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From: Developer Support <dev_support@interactive.sony.com>
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Subject: Re: Point light sources
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 12:10:41 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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Tyrone McAuley wrote:
> 
> Does anybody know if the professional development libraries include support
> for point light sources as some professional games appear to include them.
> Are these just tricks or what?
> 
> If they are supported in the professional libraries why did Sony take them
> out of the Yaroze kit?
> (I know we can't expect everything but...)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mario

There's no point light sourcing in the full dev libraries. It's quite
straight forward calculating your own light values, flat or point.

Stuart