MZ - [MZ & MV v1.9.7] Shora Lighting & Shadow System

hello there can anyone tell me how to use the plugin. I already downloaded the plugin and put it into my game folder and already follow the tutorial, but the plugin doesn't work. There are no error or anything, the plugin just doesn't work, like i didn't install the plugin in the first place.

I also tried the demo and see what's wrong, i also make a new map on the demo then tried the command for it and it works just fine. Is there something i need to do first after i install the plugin, put it into my game folder and put default.png?

I wanted to attach my game file here but my laptop doesn't want to upload it eventhough i have my wifi on. I'll try to upload the file as soon as i can

@shadow21234
depends what the issue is, it is recommended to use the demo.
and copy all lights and its parameter to get it to work correctly.

unless you know what you do (for advance settings) to customise it
to your needs.

as I (me) or probably anyone else dont know what issue you currently have
and what is not working.

we need more info in order to help you out on the solution for what is
missing (plugin database, parameter setup for the light plugin, comment
you use, etc.

for copying all the paramaters, it works on my experiment folder but when I try to implement it to my real game, It doesn't work.

this is what I've been doing to my game:

this is the parameter i that i did in my game


and this is from the lighting demo


this is the folder for the light images in my folder


this is other plugin I put before using this plugin


I kind of forget about most of those plugins, but i have a feeling that i didn't use most of those plugins in my game and i really need to reorganize those plugins. finally this is the command I input to trigger it.



thank you for helping me.

I dont know about the color map, but does the "name" light exist in
the parameter?
as it is not visible from your screenshot, and to help you better,
what are you trying to do?

as everything is working on my side, I cannot see what the exact
issue you have at this point.

if the light doesn't work, might be because of the comment on action button,
not sure if that has impact though on page 1, but you can try it as "note" as
well if there is a difference.

Yeah, i've used the plugin in my other file before and it works just fine too. I think the light in the parameter refers to folder light that has all the light images. Wait, maybe that's what make it weird! I'll try to fix the folder first.

edit: i tried fixing the folder name but nothing happened . so i decided to restart my work on a new folder. at least i know that the plugin works on my other folder, i guess this game file is an exception which is the first folder i have been editing with other plugins etc etc, maybe that's what make it didn't work. thank you for your help, i really appreciate it.

I love this plugin and don't want to miss it, but I'm unable to load any savefile while this plugin is activated.
Am I missing something? Can't even load a savegame in the demo.

@EvilDennis it should be able to load, can you show your plugin
database to see if you have a conflict?

if you use a save plugin, place it below it, as you might need to
re-order the plugin or multiple to make it work.

otherwise, try it only with this plugin ON and see if that works.
as it works on my end.

I've disabled all plugins except -ShoraLighting- and I still not able to load any savegame.
Without -ShoraLighting- everythings fine.
Like I said, I can't even load a game on the -ShoraLighting-DEMO. I can get into the menu, but when I try to load the savegame, only an error signal sounds and nothing happens.
I tried YEP_SaveCore to work around the error, but unfortunately that didn't work either.

These are my current plugins (I'm using MV).

that's weird, if it doesn't work on the demo for you, do you have the latest
version of the plugin (from the website) and add that to the demo?

which is 1.8.4 and you use 1.8, so download the latest version and it should
work afterwards, otherwise, I dont know why it wont work for you.

Ah, now it works =) I downloaded the demo and copied the plugin from there. So I copied the version 1.8.
Now I downloaded the latest version and everything is fine.
Thank you

Somebody want to explain to me SIMPLY how to use this to make ambient map level lighting?
50% of this sub is opposed to the other on how to do it and I am tired of fidgeting with this.
Whats the answer?

After installing the plugin why I can't load my save file even with the new game. I try save and load at your demo project but still can't load.

@Rinjuli you probably use the version 1.8, (double check that), if it is,
download 1.8.4 version which is a fixed version of it.

@Byzantiumn everything is explained in the demo how to set ambient.
if I'm remember correctly, you could set it in the parameters, else through
through a scriptcall (check those on the main post).

Ah yes it work, thx.
But it is really 1.8.4 version? I check on plugin panel it says 1.8.3 not 1.8.4.

Thank you! I don't know how i missed that but it was in there!

@Rinjuli it is version 1.8.3 despite it says 1.8.4.
however, it still have a small bug with the x.y, -x, -y not working
correctly, but the download = 1.8.4, dont working on that version
number there.

Hello, does anyone know if the rotation speed for directional lights is working properly? For me, changing it doesn't affect anything, and at both 0 or 1000 it still rotates at the same speed, which doesn't work well with the character sprites I'm making. Is there a way to turn the rotation animation off completely, or to just make it much quicker? Barely any experience in JS, so any advice would help.

Heya, strange issue. I am getting some flickering when I place a light tag on an event. It only is effecting that event light, not the player light. Any idea? Some issue with me needing a performance improvement plugin for the engine? Some conflict in events where something is lagging or stalling it?
Edit: SOLVED haha anyone else who is n00b like me, the simple fact is that in the Default Light setting in the plugin manager is set to Flicker 1 so just change to no flicker. DOH! XD


Check if in the "[Lights Default]" setting in the plugin manager it has the option "Image [.png]" set to the same file name as the image you are using in your "img - > lights" folder in your project directory.
That was the issue for me myself.



Thanks OP for such easy to use and effective plugin!

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Hi there! Been loving this plugin for my current project, it's been in there for months and super effective! Is there a way to turn it off on maps though? I'd like to make a character select screen in the beginning on a blank map and can't seem to set it up correctly.

I noticed @EvilDennis's issue with my own project, so I'm unsure where the fault is at, but I think the version we had was the root cause. A developer I'm working with identified the error as being on line 1055 and removing the $ symbol.