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DynamicLight

  table DynamicLight( number index, boolean elight = false )
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Description

Creates or replaces a dynamic light with the given id.

Only 32 dlights and 64 elights can be active at once.
It is not safe to hold a reference to this object after creation since its data can be replaced by another dlight at any time.
Dynamic lights affect the world (brushwork, static props) and entities (dynamic props, etc.) differently.

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Arguments

1 number index
An unsigned Integer. Usually an entity index is used here.
2 boolean elight = false
Allocates an elight instead of a dlight. Elights have a higher light limit and do not light the world (making the "noworld" parameter have no effect).

Returns

1 table
A DynamicLight structured table. See DynamicLight structure

Example

Emits a bright white light from local players eyes.

hook.Add( "Think", "Think_Lights!", function() local dlight = DynamicLight( LocalPlayer():EntIndex() ) if ( dlight ) then dlight.pos = LocalPlayer():GetShootPos() dlight.r = 255 dlight.g = 255 dlight.b = 255 dlight.brightness = 2 dlight.decay = 1000 dlight.size = 256 dlight.dietime = CurTime() + 1 end end )

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