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Advanced Light Entities

2017/3/2
Added "new" versions of the projected light and expensive light that use client-side objects instead of networked entities. They have a few missing features, but are less network-intensive and possibly less expensive.

This Addon adds six simple entities to the game:

• A one-of-a-kind, shadow-casting point light!
  
• A normal ("cheap") point light
  
• A projected light
  
• A "spot" light (that uses the built-in light_dynamic entity)
  
• "New" versions of the projected light and expensive light that use client-side objects instead of networked entities.

Each entity is very basic and fully editable!
You can spawn them from the entities tab in the spawn menu, and you can edit them by right-clicking from the Context Menu and selecting Edit Properties. The "cheap" point light is the same kind that the light tool creates, and the projected light is the same kind that the lamp tool creates. What makes these entities so special is that they are very simple -- no models, no ropes -- just the basic light. And they are also fully editable! They can have any of their many properties changed in real time, just like the Editor Entities!

You must have Shadow Detail set to High for shadows to work! From the main menu, go to Options -> Video -> Advanced -> Shadow Detail and set shadow detail to High. If there is no option for high, try this: From your game library, right click on Garry's Mod, go to Properties, click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS... and try adding:
or

Important! To spawn more than one expensive light you must increase the number of shadow textures. The Projected Light uses 1 shadow texture and the Expensive Light uses 6 shadow textures. By default, the Source Engine does not support more than 8 shadow textures. To increase this number, do this: From your game library, right click on Garry's Mod, go to Properties, click on SET LAUNCH OPTIONS... and add:
You don't have to use exactly 16, but don't set it too high.

You can use the material tool and the lamp tool to change the Texture of the Projected Light, and you can use the color tool and the light tool to change the color of any light!

Please be aware: Textures not specifically made to be projected won't project correctly on to models in Windows, and won't project correctly on to anything in OSX. Sorry about that :(

This addon also includes a DProperty_RGBColor VGUI component, which allows you to precisely adjust the colors of the lights.