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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Shora

#81 Nov 6, 2021, 07:13 AM Source

VaiJack8 said:
Heyyy

First of all, thanks for the update, the lag has now disappeared.

Sadly I must report another bug. I'm using a weather plugin by Mog (you can find it here in the demo project). It worked fine with the 1.2b version but now it makes my game crash every time I start a battle. Here's the console log.

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Also, there is another bug when I try to enter a place with a different weather condition while I hold the light:

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Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I know this is not a bug but a compatibility issue, so if you cannot fix it I will understand. Thank you anyway.
Really unfortunate to hear that. However, now i'm trying to recreate your bugs, but the battle start and end normally in the above demo :thinking:. Is it these battle?
Also i couldn't recreate the second bug though @@.If you have time, can you create and upload a separate project that simulate the bug with incompatibility plugin and send it to me, for easier debugging :).
P/S: I added my plugin at the end of the plugin list, change the ref name of default light to "default". and copy the lights folder into /img. I don't know if it matter, but that all the pre step i done to use with the demo. You can try that too, and let me know if the bug still on :D
VaiJack8

#82 Nov 6, 2021, 10:02 AM Source

Shora said:
Really unfortunate to hear that. However, now i'm trying to recreate your bugs, but the battle start and end normally in the above demo :thinking:. Is it these battle?View attachment 205959
Also i couldn't recreate the second bug though @@.If you have time, can you create and upload a separate project that simulate the bug with incompatibility plugin and send it to me, for easier debugging :).
P/S: I added my plugin at the end of the plugin list, change the ref name of default light to "default". and copy the lights folder into /img. I don't know if it matter, but that all the pre step i done to use with the demo. You can try that too, and let me know if the bug still on :D
Alrite so: I moved your plugin under MOG's one and the crashes are no more. Thank you ^^
Shora

#84 Nov 7, 2021, 03:35 AM Source

Decinbr said:
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Hello, can you tell me how exactly you got this error?. Is it due to override to 1.3b or what?. I really couldn't do anything with only an image @@
Decinbr

#85 Nov 7, 2021, 02:36 PM Source

Shora said:
Hello, can you tell me how exactly you got this error?. Is it due to override to 1.3b or what?. I really couldn't do anything with only an image @@
I deonloaded version 1.3 for the first time and got this error
Biel-Pine

#86 Nov 8, 2021, 09:41 AM Source

I love this plugin! Im using in two different projects and will update to the new version.
I was having lag issues too, but i solved that in two different ways:
1. Game 1 - using the region activate that comes with visustella event move core, so the light just turn on when im in the respective room
2. Game 2 - using the event detector (i think is moghunter, but i Will check that), so the light just turn on If im close (that was my first solution, but in the other game didnt work well because the layout of the maps)
Thank u for your efforts and congratulations 'cause thats look like a very hard made plugin (i know nothing about code)
And sorry for my poor english :)
Shora

#87 Nov 9, 2021, 08:00 AM Source

Decinbr said:
I deonloaded version 1.3 for the first time and got this error
Hmm, that weird. I will try to replicate the bug by download the demo and purely replace the plugin by updated one. Still can't figured out how you got this, but I will try my best to fix it @@.

Bielcunha said:
I love this plugin! Im using in two different projects and will update to the new version.
I was having lag issues too, but i solved that in two different ways:
1. Game 1 - using the region activate that comes with visustella event move core, so the light just turn on when im in the respective room
2. Game 2 - using the event detector (i think is moghunter, but i Will check that), so the light just turn on If im close (that was my first solution, but in the other game didnt work well because the layout of the maps)
Thank u for your efforts and congratulations 'cause thats look like a very hard made plugin (i know nothing about code)
And sorry for my poor english :)
I'm really happy that you're like this plugin :D. Nice job with the optimization, since I haven't try to optimize it using other plugin. Performance of this plugin is one of the main reason to demotivated me, since I have tried to optimize using various ways for years. Thanks for sharing for knowledge to everyone! xD. When you update to 1.3, remember to read the above message and put this plugin under everything else, just consider it to be "tier 5" plugin. Good luck, and don't hesitate to inform me when you run into problems :).
PS: I'm poor in English too, so don't worry! :kaohi:
ResidentDeviant

