getlightname VEX function

Returns the name of the current light when called from within an illuminance loop, or converts an integer light ID into the light’s name.

Contexts: fog, photon, surface

See also: illuminance, getlights, getphotonlight, intersect_lights

  1. string getlightname()

    Returns the name of the current light when called from within an illuminance loop.

  2. string getlightname(lightid)

    Returns the name of the light referred to by the given integer light ID. Integer light IDs are used by some low-level VEX functions instead of strings for efficiency.