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HelloimDarius
HelloimDarius

Reputation: 695

SKLightNode not showing up in Sprite Kit

My light:

self.light = [[SKLightNode alloc] init];
self.light.categoryBitMask = 0;
self.light.falloff = 1;
self.light.ambientColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
self.light.lightColor  = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.5];
self.light.shadowColor = [[UIColor alloc] initWithRed:0.0 green:0.0 blue:0.0 alpha:0.3];
self.light.zPosition = 200;
[self.world addChild:self.light];

On Update I change light position to character position.

I tried everything and just can't see my light.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 685

Answers (1)

RoberRM
RoberRM

Reputation: 883

Adding a light to a scene doesn't add a white circle, a light-bulb, or something like that to the scene, it just illuminates everything with that light. So you will not "see the light", just its effects.

If you want to see the shadows the light casts, you have to activate the shadows for each object that must cast shadows. You can do this for your SKNode with:

yourSKNode.shadowCastBitMask = 1

Finally, if you want to make a bump effect on something like a background, you must create the background using:

let background = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "theName", normalMapped: true)
background.lightingBitMask = 1

Upvotes: 1

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