#88 Nov 11, 2021, 04:24 PM Source

The plugin crashes if you start without an actor to control.
ResidentDeviant

#89 Nov 11, 2021, 04:54 PM Source
I don't know if it's the solution you'll use, but I made this quick fix, for anyone having this trouble and not wanting to use ghost actors, while waiting for an official update.
Changed the 783rd line of code to:
JavaScript:
let note = ''; if ($gameParty.leader()){ note = $gameParty.leader().actor().note.split('\n'); }
twosnakes

#90 Nov 28, 2021, 01:23 PM Source

Wow this is amazing! A must have for my horror project, exactly what I needed.

Feature wise everything is working good for me (1.3b). Performance really tanks once I have a few parallel process events on the map though :( Pretty sure its the same issue that VaiJack8 has. Definitely a buy if resolved.
Dark_Ansem

#91 Dec 14, 2021, 07:24 PM Source

I like this plugin so much hah! But as others said, definitely a buy once performance issues are taken care of.
xep

#92 Dec 18, 2021, 07:25 PM Source

Hey! So I'm very thick when it comes to these things, and I'm onlyjust learning to use the program (no pervious experience in game dev or programming, im just an artist looking for new mediums)
The demo game works just fine (MZ)! But putting the plugin in my own projects results in numerous errors, I tried to do it like in the "how to use" tab but maybe theres something I dont understand? :(
Ive resolved two pervious errors and now the persistent one is this, no idea what it even means, I chose the basic textures for my lights as i was only trying to test if it functions
Dark_Ansem

#93 Dec 18, 2021, 07:26 PM Source

I correct myself; I love this plugin
xep

#94 Dec 18, 2021, 07:36 PM Source

Shora said:
Hmm, that weird. I will try to replicate the bug by download the demo and purely replace the plugin by updated one. Still can't figured out how you got this, but I will try my best to fix it @@.

I'm really happy that you're like this plugin :D. Nice job with the optimization, since I haven't try to optimize it using other plugin. Performance of this plugin is one of the main reason to demotivated me, since I have tried to optimize using various ways for years. Thanks for sharing for knowledge to everyone! xD. When you update to 1.3, remember to read the above message and put this plugin under everything else, just consider it to be "tier 5" plugin. Good luck, and don't hesitate to inform me when you run into problems :).
PS: I'm poor in English too, so don't worry! :kaohi:
ive had this error at first too, seems like choosing the lights properly worked, but have a different error in its place now :

xep said:
Hey! So I'm very thick when it comes to these things, and I'm onlyjust learning to use the program (no pervious experience in game dev or programming, im just an artist looking for new mediums)
The demo game works just fine (MZ)! But putting the plugin in my own projects results in numerous errors, I tried to do it like in the "how to use" tab but maybe theres something I dont understand? :(
Ive resolved two pervious errors and now the persistent one is this, no idea what it even means, I chose the basic textures for my lights as i was only trying to test if it functionsView attachment 210183
ShionAkari

#95 Dec 28, 2021, 01:10 AM Source

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What is this error?
Shora

#96 Jan 6, 2022, 02:01 PM Source

Hello everyone! Sorry for the long break... But here I am, ready to once again resume the project! :D. The next small update will be released in a short time which include small bugs fix and performance patch like @twosnakes noted, and a better Guide will come with it! I'm planning to share the development of this plugin though GitHub and creating a neatly Wiki here too, so be prepared!

twosnakes said:
Wow this is amazing! A must have for my horror project, exactly what I needed.

