Turn Lights On & Off?

[Whalio Cappuccino]

In the level I am currently hard at work on, I have a scene were you continue to talk, and spot lights start to appear on a object, I want to know how I can keep them off, until Sackboy reaches a certain point, or create the illusion of that happening.

Any tips, suggestions, or just plain out telling me how to do it would be great.

Thanks in advance!

[SuperYuper]

use a sensor switch

[Whalio Cappuccino]

You can have the option to have lights off?

Just tested it, and wow you actually can have them off then on... K thanks SuperYuper

[lionhart180]

By the way, anyone know if there's a way to actually make lights? Or are there just the 5-6 preset ones you unlock in the game?

Would be nice if MM added a Glowy material later >3

[Conall-Star]

ok this has actually been REALLY bugging me. i've been messing with some lights and you can't actually turn them off or on with a switch, you can only effect the RADIUS of the light that they throw. meaning, you can't effect the BRIGHTNESS. so even though they don't light up a scene, you can CLEARLY see the light bulb illuminated. has anyone figured ot a way to make the light bulb itself go from totally dark to very bright?

[Justin Hopewell]

ok this has actually been REALLY bugging me. i've been messing with some lights and you can't actually turn them off or on with a switch, you can only effect the RADIUS of the light that they throw. meaning, you can't effect the BRIGHTNESS. so even though they don't light up a scene, you can CLEARLY see the light bulb illuminated. has anyone figured ot a way to make the light bulb itself go from totally dark to very bright?

I just edited some lights in one of my levels on Saturday and I was able to turn them off completely. I don't remember the setting name now, but it was right underneath the color options for the light, etc.

Though, I was using the mine light, so maybe some of the other lights have different or limited properties.

You can also make the light gradually dim and brighten using a mag key on a motorized wheel with a mag switch set to speed, I think. I saw that in one of the Metropolis story mode levels.

[Whalio Cappuccino]

Hmm, it works fine for me, it's pretty simple really, what I do is have 4 spotlights on the ceiling, theyre turned on, and I have the radius set perfectly for how I want them, now, what I used was a sensor switch, I attached the sensor switch to a block of dissolve tool which is attached to a magnetic key, when sackboy activates the sensor, it reacts by dissolving the block, releasing the magnetic key, which drops down to a magnetic key switch, and this switch would be attached to the light, settings for the switch would be On/Off, so it would always turn on after the key drops down to the switch.


In basic terms, have a sensor switch attached to dissolve tool which is holding a magnetic key, when the dissolve material "lets go" of the key, have a magnetic key switch next to the "landing zone" with a radius big enough to recognize the key, and have the magnetic key switch attached to the light with the "On/Off" setting.

Hope I helped!