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engineSetDistantLightsEnabled

Client-side
NEON APIRenderer and distant lights

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Enables or disables Neon's native Project2DFX distant static lights.

Syntax

bool engineSetDistantLightsEnabled(bool enabled)

Arguments

enabledbool

Desired state.

Returns

true when the state was applied.

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. engineSetDistantLightsDrawDistance Sets the distant-light draw distance.

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