Dynamic Lights switch?

[DoomGuy]

Is there a way to turn Dynamic Lights off and on? I like using the Dynamic lights instead of increasing the brightness of a sector. It is more realistic but is there a way to turn them completely off and on? I know how to do it with sector lighting but is there a way to do it with Dynamic lights? Thanks!

[Graf Zahl]

Thing_Activate/Thing_Deactivate will do the job.

[DoomGuy]

Thanks Graf!

[DoomGuy]

OK...... I tried it the way I thought it would work but it didn't... I set up a switch on the wall to deactivate when the switch was triggered. But can I turn them back on with the same switch? How would I do it? Do I need to use it in a script or what? Can you give me an example of turning off a Dynamic Light with ID 56? Thanks in advance for the additioinal help.

[NeoHippo]

Since you cannot set up dynamic lights with a script, the dynamic light will be on at the start of the map.
Then use Thing_deactivate and Thing_activate either with a linedef or a script.




If the dynamic light must be off at the start of the map, then do it with an OPEN script.

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#include "zcommon.acs"

script 1 open
{
    Thing_Deactivate (1);
}

If you must use a switch, then the toggle action will have to be accomplished with scripting.
Or you could use two switches, one to turn on and the other to turn off.

[DoomGuy]

I got it now. I was using the wrong ID I used the number of the light instead of assigning a ThingID It shut the l ights off perfectly. Now to see how I can turn them back on with the same switch. Thanks for your help!

[Graf Zahl]

Flagging the light 'dormant' should have the same effect as deactivating it in a script.