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Light2D¶

Inherits: Node2D < CanvasItem < Node < Object

Inherited By: DirectionalLight2D, PointLight2D

Casts light in a 2D environment.

Description¶

Casts light in a 2D environment. A light is defined as a color, an energy value, a mode (see constants), and various other parameters (range and shadows-related).

Tutorials¶

2D lights and shadows

Properties¶

BlendMode	blend_mode	`0`
Color	color	`Color(1, 1, 1, 1)`
bool	editor_only	`false`
bool	enabled	`true`
float	energy	`1.0`
int	range_item_cull_mask	`1`
int	range_layer_max	`0`
int	range_layer_min	`0`
int	range_z_max	`1024`
int	range_z_min	`-1024`
Color	shadow_color	`Color(0, 0, 0, 0)`
bool	shadow_enabled	`false`
ShadowFilter	shadow_filter	`0`
float	shadow_filter_smooth	`0.0`
int	shadow_item_cull_mask	`1`

Methods¶

float	get_height ( ) const
void	set_height ( float height )

Enumerations¶

enum ShadowFilter:

ShadowFilter SHADOW_FILTER_NONE = 0

No filter applies to the shadow map. This provides hard shadow edges and is the fastest to render. See shadow_filter.

ShadowFilter SHADOW_FILTER_PCF5 = 1

Percentage closer filtering (5 samples) applies to the shadow map. This is slower compared to hard shadow rendering. See shadow_filter.

ShadowFilter SHADOW_FILTER_PCF13 = 2

Percentage closer filtering (13 samples) applies to the shadow map. This is the slowest shadow filtering mode, and should be used sparingly. See shadow_filter.

enum BlendMode:

BlendMode BLEND_MODE_ADD = 0

Adds the value of pixels corresponding to the Light2D to the values of pixels under it. This is the common behavior of a light.

BlendMode BLEND_MODE_SUB = 1

Subtracts the value of pixels corresponding to the Light2D to the values of pixels under it, resulting in inversed light effect.