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From: "Rikki Prince" <rprince@dircon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics
Subject: 3d lights, distance, movement
Date: 9 Feb 1999 18:11:56 GMT
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I'm currently designing a game in which I want to have a first person
perspective with a light above the head of the person, all of the time.
Also, I only want the light to shine a certain distance, so the player can
only see a few metres ahead. As well as this I wish to make the intensity
of the light variable, so as power decreases, the light dims.
I've got a basic idea of how to keep the light place constant: mainly, move
the world in relation to the person and light. However, I believe this
already happens (according to James Russell's Matrix tutorial I read).
Could anyone tell me if these things are possible, and maybe how to do
them?

Thanks
Rikki