Get amount of light shining on player?

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Hi! I’m looking for something that allows me to get the amount of light shining on player, and reduce\increase player visibility based on it, much like in Splinter Cell.

I don’t currently have an enemy detection system, but I am working on it and would like to know how to do this.

Thanks!

2

what about each lamp that produces hard shadows in a area cast a ray at the player,
(like a max of 5 or so?)

hitting the player elevates the meter?

idea 2

localize the player position to each close lamp

use the light casting axis for

if playerLocal.z < 0:
(player is in front of lamp)
    if playerLocal.x<5+(abs(playerLocal.z)) and playerLocal > -5+(-abs(playerLocal.z)):
        (this defines a cone :D)
3

That might work. I have a feeling that I won’t be able to get this fully working without point light shadows.

4

playerLocal = (player Position localized to lamp)

playerLocal = lamp.worldOrientaiton.inverted*(player.worldPosition-lamp.worldPosition)

I think*

5

It might not be really possible, since Splinter Cell uses a heavily modified UE 2.5

Thanks for your suggestions, though. I’ll give them a shot.

6

Or you can ask someone to write you a shader to do this. This should be a simple one.

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7

Possibly.

If someone would, I’d much appreciate it.

8

Would it not be better to use rayCast?