V3.Distance into a number

Unity Engine
1

Hi guys!
I’m currently trying to light a spotlight, with the value of a Vector3.Distance. However - I can without ease, return a number into the console (by simply Print(DistanceVector):wink: , however, when i try to set the light.intensity = DistanceVector;, It’s simply not working!

And also, how would you approach this problem : “The closer you get to the light, the more it lights up”?

I’ve searched around, I just can’t seem to find it!

//Anders Schou

2

What do you mean ‘Not working’? Does it throw an error? Does it not do anything? Does it do something unexpected?

3

Ohh! Seems like i had some other script, blocking the function of my first script! Sorry <3

What about the 2nd part of my question? What would YOU guys do, if you were to increase the intensity of a light source, as the player get’s closer to it?

4

I’d do something like, in psudeocode.

baseValue = 2;

if (distanceFromLight < lightSource.range)
{ 
    intensityDif = lightSource.range - distanceFromLight;
    lightSource.intensity = baseValue + intensityDif;
}

I think that it’s possible to do something like that in Unity. I’d experiment with it until I got a solution I was happy with.