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

Shora · 2020-12-26T01:02:21+0900

Version: 1.9.7 Itch.io Page. Wiki Page. ―――――――――――――――――――――IntroductionA Lighting and Shadow plugin for RPG Maker MV/MZ, powered by pixi.js library. Features- Create different lighting types using custom light images, with different defaults parameters easily from Plugin Manager. - Deploy your lighting in events and items, automatically using comment/note, with the ability to override the default setting on demand. - Tons of plugin commands for both MV and MZ versions to change each light's parameters, in desired tick(s) and transition. - Light comes with real-time shadows (optionally). With 2.5D soft shadows casted, your game can be enhanced a lot nicer. Makes the shadow caster detection happen automatically using terrain tags, or using region IDs. - Light comes with animations (optionally). Including automatic pulse animation and flicker animation. Easily create your own light animation using plugin command and/or scripts. - Battle lighting is finally here! - Both lights and shadows are deeply optimized for RPG Maker MV/MZ, specifically the PIXI.JS library. Just integrate the plugin into your game without worrying about performance. - Always there to help you if you’ve encountered any problems, and open to any suggestions! . Tutorial Spoiler: Plugin Installation Grab the plugin js file from itch.io official page, and place it inside the js/plugins folder. Enable the plugin inside the Plugin Manager. I suggest placing it above every other plugin. Make a new folder named lights inside the img/ directory. This folder will store all your lighting images. If you don’t have any, a good way is just copy and paste from my demo project. It is done! Spoiler: Lights Simply add [light] comment to an event's page, and F5 to see if it worked correctly. If you use the lights image directory from my demo, you should see this: You could override the light default parameters by adding custom arguments after the name. Eg: [flashlight -r 120 -a 45] will give the event (‘s page)/ item’s note a light of name flashlight, with their radius set to 120% and angle to 45 degree. Almost every default parameter could be overridden like this. Current light parameters include: name, images, status, radius, angle, event’s direction, color tint, color filters, offset, shadow, and animations. Spoiler: Shadows There are currently 2 ways of creating shadow casters (objects that block lights): automatically using terrain tags or/and manually using region IDs. I suggest using terrain tags as you don’t need to draw regions again and again for every map, but region IDs can be useful in some cases if you want to draw it manually. Method 1: Terrain Tags Open Database -> Tilesets -> Terrain Tags, and set all the Wall Tile to 1, and Top Wall Tile to 2. You can change those default constant value inside the Plugin Setting -> [Game: Settings] You should have something like this: Now just draw your map normally, and the shadow caster will be automatically detected. This detection is prioritized over the region IDs, which we will talk below. Method 2: Region IDs If you used Khas Advanced Lighting before (which has been deprecated), you pretty well know how this works. Just place the region IDs on top of all the wall you drew as the height. You can change the region IDs range in the Plugin Settings as well. Spoiler: Custom Lights You can create various custom lightings for your project, with different image and default settings, using Plugin Settings -> [Lights: Custom]. A custom light template currently look like this: You also can just copy my custom lights to your project! Simply copy & paste it. Spoiler: MZ Plugin Commands MZ Plugin Command: Set Light Parameters: Blank settings will remain the same, transition type is optional. Leave the Light Id section blank to target the event that call this command. Set Map Ambient: Spoiler: MV Plugin Commands You can shorten the eventId for the current lighting (lighting of the event which call the commands) by using a simple "=" instead of typing it id. This is the same as "leave the id blank for this event" in MZ plugin command. ambient offset offsetx offsety radius angle tint status shadow Spoiler: Animations Spoiler: Automatic Animating Animation that consistently happens with lights throughout the scene. There are currently 2 implemented: Flicker and Pulse. Spoiler: Flicker Flicker animation makes the light randomly flick. Flicker Intensity, range from 1 to 10, determines the opacity that light achieves when flickering. At 1, it is ~90% opacity. Flicker Speed determines the frequency of light flickering. Spoiler: Pulse Pulse animation makes the light shrink constantly up and down. Pulse R…

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Visya999

#543 Jan 20, 2024, 01:54 PM Source

ShadowDragon said:
@Visya999 can you show a gif or screenshot between those and possible
item/actor setup for those lights?

as it doesn't happen on my end though.
I would also like to ask how to make the map light (day), otherwise I couldn’t find anything about it, sorry, but my English is not perfect, and the translator is crooked
ShadowDragon

#544 Jan 20, 2024, 05:48 PM Source

@Visya999 I dont own MZ, but checking the plugin alone, it is a bit outdated,
as the latest version 1.9.4 is 100kb+ and yours only 77-78kb.

download the latest and retry again and or demo which explain how to add light
and how to turn it off if needed.
Draemorin

#545 Jan 21, 2024, 06:43 PM Source

Hello all!

