users to choose from :)

I dont have any idea or suggestions for plugin, but if you think you got one usefull
alot of people see fit, make them =)

and university take first place above coding as it isn't easy, but glad your back again :)
SebyDevDev

#79 Sep 10, 2023, 09:31 PM Source

Thanks for the warm welcome! :kaothx:

Glad you were able to find something else that worked for you! Looked a bit at other Lighting plugins, wondering what I could do to make this one stand out.. maybe add height to the lights? (ie 3d lights, the shadows don't go on forever!)
twosnakes

#80 Sep 11, 2023, 04:09 AM Source

Welcome back from your studies! This plugin looks promising, I'm gonna do a deep dive tomorrow after work. For some reason this never came up in any of my previous searches for lighting plugins :(