Announcing: The AWESOME update
- rewritten from scratch to be a FML Coremod for Minecraft 1.4.2, requires Forge
- boosted efficiency A LOT, I'm positive it cannot be done any better now :3
- Dynamic Lights is now modular! See readme!
- configuration files for Dynamic Light modules can now be found at /config/
- global toggle Button can now be configured via Controls Menu
For those of you that don't know what FML Coremod means...
DRAG AND DROP INSTALL, YE GODS
This modification makes 'shining' items (default: Torch, Glowstone, Glowdust, Lit Pumpkin, Redstone, Lava Bucket, powered Minecart) illuminate everything around them if
1) the player has them equipped (in hand/armor)
2) they are dropped on the ground
3) another player has them equipped in Multiplayer
On top of that, burning Entities shine light, and Creepers about to explode light up!
You may add any Item ID you wish as shiny item, via the settings file. Also supports armor items!
Toggle button ingame:
The key is "L". You can turn all dynamic Lights on/off with it. The button can be rebound using the ingame options.
There is no limit to the number of lights you can create, note however they are fairly FPS-costly. You can disable modules to obtain better FPS!
I recommend using Optifine for replacing Notch's funky render code with slightly less funky rendering code.
The mod works in Multiplayer, yet is clientside, it cannot lag servers. Note however 'dropped' light sources will not necessarily prevent Mobs from Spawning, and neither will your handheld light.
Note: DO NOT INSTALL THE COREMOD ON SERVERS! It will crash on load.
Instructions:
See readme in your downloaded file.
Config Syntax help:
How the config syntax works:
[DynamicLights_thePlayer, DynamicLights_dropItems and DynamicLights_otherPlayers configs]
* Possible setups:
* X := simple ID X, wildcards metadata
* X-Y := simple ID X and metadata Y
* X-Y-Z := simple ID X, metadata range Y to Z
There is a default value used as "setting", you can specify one by appending "=x" to the ID part
Valid Entry examples:
torch
Torch minecraft id is "torch", will use the default light value (15)
wool
Torch minecraft id is "wool"
wool-2=12
Wool, magenta subtype (meta 2), will use a light value of 12
wool-2-5
Wool BlockID, accepts metadata range [2..5]
golden_helmet-*-*=15
Item ID range [314..317] covering golden armor, wildcarded meta/damage which means any value goes
Also unnecessarily specifying the default light value of 15, you could leave =15 out aswell
There no longer is numeric Block or Item id's. Use the string identifiers, google "Minecraft Data" to get a listing.
Values that cannot be mapped to anything will be logged and ignored
On Merged classes/mods and sourcecode:
FML Coremod! Will not need merges <3 <3 <3
To other modders: See sourcecode. Adding your own Dynamic Lights is easy.
Sadly, ongoing optimization of the light system by Mojang have made it impossible for the hack Dynamic Lights uses to continue working. An update for 1.16 or later is unlikely.
In reply to atomicstrykergrumpy:
Someone made one for fabric tho
Please update for 1.16.4
can you port this mod to 1.16?
does the 1.8.8 version of this mod work with 1.8.9?
Any way to change the torch update interval? Looking through the configs, I can only (seemingly) edit dropped items, entities, mob equipment, mobs on fire, and other players. Playing on 1.6.4.
I wish this mod had a 1.16.4 release atm - i'm sick of optifine causing so many issues with other mods when i'm only ever using the damn thing for its Dynamic lighting feature.
I'll be early awaiting this Mod's future updates in hopes to having a solution to my dynamic lighting needs without so many crashes and mod clashing.
I tried to add this to the RAD modpack and it creates the configs and the keybind but the mod doesn't seem to activate. Any suggestions?
Please update to 1.16.4
1.15.2?
I just want to say that if Glow Squids don't glow in vanilla, I want them to glow here. Thanks!
In reply to bogi2405:
You can add mobs to the list of mobs that glow in the config file. So glowing glow squids can definitely be a thing!
Guys, just use optifine if you wanna use dynamic lights, it has that function in settings. Just find it.
In reply to atomplayz123:
Everyone should make their own mind up whether they want to use Optifine. Optifine has a lot of great use cases. But I would not install it unless I needed one of those other features. To be that powerful it has to mess with a lot of core code. That makes its compatibility with other mods quite low. Dynamic lights is not one of the strongest features of Optifine. Everyone should try both mods and see which works best for them.
In reply to atomplayz123:
Optifine's owner is extremely greedy and has made it just about impossible to be used anywhere else other than for personal uses. This means if you want Optifine features in your mod pack you have to download mods like this.
1.15.2 pwease 🥺
In reply to h4rry_l0ck8:
Ditto please
In reply to creeperbaitaz:
It is half done. But RL got busy again. I promise to get back to it ASAP.
FoamFix seems to have fixed the stuttering for me on 1.12.2.
add to 1.8.9 pls :D