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[Hello Darren]

I'm making a 3d game for the first time and I couldn't find an easy way of doing a flashlight so instead I'm trying to just put a point light above the player that follows him.

I have this in the Create event which does create the light.

vLightID = floor(random(1000000));
d3d_light_define_point(vLightID,x,y,-64,128,c_white);
d3d_light_enable(vLightID,true);

I then have this in the Step event but it doesn't follow the player, instead it just stays where it originally spawns.

d3d_light_define_point(vLightID,x,y,z-64,128,c_white);

[kupo15]

have you tried using a transformation_translation function instead?

[Hello Darren]

No I've never heard of that function. I tried searching the help file and wiki but couldn't find anything about it.

[kupo15]

d3d_transform_set_translation(x,y,z)
Its used to move objects so maybe it works for lighting. I haven't gotten to lighting yet

[TheSnidr]

vLightID = floor(random(1000000));

What's the point of this? Why a random index?
Also, GM8.1 and later only support 8 lights (indices 0 through 7), so unless you're really lucky and get a number from that interval, the light won't move (shouldn't really initialize either)

[hbryantlanier@gmail.com]

I'm making a 3d game for the first time and I couldn't find an easy way of doing a flashlight so instead I'm trying to just put a point light above the player that follows him.

I have this in the Create event which does create the light.

vLightID = floor(random(1000000));
d3d_light_define_point(vLightID,x,y,-64,128,c_white);
d3d_light_enable(vLightID,true);

I then have this in the Step event but it doesn't follow the player, instead it just stays where it originally spawns.

d3d_light_define_point(vLightID,x,y,z-64,128,c_white);

couldnt you do for the x and y define the point of a different object like i mean create a different object and then tell the object to direction=point_direction()