that is the case because its rendered above everything else, it used to be different, but it looked stupid with higher furniture, so i changed it. i suspect that wall light is not rendered at the top of everything.

Coming back to this - does the render order you mentioned affect the visuals only, or also which tiles receive the 50% illumination? Because the latter bugs me more than the visuals do.

im pretty sure both are linked. i have to render the lamp "above" the wall or else the lamp will get overlayed by the wall visually. and the game takes that as the lamp, and its light source, being above everything, so there is technically no wall to stop the light. I do not think i can seperate the two bc i wouldnt be able to tell the the game on which side the light has to go. technically if you look at the blueprint when building, the light is at the exact same spot as the wall so it shines in all directions equally.
the only thing i could possibly do is try to make it so the lamp is not build on top of a wall but next to it and try to make it visually look like the lamp is on the wall. Ill look into that.

Yeah, Wall Light used to do it with the "place in front of wall, then rotate until it LOOKS to be ON the wall" workaround (nowadays it somehow works by placing it onto the wall right away).

Thank you for looking into it! It's a small thing, but it's bugging me a little bit since it feels like I'm cheating with the pretty Lampon. ;)

ok so I had a look at the whole situation and tried a few things
I can either leave it as is (visible on a wall) but then the light goes through.
I can also make it so you see it on the wall, but build it beside it (like old wall lamp) but then anything that gets built on that spot, will deconstruct the lamp. If i make the lamp layer lower (so it doesnt get deconstructed) then the lamp is not on the wall visibly unfortunately.
I had a look at wall lamp and the new one can be placed directly on the wall like mine, but doesnt shine through bc i am pretty sure that mod uses a custom class for his lamps/lampshine, which i cannot do bc i have no knowledge of c#.

I can only speak for myself, but I'd indeed prefer the "build in front of wall" solution - I usually build lamps last, after any other furniture in the room, so the deconstruction issue wouldn't occur often for me.

But it's your call ofc. :)

yeah its...a rock and a hard place for me really. i like the fact that i can build whatever and the lamp is not in the way but still visible. also if i change it id have to explain to everyone the new way to use the lamp wich is a con for me too x(
ill have to think on it more

No rush.

If you want to go the extra mile, you could just ask Murmur how he did it for Wall Light. It's the exact same problem after all. Admittedly, being able to do just that is kind of the whole selling point of Wall Light, but I don't know if he's the possessive type of guy with his C# code. ;)

yeah i could. in fact i have multiple people who could help me with it. I just dont want any c code in my mods (havent for years now) bc i dont like being dependant on others and their shedule for updates/troubleshooting. and i would be for the whole mod bc i have no knowledge of c#. at that point i could just give the mod to the person. adding code i cant maintain on my own is a hard no for me, always has been

Understandable. I'll have fun with RIMkea whatever you'll decide on this issue, ty for your work. :)

and bc youre so understanding and nice I made an extra version of the mod
(not gonna post it on workshop tho)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/enhmsv59sqyt2j4/RIMkea_1.0_lamponextra.zip?dl=0
the lampon in this is built *beside* the wall you can rotate it until it *looks* as if its on the wall. but be aware if you place the lamp first anything else built on this place wil deconstruct the lamp (however placing the lamp after should be fine)

<3 :D

Can't you make the lamp's light directional instead of omni? As in it only shines in the direction it's facing kinda like the wall lamp mod

Originally posted by BMCKiro:

Can't you make the lamp's light directional instead of omni? As in it only shines in the direction it's facing kinda like the wall lamp mod

no I can't