Added ambient light to devtest, setting alpha always to 255 and some other improvements

doc/lua_api.md

@@ -8395,9 +8395,9 @@ child will follow movement and rotation of that bone.
 * `set_lighting(light_definition)`: sets lighting for the player
     * Passing no arguments resets lighting to its default values.
     * `light_definition` is a table with the following optional fields:
-      * `ambient_light` is a ColorSpec controlling lightness & color of ambient light; alpha must be 255
+      * `ambient_light` is a ColorSpec controlling lightness & color of ambient light; alpha is ignored (always set to 255)
         (global lighting; default: `{a = 255, r = 0, g = 0, b = 0}` / last set value).
-        * It works only if 'enable_shaders' setting is set to true.
+        * It works only if 'enable_shaders' is set to true.
       * `saturation` sets the saturation (vividness; default: `1.0`).
         * values > 1 increase the saturation
         * values in [0,1] decrease the saturation

games/devtest/mods/lighting/init.lua

@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ local lighting_sections = {
 			{n = "speed_bright_dark", d = "Dark scene adaptation speed", min = -10, max = 10, type="log2"},
 			{n = "center_weight_power", d = "Power factor for center-weighting", min = 0.1, max = 10},
 		}
+	},
+	{
+		n = "ambient_light", d = "Ambient Light",
+		entries = {
+			{n = "r", d = "Red", min = 0, max = 255},
+			{n = "g", d = "Green", min = 0, max = 255},
+			{n = "b", d = "Blue", min = 0, max = 255}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +69,7 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("set_lighting", {
 
 		local form = {
 			"formspec_version[2]",
-			"size[15,30]",
+			"size[15,32]",
 			"position[0.99,0.15]",
 			"anchor[1,0]",
 			"padding[0.05,0.1]",
@@ -137,4 +145,4 @@ minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function(player, formname, fields)
 	player:hud_change(hud_id, "text", debug_value)
 
 	player:set_lighting(lighting)
-end)
+end)

src/client/clientenvironment.cpp

@@ -248,14 +248,6 @@ void ClientEnvironment::step(float dtime)
 	if (m_client->modsLoaded())
 		m_script->environment_step(dtime);
 
-	// Update the ambient light
-	auto new_ambient_light_clr = getLocalPlayer()->getLighting().ambient_light;
-
-	bool enable_shaders = g_settings->getBool("enable_shaders");
-
-	if (enable_shaders && (new_ambient_light_clr != m_ambient_light))
-		m_ambient_light = new_ambient_light_clr;
-
 	// Update lighting on local player (used for wield item)
 	u32 day_night_ratio = getDayNightRatio();
 	{
@@ -273,8 +265,8 @@ void ClientEnvironment::step(float dtime)
 
 		video::SColor ambient_light(255, 0, 0, 0);
 
-		if (enable_shaders)
-			ambient_light = m_ambient_light;
+		if (g_settings->getBool("enable_shaders"))
+			ambient_light = lplayer->getLighting().ambient_light;
 		final_color_blend(&lplayer->light_color, light, day_night_ratio, ambient_light);
 	}
 

src/client/clientenvironment.h

@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ class ClientEnvironment : public Environment
 	void updateFrameTime(bool is_paused);
 	u64 getFrameTime() const { return m_frame_time; }
 	u64 getFrameTimeDelta() const { return m_frame_dtime; }
-
-	video::SColor getAmbientLight() const { return m_ambient_light; }
-
 private:
 	ClientMap *m_map;
 	LocalPlayer *m_local_player = nullptr;
@@ -167,6 +164,4 @@ class ClientEnvironment : public Environment
 	u64 m_frame_time = 0;
 	u64 m_frame_dtime = 0;
 	u64 m_frame_time_pause_accumulator = 0;
-	// Note: Alpha should always be 255.
-	video::SColor m_ambient_light {255, 0, 0, 0};
 };

src/client/game.cpp

@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ class GameGlobalShaderConstantSetter : public IShaderConstantSetter
 		get_sunlight_color(&sunlight, daynight_ratio);
 		m_day_light.set(sunlight, services);
 
