---
title: "Lens Flare: API"
package: "@phaser-ae/flare-3d"
tier: Free
version: 3.0.0-3
released: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-19
description: "A procedural lens flare on the sun, with a core glow, a streak, a halo ring and ghost discs, that fades smoothly when a hill or a building crosses it."
url: https://phaser.io/packs/flare-3d/api
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

# Lens Flare: API

`@phaser-ae/flare-3d` — A procedural ghost chain on the sun, depth-occluded so anything crossing it fades the flare smoothly.

## The pack

### `flare3d`

```ts
function flare3d(opts: Flare3dOptions = {}): Pack<{ flare: Flare3dApi }>
```

The `flare-3d` pack: a procedural lens flare on the sun, depth-occluded, drawn last because a flare lives
ON the lens rather than in the world. Requires a 3D world and `render-3d`.

## Types

### `Flare3dApi`

```ts
interface Flare3dApi
```

`game.flare`.

- `strength: number` — Overall brightness, live.
- `enabled: boolean` — Turn it off entirely.
- `readonly visible: boolean` — Whether the sun is on screen and unoccluded enough to be drawing.

### `Flare3dOptions`

```ts
interface Flare3dOptions
```

How the flare looks. Every field is live.

- `strength?: number` — Overall brightness. Default 1.
- `enabled?: boolean` — Whether the pass runs at all. Default true.

---

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