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Technology
This enum represents the different lighting systems available for rendering the 3D world. It is used by the Lighting.Technology property.
Note that Lighting.Technology has been superseded by LightingStyle which determines the artistic intent behind lighting, and PrioritizeLightingQuality which indicates whether you prefer lighting/shading quality or view distance to scale down first.
Items
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 0 | |
| Voxel | 1 | Uses a 4×4×4 voxel map for light and shadow calculation. |
| Compatibility | 2 | Simulates the removed legacy technology and is now deprecated. To achieve a similar look, use Voxel Lighting and add a ColorGradingEffect post‑processing effect set to the Retro preset. |
| ShadowMap | 3 | Features shadow mapping that produces more realistic and crisp shadows from sunlight or directional light sources. |
| Future | 4 | Features the most advanced technology for high-fidelity lighting and shadows. |
| Unified | 5 |
Legacy
Deprecated. This option is deprecated and cannot be selected in Studio.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 0 |
| tags | ["Deprecated"] |
Voxel
Uses a 4×4×4 voxel map for light and shadow calculation.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 1 |
Compatibility
Deprecated. This option is deprecated and cannot be selected in Studio.
Simulates the removed legacy technology and is now deprecated. To achieve a similar look, use Voxel Lighting and add a ColorGradingEffect post‑processing effect set to the Retro preset.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 2 |
ShadowMap
Features shadow mapping that produces more realistic and crisp shadows from sunlight or directional light sources.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 3 |
Future
Features the most advanced technology for high-fidelity lighting and shadows.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 4 |
Unified
Deprecated. This option is deprecated and cannot be selected in Studio.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| value | 5 |
| tags | ["Deprecated"] |