CBNA SmartLight - Game Maker lighting engine

CBNA SmartLight, a 2D light and shadows engine written in GML for Game Maker 7 & 8.

http://lecbna.org / http://gamemaker.fr

Forum thread with download link:
http://cbna.forumactif.com/game-maker-f7/cbna-smartlight-moteur-de-lumiere-t1...

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• CBNA
• GameMaker
• Game
• Maker
• Lighting
• Light
• Effects
• Soft
• Shadows
• Moteur
• Lumière
• Ombres

[MrOkke96]

i copied this into my game and when i have played about 1 minute or so the game shows an error :

________________________

ERROR in

action number 1

of End Step Event

for object obj_engine:

Trying to use non-existing surface.

Why!!??

[Bast32]

@MrOkke96 This error usually shows up when the system tries to use a surface that couldn't be created due to the lack of free video memory. Maybe there's a specific point in your game where there are too many lights or effects for your computer to handle.

[MrOkke96]

is there any way that you can make the "torch" light jump to the position of the player and have the same image_angle as the player? because i tried to make the instance_place() to the player position and the point_direction, but it didn't work???

[Bast32]

@MrOkke96 Use the variables sl_light_[something] to modify a light's attributes. In this case, you'd need sl_light_x, sl_light_y, and sl_light_angle.

[Zatule]

Very nice engine, but do you think you could translate it over to english?

It's a bit confusing to read the comments when they're in french, and I miss some of the letters which gives me some squares in the lines, makes it hard to translate it..

[Bast32]

@Zatule Yes I've read that quite a number of times, and I'm sorry about it. But most of my effort is currently directed towards some other projects I'm working on, so I won't be working on a translation any time soon. But I sure am considering it.

The good thing is that I've seen the engine being used in quite a few games made by non french-speaking people, which shows that the relative simplicity of the engine and the 'tools' bundled with it can sometimes be enough to learn to use it.

[MrOkke96]

@Bast32 No, I dont think so, even if im standing still the entire game and no effects at all the error keeps showing up:/

[bigtomcurbstomp]

@Zatule English please! Looks wonderful!

[TheSandvichTrials]

My French is godawful! That's not helpful D:

[MrSkybreaker959]

This is a extremely well done engine. I just wish all the file's were not in French.