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== Spotlights in TS ==
== Spotlights in TS ==
'' '''Note:''' This information applies only to Tiberian Sun or Yuri's Revenge when patched by the [[RockPatch:Status|Rock Patch v1.06]] or higher''
'' '''Note:''' This information applies only to Tiberian Sun or Yuri's Revenge when patched by the [[RockPatch:Status|Rock Patch v1.06]] or higher'' or Ares


Spotlights, a great visual effect, and simple to edit too.  
Spotlights, a great visual effect, and simple to edit too.  
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  SpotlightRadius= ? (undocumented tag)
  SpotlightRadius= ? (undocumented tag)


Now, many modders get confused by all those radii, angles and stuff. Well, it's easy to comprehend, if you know what an ellipse is. Let me quote: "An ellipse is the locus of points the sum of whose distances from two fixed points, called foci, is a constant."<br>Confused yet? :) See image:
Now, many modders get confused by all those radii, angles and stuff. Well, it's easy to comprehend, if you know what an ellipse is. Let me quote: "An ellipse is the locus of points the sum of whose distances from two fixed points, called foci, is a constant."<br>Confused yet? :) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellipse_Animation_Small.gif See image]
 
http://www.1728.com/ellipse.gif [http://www.1728.com/ellipse.htm source]


Now that we know what an ellipse is, let's see how that relates to spotlights and what the controls do.
Now that we know what an ellipse is, let's see how that relates to spotlights and what the controls do.