--- title: "BatchHandlerPointLight" docs: "Phaser v4.1.0" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandlerpointlight site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # BatchHandlerPointLight A batch handler RenderNode that renders `PointLight` Game Objects using WebGL. Each PointLight is submitted as a textured quad (4 vertices, 6 indices) into a shared vertex buffer. The dedicated point-light shader computes the radial light falloff per fragment, using the light's world position, radius, attenuation factor, colour, and intensity. Multiple lights are batched together and flushed in a single draw call when the batch is full or when the renderer needs to switch context. This handler uses no textures; it passes an empty texture array to the draw call because the lighting is calculated entirely in the fragment shader. **Constructor** `new BatchHandlerPointLight(manager, [config])` **Parameters** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | manager | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNodeManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernodemanager.md) | No | The manager that owns this RenderNode. | | config | [Phaser.Types.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandlerConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-renderer-webgl-rendernodes.md#BatchHandlerConfig) | Yes | The configuration object for this handler. | --- **Scope**: static **Extends** > [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandler](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md) > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L12](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L12) Since: 4.0.0 ## Inherited Members **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandler](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md):** - [batchEntries](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#batchentries) - [bytesPerIndexPerInstance](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#bytesperindexperinstance) - [bytesPerInstance](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#bytesperinstance) - [currentBatchEntry](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#currentbatchentry) - [floatsPerInstance](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#floatsperinstance) - [indexBuffer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#indexbuffer) - [indicesPerInstance](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#indicesperinstance) - [instanceCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#instancecount) - [instancesPerBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#instancesperbatch) - [maxTexturesPerBatch](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#maxtexturesperbatch) - [programManager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#programmanager) - [vertexBufferLayout](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#vertexbufferlayout) - [verticesPerInstance](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#verticesperinstance) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [manager](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#manager) - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#name) --- ## Public Members ### defaultConfig #### defaultConfig: [Phaser.Types.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandlerConfig](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/typedef/types-renderer-webgl-rendernodes.md#BatchHandlerConfig) **Description:** The default configuration for this handler. > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L55](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L55) Since: 4.0.0 --- ## Inherited Methods **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandler](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md):** - [resize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#resize) - [updateTextureCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-batchhandler.md#updatetexturecount) **From [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.RenderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md):** - [onRunBegin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunbegin) - [onRunEnd](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#onrunend) - [setDebug](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-rendernodes-rendernode.md#setdebug) --- ## Public Methods ### batch #### \ batch(drawingContext, light, xTL, yTL, xBL, yBL, xTR, yTR, xBR, yBR, lightX, lightY) **Description:** Add a light to the batch. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. | | light | [Phaser.GameObjects.PointLight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-pointlight.md) | No | The light to add to the batch. | | xTL | number | No | The top-left x-coordinate of the light. | | yTL | number | No | The top-left y-coordinate of the light. | | xBL | number | No | The bottom-left x-coordinate of the light. | | yBL | number | No | The bottom-left y-coordinate of the light. | | xTR | number | No | The top-right x-coordinate of the light. | | yTR | number | No | The top-right y-coordinate of the light. | | xBR | number | No | The bottom-right x-coordinate of the light. | | yBR | number | No | The bottom-right y-coordinate of the light. | | lightX | number | No | The world x-coordinate of the light's centre, used by the shader to calculate radial falloff. | | lightY | number | No | The world y-coordinate of the light's centre, used by the shader to calculate radial falloff. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandler#batch > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L213](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L213) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### run #### \ run(drawingContext) **Description:** Draw then empty the current batch. This method is called automatically, by either this node or the manager, when the batch is full, or when something else needs to be rendered. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. | **Overrides:** Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.RenderNodes.BatchHandler#run > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L163](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L163) Since: 4.0.0 --- ### setupUniforms #### \ setupUniforms(drawingContext) **Description:** Update the uniforms for the current shader program. This method is called automatically when the batch is run. **Parameters:** | name | type | optional | description | | ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | drawingContext | [Phaser.Renderer.WebGL.DrawingContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/renderer-webgl-drawingcontext.md) | No | The current drawing context. | > Source: [src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L131](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.1.0/src/renderer/webgl/renderNodes/BatchHandlerPointLight.js#L131) Since: 4.0.0 --- --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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