I am wondering if anyone else has had this issue that I am getting when using the lighting plugin.

When I test start my project from the beginning, the lights will look like this:

However, when I load this project from a save that happened right after the screenshot above, it looks like this:

I am just wondering how I can fix the inconsistencies in lighting. I am a big fan of this plugin! It's entirely possible that I'm using it wrong, though..

Any help would be appreciated :)
ShadowDragon

#546 Jan 22, 2024, 06:30 PM Source

@Draemorin depends if your light was on or off (also based on map notetag).
if its off and turns it on an loaded saved file, than I have no clue.

you can try to set a switch or double check the demo if it also happens there,
otherwise, set the plugin lower or higher in the plugin list.

you can try a clean project to see if it happens there with only this plugin,
if it persist, than report back so @Shora can take a look at this if its a bug
somewhere in the plugin.

but it's hard to tell currently how it happens.
BoneCollectors

#547 Jan 26, 2024, 06:03 PM Source

This light system is not fully compatible with PIXI 5.3.3, for those interested in implementing it.
tarmonster1

#548 Jan 28, 2024, 11:18 PM Source

Hi! I'm trying out this plugin with MZ
.
1. How do I make a light that follows the player?

I tried creating a custom light playerLight and assigning that to the character using a note tag: [light playerLight]

That worked at first but when I call "Change items" to give the player an item, the light disappears! Why?

2. How do I set ambient light for a map (daylight, night)?

3. The Terrain Tag doesn't seem to work. If I use regions, then I see dynamic shadows.
tarmonster1

#549 Jan 30, 2024, 05:29 AM Source

I'm also noticing this issue that using Region 3 leaks light in certain areas. What am I doing wrong?
ShadowDragon

#550 Jan 30, 2024, 10:30 AM Source

@tarmonster1 I think you need to check the demo, as 2 height tall wall
require region 2 and not 3 which the light goes through, check the demo
how it's done as I dont have the issue you are having.
tarmonster1

#551 Jan 30, 2024, 07:54 PM Source

ShadowDragon said:
@tarmonster1 I think you need to check the demo, as 2 height tall wall
require region 2 and not 3 which the light goes through, check the demo
how it's done as I dont have the issue you are having.

The screenshots are from the demo. That is what I am using. That room has 2 and 3 height walls.
ShadowDragon

#552 Jan 30, 2024, 10:46 PM Source

than it's weird, it might be the latest version as I use 1.9.4 still or 1.9.2 and no
issues on those version, so it's hard to tell why it does that.
twosnakes

#553 Jan 31, 2024, 09:32 PM Source

@Shora any news on next update?
otkus

#554 Feb 1, 2024, 12:30 PM Source

@Shora :
Your plugin is totally amazing! Thanks so much for your hard work!

@everyone
Is there a way to create an "infinite distance" light source (e.g. sun or moon) that casts parallel shadows? I'd like to use this to create a nice difference in direction of shadows cast from e.g. buildings in the same map between morning/noon/evening to show the passage of time. And placing several light sources in the map wouldn't work because the shadows are relative to those sources. Setting map ambient would light the whole map but wouldn't create the desired effect either because it lacks shadow casting. Anybody have any idea?
bigpaparyu

#555 Feb 8, 2024, 12:20 AM Source

Hello, I have an issue when the ambient lighting. I have my default lighting set in the plug in, but when I use the plugin command to change it in Game, it always turns the ambient lighting to pitch black. I'm typing the plugin command as "ambient <#******> <60>. I'm using MV.
IPTdragon

#556 Feb 16, 2024, 04:07 PM Source

Curious if there's a way to have an event be able to 'detect' when it's in a light source. I think it'd be really interesting to have a creature that started moving once it was illuminated by the player's torch, but I don't know if there's a way to do this. Any suggestions?
Ryuukun

