Remembering lights

Tim

Hi Folks,

Just wondering if someone can point down the way of handling
lights.



I need to be able to activate/deactivate a light via hotspot/interacts or
triggers and save their state.



I tried object: visibility but that didn’t seem to do the trick.


On the forums, I have seen a few people suggest send message and another suggestion to
move the light and use the remember transform script. Would these be the best
way to go or is there a preferred method?



Cheers,

Tim

ChrisIceBox

Object: Visibility only affects renderer components such as sprites and models - not lights.

The Object: Send message Action requires a reciever, and the included Light Switch component can be attached to a Light for it to receive Turn On / Turn Off messages.  In order to save a light's enabled state, a custom Remember script would be required.  Fortunately, the tutorial on this shows covers the case of saving a light's state via a new RememberLight component.

Alternatively, you could simply move the light out of view by using Object: Teleport and attach the RememberTransform component to save it's position.  Full details of AC's Remember system can be found in Section 9.2 of the Manual.

Tim

Hi @ChrisIceBox,

Thanks so much for the reply.

I think i'll give the Object: Teleport a go and the RememberTransform component.

I'll let you know if I run into any problem.

Cheers