directionalLight node

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This class contains the "shape" information for directional lights.

This node is MP safe

Node name	Parents	Classification	MFn type	Compatible function sets
directionalLight	nonExtendedLightShapeNode	light:drawdb/light/directionalLight	kDirectionalLight	kBase kNamedObject kDependencyNode kDagNode kShape kLight kNonAmbientLight kNonExtendedLight kDirectionalLight

Related nodes

camera, light, dropoffLocator, ambientLight, nonAmbientLightShapeNode, nonExtendedLightShapeNode, areaLight, spotLight, pointLight

Attributes (7)

lightAngle, objectType, pointWorld, pointWorldX, pointWorldY, pointWorldZ, useLightPosition

Long name (short name) Type Default Flags

useLightPosition (up) bool false

Infinite or local using the light position.

objectType (ot) char TrenderableObjectType::kSurface

The type of object being lit (volume or surface).

lightAngle (lang) float 0.0

The soft shadow light sampling angle.

pointWorld (pw) float3 1.0, 1.0, 1.0

The point to light in world space (for shadow maps).

pointWorldX (tx) float 0.0

The x-component of the world position.

pointWorldY (ty) float 0.0

The y-component of the world position.

pointWorldZ (tz) float 0.0

The z-component of the world position.