class Light

Defined in: C4Lights.h

The Light class represents a light node in a world.

Definition

class Light : public Node

Member Functions

`Light::GetLightType`	Returns the specific type of a light.
`Light::GetBaseLightType`	Returns the base type of a light.

Constructor

Light(LightType type, LightType base);

The constructor has protected access. A Light class can only exist as the base class for a more specific type of light.

Parameters

`type`	The type of the light source. See below for a list of possible types.
`base`	The base type of the light source. This should be `kLightInfinite` or `kLightPoint`.

Description

`kLightInfinite`	An infinite light.
`kLightDepth`	An infinite light with a shadow map.
`kLightLandscape`	An infinite light with a large-scale multi-resolution shadow map.
`kLightPoint`	A point light.
`kLightCube`	A point light with a projected cube shadow texture.
`kLightSpot`	A spot light with a projected 2D shadow texture.

Base Classes

Node A Light node is a scene graph node.