question about the "Directional Light"

[dav74]

Hi,

I've a question about the "Directional Light". In the parameters of this method, we have a "direction" and this direction is a "Vector3" (a 3D point). How make a direction with a only 3D point  (you must have 2 points ?)

Thanx for your help

[GameMonetize]

This is always a bit complicated to understand when this is the first time you encounter it but with a vector3 you can:

• Define a position 
• Define a direction (each component represents the offset for each axis)

 

What do you do when you have two points? You specify a start and a end point. And you can obtain the direction with the following operation:

direction = endPoint - startPoint

or:

(dx, dy, dz) = (ex - sx, ey-sy, ez-sz)

 

Do you see what I mean?

[dav74]

Thanks for your answer, it's OK, i'm newbie about the "3D coding" but not about mathematics ;-)

[GameMonetize]