Axiom.Core.SceneManager.CreateLight C# (CSharp) Method

CreateLight() public method

Creates a light that will be managed by this scene manager.
Lights can either be in a fixed position and independent of the scene graph, or they can be attached to SceneNodes so they derive their position from the parent node. Either way, they are created using this method so that the SceneManager manages their existence.
public CreateLight ( string name ) : Light
name string Name of the light to create.
return Light
		public virtual Light CreateLight( string name )
		{
			return (Light)this.CreateMovableObject( name, LightFactory.TypeName, null );
		}

Usage Example

Example #1
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        public MultiLights(SceneManager pSceneManager, SceneNode pCamNode, MovingObject pPlayerShip, Int32 pNumberOfLights)
        {
            oldCamLightColor = CamLightColor = new ColorEx(0.13f, 0.1f, 0.05f);
            PlayerLightColor = ColorEx.White;
            camLights = new List<Light>(pNumberOfLights);

            innerLights = (Int32)Math.Round(pNumberOfLights / 3.0f, MidpointRounding.AwayFromZero);
            outerLights = pNumberOfLights - innerLights;

            // create the playership's light.
            playerLight = pSceneManager.CreateLight("playerSpotLight");
            playerLight.Type = LightType.Spotlight;
            playerLight.Diffuse = PlayerLightColor;
            playerLight.Specular = ColorEx.White;
            playerLight.SetSpotlightRange(0.0f, 120.0f);
            playerLight.Direction = Vector3.NegativeUnitZ;

            playerLightNode = pPlayerShip.Node.CreateChildSceneNode();
            playerLightNode.AttachObject(playerLight);
            playerLightNode.Position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
            playerLightNode.SetDirection(new Vector3(1, 0, 0), TransformSpace.Local);

            // create the camera spotlights around the camera's direction.
            camInnerLightNode = pCamNode.CreateChildSceneNode();
            camInnerLightNode.Position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
            camOuterLightNode = pCamNode.CreateChildSceneNode();
            camOuterLightNode.Position = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);

            for (var i = 0; i < innerLights; i++)
            {
                var light = pSceneManager.CreateLight("camInnerLight " + (i + 1));
                light.Type = LightType.Spotlight;
                light.Diffuse = CamLightColor;
                light.Specular = ColorEx.White;
                light.SetSpotlightRange(0.0f, 25.0f);
                light.Direction = Quaternion.FromAngleAxis(360.0 * i / innerLights * Constants.DegreesToRadians, Vector3.UnitZ) *
                    Quaternion.FromAngleAxis(10.0 * Constants.DegreesToRadians, Vector3.UnitX) *
                    Vector3.NegativeUnitZ;

                camLights.Add(light);
                camInnerLightNode.AttachObject(light);
            }
            for (var i = 0; i < outerLights; i++)
            {
                var light = pSceneManager.CreateLight("camOuterLight " + (i + 1));
                light.Type = LightType.Spotlight;
                light.Diffuse = CamLightColor;
                light.Specular = ColorEx.White;
                light.SetSpotlightRange(0.0f, 25.0f);
                light.Direction = Quaternion.FromAngleAxis(360.0 * i / outerLights * Constants.DegreesToRadians, Vector3.UnitZ) *
                    Quaternion.FromAngleAxis(20.0 * Constants.DegreesToRadians, Vector3.UnitX) *
                    Vector3.NegativeUnitZ;

                camLights.Add(light);
                camOuterLightNode.AttachObject(light);
            }
        }
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