Verge3D Manual

SpotLight

This light gets emitted from a single point in one direction, along a cone that increases in size the further from the light it gets.

This light can cast shadows - see the SpotLightShadow page for details.

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Code Example

Constructor

SpotLight(color : Integer, intensity : Float, distance : Float, angle : Radians, penumbra : Float, decay : Float)

color - (optional) hexadecimal color of the light. Default is 0xffffff (white).
intensity - (optional) numeric value of the light's strength/intensity. Default is 1.

distance - Maximum range of the light. Default is 0 (no limit).
angle - Maximum angle of light dispersion from its direction whose upper bound is Math.PI/2.
penumbra - Percent of the spotlight cone that is attenuated due to penumbra. Takes values between zero and 1. Default is zero.
decay - The amount the light dims along the distance of the light.

Creates a new SpotLight.

Properties

# .angle : Float

Maximum extent of the spotlight, in radians, from its direction. Should be no more than Math.PI/2. The default is Math.PI/3.

# .castShadow : Boolean

If set to true light will cast dynamic shadows. Warning: This is expensive and requires tweaking to get shadows looking right. See the SpotLightShadow for details. The default is false.

# .decay : Float

The amount the light dims along the distance of the light.
In physically correct mode, decay = 2 leads to physically realistic light falloff. The default is 1.

# .distance : Float

Default mode — When distance is zero, light does not attenuate. When distance is non-zero, light will attenuate linearly from maximum intensity at the light's position down to zero at this distance from the light.

Physically correct mode — When distance is zero, light will attenuate according to inverse-square law to infinite distance. When distance is non-zero, light will attenuate according to inverse-square law until near the distance cutoff, where it will then attenuate quickly and smoothly to 0. Inherently, cutoffs are not physically correct.

# .isSpotLight : Boolean

Used to check whether this or derived classes are spot lights. Default is true.

You should not change this, as it used internally for optimisation.

# .penumbra : Float

Percent of the spotlight cone that is attenuated due to penumbra. Takes values between zero and 1. The default is 0.0.

# .position : Vector3

This is set equal to Object3D.DefaultUp (0, 1, 0), so that the light shines from the top down.

# .power : Float

The light's power.
In physically correct mode, the luminous power of the light measured in lumens. Default is 4Math.PI.

This is directly related to the intensity in the ratio


        power = intensity * π

and changing this will also change the intensity.

# .shadow : SpotLightShadow

# .target : Object3D

The Spotlight points from its position to target.position. The default position of the target is (0, 0, 0).
Note: For the target's position to be changed to anything other than the default, it must be added to the scene using


        scene.add(light.target);

This is so that the target's matrixWorld gets automatically updated each frame.

It is also possible to set the target to be another object in the scene (anything with a position property), like so:


var targetObject = new v3d.Object3D();
scene.add(targetObject);

light.target = targetObject;

The spotlight will now track the target object.