--- title: "Light" docs: "Phaser Guide" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects/light 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. # Light A 2D Light created by the `Phaser.GameObjects.LightsManager`, available from within a scene via `this.lights`. Any Game Objects using the Light2D pipeline will then be affected by these Lights as long as they have a normal map. They can also simply be used to represent a point light for your own purposes. !!! warning "WebGL only" Lights cannot be added to Containers. They are designed to exist in the root of a Scene. !!! warning "WebGL only" It only works in WebGL render mode. ## Lights Manager ### Enable Lights Manager - Enable ```javascript this.lights.enable(); ``` - Disable ```javascript this.lights.disable(); ``` or ```javascript this.lights.active = false; ``` ### Ambient color ```javascript this.lights.setAmbientColor(color); ``` - `color` : Integer color value. ### Get all lights managed by this Lights Manager ```javascript var lightsCount = this.lights.getLightCount(); ``` ### Get all lights seen by the given Camera ```javascript var visibleLights = this.lights.getLights(camera); ``` - `camera` : The Camera to cull Lights for. ### Get maximum number of Lights allowed to appear ```javascript var maxVisibleLights = this.lights.getMaxVisibleLights(); ``` ### Shut down the Lights Manager Recycles all active Lights into the Light pool, resets ambient light color and clears the lists of Lights and culled Lights. ```javascript this.lights.shutdown(); ``` ## Light Game Object - Add ```javascript var light = this.lights.addLight(x, y, radius); // var light = this.lights.addLight(x, y, radius, color, intensity); ``` - `x`, `y` : The horizontal/vertical position of the Light. Default is 0. - `radius` : The radius of the Light. Default is 128. Default is 0. - `color` : The integer RGB color of the light. Default is `0xffffff`. - `intensity` : The intensity of the Light. Default is 1. - Add Point Light - The Point Light Game Object provides a way to add a point light effect into your game, without the expensive shader processing requirements of the traditional Light Game Object. It renders using a custom shader, designed to give the impression of a point light source, of variable radius, intensity and color, in your game. However, unlike the Light Game Object, it does not impact any other Game Objects, or use their normal maps for calcuations. This makes them extremely fast to render compared to Lights and perfect for special effects, such as flickering torches or muzzle flashes. ```javascript var light = this.lights.addPointLight(x, y, color, radius, intensity, attenuation); ``` - `x`, `y` : The horizontal/vertical position of the Light. - `color` : The integer RGB color of the light. Default is `0xffffff`. - `radius` : The radius of the Light. Default is 128. - `intensity` : The intensity of the Light. Default is 1. - `attenuation` : The attenuation of the Point Light. This is the reduction of light from the center point. Default is 0.1. - Remove ```javascript this.lights.removeLight(light); ``` - Destroy ```javascript this.lights.destroy(); ``` ### Position - Set ```javascript light.setPosition(x, y); ``` or ```javascript light.x = x; light.y = y; ``` - Get ```javascript var x = light.x; var y = light.y; ``` ### Color - Set - Red, green, blue ```javascript light.color.set(red, green, blue); ``` or ```javascript light.color.r = red; light.color.g = green; light.color.b = blue; ``` - Integer value ```javascript light.setColor(colorInteger); ``` - Get - Red, green, blue ```javascript var red = light.color.r; var green = light.color.g; var blue = light.color.b; ``` ### Size - Set ```javascript light.setRadius(radius); // light.radius = radius; ``` or ```javascript light.diameter = diameter; // light.width = diameter; // light.height = diameter; // light.displayWidth = diameter; // light.displayHeight = diameter; ``` - Get ```javascript var radius = light.radius; ``` or ```javascript var diameter = light.diameter; // var diameter = light.displayWidth; // var diameter = light.displayHeight; // var diameter = light.width; // var diameter = light.height; ``` ### Intensity - Set ```javascript light.setIntensity(intensity); ``` or ```javascript light.intensity = intensity; ``` - Get ```javascript var intensity = light.intensity; ``` ## Game object ### Load texture with normal map ```javascript this.load.image(key, [url, normalMapUrl]); ``` - `url` : Url of texture. - `url` : Url of texture. - `normalMapUrl` : Url of normal map. ### Apply light pipeline ```javascript gameObject.setPipeline('Light2D'); ``` ## Author Credits Content on this page includes work by: - [RexRainbow](https://github.com/rexrainbow) --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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