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P3D v5 Attached Object Editor - Dynamic Lights

Tim Collins

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Is there any way of editing the strength of an already-applied dynamic light effect? When I use the editor to create a light effect, I get a comprehensive menu to determine all the characteristics of that light.

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However, if (as in this case) I discover that I've made the light too strong, when I re-import the model to edit it, I have a very restricted number of parameters I can edit...

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Is there any way of achieving an alteration of the strength, cone angles and fall off of the light, or must I create a new one - and, to do so, have to remember things like the position and angles of the light I'm trying to replace?
 
Hi,

There is an option in the settings that will enable the conversion of attached FX lights back to the non-effect lights so that all parameters are shown. So you will have to enable that option.
 
Ok, the setting is, I believe, Options/Importer Settings/Replace Effects by Lights: True.

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That seems to work for Spot lights, but not for Point lights.

Spot lights on this model:

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Point light on this model

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I'll go back to plan A: replace the light. At least I now have records of its position to refer to!
 
It only works for point lights that have been generated by MCX (so with the MCX FX filename).
 
Yep, the magic numbers in the name are used to retrieve the attributes. Maybe one day I can parse them from the actual FX file instead of from the name.
 
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