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#Scaling light range?

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#179820From: David GouldJul 13, 1995 3:29 AM
I don't know if this is a bug/oversight/or a wishlist item. What I want to have is a light with a given range and attentuation attached to a dummy object. When I scale the dummy I want the range of the light to scale as well, so if I increase the dummy size the light range will also increase. I've tried this and it doesn't work. Did I miss something? Thanks. DaviD "shed some light" GouID
#179881From: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK]Jul 13, 1995 12:02 PM
Hi David, << scaling a dummy to influence the light attenuation..wish >> That's an interesting way of looking at hierarchy parent-child inheritance..got it.
#183146From: david W. mennenohAug 2, 1995 12:14 AM
I've wanted to be able to do that for camera ranges for a long time. It would make for interesting use of Fog and Distance cueing. I also wanted to be able to lock the camera range so that once locked you could move the camer independent of it. DM