Hello everyone,
Welcome to this tutorial about how to set lights on your map.
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Right click on the viewport and select “Add actor” > Add Light (Point):
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A point light should appear:
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Then you can scale it (press space to change to the scaling mode):
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Modify the brightness from properties (double click on the light icon or press F4): Light > Light Component > Light Component > Brightness. Here, brightness = 2:
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Modify the brightness from properties (double click on the light icon or press F4): Light > Light Component > Light Component > Brightness. Here, brightness = 0.5:
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Next you can change the light color: Light > Light Component > Light Component > Light Color.
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Finally, you can change the falloff exponent: Light > Light Component > Point Light Component > Falloff Exponent.
Here, falloff exponent = nearly 0.
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Finally, you can change the falloff exponent: Light > Light Component > Point Light Component > Falloff Exponent.
Here, falloff exponent = 1.
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Finally, you can change the falloff exponent: Light > Light Component > Point Light Component > Falloff Exponent.
Here, falloff exponent = 3.
To know more about lights, you can take a look at the unreal engine documentation.
Congratulations, you are now able to add points lights🙂