getlights VEX function

Returns an array of light identifiers for the currently shaded surface.

See also: getphotonlight, importance_light, sample_light, eval_light 2 more , getlightname, getshadowscope

1. int[] getlights(...)

You can limit the lights added to the array using the “lightmask” keyword argument or the “categories” keyword argument.

getlights("lightmask", "light*,^light2");
getlights("categories", "shadow|occlusion");