Lighthouse Lamp/Spotlight

Discussion in 'Archived: Plugin Requests' started by Pookie21, Feb 14, 2011.

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    Pookie21

    I downloaded the Flashlight plugin and i LOVE it.

    I have a lighthouse in one of my ports on my map, and right now all the lamp is is lava enclosed in glass.
    I was thinking maybe a plugin can be made where you can place a lightstone block with a redstone torch on top, and it automatically shines a beam of light where your cross hairs are, like the Flashlight plugin.

    it would be awesome if it would be able to rotate when powered, or something.
    The angle of the light beam should be adjustable... perhaps the speed at which it rotates can be adjustable also?

    Could also be useful for working in the dark or something, and you want to set up like a spotlight or something. haha i dont know. Just a thought. :)

    also, for a lighthouse lamp, the beam would need to be considerably bigger than the Flashlight (adjustable?).
    --- merged: Feb 17, 2011 1:01 AM ---
    I was thinking about this, and it would be a great thing to mod a regular torch or a redstone torch. another use would be to make it apart of some accent lighting. For instance, if i have pictures on a big wall, it would be cool to point a spot light at them. Or if theres a table in the middle of a room, there could be a torch on the sidewall simply to light up the table.
     
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    SplenectomY

    I second this. We have a bunch of 2d sculptures of 8-bit video game heroes displayed around our server and were looking for a good way to light them up at night. It would be stellar if a dev took up this challenge.
     
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    Pookie21

    agreed! thanks!
     
  4. This would be very hard to do effectivly, making it so that wherever the lighthouse is pointed at is lit up like the flashlight plugin would be possible, but making it make a light beam all the way to the target would require a client mod :/
     
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    Pookie21

    are you sure? Because i mean it would in essence BE the flashlight mod, with a few tweaks...
     
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    anon

    What he means is that it would only light where it would point. The flashlight plugin does that, you see no light trail on the air, just where you pointed it.
     
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    Pookie21

    oh right, thats what i want... im sorry if it wasnt clear before. I dont necessarially want a light trail. You're right, that would be hard.
     
  8. Oh right ok sorry, I didn't get that. That would be fairly simple then, although I can't do it, I tried, but light isn't my thing :p Ask the maker of the Flashlight Plugin?

    PS: I also posted your thread in fullwall's thread , It might help :)
     
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    Pookie21

    Yea, thanks a lot!
     
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    Pookie21

    bump. sorry D:
     
  11. Not possible anymore with current CraftBukkit/Bukkit, also Lightstone cannot be updated anymore.
     
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    Pookie21

    lame sauce.
     
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    RedFox071

    I know i plan on taking up this challenge after I finish the project i am currently working on http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/head-lamp/ (light from held torches).

    I fear though that it will be too difficult for me to handle at this point as I am fairly new to developing bukkit plugins.
     
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    Pookie21

    i like the headlight idea.

    Thanks for taking this up! You can do it! Keep me updated dude
     
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    RedFox071

    Thanks for the vote of confidence! Ill keep you updated.
     

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