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engineSetDistantLightsDrawDistance

Client-side
NEON APIRenderer and distant lights

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Sets the distant-light draw distance.

Syntax

bool engineSetDistantLightsDrawDistance(float distance)

Arguments

distancefloat

Finite distance from 300 through 5000 world units.

Returns

true for an accepted distance; false outside the supported range.

Ownership and lifecycle

Renderer counters live for the current process. Distant lights start disabled, and each client resource can opt in.

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaEngineDefs.cppClient/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaEngineDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDEDd0a91316bRead the commit and why the change was made RELATED CATEGORY HARNESS project2dfx-test Category-level coverage · test-resources/project2dfx-test
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engineGetRendererStats Returns current, session-high-water, and capacity counters for Neon's expanded renderer arrays. engineResetRendererStats Resets renderer high-water measurements without changing capacities or active objects. engineSetDistantLightsEnabled Enables or disables Neon's native Project2DFX distant static lights.

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