How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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MaxGamz
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How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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I searched for forum posts relating to the subject and I found a user example of this however the love file doesn't seem to be working. I heard that it involves the use of shaders however I want to keep my project as simple as possible.
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Re: How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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MaxGamz wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:14 pm I searched for forum posts relating to the subject and I found a user example of this however the love file doesn't seem to be working. I heard that it involves the use of shaders however I want to keep my project as simple as possible.
Like this? viewtopic.php?p=244842#p244842
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Re: How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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I attached a simple example that works without shaders.

Thanks to SD.Chatane for the image (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)).
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Re: How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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darkfrei wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:43 pm
MaxGamz wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:14 pm I searched for forum posts relating to the subject and I found a user example of this however the love file doesn't seem to be working. I heard that it involves the use of shaders however I want to keep my project as simple as possible.
Like this? viewtopic.php?p=244842#p244842
Somewhat but not really, I mean like a triangular ray that spreads out that illuminates the scenery
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Re: How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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Xugro wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:20 pm I attached a simple example that works without shaders.

Thanks to SD.Chatane for the image (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)).
Oh yeah that's very useful! it's basically what I am looking for
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Re: How would I go about making a flashlight effect in Love2D?

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This looks the same as Xugro's light but using stencils:

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