Flashlight effect

What is the best way to simulate a flashlight effect?

Example: Here

Currently, in the example, I am using a large sprite with a transparent image with a hole in it. This sprite follows the mouse. For it to work correctly, the sprite needs to be much larger than the image behind it.

Should I create a small sprite/image, and change the size after dropping it on the layer (or runtime).

Is there a way different way I can do this?

FYI: The example above was the very early beginning of a POC for a game we were working on. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle">

Thanks!

There's another way you can achieve lighting.. this way doesn't require huge sprites and you can have multiple lights too:

If you create a layer above your current and name it "lighting"

Have these settings:

background colour > black

Transparent > no

Opacity > 100

Force own texture > Yes (not entirely sure what this does, but it doesn't work without it)

Visible in editor > no (otherwise you can't see sh*t :) )

And then the actual 'light' object needs to have the effect called "Destination out" (in the object properties) and also needs to be on the "lighting" layer.

The 'light' objects image itself needs to be just be white with transparency (can be a bit awkward in some image editors)

The more transparent it is, the less it 'erases' the darkness if that makes any sense.

Here's an example of a light i'm using:

dl.dropbox.com/u/53374990/512W.png

Try highlighting it or copy it into an image editor if you can't see it.

Have a look at the 'lighting' example included with C2.

Oh gawd, I can't believe I typed all that when there's an example -___-

i forgot :)

And I can't believe I didn't look to the examples before posting. Thanks for the info, and thanks for the effort. Much appreciated!!

Ugh. I knew I had seen it before.

But how o how do i mak a light which does not pass through walls (top down walls)

ash1221 - What do you mean, exactly? What's going on?

Rhindon , this is what i mean

scirra.com/forum/topic75822.html

I can't see your example

but is the flashlight in 1st person? or is it in 3rd person?

I can't see your example

but is the flashlight in 1st person? or is it in 3rd person?

The thread is from 6 years ago, so no surprise links are dead.

There is a flashlight example built-in - search for 'Ghost Shooter' when starting a new project.

try this link

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eioscti86bpr ... 7YPza?dl=0

oh thank you!