-		video::SColorf ambient_light_f(m_client->getEnv().getAmbientLight());
+		auto lighting = m_client->getEnv().getLocalPlayer()->getLighting();
+
+		video::SColorf ambient_light_f(lighting.ambient_light);
 		m_ambient_light.set(ambient_light_f, services);
 
 		u32 animation_timer = m_client->getEnv().getFrameTime() % 1000000;
@@ -508,8 +510,6 @@ class GameGlobalShaderConstantSetter : public IShaderConstantSetter
 		m_texel_size0_vertex.set(m_texel_size0, services);
 		m_texel_size0_pixel.set(m_texel_size0, services);
 
-		auto lighting = m_client->getEnv().getLocalPlayer()->getLighting();
-
 		const AutoExposure &exposure_params = lighting.exposure;
 		std::array<float, 7> exposure_buffer = {
 			std::pow(2.0f, exposure_params.luminance_min),
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ void Game::copyServerClientCache()
 {
 	// It would be possible to let the client directly read the media files
 	// from where the server knows they are. But aside from being more complicated
-	// it would also *not* fill the media cache and cause slower joining of 
+	// it would also *not* fill the media cache and cause slower joining of
 	// remote servers.
 	// (Imagine that you launch a game once locally and then connect to a server.)
 

src/client/particles.cpp

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "client.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 #include "profiler.h"
+#include "client/mapblock_mesh.h"
 
 ClientParticleTexture::ClientParticleTexture(const ServerParticleTexture& p, ITextureSource *tsrc)
 {
@@ -186,10 +187,15 @@ video::SColor Particle::updateLight(ClientEnvironment *env)
 		light = blend_light(env->getDayNightRatio(), LIGHT_SUN, 0);
 
 	u8 m_light = decode_light(light + m_p.glow);
+
+	video::SColor light_color{0xFFFFFFFF};
+
+	final_color_blend(&light_color, m_light, env->getDayNightRatio(),
+			env->getLocalPlayer()->getLighting().ambient_light);
 	return video::SColor(255,
-		m_light * m_base_color.getRed() / 255,
-		m_light * m_base_color.getGreen() / 255,
-		m_light * m_base_color.getBlue() / 255);
+		light_color.getRed() * m_base_color.getRed() / 255,
+		light_color.getGreen() * m_base_color.getGreen() / 255,
+		light_color.getBlue() * m_base_color.getBlue() / 255);
 }
 
 void Particle::updateVertices(ClientEnvironment *env, video::SColor color)

src/network/clientpackethandler.cpp

@@ -1826,5 +1826,4 @@ void Client::handleCommand_SetLighting(NetworkPacket *pkt)
 	if (pkt->getRemainingBytes() < 4)
 		return;
 	*pkt >> lighting.ambient_light;
-	lighting.ambient_light.setAlpha(255); // alpha should always be 255
 }

src/script/lua_api/l_object.cpp

@@ -2539,8 +2539,7 @@ int ObjectRef::l_set_lighting(lua_State *L)
 		lua_getfield(L, 2, "ambient_light");
 		if (!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
 			read_color(L, -1, &lighting.ambient_light);
-			if (lighting.ambient_light.getAlpha() != 255)
-				throw LuaError("ambient light alpha must be 255");
+			lighting.ambient_light.setAlpha(255); // alpha should always be 255
 		}
 		lua_pop(L, 1); // ambient light
 
@@ -2585,6 +2584,16 @@ int ObjectRef::l_get_lighting(lua_State *L)
 	lua_pushnumber(L, lighting.shadow_intensity);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "intensity");
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "shadows");
+	lua_newtable(L); // "ambient_light"
+	lua_pushnumber(L, lighting.ambient_light.getRed());
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "r");
+	lua_pushnumber(L, lighting.ambient_light.getGreen());
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "g");
+	lua_pushnumber(L, lighting.ambient_light.getBlue());
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "b");
+	lua_pushnumber(L, 255);
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "a");
+	lua_setfield(L, -2, "ambient_light");
 	lua_pushnumber(L, lighting.saturation);
 	lua_setfield(L, -2, "saturation");
 	lua_newtable(L); // "exposure"