[CF-Devel] 'Light' question

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:11:14PM +0100, Nicolas Weeger wrote:
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      Browsing the code, i found that a 'light source' has 2 different types in 
     
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      the code:
     
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      in object structure,
     
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          sint16	glow_radius;	/* indicates the glow radius of the object */
     
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      but in mapspace structure:
     
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          sint8	light;		/* How much light this space provides */
     
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      Maybe those should be made coherent, specially since map.c:update_position 
     
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      will update the space with the object's value...
     
     
not sure about this particular instance, but there re two
different light values: the glow radius, and the light level.
The light level is something that ranges from "completely
bright" to "completely dark".  Take a walk to the dragon
hatchery to see it in use.

The radius works by decreasing the light level by 1 every N
squares; I don't remember, but I think N is so that if you are
glow_radius+1 squares from the light source, it provides zero
light (so if there are no other sources, you'll be seeing the
map's ambient level).

You probably know this better than I do, but I'll post this
anyway in the hopes of throwing some light into the subject (heh)

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