#557 Feb 17, 2024, 02:52 PM Source

Okay, I must sound like mentally diminished, but I've added the plugin, literally copy/pasted everything from the demo, yet I have no lights appearing? What did I do wrong? I have copied the light folders etc too?
IPTdragon

#558 Feb 17, 2024, 04:23 PM Source

Ryuukun said:
Okay, I must sound like mentally diminished, but I've added the plugin, literally copy/pasted everything from the demo, yet I have no lights appearing? What did I do wrong? I have copied the light folders etc too?
Not to be condescending, but the plugin is ON and everything, right? Do you have a comment in the events you want to light up? Are you relying on custom lights that haven't been defined in the plugin information?
Ryuukun

#559 Feb 17, 2024, 04:40 PM Source

IPTdragon said:
Not to be condescending, but the plugin is ON and everything, right? Do you have a comment in the events you want to light up? Are you relying on custom lights that haven't been defined in the plugin information?
Plugin is on yes. I did put the comment [light] exactly as indicated. I even copied the event straight from the demo...

Be it light, or other custom ones... (I copied over the custom light list from the demo as well) I just have no lights poppin' at all ._.

EDIT: I found out what the problem was. In the demo files, there are two versions of the plugin. One called -ShoraLighting- and one called Shoralighting. I took the wrong one... (I got the one from Itch.io aswell, but thought I might need em both since both are in the demo). So basically I was working with the ShoraLighting one, and not the -ShoraLighting- one.

Sorry for my smoll brain!

EDIT 2: So, now my map's kinda... in the dark when I don't want it to be? I've seen in the demo that there is a possiblity to deactivate lighting in maps (in the "No Lighting" room). Now all my map where there's no light event at all are darkened... (not pitch black, but just really dark...)

EDIT 3: Alright, so I had to change de default ambient. I set it to #ffffff as per recommendation in the tutorial, except now everything looks cooked in light, as if the sun itself was trying to bake me off the surface of the earth...

EDIT 4: Yes, I must sound like a madman. But in the end, may this post serve people! Some perserverance, and you can always do it yourself! I fixed this but turning the intensity light filter to 1. It was set to 1.5 ...

Problem solved!
MegaKamaTron

#560 Feb 19, 2024, 06:58 PM Source

Ryuukun said:
Plugin is on yes. I did put the comment [light] exactly as indicated. I even copied the event straight from the demo...

Be it light, or other custom ones... (I copied over the custom light list from the demo as well) I just have no lights poppin' at all ._.

EDIT: I found out what the problem was. In the demo files, there are two versions of the plugin. One called -ShoraLighting- and one called Shoralighting. I took the wrong one... (I got the one from Itch.io aswell, but thought I might need em both since both are in the demo). So basically I was working with the ShoraLighting one, and not the -ShoraLighting- one.

Sorry for my smoll brain!

EDIT 2: So, now my map's kinda... in the dark when I don't want it to be? I've seen in the demo that there is a possiblity to deactivate lighting in maps (in the "No Lighting" room). Now all my map where there's no light event at all are darkened... (not pitch black, but just really dark...)

EDIT 3: Alright, so I had to change de default ambient. I set it to #ffffff as per recommendation in the tutorial, except now everything looks cooked in light, as if the sun itself was trying to bake me off the surface of the earth...

EDIT 4: Yes, I must sound like a madman. But in the end, may this post serve people! Some perserverance, and you can always do it yourself! I fixed this but turning the intensity light filter to 1. It was set to 1.5 ...

Problem solved!
Your post helped me with this exact problem! Thank you!
Ryuukun

#561 Feb 21, 2024, 04:47 AM Source

MegaKamaTron said:
Your post helped me with this exact problem! Thank you!

Glad my monologue helped!

Also, on another subject, question to Shora: are we able to use the plugin in the same way you do in your gif? (with sliders, directly In-game) or is this a dev thing only?
Shora

#562 Feb 26, 2024, 04:10 AM Source

IPTdragon said:
Curious if there's a way to have an event be able to 'detect' when it's in a light source. I think it'd be really interesting to have a creature that started moving once it was illuminated by the player's torch, but I don't know if there's a way to do this. Any suggestions?
That a nice idea, still there I haven't implemented a nice way of doing this yet. If you know about scripting, you can try retrieve the light bound by `
$shoraLayer.lighting.lights[id].sourceBound` and then check if the event position are contained in the bound or not (you need to experimenting with it, and it mostly will not work in the next big update.