Ogre 3D 1.7

Time for action — creating a directional light

1. Delete all the old code in createScene(), except for the plane-related code.
2. Create a light and set the light type to directional light:

   Ogre::Light* light = mSceneMgr->createLight("Light1");
   light->setType(Ogre::Light::LT_DIRECTIONAL);
   

3. Set the light to a white color and the light direction to shine in a down-right direction:

   light->setDiffuseColour(Ogre::ColourValue(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f));
   light->setDirection(Ogre::Vector3(1,-1,0));
   

4. Compile and run the application.
   

What just happened?

We created a directional light and set it to shine down and rightwards with setDirection(1,-1,0). In the previous examples, we ...