Anyone who follows Dinnerbone on twitter has seen that he is working on the lighting engine. Here is what he says about what the new, schmancy lighting engine could do: "Our engine supports fancy lighting control now, so that could be fun to play around with; one-way light filters, or directional light maybe?"
That would mean things such as one-way glass. Discuss.
Sounds cool, but what about colored lights? Will it be possible with the new engine?
Dinnerbone out of the blue just gave the option for directional lighting. With that, anything is on the table, especially an issue that Dinnerbone has personally commented on and knows just how much fan demand there is for such a thing. Personally? I'd bet that colored lighting will be worked on within the next two weeks.
I would LOVE flood lights (expensive items of course, take lots of resources) for my farms and village so I don't have to have torches, pumpkins, and glowstone EVERYWHERE.
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People are actually whining about this on Reddit, because they'll have to "replace every single one of their jack-o-lanterns". No wonder Jeb is reluctant to change the terrain generation, LOL.
Im not sure what Im seeing in those images. Is light coming through the walls?
Directional lighting. The light is only coming from the front of the furnace. Presumably, it would work the same way with jack-o-lanterns, but not torches or glowstone.
I would honestly prefer if all the lighting bugs were fixed first.
EDIT: I just did a some exploring and all the lighting bugs have been fixed. My bad.
That would mean things such as one-way glass. Discuss.
"The oceans of minecraft are vast and nearly endless... and we just have a floating little box to traverse across them..." - doctorseaweed2
Dinnerbone out of the blue just gave the option for directional lighting. With that, anything is on the table, especially an issue that Dinnerbone has personally commented on and knows just how much fan demand there is for such a thing. Personally? I'd bet that colored lighting will be worked on within the next two weeks.
I hope to god directional lighting is implemented on beacons. Beacons just beckon for it.
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...but that's just like, my opinion, man.
WHAT?!
Danger zone.
Praise be to Spode.
Because debugging the lighting engine isn't enough.
Who?
Directional lighting. The light is only coming from the front of the furnace. Presumably, it would work the same way with jack-o-lanterns, but not torches or glowstone.
EDIT: I just did a some exploring and all the lighting bugs have been fixed. My bad.
What's the point of fixing the bugs of the current lighting engine if they're making a completely new one?