Reference / Nodes

3D Lights & Camera

Four nodes, three light types and one camera, that wire into a scene3d composer (or directly into Root) to light and frame a 3D scene.

Position, rotation and scale of every light and camera live on the node's inspector under a transform editor. The directional, point and spot lights share the same port shape, the type is fixed by the node class.

Directional Light 3D

directionalLight3d3D / Lights

Sun-style infinite-distance light. Direction taken from the node's rotation. Casts the scene's only shadow map.

Inputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
color	color	1, 1, 1, 1	,
intensity	float	1	,
range	float	10	,	Ignored for directional, kept for port-shape uniformity.
innerAngle	float	30	,	Ignored for directional.
outerAngle	float	45	,	Ignored for directional.

Outputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
light	light	,	,

The only light type that casts shadows in the deferred pipeline. Wire one into the scene before complaining that nothing is lit.

Point Light 3D

pointLight3d3D / Lights

Omni-directional light at the node's position. Falloff governed by range.

Inputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
color	color	1, 1, 1, 1	,
intensity	float	1	,
range	float	10	,	Distance at which the light hits zero.
innerAngle	float	30	,	Ignored for point.
outerAngle	float	45	,	Ignored for point.

Outputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
light	light	,	,

Use point lights for accents, a glowing object, a torch, a lamp. They don't cast shadows, so they read more atmospheric than contributing form.

Spot Light 3D

spotLight3d3D / Lights

Cone of light from the node's position along its forward axis. Inner and outer angles control falloff.

Inputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
color	color	1, 1, 1, 1	,
intensity	float	1	,
range	float	10	,
innerAngle	float	30	,	Inside this angle (degrees), full intensity.
outerAngle	float	45	,	Outside this angle, zero. Smooth falloff between.

Outputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
light	light	,	,

Theatrical spotlight feel. Aim it by rotating the node's transform, the cone follows the local +Z axis.

Camera 3D

camera3d3D / Camera

Perspective or orthographic camera. Position from transform, look direction from transform's forward.

Inputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
fov	float	60	,	Vertical field of view, in degrees. Ignored in orthographic mode.
nearPlane	float	0.1	,
farPlane	float	100	,

Outputs

Port	Type	Default	Range	Notes
camera	camera	,	,

The projection mode (perspective vs orthographic) and the orthographic size are inspector fields. Without a connected camera, the scene falls back to an internal arcball you can tumble in the preview, wire one in to lock the framing.

For animated camera moves, drive the position fields from sineWave or accumulator modifiers. Or set up an auto-orbit on the inspector and let it run.