LightPlugin

Light Plugin

This unofficial TaleSpire plugin is for adding custom light sources to your TaleSpire

game. The custom light options are accessible from the mini radial menu under an new

Light menu. Menu includes a None option to extinguish the current light. The plugin

comes with a few sample lights but the plugin is easy to configure with your own light

options and will automaticlaly enumerate those options in the radial menu.

Provides access to ambient, point and spotlight which can be placed at an offset to

the mini and their intensity, range, color and angle (for spot light) can be set.

Added light causes object to cast shadows. Added light produced hard light limits.

Change Log

2.8.0: Updated for compatibility with BR Update

2.7.0: Updated for compatibility with BR Taleweaver update

2.6.0: Migarated to Asset Data Plugin (instead of Stat Messaging)

2.6.0: Updated for compatibility with BR Slab Browser update

2.5.1: Removed unused dependencies. No plugin change.

2.5.0: Modified LightSpecs structure to better support LightEditor Plugin

2.5.0: Removed Light Editor (moved to its own Light Editor Plugin)

2.4.1: Bugfix with repeated Extinguish (None) option

2.4.0: Runtime editor for editing lights

2.4.0: Use LightSpecs.json over LightTypes.json when both are present

2.3.0: Supports runtime limited configuration reload

2.2.0: Region independent version

2.0.0: Fix for BR HF Integration update

1.7.3: Updated light is added to radial menu if not already present

1.7.2: Added SaveConfig method to dump lights configuration to KVP file

1.7.1: Bug fix: Exposed method and lights property are made static

1.7.0: Added UpdateLight() method to change light properties locally

1.7.0: Exposed lights dictionary for easier configuration file manipulation

1.6.3: Fixed bug with access to Radial UI menu when no hierarchy is defined

1.6.2: Fixed bug which prvented GUI Menu functionality

1.6.1: Fixed bug that did not allow use of KVP file without JSON

1.6.0: Modified for direct light object access

1.6.0: Modified configuration file format

1.6.0: Includes automatic conversion of legacy configuration to new format

1.5.0: Added support for hierarchical light menus using GUI Menu Plugin

1.4.1: Bug fix for issue which prevented lights from being removed

1.4.0: Added optional properties intensityMin and deltaMax for two flickering light options

1.3.0: Added hiddenBase option

1.2.0: Added GM only light option (via onlyGM property)

1.2.0: Light menu does not show options for mini that the player does not own

1.2.0: Changed sight light distribution so that it can be triggered by player or GM

1.1.0: Added sight light option (light only visible by mini owner and GM)

1.1.0: Removal of light now removes Stats Messaging key (as opposed to making it blank)

1.0.0: Initial release

Install

Install using R2ModMan.

Usage

The plugin can be used out-of-the-box as soon as it is installed with the sample lights

but typically the GM will want to configure his/her own light settings appropriate for

the game.

Right click the mini to open the radial menu. Select the (new) Light menu. The sub-menu

will enumarate all of conmfigured lights and includes a None option to turn off the light.

Select one of the options to turn on the corresponding light. If a light is already on,

the light will switch to the selected type. If no light is currently on, the selected

light will be turned on. Select the None sub-menu option to turn off the light.

If using the Legacy configuration, plugin will convert it automatically to the newer JOSN

format. Please note that the KVP format is no longer supported.

Limited Configuring Reload

While Talespire is running with this plugin, it is possible to do a limited configuration

reload. This is idea for a GM who is setting up different lights and needs to make adjusttments

to the lights configuration. Using this feature, reloads the lights configuration with the

following limitations:

• The new configuration is not automatically re-applied to all m