Preview lamps in Eden editor

[mat10193 13]

Is it possible to preview lamps placed in the eden editor without having to preview the mission?

[7erra 629]

Execute from debug console while having only the lamp selected:

get3DENSelected "object" select 0 enableSimulation true

[Greenfist 1863]

Or if you have a whole bunch of lamps:

{_x enablesimulation true} foreach ((all3DENEntities #0) select {_x iskindof "Lamps_base_F"})

Assuming they inherit from the lamps base, like many of them do.

 

A drawback is that the light source stays around even when the object is deleted. You can work around this by moving the object away from area you're working on before deleting it, or restarting/previewing the mission.

[DarkShadowReal 0]

On 7/2/2020 at 7:40 AM, Greenfist said:

Or if you have a whole bunch of lamps:

{_x enablesimulation true} foreach ((all3DENEntities #0) select {_x iskindof "Lamps_base_F"})

Assuming they inherit from the lamps base, like many of them do.

 

A drawback is that the light source stays around even when the object is deleted. You can work around this by moving the object away from area you're working on before deleting it, or restarting/previewing the mission.

This solution spawns a simple lamp in place of an object, so you can't see the difference between rotating the individual lamps on a rugged portable lamp or a wide light cone.

 

On 7/2/2020 at 7:01 AM, 7erra said:

Execute from debug console while having only the lamp selected:

get3DENSelected "object" select 0 enableSimulation true

This solution is needed if you want to be editing the lights themselves.