Feature wise everything is working good for me (1.3b). Performance really tanks once I have a few parallel process events on the map though :( Pretty sure its the same issue that VaiJack8 has. Definitely a buy if resolved.
Glad to hear that :kaopride: . The performance loop is because of my bad way of reading event comments, and I have quite some ways to resolve this, just wait till the next update! Hearing your compliment really motivate me :kaoluv: .

xep said:
ive had this error at first too, seems like choosing the lights properly worked, but have a different error in its place now :
Have you try the demo? This error is mostly caused by having the plugin parameters not fulfilled, so checking it, or maybe just copy-paste it from the demo is highly to fix it. Also check if the image are there too!

ShionAkari said:
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What is this error?
Hmm, that really weird, since the $gameShadow should have created before any reference to it. How did you get this error?
Ariyana

#97 Jan 6, 2022, 04:58 PM Source

Shora said:
Hello everyone! Sorry for the long break... But here I am, ready to once again resume the project! :D. The next small update will be released in a short time which include small bugs fix and performance patch like @ValJack8 noted, and a better Guide will come with it! I'm planning to share the development of this plugin though GitHub and creating a neatly Wiki here too, so be prepared!
Very good news :thumbsup-right:
Dark_Ansem

#98 Jan 6, 2022, 06:52 PM Source

Shora said:
Hello everyone! Sorry for the long break... But here I am, ready to once again resume the project! :D
Happy to know you're back!
Shora

#99 Jan 7, 2022, 05:15 AM Source

twosnakes said:
Wow this is amazing! A must have for my horror project, exactly what I needed.

Feature wise everything is working good for me (1.3b). Performance really tanks once I have a few parallel process events on the map though :( Pretty sure its the same issue that VaiJack8 has. Definitely a buy if resolved.
Can you simulate the lag progress for me? Like, what kind of parallel process you have when the lag appearing. In the past, it just because of the event's notes getting read infinitely, so I think your maybe is that case too! Just take a screenshot for example, or DMs me with a small demo, and I would try to fix it :kaoluv: . Thanks!
Shora

#100 Jan 10, 2022, 04:17 PM Source

Version 1.4b is released. The updated version can be found and downloaded from the itch.io page. Due to some fundamental changes, the Demo also have been updated for the sake of visualizing changes.
Change-log:
- Re-written the shadow polygon optimization, which both fixed most weird lighting box when drawing unusual shadow shapes, and drastically reduce the shadow segments numbers by roughly 10% (which lead to faster performance).
- Re-organized the region id usage, counting from zero height so that mean now you can draw 0-height shadow caster block, or can be call as top-down-2D-block. You will need to increase the old region id by 1 though. Also now you can limited the region id block by a range instead of only start index like before (default is from 1 to 10).
- Introduce two more special block that can be specified its id (default is 50 and 51): top-roof block and ignore-shadows block. Top-roof block serve the purpose of draw top roof, which no light can be cast on it (useful when you drawing a gate, etc.) and ignore-shadow block will NOT let any shadow ray to be cast on it (can be use when you want to make the illusion of a wall that is higher than the light ray, which the shadow cannot cast to).
- Fixed some minor bugs.

Feel free to try it out, and remember to return your feedbacks! All suggestion are welcomed ;)

- Optimization fixes:

- 0-height (2D) wall, top-roof and ignores-shadows block:

- Just a image I accidently shot after seeing this sweet shadow on the door, without the weird blank light above in the previous version with the top-roof block:
Deleted member 102570

#101 Jan 10, 2022, 05:54 PM Source

I’ll definitely give it a go. I just started using the 1.3 lighting yesterday so it’s nice to see a drop the day after.

I’m still learning how to use the plugin but I noticed that the default lights or custom light images are tiny. One thing that I wish this plugin had is a size increase or decrease function. So I was wondering if there could be a feature similar to Khas’ lighting where I can increase the size of the light.

It’s ok if it’s not possible this request is more of a want not really a need.